Speech Day

Yesterday was Speech Day at Little Rina's Primary School, the kids' school. Interestingly enough and thankfully, the only speech was by the Director of the school. All the kids performed dances, plays, poems, sang songs, etc. and the highlight of the day was Oscar's graduation from Top Class to Primary 1, essentially a kindergarten graduation. Oscar isn't quite 6 years old and he can read quite well, and he absorbs everything you say, even if it appears that he is not paying attention.

The experience at Speech Day was very un-American. They had a DJ provide music for any interludes, and boy did he provide music, a lot of it was American rap and he did n't even bleep over the bad words! And then some of the costumes and dances were very suggestive, and in providing a poem of morals kids mentioned things like, husbands stay faithful to your wives, use protection to prevent the spread of HIV, etc. This was all after I opened the ceremony in prayer! If this had happened at home the news vans would have been rolling in and the Director would have been booted out.

Ok, so despite being a bit unconventional to my standards, ohmygosh and long (over 5 hours), the kids were super cute! Annet, who is in middle class, led this cute little dance into an exchange with her classmate about meeting eachother. Jerom led his baby class in 'Oh be careful little eyes what you see'. And all the others danced, sang and participated beautifully. And then to see Oscar in his cute little suit, dancing with a little girl from his class, and then beaming proudly in his graduation cap and gown...love him!

The kids were really excited about the whole day, and I was really proud of how well they did. I even got to stand up to represent Oscar's family, I think he was happy to have the only muzungu momma up there. 11.4.12