Three weeks and counting..

It has been almost a month at the school and so much has happened. I think I should put everything under headings to make things easier to read.

Better days

Students showed up alas in the first week. There are around 15-20 in 3rd grade and around 25 in 4th grade. The days start off with an assembly conducted by the principal herself at around 7.40 a.m. There are hardly any teachers present at that time. We three fellows are usually the first ones to arrive among the staff. We listen to a naat or qirat being recited, followed by Iqbal's Dua and the national anthem. The students then go to their respective classes. 

Back to school was never this bad..

The first day of school on Saturday was a bit of a disappointment. After the MAO experience, I was expecting that plenty of kids would be standing in and around my school, eager for school to begin but not a single kid was there. We had arrived even before the principal and had to wait for her to come in and open the locks.

Aam aur saib ki kahani..

The first few days at summer school we spent part of our free time talking to the students there. One of the students who worked as a fruit vendor, told me about his job. He sells watermelons along with his brothers at the local sabzi mandi (fruit/vegetable market). The other kids tease him, saying there are rats in the produce he sells.