I have a strong disliking for some of Uganda's schools! Yesterday I heard about a conversation with a Head Master at Highway Primary School. When asked about how he treated the children he said, first the children are treated as our friends. Then a few minutes later a couple of children brought him his lunch and he yelled at them for coming in and "interrupting" his meeting! Last time I checked we don't yell at our friends and demand them to wait on us hand and foot! Oye!
Ugandan school teachers "used to" cane students for discipline which often includes a child with a wrong answer or one who does not answer the question asked of them. While canning has been outlawed it still happens sometimes because no one enforces the rules here.
Children of Grace is trying really hard to be a light in this dark world through the school system here. We are trying to reeducate these teachers to help them to see that positive reinforcement is much more effective for the learning environment then hitting children. Sometimes it can seem like a problem that is too large for us to tackle. But we believe it starts with one teacher learning to change and others will see the difference and follow. And on top of that, we pray that our children who are sponsored will grow up some day and become teachers who encourage students in stead of hitting them.
Something that we can not change that makes me SO upset is that the schools here do not want to put forth the money to treat the water to make it OK to drink. Therefore a lot of our children suffer from Typhoid! Water that is so essential to human beings should not be making them sick! Yesterday they had to take a girl from school to the clinic because she suffers from Typhoid. How are they supposed to do well in school if they keep getting sick from the school?!
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