Failing Is Not A Sport

Not to suggest in any way that the adults were not smart, they were. But the parents back then were mostly armed with knowledge, mostly outdated knowledge which was good for survival not necessarily for the school syllabus. I am confusing myself but I know most people will get what I am trying to say here.

In those days, a good number of our primary school classmates were much older than the rest of us, either because their parents had delayed or resisted sending them to school, made them herd goats, the Modisaotsile’s of this country. Or some were older because they kept repeating grades.