Cu dedicatie speciala elevilor romani frustrati

Am facut scoala la noi in Dumbraveni, la "teoretic". Eram in jur de 34 de elevi in clasa pana intr-a 8-a, iar dup-aceea 25. Tin minte ca in clasa a 2-a am invatat toata tabla inmultirii pe derost...

In liceu, laboratorul de fizica avea 2 vitrine pline cu aparate. Cateva ampermetre erau stricate, tin bine minte, dar erau inca destule care functionau. Laboratorul de biologie avea plansete, mulaje si un microscop. Aveam chiar si pasari impaiate si un schelet de om. Laboratorul de chimie avea sute de sticlute cu tot felul de "ingrediente"...
La orele de muzica ni se canta la pian sau vioara, ascultam marii clasici la pick-up, aveam voie sa punem capul pe banca si sa visam. Intr-a 8-a am invatat vals, tot in laboratorul de muzica...
Scoala mea are 2 sali de sport, groapa cu nisip si un teren de fotbal...

Undeva prin liceu aveam voie sa ascultam muzica "de calitate" in laboratorul dirigintelui.

De curand am intrebat liceeni de la noi ce vor sa lucreze sau sa studieze cand termina liceul. Am primit un dat din umeri sau un fel de "habar n-am" drept raspuns.

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Am intrebat un baiat de clasa a 5-a in Uganda ce vrei sa devi cand esti mare?
- Pilot!
- Aha, cat face 8x8? A luat o hartie si a facut 8 grupe de cate 8 linii. Le-a numarat.
- 64!
Am intrebat cat face 3x4. La fel, pe degete:
- 12! Ma gandeam uite mai ce profesori iresponsabili; copil de a 5-a nu stie tabla inmultirii.
- Auzi, da voi cati elevi sunteti in clasa?
- 103 elevi...
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In viata vietilor mele n-am sa ma mai plang de sistemul romanesc de invatamant!

Sources of income in Uganda

In Uganda, there is no money from the government, no social nor unemployment insuarance, no pension. So everybody has a business (that helps him survive). At least.
A young man walks with 20 belts in his hands, some other people carry on the head a bunch of banana or mangos to sell: "some carry THE SHOP in their hands, some carry their shop on the head".

Having no social support has not only disadvantages, as one may think. In my oppinion there are 2 main advantages:
1- you take your life and responsabilities seriously; kids know since they are 7 what they want to become. Kids have dreams.
2- building-up your small business does not need any tax declaration, insuarance payments or any bureaucracy. Even if you are illiterate, once you know the difference between plus and minus, you can start your life-supporting business small-small. If you are able to reinvest some of the profit and you don't give birth to too many children, very soon you become one of the richest in the area... That way easy.

Wellcome to YUganda, YUgandaaa, YUgandaaaaaaaaaa

Roasted goat meat and roasted mais, sumbussa (indian snacks) chappatti (pancake-like arabian speciality), shops open till midnight, music, crowds on the streets until late in the night... Minibusses, motorbikes and 4x4 cars hurry all and do not mind traffic rules. There are seldom places well-marked for pedestrians, so they walk at the margins of the road... Cars touch them, but they don't mind it...

Every home you visit, nomatter how poor, they want you to take something. At least a cup of tea with milk and ginger. Small girls hide shy behind their mothers when you tell them that they are beautiful. They laugh when I try to talk some small Luganda with them...

They are few things we wisited, since we had to visit an endless number of family members. Among them some waterfalls, the Makerere University in Kampala, some buddhist temples, a tea factory, craft exhibitions.