School in Dar

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1. Teachers can hit students. They normally use a stick (and carry it around with them) of some sort but I've also seen a ruler. They also grap the ears of the students.
2. There is no power between 7 am - 7 pm because the country is in the middle of a drought (although not as bad as western Kenya)
3. No tvs, very few computers. I guess it doesnt make sense to have computers when you don't have electricity.
4. Students have to pay for school. Fees range between $10-$100 a year for grades 1-8 and more for high school.
5. Students need to bring their own supplies.
6. No gym.
7. No cafeteria. Students either buy some cheap fruit or meet their mothers for a meal. They get about an hour break.
8. Darasa means class in Swahili, which the speak nearly all the time. English is the second language.
9. No pizza, hamburgers, or ice cream (for the most part). Instead students eat rice, ugali (flour and water) and some fruit if they can afford it.
10. No drinking foundations. Little public water supply and any water there is needs to be boiled first. Instead you have to buy water. Coke is a treat (it costs about 25 cents)
11. Soccer and tag everywhere.
12. Everyone must wear school uniforms.

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