We visited some different schools beside Emafini. Grey's Junior School (http://
www.greyjunior.co.za/) was our first school visit. It is a beautiful school for young boys that was found in 1856. It has approximately 800 boys from second to seventh grade. It is a state founded school, however the parents do pay additional fees for their sons to be enrolled in the school. they do have some student who receive finical assistance. The grounds were immaculate with cricket, soccer and rugby fields. The buildings were well kept with new modern additions. The student body was mostly white with a small percentage of black boys. It was a glorious school that made me feel sorry for the poor people who have to send their children to the poor schools of their neighborhoods. South Africa has the same problem that we have been dealing with in America for years. The nice neighborhoods have nice highly achieving schools. I am fortunate to live in a county where all of the students go to a nice faculty with proper bathrooms and water. Some of the schools in the townships that we have visited have not been so lucky.
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| Fifth, sixth and seventh grade band |
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| Identical backpacks all in a row! |
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| First Grade |
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| Main building |
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