Sunset at last

We’ve been here nearly three weeks now and haven’t managed a photo of an African sunset.  This can change now.  Whilst I was doing my duty (i.e. listening to committed teachers and partaking of excellent refreshments) at a Hillcrest Middle/High School PTA open house meeting last night, Fraser was taking the opportunity to capture the brilliant sunset.  

It was very reassuring to hear the care the Hillcrest teachers feel for their pupils but I learned something last night that I haven’t broken to James and Ruth yet.  Just as schools in Scotland have time off for “snow days”, sometimes Hillcrest has to close for safety reasons if there’s unrest in the city.  In Scotland a snow day is a holiday.  Next week each Hillcrest pupil will be given a big brown envelope with their name on, full of two weeks’ worth of work in every subject that has to be done each day the school is closed.  If the work is not ready to be handed in when the school reopens then it has to be done on top of normal schoolwork.  Perhaps the Scottish schools could pick up some tips from this.