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Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Kindergarten Teacher

I stayed late after school today to work with the Kindergarten teacher on English…..in the process I learned quite a lot…..I thought I’d share this biography with you, since I was quite surprised at her story:

The Kindergarten teacher’s name is Jaqueline. She is 22 years old and has a 3 year old boy and a 30 year old husband. She did not pass her pre-highschool examinations so she is sitting to take them again soon. (HS is 2 yrs here). She wants to go to a local university and learn tailoring so that she can work at a university and teach other people how to tailor.

Today she was wearing a beautiful dress, which I forgot to take a picture of. I asked her how long it took her to make it from start to finish, and she said less than 1 day. I asked her why she needs to go to tailoring school if she is already such an expert……and she told me she needs to learn how to use a sewing machine and other sewing tools.

1 comment:

  1. Hi Chelsea,

    I hope you get a chance to post a picture of her dress. Her story is fascinating! Sewing, and cloth, textiles, might be another area we can all share and exchange?

    Thanks,
    Pilar

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