A life in the day of a....Kazarika, The primary school teacher

Mouric Kazarika is a primary teacher at Remera Protestant School. Normally, I wake up at 6 a.m. I freshen up and take tea, which takes me 15 minutes, then I go to school at approximately 6.30. It takes me roughly 30 minutes to reach school. When I get there at around 7; 00, the first thing I do is supervise children who are normally revising, then I make corrections to the previous day’s homework. At around 7.40, I mobilise children to attend the assembly, where they sing the national anthem and the headmistress together with the master on duty make their speeches, after which, we pray and we go for classes. I go to the staffroom, where I finalise with my preparations for the day’s program. On days when I have a class in the morning, I pick up my teaching materials and go to class. The classes go up to 9.45, when we go out for break time, during this time, children go for refreshments, after which they play different games. Since I am also responsible for sports, I supervise physical education, mostly to the lower classes. In most cases, I continue to teach up to lunch time. We break off for lunch at 12.00, then I go home for lunch. The lunch break takes two hours, so at 14.00, I report back to school. Afternoon class lasts up to 16.45, then I retire from class. When I reach home, which is in most cases at 17.20, I prepare my lessons for the next day, which doesn’t take me long. From there, I do some reading, to sharpen my intellect and my academic judgment, after which I take a bath, and prepare myself evening tea, since I am single. The next thing I do is reading newspapers, to know current affairs, then listen to radio, which takes me up to 20.30 when I take my supper, after which I shower and go to bed, at around 21.30. Ends