Lessons for Grade 7s

Lesson 0: We will respect one another.

Lesson 1: We do not hit each other to express our feelings. It is never okay to hit someone.

Lesson 2: We do not talk when the teacher is talking

Lesson 3: We ask before we borrow someone's rubber (eraser)

Lesson 4: We do not use other peoples money. We do not gamble during afterschool program

Lesson 5: We are at After School Program for two reasons: to have fun and to be safe. We do not ruin other people's fun. We do not hurt other people or ruin their safe place.

Lesson 6: We use other people's real names. It is not okay to say "the fat one" "the black one" "the dark one" "the skinny one". We all have names. I am Christine. You are Olwethu. You are Kwanele. You will not insult other people by calling them elephants, ugly, skinny, fat, in English or in Xhosa. You will use their real name.

We just got to Lesson 6 today. Lesson 1 has been a recurring theme. Two more sessions and then I'm gonna go back to my world, as the boy in the very front of this picture very pointedly told me today.