By Rusuzumiro News Club - 28/03/17 - People
Our teacher, Dalexis, is 29 years old. He has been a teacher at G.S. Rusuzumiro for 6 years. He teaches English to four different classes in P4 (Year 4) - classes A, B, C and D. Dalexis is single and doesn’t have any children. His favourite hobby is football and he enjoys gardening to relax. This is a picture of our new News Club and today we asked our teacher about a typical day in his life. He said....
I normally wake each morning at about 6 o'clock and go straight to the well to fetch water. It’s nice to hear the sound of the village waking as everybody gets ready for the day. The hills around Rusuzumiro are really beautiful and green – Rwanda isn't called The Land of a Thousand Hills for nothing! I don't normally eat breakfast so as soon a I get home I start the 3km walk to school which takes about 25 minutes. I arrive at school at 7am and have about 20 minutes to say hello to the other teachers and get ready before we start the day at 7:20am. The first shift runs until 12:40pm when we take a break for lunch and then we’re back for the second shift until 5pm. I normally do a little bit administration before I walk the 3km back again, arriving home at at around 6pm when it starts to get dark. For dinner, I’ll either cook some rice, potatoes or maize with some beans. We’ve had a very dry season this last year but fortunately maize is growing well in our area. It gets quite cold in the hills but the night is peaceful and after a busy day, I am ready for bed at about 9pm.