This morning we visited a local school which was a private school which hosted a variety of students. Nothing super special, just interesting to see .... kind of :) We met a variety of kiddos ranging in grade from 6th grade to 12th. These are definitely a unique group of students seeing as most of them are rather well off since they attend private school and that they comment many many miles to attend since they don't live in the area.
This was an IT classroom which was unusual for this area because most schools we have seen or taught at don't even have electricity. This was an interesting experience indeed. Average tuition per student at grade six was 24,000 Rand. It increased quite a bit by grade twelve.
This afternoon was cool. We got back for lunch and my pal Saul and I sat down for lunch together because we were sharing a pizza. We sat down at a picnic table in the sun with a guy about my age who we started to chat with. He was really nice and was trying to tell us about SA and all I had to offer.
He was telling us about a food, similar to jerky, which he recommended called Biltong. We said we hadn't had it and he looked at us open mouthed and said we had no idea what we were missing and that was all SA had going for itself. We laughed about that. After a little bit of talking, we shook hands and he parted ways with us.
10 minutes later he came back with a 4 lb. bag of Biltong for us to enjoy, dropped it at our table, we shook hands and he left. What a nice guy :)
This is what I love about meeting people. Sometimes they just blow you away with their kindness which is what I love about people. So different.
- With all my thanks :)
Location:Harrismith, South Africa
Why am I not surprised that you loved the smokies/jerkies!! Love reading about your experience.
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