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Why our country is one big secondary school

When I was in high school, inspections were the order of the day. Every Saturday, we would clean all corners of the school. The exercise left the aroma of detergents hanging over our dormitories.

After the clean-up, all boys wore their best uniforms. But the cleanliness would only last as long as the inspection, as dirt and chaos would  soon return to their rightful place.

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