A toast to shorter school days, weekends and holidays

NAIROBI: My last child is finally in school. I am torn between nostalgia and sheer glee. My last born is four years. And, yes this is his first week in school. To many, keeping him home this long appeared to be a cardinal sin. That despite being a teacher, I was fostering an illiterate and raising a future lay about.

I, however, made a decision a long time ago that none of my children would go to school before the age of four, and I might as well confess it all, I also hate holiday tuition and extra classes. I agree some children may need remedial classes, but that’s a discussion for another day. And do not even get me started on boarding schools for children in primary school.