Dr. Scary and Mrs. Marbles (1/4)
Tell me a storybook about Myanmar. How long were you there?
All fucking day.
No, really.
Five weeks. I was the first teacher in and first teacher out. Sublime.
Why did you go?
To grow. To experience a Montessori learning environment at an expensive private school. See how things worked. On the ground. Wander around. Scribble words. Make images. Meet the kind, curious, smiling people.
(Alarm bells clang)
A private school sounds dangerous. I spell uh, I smell money. Cash for kids.
Education is a busine$$. Profit before people.
Didn't you learn this lesson in 2008 for a year at St. Laurensia near Jakarta when you helped 4th graders develop social and moral character with humor and curiosity?
Private school, parents rule fool.
Yes, however I needed to see Myanmar for myself, analyze management objectives and system. Connect with smiling people. Learn, laugh, grow, glow and flow with the go.
Trust and verify. That's what I say.
And you say it with clear pronunciation.
Make it new day by day make it new.
The school had 700 kids from Montessori (3-6 years young) through grade 9.
That's big money. It's a numbers game.
Yes it is. Don't ask me how much. Big.
Bigger than the infinite sky?
Almost. The financial bean counters wore out abacuses. Click-click. They'll raise tuition next year. The Burmese managing director lived happily ever after.
I love fairy tales.
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