Pages

Friday, June 28, 2013

‘Why I cried after school sent us home’


SHARE BOOKMARKPRINTRATING
PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA Pauline Atieno, a pupil at Amani Primary School in Mombasa, speaks to the media on June 25, 2013.
PHOTO | LABAN WALLOGA Pauline Atieno, a pupil at Amani Primary School in Mombasa, speaks to the media on June 25, 2013.  NATION MEDIA GROUP
By NATION CORRESPONDENT
Posted  Wednesday, June 26  2013 at  23:30
The 14-year-old girl who stunned Kenyans when she was featured shedding tears for being sent home following the teachers’ strike on Wednesday explained the reason for her distress.
“I have no conducive environment to study at home,” said Pauline Atieno, a pupil at Amani Primary School in Mombasa.
The only girl in a family of seven said the unusual assembly bell on Tuesday morning made her shed tears when she thought of the environment at home.
“I’m the only girl at home and whenever I plan to study there is a lot of interruption from my younger brother and cousin. Apart from that, the support I get from Amani Primary is great,” said Atieno.
Speaking from the family home at Ganahola in Mikindani, the Standard Seven pupil said she felt her older brother, a Form Four candidate, was too busy to help her with her homework.

No comments:

Post a Comment