Education

Today I was speaking with my good friend, Elhadj Samb. I asked him how far did he go in school. He told me how he took the baccalaureate test twice and failed both times, so he was unable to go to University. Even though he didn't go to University that hasn't stopped him from becoming proficient in English, French, and math. What is even more interesting is that Samb's best friend in the community is the Principal of one of the Elementary schools in my town. Every day the principal comes over and Samb explains to him how he needs to do the grading and what to look for in the papers. I just thought it was interesting, how a guy who didn't finish high school is helping run a school and the guy who runs the school and went to University is unable to do the work. What does it say about the system? On the other hand, maybe it says something about Samb as a human and maturing. I don't know, it just was interesting to me.