The princess’s mistress….

Huh? What about the princess’s teacher, for her very first day back at school yesterday, Monday, September 1st?

… and well, she’s Malagasy 😳 Nooo, seriously, ve l’ty? Oh yes, seriously. Incredible, what were the odds of that happening?

What was more likely to happen was that there were other little Malagasy children in her class, and well, no, not even this time.

So? Any apprehensions? Well, no, why? We’re in France, in the French national education system, so no, no apprehensions.

We don’t hire just anyone as a teacher here in France. So whether they’re of French, Malagasy, Polish, or Togolese origin, it makes no difference: we’re in France, period. French system, French national education curriculum, zay, vita kabary.

And what’s the matter? We’re in kindergarten, not at Polytechnique either. We’re still in a phase of teaching, exploration, discovery…

There are no “subjects” per se, but rather a series of activities to learn and/or master the basics, as they say.

But hey, as I’ve already had the opportunity to say, Malagasy teacher or not, I’ll be very attentive to their early years of schooling.

I was already attentive from birth to 3 years old, and I’ll be even more so for their 3 to 7 years old. I’ve already managed to establish the foundations of what I call “playful curiosity,” so I hope this continues.

My philosophy is that school should be a game, learning an “impatient” pleasure. Impatient for what? Well, to learn more and more. No limits.

And once again, let it come “naturally” and not in a forced, brutal way, which will put you off school prematurely. So I insist: good habits are formed very early, from birth to 7 years old. Once you’ve gotten the hang of it, as they say…

So that’s the anecdote. For this first day on Monday, there was only a short hour in class, just for a first encounter between everyone, teacher, parents, and students.

And I can see that my method is already paying off because the princess is already looking forward to going back the next day, today, Tuesday, September 2nd.

Learning to live together, socializing, politeness… learning to read, write, count… a luxury in some countries? A free obligation here in France, from the age of 3, as I already wrote below.

Aaaah la rentrée scolaire

Tsy adala ny vazaha if they have introduced this compulsory schooling. They understand that illiteracy will cost even more than the €63 billion they spend annually on national education.

Isn’t this the country that has been steadily getting poorer for the past 65 years, year after year? I just wrote the explanation in the previous paragraph, for everyone to ponder.