Rwanda: School Memories - Kicked Out of Mr. Perspectives' Class

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Mr. Perspectives walked into the classroom, looked around, read out names of ten students and pointed them to the door. I was one of the ten. He didn't want us in his class anymore. We wailed and and pleaded for forgiveness but the dramatic and therefore dishonest expression of our remorse just added salt to the wound. So we packed our Art Books and HB pencils and left to find other electives that would accommodate our general lack of interest in education.

Art, Mr. Perspectives had said, was more than a subject; it was a way of life. Indeed he taught Art as though his life depended on it. With the stench of alcohol filling the surrounding air every time he breathed out, he would stand over us, showing us how to apply different shades of colour to bring out the perspectives of a drawing. Perspectives, he had said, were an important element in Art. It is because he tirelessly repeated the aforementioned statement that he earned his nickname.

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