Janet's Day

4:00am

Get up, prepare breakfast. Wash last night's dishes in the lake. Eat breakfast with the family.

6:00am

Walk to school with sister Lucy and friend Susan.

7:00am

Arrive at school, sweep an area of the school grounds. Assembly, post given out.

7:30am

School starts, all ages in one class until that year's examinations are passed. 58 pupils in class (some have over 100).

10:30am

Break. Activities – stepping games, skipping, circle games and circle dodge ball.

1:15pm

School finishes.

2:30pm

Arrive home. Cook lunch.

3:30pm

Play, perhaps dancing by the lake.

5:30pm

Work in the home: 1) Repair walls with soil, sand and water. 2) Pound maize to make flour.

8:45pm

Bedtime. (Janet sleeps in a hut with her brothers and sisters. Her parents sleep in another hut.)

Draw a clock face and divide it into 24 hours. Mark in different colours the different things that Janet does during this day.

Prepare a similar chart or clock for one of your school days.

List the similarities and differences between the two clocks.

Which lifestyle do you prefer? Which aspects of Janet's life would you like? Which aspects would you not like?