Mosquitoes and education

As previously written, education in Tanzania is often poor. 

Regularly teachers are not in class, the classes have 70 to 100 pupils and perhaps two books. It's almost a miracle that so many children manage to pass their exam. 

Then high school is entirely in English (and believe me, most of the children do not speak English after finishing primary school other than "good morning" (all day and) "we are fine") and the books are very difficult (I did not get half of it and I did university). 

So they often learn the answers by heart, they learn what answer goes with what question. 

So in  short, education is not something to write home about (although I am doing it now, so perhaps another saying is required). 

But now you are probably wondering about the title, what do mosquitoes have to do with education? 

Let me explain. Their education is also poor. 

Lesson 1: mosquitoes stabbing at dusk 

Unfortunately most do not seem to have paid any attention in class, so they stabbing during the day also

Lesson 2: Mosquitoes love dark blue and black 

But I am white (demonstrated by how often I am called Mzungu (white person)), I wear bright colors and long pants / skirts and use mosquito repellent (unless my Swahili is so bad that it actually states on the bottle that it is a mosquito afrodisiac) and I will still be bitten. Current record 22 bites in 45 minutes. After that I fled to bed with a mosquito net. I saw green (not with envy but of the colgate toothpaste I put on the mosquito bites to stop them itching). 

Lesson 3: Mosquitoes do not like mosquito repellent

See above, they keep coming. 

So I have to admit, you cannot win from the mosquitoes here.