{"id":2667,"date":"2022-01-10T00:04:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T21:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/sponsored\/?p=2667"},"modified":"2022-01-10T00:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T21:20:45","slug":"aint-it-true-that-high-school-survival-stories-prepare-you-for-a-harsh-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/sponsored\/aint-it-true-that-high-school-survival-stories-prepare-you-for-a-harsh-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Ain\u2019t it true that high school survival stories prepare you for a harsh world?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In lots of ways, our experiences in high school define the rest of our lives. Everything from social skills to street-smart adaptability. High school was an all-inclusive holistic life shaping engagement. Well, corporal punishment was common fanfare, them days. The perfect trailer to a harsh, cruel world after school.<\/p>\n

First off, high school gave us a chance to venture outside the suffocating confines of our village and exposed us to other cultures.<\/p>\n

He who doesn\u2019t travel thinks his mother is the best cook.<\/p>\n

We got used to weevil-ridden fare in smoky kitchens with sweaty, scowling cooks. In some occasions, we’d catch a whiff of kerosene in the Githeri!<\/p>\n

The village had embraced us in a loving embrace \u2013 then high school ripped us from that comforting embrace to the cruelty of sadistic bullies.<\/p>\n

You learn that people can be unkind for no reason.<\/p>\n

You learn the world doesn\u2019t owe you a soft landing.<\/p>\n

The basics of the social system – elite class, the middle class and the peasants – are first made apparent in high school. One learns there will always be people richer and wealthier, but not necessarily smarter. The grades in class is what mattered.<\/p>\n

On money, lessons were served fast and harshly. What may seem exorbitant to one may turn out to be mere chicken feed to another. In those days, I\u2019d feel rich if my folks and relatives in the village sent me back to school with 500 bob as pocket money \u2013 shopping inclusive. Then I\u2019d meet urban kids living like kings with unlimited funding!<\/p>\n

High school taught us restraint – one doesn\u2019t need to eat bread with margarine on every break.<\/p>\n

The ingenious village kids would often come up with tricks to earn extra income.<\/p>\n

I know a lad who cleaned the 4K club rabbit hutches for a fee. Most of the club\u2019s members were averse to the tedious chores. He made a tidy sum after classes.<\/p>\n

Another lad made a name as a data entry expert \u2013 copy writing notes and long assignments over the weekends. He’d also write fancy, wordy, perfumed letters to pen pals in neighboring schools for a fee.<\/p>\n

The harshest lesson was dished out in form one, second term. I lost a tidy sum of money to con artists at the bus terminus in town on the way to school.<\/p>\n

It was the school fees – stashed in my socks. To date, it amazes me how they had realized I had money on me.<\/p>\n

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Nowadays, luckily, school kids do not have to expose themselves to con artists and pick pockets. In regard to school fees, with Co-op Bank there\u2019s four safe and convenient ways – from anywhere on the globe.<\/p>\n

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