On Friday, we had the opportunity to visit another school. This school was located in Petite Savanne and had students from pre-K to sixth grade. The children were thrilled to see us when we arrived. We were greeted with lots of curiosity and questions.
The morning was filled with medication safety and pharmacy education. It was a fun and energized adventure! The children really loved just engaging with us and were estatic to get the chance to read to us. The day was concluded with some physical activity games we had prepared before arriving on Dominica.
It was interesting to compare this visit with our previous stop at the Delice school. There was a strong religious aknowledgement before and after lunch and what seemed to be more respect for discipline and order at this school. It felt like there was more emphasis on learning to read and write and the children were quite active and happy to be working with us. Nevertheless, even reflecting back on the Delice school, I am pretty impressed with the overall effort being put forth on this island. I have been to several other countries where there is not even a building for school to be held in. Overall, there are differences between the schools here in Dominica but the opportunity for schooling is much greater than several other developing nations.
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