History lessons

My mother reminds me that in 1962 there were uniforms too, brown dresses and black aprons, and the school director measured the skirts with a ruler. So uniforms are not new. What is new is the price. A set for a girl in the 5th class was 38 som at the bazaar this week, and a family with three children needs a month's saving.

At the school we have a box for uniforms that are too small. Parents bring and parents take, without names. I have put my nephew's old shirts there. The box is already empty twice.

The uniform stall at the Kyzyl-Adyr bazaar, last Saturday of August.