History lessons

Since 14 October the census takers are going through the town. We had a young man from the district in our school yard with a folder, and he asked the director twenty-six questions. "Language at home?" "Iradi." "Religion?" The director hesitated and then said it. The young man wrote it, he did not look up.

Next to him stood a girl in the 9th class who had come to see. She asked him what the census is for. He said: "To count how many we are." She said: "My history teacher says it is to know who we are." The young man did not write that down.

I was very happy, I admit.