Togo Village school
Echoes of children’s laughter
Throwback to a simpler time
In response to SL-WEEK 9: School
Author: Dancing Echoes
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Dancing Echoes 
September 2, 2015 at 10:31 am
Very cute classement… Well done
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September 2, 2015 at 10:55 am
Thank you. Yes, this school had the quintessential classroom you think about when you think of the one room schoolhouse around the 1900’s. This wasn’t a one room school though, they had three. One for the wee ones, one for the middle and one for high school. I liked the fact that there was a range of ages in one room though because the older students helped the younger ones. It wasn’t fancy but it was conducive to learning. They had a nice volleyball court for recreation too.
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September 2, 2015 at 11:19 am
My kids both spent several summers working at Casa de Elizabeth, an orphanage in Imuris, Mexico. That theme of things being so much simpler there was all through the journals they kept. That and the surprise that the kids were just as happy without all the electronic gadgets — though if I remember correctly, I think they did have a common room with a TV.
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September 2, 2015 at 11:22 am
Very cool!
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September 3, 2015 at 8:20 am
U mentioned older students helping younger ones. That was common in 1-room schools here as well.
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September 5, 2015 at 6:27 am
Wonderful – colour and alive and vibrant!
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September 5, 2015 at 7:55 am
Thank you!
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September 5, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Lovely basics can speak loudly, DE.
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September 12, 2015 at 4:40 pm
…beautiful!!! I love the mess on the bookshelf in the back *lol*. Foreign classrooms are always so interesting…
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