Uneducated
We currently have 3 positions to fill at the orphanage so for the past two weeks we have been doing interviews. I have done numerous interviews over the years, and yet I am always surprised what I find out when I ask personal questions. In these interviews we ask what level of education the potential employee has received, and I am often shocked at the answers we are given. I don’t think I have ever interviewed someone over the age of 40 who has been to school, can read, or even write their name. During this batch of interviews this proved true once more. One woman we interviewed was about my age, maybe a few years older (Early 30s). When I asked her level of education a look of shame came over her and looking at the ground she whispered, “Second”. In Haiti, there are two second grades; second fundamental grade which is the equivalent of grade 2 and seconde which is the equivalent of grade 10 or 11. Confusing I know, so considering her age I assumed the latter. She quic...