piglets

piglets
Originally uploaded by jlovegren.

computers are all the craze here. i went to a meeting in menji of the local secondary school principal. there was a professor whose hometown was menji who teaches african philosophy in rome. he had arranged for the twinning of italian secondary schools with schools in the lebialem district. some principal was going crazy because the italians sent them two computers which were subsequently taken to the district office. the PTA suspected corruption as usual, but the district delegate had a point when he said that the school had no electricity to power the computers. everyone felt better when the professor received a phone call from the italian ambassador and the mayor in sequence, then announced that the government in rome had agreed to his 196,000 euro proposal to fit 14 schools with internet work stations in the area. the catch: you have to have electricity.