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Overheard in a Grade 1 Class - 'I want to be Cuthbert Dube'

by Staff reporter
04 Feb 2014 at 21:58hrs | Views
Grade 1 pupils were asked who they want to be when they grow up and one of them said they want to be Cuthbert Dube the former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) chief executive officer who was earning $500k per month. Transcript below.
:            Mangwanani vana veGrade 1 (Good morning Grade 1 pupils)Grade 1 pupils:   Mamuka sei teacher (Good Morning Teacher) Teacher:            Tamuka mamukawo sei (I am fine how are you)Grade 1 pupils:   Tamuka tamukawo (We are fine) Teacher:           Vabereki venyu vanofarawo here kudzimba (How are your parents at home?)Grade 1 pupils:   Ehee vanofara (They are fine) Teacher:          Nhasi toda kutaura pamusoro pemabasa. Ndinoda kuti mundiudze kuti kana makura munoda kuzoita mabasa eyi (Today we want to talk about careers. I want you to tell me the jobs you want to do when you grow up )
Pupil 1:    Ndinoda kuita basa remacomputers (I want to be in computers field)Pupil 2:    Ndinoda kuita basa rekurapa vanhu (I want to be a doctor/nurse)Pupil 3:    Ndinoda kuita basa rekudhiraivha ndege (I want to be a pilot)Pupil 4:    Inini ndinoda kuita basa reCuthbert Dube (I want to be Cuthbert Dube)

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