This happened very long time ago but the red daster (a comfortable loose dress used at home mostly by older women) that my teacher lent me one rainy day is still vivid in my mind. In 1973 I was in grade 2, during those times life was simple. Our school and our community was very remote from the city. The roads were dusty during summer and muddy during rainy months
Only few pupils have umbrellas, mostly pupils used the” sayap,” a big brim hat made of anahaw leaves that resembles that of a vietnamese hat. But for the poorest kids like us we used banana leaves
Heavy rain poured one day while on my way to school. My banana leaves was torn by wind so I entered the classroom with my hair dripping and my clothes with mud. My grade 2 teacher was ready for that. She always had a towel, daster, soap, 1st aid kit in the classroom. She told me to take a bath, lent me towel and her red daster. Then I wash my clothes and hang it outside when the rain stops
So I attended in my grade 2 class wearing my teacher’s red daster which lenght is more than a gown to me. My school mates laughed as I played in the school corridor in my teachers daster during recess.
For me she is the best school teacher I ever had. Thanks Mam Socorro Abad , my Grade 2 teacher in Tierra Nevada Elementary School
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