Super Omnia Veritas - The truth above all things
Yep this was us, co-ed, multiracial school in South Africa, in the apartheid years offering good quality affordable education to all. UNTHINKABLE, but our reality. Lord, behold us with Thy blessing; Once again assembled here; Onward be our footsteps pressing; In Thy love, and faith, and fear; Still protect us; By Thy presence ever near. This is the hymn that we would bellow out at the first assembly of every term. Remember the scene from the Lion King, where Mufasa holds Simba up to the kingdom after his birth, that is what it felt like that morning when Mr. Webber walked Elly and I into Miss Koening’s Standard 1 (grade 3) class for the first time. There was much excitement around the new kids. I recall one young lady, Angela Bennett, being particularly kind to me. This kindness, set off years of silent infatuation, until I got distracted in std 4 I think and I had to call off our relationship that only I was aware of. It wasn’t you, it was me. 😊 I even recall so many permutations of ...