Excited for School

Name: Excited for School
Author: सिर्जना गोले तामाङ

by सिर्जना गोले तामाङ

Ages 4–76 min readStarting SchoolFree to read

Urmu and Urgen are excited to start school until they get there and find out their teacher speaks a different language. What happens next?

A heartening school story about two siblings who go from dreading the classroom to loving it, showing how much it matters to be understood in your own language.

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Credits & license

Written by सिर्जना गोले तामाङ

License: CC BY 4.0

Source: Global Digital Library

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Questions to talk about together

Urmu and Urgen couldn't understand their teacher's words and got laughed at — how do you think that felt?
Everything changed when Miss Dolma spoke their language, Tamang; why did that make school joyful again?
Have you ever felt confused or left out, and then someone helped you understand?