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Dainfern tour today! This was a very exciting opportunity for the LEAP students, and I felt really privileged to be a part of it. As I mentioned, Dainfern is LEAP 4's partner school. It is a private school just a few kilometer's away -- I have been told that Dainfern is one of the wealthiest suburbs in Johannesburg, and it neighbors Diepsloot, which is one of the poorest townships.

This was a unique day for the students, because they do not usually get to interact with one another. Many of the Dainfern grade 9 students had never been inside of a township at all. The LEAP students were thrilled to get to show them their community, and their school.

It was amazing to get to see the students talk together, and nevermind the vast differences in their economic classes. I have already posted pictures of the township, and to put it in perspective, Dainfern students mainly have their own golf carts which they use to drive to one another's houses, or to school. It's that different. But today, they begun to get to know one another, and could see that whatever divides us, there is much more that makes us similar.

We toured extension 10 today. I spoke with many of the Dainfern students, too, and got to share some information that I've taken from the book that I'm reading about Diepsloot. I also got to experience bunny chow, which we all ate for lunch (it's like... 4 sandwiches in one -- kind of hard to describe). Today was exhausting, but also very inspiring and I was glad to share in it.