'Im not learning'

Bernard Tenashe, 10, shown with a friend's son, says many of his friends were happy when classes were canceled, but not him. It makes me feel unhappy. Ill never get to be educated. Ill never get to be a doctor. Im not learning. Thousands of teachers have fled Zimbabwe in search of better-paying jobs, leaving mass vacancies at schools.

Jeffrey Barbee / For The Times /

Bernard Tenashe, 10, shown with a friend's son, says many of his friends were happy when classes were canceled, but not him. It makes me feel unhappy. Ill never get to be educated. Ill never get to be a doctor. Im not learning. Thousands of teachers have fled Zimbabwe in search of better-paying jobs, leaving mass vacancies at schools.

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