'I’m 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. I’ll never get to be educated. I’ll never get to be a doctor. I’m 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. I’ll never get to be educated. I’ll never get to be a doctor. I’m not learning.” Thousands of teachers have fled Zimbabwe in search of better-paying jobs, leaving mass vacancies at schools.

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