We visited another high school today. I would equate this school with one of our more troubled inner city schools in the U.S. Student population has dropped from over 1000 to just over 300 in the past few years. The school is constantly vandalized, parents that can afford to send their kids to other schools, and many students/parents are uninterested in the education there. It was very sad because many of the teachers seemed to have been "beaten up" so long they had given up on improving the school. Hopefully something will change in the leadership to give the teachers the flame of hope they once had. We were allowed to meet some of the seniors that were taking their final exams. They were a very well spoken, well dressed and friendly group of young people.

From the high school, we rode past some of the more affluent city (i.e. used to be all White schools during apartheid). The contrasts of resources and facilities were stark. We have disparities in the US, but they pale in comparison to what we saw just from the outside of these schools.

We then had a meeting with some of the faculty from Nelson Mandela University. It was a very good discussion and we recapped many of our observations of the schools in Port Elizabeth. Tonight we will have dinner and get ready to travel to Capetown tomorrow.