The First Grader

DJ Masha:
At 1:40 in the movie the radio disc jockey says, "I am now beginning to believe that one day a Kenyan, a Kenyan, will go to the White House."

Jane Obinchu:
Mmzee, they meant for children, not adults.

Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge:
No, I heard it on the radio, with my own ears, they said 'everybody'.

Jane Obinchu:
Mmzee, why does someone as old as yourself want to go to school?

Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge:
I want to learn to read.

Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge:
Do you think I'm too old to learn?

Jane Obinchu:
My father had a saying. He was not an educated man, he was a fisherman, but he said 'you never stop learning until you have soil in your ears'.

Jane Obinchu:
[addressing her 200 students on her last day] My mother never went to school, and she said to me, 'You must love education, so that you can do better than me'. I am your mother and I am telling you, you must love education, so that you can do better than me, better than all of the teachers.

Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge:
I will continue learning, I want to become a vet.

Jane Obinchu:
[laughing] A vet? Maruge, you'll be almost 100 years old.

Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge:
I will never stop learning until I have soil in my ears.