My son loved his first day of kindergarten. It brings up my own bittersweet memories

James Kassaga Arinaitwe · Saturday at 1:34 AM

Russell Siima, who started his first year of kindergarten at a public school in Montgomery County, Md., this week, waves goodbye to his parents. The milestone gave his dad a flashback to his own start of school in Uganda.

When his son began kindergarten this week, educator James Kassaga Arinaitwe flashed back to his own initiation into school, growing up in Uganda under far humbler circumstances.

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My son loved his first day of kindergarten. It brings up my own bittersweet memories

James Kassaga Arinaitwe

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