As I’ve mentioned before, my favorite people in Jamaica are the kids. Even moreso, Jamaican school children in uniform. I LOVE that kids have to wear uniforms to school there!
This day I was walking along a quiet road in the hills of St Mary when I came upon a primary school. I went into a little store first to buy a soda and then came and stood behind the chainlink fence to watch the kids play.
Jamaican kids will always start off acting shy but usually once they see a person with a camera it doesn’t take long for them to break out of their shells and have some fun with it. When these kids saw us they started coming up to the fence a couple at a time.
Soon a whole heap of kids were standing at the fence chatting with us! When I complemented one of the girls on her hair and the pretty beads she said it was a sports day and all the girls do their hair special for sports day. We asked what was the name of their school and talked to them about their day, then asked if we could have a nice group picture of them all. It’s plain to see NONE of them were shy about posting for this shot!
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6 responses to “More Jamaican School Children”
awwwwwwwwww the babies!!! lol the one in the very front kinda looks like this reggae singer named Natel.
so i peeped the countdown.. back to JA in 22 days??!
LOL you mean the boy? He looks like a little playa already….adorable!!
Yep this next trip was spur of the moment LOL. What a freakin addict I am. Only for a short week though 🙁
lol ya he does look like Natel a lil bit……thats kool that they arent shy at all……i hope to join the fun one day with you all in jamaica 🙁
Wow! LOVE the site redesign and the kids are gorgeous. The girls have fabulous hairstyles. I remember my school uniform days and it was great not to have to compete fashion wise with those who could afford better. Very equalizing. You focus on your friends- not who could afford the ‘brands’
Thanks Wizzy, about the redesign. 🙂
And yep, that’s the same thing I think about uniforms. No competition, everyone’s equal.
They look like trouble yes LOL! I kid. How precious 🙂