I have always been a great believer that education should be fun, especially when the children are still young, that way they start at an early age to enjoy learning.

Today I came across some old photos of where Meggan was still young. We took her and one of her friends to the aquarium at Ushaka marine world on one of my trips to Durban, and as usual I was being my normal fun loving educational mommy, as we passed through all the different tanks, I read them the little information boards in the most humoristic ways and twisting it into little stories to make it entertaining for them.

In-between I would ask them questions just to make sure that I still have their attention and that they are actually taking in what I am telling them. I could tell that the kids were really enjoying themselves while learning a great deal about South African marine life, and trust me I was enjoying it just as much if not more!

At some stage I asked them another question and instead of hearing the voice of one of the two little people that was there with me, I heard a chorus of tiny voices answering me in unison, and when I turned around I noticed that there were about 30 kids behind me and a group of adults lingering a few meters away. For a moment, I was immensely confused,

Then it became clear to me, I had been mistaken for a tour guide in the marine world.

Luckily the actual tour guide showed up a few moments later apologising profusely and took the misled youth off my hands.

After the whole ordeal one of the other kids ran up to me and said, “you were a lot more fun you know!”
Every time I think of this story I just can’t help to get a huge grin on my face.