Kwikhaya labalupheleyo e-Omaha, e-USA, amanenekazi asele ekhulile angaphezu kweshumi ahleli epasejini ethatha iklasi yokomelela, eshukumisa imizimba yawo njengoko eyalelwe ngumqeqeshi.
Kane ngeveki, malunga neminyaka emithathu.
Nangaphezulu kunabo, uMqeqeshi uBailey naye uhleli esitulweni, ephakamisa iingalo zakhe ukuze anike imiyalelo. Abafazi abadala baqala ngokukhawuleza ukujikelezisa iingalo zabo, ngamnye ezama konke okusemandleni akhe njengoko umqeqeshi wayelindele.
UBailey ufundisa iklasi yokuzilolonga yemizuzu engama-30 apha rhoqo ngoMvulo, ngoLwesithathu, ngoLwesine, nangoMgqibelo kusasa.
Ngokutsho kweWashington Post, uMqeqeshi uBailey, oneminyaka eli-102 ubudala, uhlala ngokuzimela kwindlu yabantu abadala e-Elkridge. Ufundisa iiklasi zokuzilolonga epasejini kumgangatho wesithathu kane ngeveki, kwaye ebesenza njalo kangangeminyaka emithathu, kodwa akazange acinge ukuyeka.
UBailey, ohlala apha kangangeminyaka eli-14, uthe: "Xa ndimdala, ndiza kuthatha umhlala-phantsi."
Uthe abanye babathathi-nxaxheba rhoqo bane-arthritis, ethintela intshukumo yabo, kodwa banokwenza umthambo wokuzolula ngokulula kwaye bazuze kuyo.
Nangona kunjalo, uBailey, odla ngokusebenzisa ifreyimu yokuhamba, uthe ungumqeqeshi ongqongqo. "Bandihlekisa ngokuthi ndingumntu okhohlakeleyo kuba xa sizilolonga, ndifuna bakwenze kakuhle kwaye basebenzise izihlunu zabo ngokufanelekileyo."
Nangona engqongqo, ukuba abakuthandi ngokwenene, abayi kubuya. Wathi: "La mantombazana abonakala eqonda ukuba ndibenzela into ethile, kwaye oko kungenxa yam."
Ngaphambili, indoda yayithatha inxaxheba kule klasi yokuzilolonga, kodwa yasweleka. Ngoku yiklasi yabasetyhini kuphela.
Ixesha lobhubhane likhokelele ekubeni abemi baqhelise umzimba.
UBailey waqala le klasi yokuzilolonga xa kwaqala ubhubhane we-COVID-19 ngo-2020 kwaye abantu babebodwa emagumbini abo.
Xa wayeneminyaka engama-99 ubudala, wayemdala kunabanye abemi, kodwa akazange arhoxe.
Uthe ufuna ukuhlala ekhuthele kwaye ebesoloko ekulungele ukukhuthaza abanye, ngoko ke wamema abamelwane bakhe ukuba bangenise izitulo epasejini baze benze umthambo olula ngelixa begcina umgama phakathi kwabantu.
Ngenxa yoko, abemi bayonwabele kakhulu le nkqubo, kwaye baqhubeka beyenza ukususela ngoko.
UBailey ufundisa le klasi yokuzilolonga yemizuzu engama-30 rhoqo ngoMvulo, ngoLwesithathu, ngoLwesine, nangoMgqibelo kusasa, kunye nokwelula malunga nama-20 umzimba ophezulu nongezantsi. Lo msebenzi ukwandise ubuhlobo phakathi kwabasetyhini abadala, abanyamekelanayo.
Nanini na xa kukho usuku lokuzalwa lomthathi-nxaxheba ngomhla weklasi yokuzilolonga, uBailey ubhaka iikeyiki ukuze abhiyozele. Uthe kule minyaka, yonke imihla yokuzalwa sisiganeko esikhulu.
Isitulo esinamavili esisebenza ngombane esiqeqesha ukuhamba sisetyenziswa kuqeqesho lokubuyisela abantu abalele ebhedini kwaye abanengxaki yokuhamba ngeenyawo ezisezantsi. Sinokutshintsha phakathi komsebenzi wesitulo esinamavili esisebenza ngombane kunye nomsebenzi wokuncedisa ukuhamba ngesitshixo esinye, kwaye kulula ukuyisebenzisa, inkqubo yebrake ye-electromagnetic, ibrake ezenzekelayo emva kokuyeka ukusebenza, ikhuselekile kwaye ayinaxhala.
Ixesha lokuthumela: Juni-08-2023
