Enjoying life at my aunt's place

My aunt had many children like my father. The two youngest boys
were about my age. And we got along just great. All her children
were required to attend school. At the time I was staying with them,
some of the older ones had gotten married. But four were still at
home: one girl and three boys. The girl got married and....a new
chapter of my life started right after this change in her life.

Though I went to school at my own village, I was not attending classes
with any of my cousins. They reinforced my learning when they
would do their multiplication tables out loud or the alphabet letters
and spelling out words. Ha, I didn't have to have a spanking if I didn't
do it right. I'm about sure that they played teacher on me and would
love to give me a spanking for mistakes I made. This was the norm of
correction I would receive when attending school. No wonder I didn't
like school. Boy, don't they need this kind of discipline in American
schools today?

Resources were limited for schooling. I don't think there was such a
thing as the library. Maybe in the inner city schools, they may have
more books to take home to read and a library. This would include
the school that my cousins were attending, since they were at the
outskirts of Battambong.