As a young girl, I had big dreams. But after I finished primary school at fifteen, one of my dreams (going to secondary school) was dashed. My father disappointed me, telling me point blank to forget about any more schools. His plans for me going forward entailed marrying me off. According to him, it was my responsibility as a girl to marry and procreate for my husband. Schools were for boys, he argued. All my efforts to reason with him proved futile. He insisted he wouldn't go against his people's traditions by sending a girl child to secondary school.
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