Francolin College (Phalaborwa)

Francolin College. Named after a bird. A *bird*. You are paying private school fees to go to a school named after something a cat chases around the garden. In Phalaborwa. Which is already famous for being very, very far from everything else. You are not going to school, you are going on a field trip that never ends. Now let us talk about these numbers because I need someone to explain this to me slowly. Two hundred and twelve learners. Six educators. SIX. That is a 35 to 1 ratio, meaning your teacher is not teaching a class, they are managing a small township. One teacher is handling 35 teenagers in Limpopo heat with no boarding facilities, so everyone goes home at the end of the day and comes back the next morning like nothing happened. Baba, that teacher deserves a government pension and a foot massage. And then the description, written with a completely straight face, says "it is a fee-paying institution." My friend. You are paying private school money. For six teachers. In Namakgale. There is no boarding, no extra frills mentioned, just the NSC curriculum and the company of 211 other people wondering the same thing you are wondering. Overall verdict: Francolin College is basically a very expensive study group in the bush, but respect to the six teachers holding it together because that is not a job, that is a calling.