De Boys Seh is Speedeet and Wilar’s weekly kid commentary on the news. They’re 12. Their opinions are their own. No politics.
Speedeet: “So they build a big big training college in Berbice. Like, HUGE. To train people fuh work on de oil rigs.”
Wilar: “How big?”
Speedeet: “Twenty BILLION dollars big.”
Wilar: “…Dat is more than my school spend on we in my entire life.”
Speedeet: “Dat is more than EVERY school spend on EVERY student in de history of schools.”
Wilar: “But real talk — if you could train fuh work on a oil rig OR go to school, which one you picking?”
Speedeet: “Oil rig. No homework. No uniform. And de food probably better.”
Wilar: “You don’t know dat.”
Speedeet: “I know de cafeteria at school, so literally ANYTHING better.”
Wilar: “Trinidad having Carnival right now. Like, RIGHT NOW. People in de street since before sun come up.”
Speedeet: “I want to go Carnival SO BAD.”
Wilar: “You twelve.”
Speedeet: “Twelve-year-olds does go Carnival!”
Wilar: “Twelve-year-olds does go KIDDIES Carnival. Big difference.”
Speedeet: “One day, Wilar. One day we going Trinidad fuh Carnival. Me and you. Mas costume and everything.”
Wilar: “You can’t even stay up past nine o’clock.”
Speedeet: “J’ouvert START at four in de morning! I would be ASLEEP by de time it start and STILL wake up in time!”
Wilar: “West Indies beat Nepal in cricket.”
Speedeet: “NINE WICKETS. We SMASH dem.”
Wilar: “Jason Holder took four wickets by heself.”
Speedeet: “Dat man is a GIANT. He like six foot seven. When he bowl, de ball coming from de CLOUDS.”
Wilar: “You think if we practice hard enough we could play fuh West Indies?”
Speedeet: “Wilar, you can’t even catch a tennis ball.”
Wilar: “I CAUGHT ONE LAST WEEK.”
Speedeet: “It bounced off you head first. Dat don’t count.”
Wilar: “A catch is a catch.”
De Boys Seh is a weekly feature. Views expressed are dem own! 😂
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