By Kiana Wilburg Some First Ladies attract much attention for their sense of fashion. But, First Lady Sandra Marie Granger,
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Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, parents impressed upon a good education.”The First Lady attended a private nursery school in Albert Street – Bourne’s Propriety. She would later move on to Sacred Heart Primary School.After successfully completing St. Joseph High School, she worked briefly at some travel agencies and then at Radio Demerara as a Script Director and Traffic Supervisor.Mrs. Granger then resigned when her second child was born. She pursued further studies when her daughter entered nursery school.Mrs. Granger supports her husband during the election campaign trail.At the University of Guyana, she did a Degree in English Literature and was encouraged to do Portuguese as her minor. It was during that time that she fell in love with the language and followed up with a Degree in Portuguese.Mrs. Granger taught in the Department of Modern Languages and was later awarded a scholarship to do a Masters in Portuguese at the University of Pittsburgh. There, she did a Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies which dealt with politics, history and anthropology.Kaieteur News (KN): How did you meet your husband??? First Lady (FL): (Chuckles) I was a friend of his sister’s and I warn you, I made him a promise that I would not speak about how we started to go out but at the time he was in the army. His sister and I were playing Scrabble and he said, ‘Would you like to go to the movies?’ That was the beginning of it in essence. (Chuckles) We went to see “Django” at the Plaza cinema.KN: What was your first impression when you saw him?FL: You want me to get into these secrets, eh? (Chuckles) Let me just say that he was aMrs. Granger and her daughters, Afuwa and Hancharming young man but I was reluctant to go out with him because of the reputation these young army officers had. Let me put it that way (chuckles) and I will stop there. I wouldn’t go further than to say he prevailed (chuckles again). Indeed he did. But he has made me promise not to tell anyone about all the ramifications of our courtship.KN: Did he have to write home to your parents?FL: (Chuckles) No; not my David. He met my parents and frequented the home and when we got married he spoke with my father and so forth. But I think my parents knew I was a very own way child from early so they didn’t have any objections as such.KN: We know him as Mr. Granger, now Guyana’s Eighth Executive President, but who is he as a father?FL: Just excellent. He is very understanding given the different personalities of our children, Han and Afuwa. He is very helpful but I was the disciplinarian in the family. David would always correct them by just calling
