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Pudd’ng is turning out to be the gate-keeper of the English language

My daughter is not applying to no college; but she’s still got her TOEFL moments …Illustration/JOSEPH BARASA

By  Josaya Wasonga

Columnist

What you need to know:

  • While taking baby girl to school, we pass by an open-air premise that sells sand.

  • As is Pudd’ng’s habit, if she doesn’t comprehend anything, she will ask. “Mom? Why have they written the number four between those two words?”

TOEFL. Acronym for Test of English as a Foreign Language. A standardised quiz taken by speakers of other languages applying to US colleges.

My daughter is not applying to no college; but she’s still got her TOEFL moments …

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