WHY SPEAK ENGLISH

"Mama, ngano sa ato country mag-speak man ug English sa school?" (Mama, why do we speak
English in school?)

I was brushing my teeth on a Monday rush. My son, who is usually ahead of me in all preparations for school, asked me this hundred dollar question, "Mama, ngano sa ato country mag-speak man ug English sa school?" (Mama, why do we speak English in school?)

When he told me he had a question, I was kinda preparing possible answers because I thought he'd ask me why I move too slow. 

This is our morning routine:
My phone alarm rings at 5:00 then I put it on "snooze" twice. After that I wake my son up. He gets up while I remain in bed most of the time because I preoccupy myself chatting with my husband. That's a very good way to start the day. It keeps me alive. 

However, at times, I'm really still asleep. He's voice yelling at me wakes me again. In worse cases, he had to come inside the bedroom again to wake me. And when I hear him approaching, as fast as lightning, I grab my phone and pretends to chat with Marion, my husband. And I tell him, "I'm chatting with dada, don't worry I'm getting up now." 

Well, I had to move twice as fast to keep up with him. When I'm brushing my teeth, he prepares my things, making sure I wouldn't have forgotten anything. That's my eight-year old son.

Back to the million dollar question. I was relieved he asked a different one but it took awhile before I could respond. I told him, the school trains the students to be globally competitive. I didn't explain further. 

I'm not sure he was interested with my answer. Instead, he said, "Aw abi nako naa mga Americano moari mao ga English ta." (I thought Americans are coming.)