Have we ever considered why parents wish what they wish, against their children’s wishes, who just want the oh-so-simple goal of understanding what they are supposed to learn?
Silence, obedience, faithful parroting of what the teacher and the exam require and the cane if you dare to go against any of these or even fail to parrot properly. What are we teaching our children?
To what extent does our happiness depend on turning a blind eye to other people’s misery?
When we talk about bullying, are we sure that many parents and schools are not actually number one bullies of children in their care?
We cannot and should not go on feeding all these institutional babies.
There are many natural disasters, and man-made disasters we have had to contend with and all victims of these disasters should be given the support they need
Women in Tanzania are invisible, inaccessible, and forgettable.
Anyone looking at the unfolding situation purely through the lens of October 7th is wilfully ignoring what led up to that situation.
If the system that causes all the problems is not transformed to become pro-people rather than pro-leaders, then all the rest is blah blah blah.
The proliferation of government-operated English medium schools in our communities symbolises this perpetuation.
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