It’s a no brainer, I totally agree. I mean why do you think that people in relationships fight? Huh? They just won’t care to understand each other and the matter at hand. All they care about is telling each other how they are feeling. Hitting up one with that “first of all, I’m not the
Category: Adult
What has the opening of a school door got to do with the closing of a prison?
Shakuntala Devi said and I quote “education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It is about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life”. According to Merriam- Webster, a school can be defined as an organization that provides instruction: such as an institution for the teaching of children, a
The Incredible Injustice of Turkey’s Continued Denial of the Armenian Genocide
The Armenian genocide occurred a century ago, but the continued denial of it by the Turkish government still has consequences. As Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” On April 24, 1915 Ottoman Turkish authorities arrested 200 Armenian intellectuals and business leaders across Western Armenia (present day Eastern Turkey).
Pandora box of uncertainty
Stephen R. Covey’s quotation is indeed a pragmatic insight into human being’s innate behavior. Starting from me, most people get annoyed by such kind of act. After a long tiring commendable argument to convince someone, I end up facing another insurmountable counter-argument which fades up my hope of changing his outlook on the subject matter.
On Boats
1. I am 17 and I already know how patriarchy works. I do not have the word “patriarchy” in my arsenal of words. There exists, at least in my head, no equivalent in Shona or Ndebele. But, I know that for my mother to allow me to make a decision, I need my uncle’s help.
Does education prevent, or facilitate imprisonment?
Everybody wants to enjoy an easy life but problems and decisions are part of our daily routine no matter who you are. When faced with the hardships of life, decision making can be the vital element in avoiding or solving the crisis ahead. Sometimes, those decisions might not seem the best nor the safest options, but they may in the
Silent Noise
One of the things I have come to understand is that the world is full of silent noise. Everyone wants to be heard but no one wants to listen. In the end, we end up making a lot of noise without passing anything across, hence ‘silent noise’. Silent noise is a product of a world
The Love of Children
We love our children naturally. They are the part of our flesh and blood. They resemble us and carry forward our legacy. It is only natural to think about them. It is only instinctive in living beings of some sizable intelligence to care about their young ones. Our protective instincts come into play with regard
Education: The Antidote to Contemporary Criminality
Victor Hugo, a renowned French poet, novelist, and dramatist once said ‘he who opens a school door, closes a prison’; his wise sayings, well-founded in the roots of contemporary social studies focused on the study of crime and criminality. Hugo, being a Romanticist, was focused on the conservative cultures and norms that advocate for harmonious
Listen to Understand.
Each person in this world has created their own universe around them. We are the “sun” of our own universe. The rest are just the minor bodies revolving around us, and we have the moral obligation of enlightening these bodies. We are undoubtedly the most important person in our respective universes. Our survival instincts have
“Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
I’d rather say some people listen with the intent to reply, few listen with the intent to understand; most don’t listen at all! I mean it’s a beautiful life, why waste it listening to tall tales that we come up with over and over again? Jokes apart, the important question is does it matter? Do
Schools and Prisons: More Closely Connected Than We’d Like to Admit
I understand Victor Hugo’s idea that “He who opens a school door, closes a prison,” and I appreciate the perspective from which he speaks. When majority of the population struggled to maintain basic necessities of life because a select few held the power and wealth, he viewed education as a way to gain traction in
Listening With Compassion When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed With Defensiveness
Are you a good guy wondering why in the world the woman you love is crying? Have you been wondering what in the hell some 30-year-old accusations against some judge you’d never heard of have to do with the trauma in your loved one’s past? Have you watched your social media explode with outrage every
Destiny’s Door
It is such a sobering thought, to know that a child’s future is so often pre-determined. To sit at one’s armchair and play the oracle, in possession of full knowledge of this creature’s tomorrow. It makes one feel somewhat powerful, does it not? That by simply looking around the environs of this new member of
When Justice is Hung by a Thread
It is no wonder why an act of injustice committed in a corner of the world reverberates with a multiplicity effect in the wider world. The logic is not far-fetched. Both the beneficiaries and the victims of injustice carry the guilt and stigma respectively along with them everywhere they go, rubbing it off onto others.
Heart is the art of listening
The other day a man began talking to me at a coffee shop. He seemed hungry so I shared a little something with him and he began to talk, breaking for small moments to have a sip of coffee but quick to begin again, with no chance of me to really respond. The first thing
The Prison of Values and Character
A superficial first read of Victor Hugo’s statement: “He who opens a school door, closes a prison,” might lead one to surmise that the sole reason law offenders get convicted of crimes is lack of affordable and accessible education. On a thoughtful second read one cannot but unveil its couched feeble premise. Long before organised
Learning: A key that opens the door of Information and shuts the prison of Ignorance
I and my colleague have been teachers for five years before we decided to leave the teaching profession for a higher calling.We promised ourselves that we must do something different to really impact children and young people. We decided to embark on a project to help children and young people discover themselves under our Innovative
Putting your child in a boat
Discuss the following excerpt from Warsan Shire’s poem Home: “you have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land” An obvious option is to discuss this within the context of the poem and its related economic, political, humanitarian and spiritual drivers. Or,
I listen, therefore I am
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that says Sānsī ér hòu xíng, which literally translates to “three thoughts and after act“. In modern-day English, this can be interpreted as “think thrice before you act”. Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. Often, especially when we