Privilege affords opportunities, which in turn creates opportunities for more privilege. Few are able to recognize this pattern, and those who have managed control have confused the rest of the world into alienating each other. There are countless clichés which worship one’s individual ability to overcome exponential barriers, but these clichés allow followers a sense
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A broader education for a more well-rounded student
What most easily comes to mind when we think about education is the academic stuff. For me, it’s a dark green board filled with equations; you know those long monstrous ones that look like they were invented specifically to torture non-genius minds? Those things give me the jitters. Yes, of course, academics are important and
Do schools and universities have responsibilities to educate their students on social behavior alongside the academic?
In the society that we live in today the responsibility of raising children has shifted from parents to house girls, grandparents, relatives, family friends and teachers in the learning institutions. Are our children getting the best in terms of being raised morally right individuals? Well, with no doubt, the answer is absolutely NO. This is
Education: A powerful weapon to eradicate corruption and terrorism in the world
Nelson Mandela said that “education is the most powerful weapon for changing the world”, which implies that the educated elite are entangled with a difficult onus of changing the world. But it is now antithetical, as graduates who are expected to be changing lives are found destroying them with their various attitudes. Since schools and
Art and the Essence of Individuality
There have been a lot of studies conducted about the importance of art to education. Some of them sought to prove that those students who got involved in drama clubs, musicals, and other art clubs, scored better at their academics; other studies showed that it doesn’t make a difference, but it doesn’t matter because being
Vision without Execution is but a Dream
My grandparents back in the village have never failed to drum it into my head the one and only phrase that has seen them excel this much in life: Procrastination begets frustration. Well,for those who didn’t utilize their school fees fully, to procrastinate is to put off doing something that you ought to do. The
The paradox of arts today
Rajabu admired the Tuesday evening hustle at Posta. He was seated in the bus heading towards his university, and today he was glad he could sit by a window. People were crossing the road amidst buses, private vehicles and motorcycles in a dizzying frenzy, many heading home after a busy day at work in town.
Are co-ed schools the best environment for students?
When in 2010, the 107 senior students from the Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men in Chicago achieved 100% college acceptance, the situation caught the attention of many. Only four years before, just 4% of them were able to read at grade level. Since then, this outcome has been repeated every year. This success
What is an Artist and how to Remain one
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso. Discuss. I felt very much inspired when I looked up this year’s Nuha topics and my eyes fell on Picasso’s quote. I have always believed that children are artists. They have that magic spark in
Bring me the arts, please! We do need them so much!
At the beginning of the twentieth century, life expectancy on Earth was around 50 years. Today, the average has reached 71.4 years and in countries like Japan and Italy, it is even much higher: 83 years. Fifty years ago, one in every eight children died at birth whilst today, twenty nine out of thirty children
What is the role of arts in education?
Arts are deep-rooted in the core of who we are. They are part of our identity, culture, education, creative nature, social interaction, behaviour etc. Despite their tremendous contribution to humanity, they oftentimes remain underappreciated. Unlike the massive support for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education, the arts are often neglected. For instance, in many
Academic studies do not take place in isolation
All schools and universities operate within a society and within that society’s behavioural norms and expectations. Consequently I would argue that schools and universities have a responsibility to educate their students on social behaviour alongside the academic, but to different extents and for different reasons. Although schools and universities are often seen as adjacent parts
Social Behaviour Education: The Responsibility of Schools & Universities
Whether or not schools and universities have a responsibility to EDUCATE their students on social behavior alongside the academic is a debate that has both weight and depth to the extent that it divides the global citizenry right in the middle. For the proponents, all institutions of learning – right from pre-school to university –
Implementation is Power
My definition of vision is the aspirational description of a point and/or place where one, be it an individual or organization, hopes to see themselves in the long term future Vision gives us direction. It sets the path for us to follow with the intention of reaching our respective destinations, whilst achieving our goal. Without
Schools as a Microcosm of Society: Bridging the Gap between Kin and Others
It was one of those rare hot, sunny summer days in London, and I was comfortably lounging on my couch in my flat. It would’ve been a great day, and I might have even gone for a long walk, if I hadn’t stumbled across the statement from the victim in the Brock Turner rape case
Vision without Execution is just Hallucination
In simpler terms, to have a vision is to dream or imagine something that you would like to do or to be. For example you can imagine yourself as a successful entrepreneur, say in the next five years. You visualize yourself sharing the same stage at the world’s top investors’ business conference. To execute, on
The arts are of incalculable worth in what it means to be a human being
Words spoken by Philip Pullman in rightfully annoyed response to a marked reduction in excursions to theatres and other art-centered outings in primary and secondary schools in favour of tests and in-class learning in; solely because they are considered to “take time away from [students’] lessons” (Addley, 2015). The arts, however, include not only theatrical
Role of arts in education
Definitely, the arts are of incalculable worth in what it means to become human beings. This means the molding and shaping nature of it has to start at an early stage for effective performance, therefore art is the creativity being executed. Art in education has been valued and recognized as an essential component of the
Importance of teaching social behaviour in schools and universities
Research conducted by National AIDS Control shows that the majority of the Kenyan population contracting AIDS and STIs are young adults of ages 10-25. This shows that many young people are at risk of extinction if these numbers increase higher than they are currently. Students encounter other different challenges in their daily life that are
How schools and universities have shown their responsibility to teach their students on social behaviours alongside academics
Social behaviour is the general conduct exhibited by an individual in society. A society can simply mean a collection of many people from different families, clans or tribes living together, thus schools and universities can be considered to be societies. Schools and universities are societies of movement. Many people in schools and universities change and