waza wrote:
i personally think modest education is the basic you need,... we have around soo many unemployed graduates and soo many well-to-do kenyans who have never gone through colle/uni but learned the tricks of making it in life. most graduates are so grilled to only pass exams, so used to mwakenyas/copied exams to apply anything from school to real life.
can we therefore blame ourselves for this mess?
All of us.
Parents>> Many parents hate it when schools close cz they do not know what to do with raging hormones in the house.
To them,kids out of the house is a relief.
It's therefore not about tutition but avoiding responsibility cz they hate 'parenting'.
Teachers>> They are are just responding to society pressure and filling a void.
-You bring your kid to me for tuitition, what am I supposed to do?
Society>> Passing a national exam is the ultimate goal for any school going kid here.
A school must come tops for it to be recognised. The pressure to excel is overwhelming since failing the national exams is like ticket to failure.
That's why they carry tonnes of books,have hunchbacks early,stay up late etc.
Forget about the other talents cz they are not properly recognised or rewarding.We talk but reality is diff.
Even the local musicians go back to school after being in the limelight because unlike majuu, music here is like seasonal.
Majuu endorsements can keep one going for a while even when not on show.
comedy? i do not know who will replace churchill cz i am yet to see another comedian in kenya.
maybe athletics but again?
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.