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Does materialism support or compete with capitalism?

Alliance High School where Rev Fred Welch is buried and taught about materialism. [Photo: by XN Iraki]

How do you honour a great teacher? At Alliance High School, you are buried in the school grounds. Starehe Boys Centre also buried their founder in the school grounds. That is rare in other schools, where I suspect parents would demonstrate against such a decision. This practice is borrowed from Britain where prominent men are buried at Westminster Abbey or in the Vatican where some Popes are buried beneath St Peter's Basilica.

Among the great teachers buried at Alliance is Carey Francis who taught mathematics and headed the school for several years. Another is Rev Fred Welch. With his wife Eileen, he taught religion and wrote a textbook, The Promise that was used in high school for a long time.

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