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Waithera Muchoki

Teachers are rarely recognised, despite crucial role they play

Teaching is the hardest and easiest of jobs. To get the child to find out for themselves by guiding them down the right path.
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
Teachers are rarely recognised, despite crucial role they play
Preparing the digital child
Preparing the digital child
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
Are boarding primary schools necessary?
Are boarding primary schools necessary?
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
Parents' role in an evolving communication space
Parents' role in an evolving communication space
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
On student manners, or lack thereof...
Good manners are one of the things that separate man for beast. Courtesy and etiquette are strong words to live by.
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
On student manners, or lack thereof...
Why communication is going down the toilet
The acronyms, the short forms, the general massacre of the Queen’s language drives me nuts!
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
Why communication is going down the toilet
Students’ attitude to subjects determines their success in them
Attitude matters. I know this because I failed in mathematics. One could argue that I may not have the acumen for numbers. That was not it; I failed in maths and excelled in physics.
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
Students’ attitude to subjects determines their success in them
A toast to shorter school days, weekends and holidays
My last child is finally in school. I am torn between nostalgia and sheer glee. My last born is four years. And, yes this is his first week in school.
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
A toast to shorter school days, weekends and holidays
Teacher's voice: Nurture your child's talents
Our children are living in an era of infinite possibilities, career paths that our parents beat out of us are now considered professional. Music, design, acting, sports; all these are viable options for our children.
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 9 years ago
Teacher's voice: Nurture your child's talents
Here’s the hard truth parents: To us, your child is work
I am a mother of five. I say this often, mostly in the hope that one day I shall say it and it won’t give me a jolt of surprise. The reason I say it now is to illustrate a very important point. Teachers have lives!
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 10 years ago
Here’s the hard truth parents: To us, your child is work
Enough with programming Kenyan children in the name of 'education'
8-4-4 death knell! Was the headline for Monday’s paper - a testament of the education system that has been vilified for a long time.
By Waithera Muchoki - Mbai 10 years ago
Enough with programming Kenyan children in the name of 'education'
Parents, guide your child in their career choice
He made an appointment with the then vice chancellor of the university and dragged me there. With that visit and the very real threat of banishment to the dreaded rural area, I went to university.
By Waithera Muchoki 10 years ago
Parents, guide your child in their career choice
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