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ixhanti lam: December 2014
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Monday, December 29, 2014. A good makoti doesn't sleep in. And family have been confused by this choice and in stepping out of tradition we have found ourselves in a very strange situation: which rules do we abide by? Do we abide by the rules at all? The thing about rituals and traditions is that they give you boundaries and an understanding about how to relate to people. 8722;a memo of sorts, a social contract. So in avoiding a tr...
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ixhanti lam: Cambridge Day 3: What is international education?
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Cambridge Day 3: What is international education? Today the day began with a brief session exploring the skills students need in order to be competent in the future. This is not a new conversation in education circles albeit a controversial one. The most significant part of the session was looking closely at the skills in relation to the work put together by the Partnership for 21. An international education ...
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ixhanti lam: April 2015
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Reader's Cafe: Why my story/her-story matters in Africa. Last week Friday I was invited to speak at Reader's Cafe, a student society at the University of Pretoria. There were four other speakers who had written about the issues facing the continent. The other pieces can be read on the website:. So what is it about our history that we need to hang on to, and what do we need to get rid of? On being a woman.
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ixhanti lam: Founders' Day
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Friday, August 14, 2015. The crazy class photo at the Old Girls Guild dinner. Selfie-gone-bad with Ms Felton- best teacher in the world and Kath Furman, the day's guest speaker. Class of 2005 vs the 2nd team. We lost 4-2. The legendary team: thanks for taking one for the team. I shan't go into the politics of the day. My nostalgia will not allow me to use that lens today. Here's to the next 10 years. Labels: 10 year reunion.
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ixhanti lam: July 2014
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Tuesday, July 15, 2014. On being let down by a strong, black woman. The last time I wrote a post was more than a month ago. I was in the throes of exams and trying to keep up with the mountain of exam marking. When I could finally breathe and the holiday began, my mother had a stroke a few days after my long-awaited holiday began. When are you coming home? I’m hoping I will weep at some point or whatever the appropriate respo...
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ixhanti lam: The last day
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Sunday, July 12, 2015. I'm going home today. Yesterday was technically day 6. Everyone in the group did presentations sharing the ideas we would like to implement when we go back to our schools. The common theme in the presentations was that we would like to build on what exists already in our schools. My home for the past week. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subsribe to this blog to get updates. Who is Nontsizi Mgqwetho?
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ixhanti lam: May 2015
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Sunday, May 17, 2015. What, in today's world, will appal our grandchildren? This is the question posed in one of the features in this month's Intelligent life. I considered the question for myself and considered a few more suggestions I could add to such a discussion. I also thought that such a question is a difficult one to consider as it requires some imagination: what will our grandchildren be like? The way we treat women in spi...
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ixhanti lam: The ten year reunion
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Wednesday, August 12, 2015. The ten year reunion. About a year ago I was in East London packing up my mother’s house and rethinking the idea of home. My mother had just had a stroke. From: http:/ www.clarendonschools.co.za/high. August 12, 2015 at 11:40 PM. I was thinking of you last night! Push your cousins aside. I cant wait to catch up with you x. August 13, 2015 at 6:33 AM. This comment has been removed by the author.
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ixhanti lam: September 2014
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Sunday, September 28, 2014. On giving into adult peer pressure and buying a car. My disdain for cars also came from a secret I harboured: with the salary I have and the responsibilities on that salary, there’s no way I could afford a car. And the expectation that I must indeed have one in spite of this slight hinderance gave me heart palpitations. It felt like a cruel joke: people ask “when are you getting a car? AVIS responded imm...
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ixhanti lam: Day 5: education envy
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Asinakuthula umhlaba ubolile." (we cannot keep quiet.-Nontsizi Mgqwetho). Friday, July 10, 2015. Day 5: education envy. Education envy: also known as "A comparative look at international education systems around the world". This discussion began with a reflection: what’s positive and negative about our education system? This means that schools are balancing many views about what education should be about and what success means after 15 or so years in an educational institution. The Asian (a loose term fo...