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ARE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO BLAME FOR FAILURE OF STUDENTS?

The high school students failing in some core subjects has a lot of people talking. I have heard a lot of people who have no business talking on some platforms doing so in such bizarre ways and I marvel at their shamelessness and applaud the bravery with which they spew ‘horrifics’.Madam Janet Nabla of the […]

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POETRY

TO BE A RETIRED TEACHER

One will ask what is required to retire…as a teacherIt requires wearing resilience as an attireLiving like a pillar of strength…and a fountain of sorrowIt requires eating disrespect…and commanding respectIt requires dancing to the whims and caprices of studentsAnd facing the judgements of colleaguesIt requires talking, watching and listening…like a god who is always on […]

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POETRY

NEVER TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

Teaching is a gift used to sift talentsAnd also to lift hearts in swift flightsTeaching is like the craft of sculptingFutures await teachers’ created vessels…to accept their growth through your impact…on their childhoodsBut here I stand on the middle of this teaching ladderBeing told to never dream of becoming a millionaireIf it is the only […]

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POETRY

FEAR AND WORK

A little spark of fire …can raze down a living desire …of a successful empire Put Corona in place of fire And you’ll see the problem for its worth; dire II When fear tiptoes around a working mind Mistakes take wheels and grind Which soul can sit through danger …not only of self But of […]

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RELIGIOUS

PREACHER AND TEACHER

So the preacher preached On the pious pulpit Looking on head tops Charging by every “amen” Like a goat, he was sent in By a wife he thought was ignorant And listened as he spoke He held his pen and jotter Turned when there was laughter  After sermons he looked down Only to find marked […]

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THE TEACHER MADE YOU

Standing like a peacock On a pulpit of deceit Forcefully opening mouths of pockets To afford a golden bed and disrespecting them, No matter what you’ve become, the teacher made you!   Sitting and being fanned like an angry lesser god ready to explode On a stage of many eyes Spewing commands upon commands, Belittling […]