Dear Ben, I could not agree with you more!! You are just spot on, except that the ticket seller at the White Rhino gate was a Chemistry teacher, and occassionally one TD (Technical Drawing) teacher whose names I can not mention for obvious reasons.
Cheers!! Gilbert Adibo On 17/03/2009, ben ayibo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ladies and Gents, > > As Jesca Bako Anguyo (Mrs) observed, there is need for short term efforts > to try to correct the poor performance in the region, though some have been > tried before without an apparent change. You see the attitudes of today's WN > students are so negative to good performance to the extent that their notion > is that it is the poor students to read hard. No one gives you a second look > if you were addressed as the best student in the country. > . > You may say *HURRAH *Hon. Wadri has got one of the main problems, but come > to think of it.Alaka Caleb, Ejiku Robert, Gilbert Adibo and the others from > Mvara, Didn't we used to go and dance in White Rhino and our Biology teacher > was at the gate selling tickets? How did we perform well? *FOCUS. *Many of > us were literally out buying our own teachers with local booze. What > happened the next day? You were more serious bse u spent the previous day > carelessly. Didn't the Ombaci boys sell the school cat several times for > local booze? Were the not matching up to town for a dance? Am sure Wadri did > the same many things. > > Lets stop being hypothetical, far removed and too academic in trying > to identify some of these problems. > > Take the type of parents we had (they now take their children to study in > Kampala from PI!), they were so serious about their children's education. > Now you want to discipline a child in Mvara, she rejects the punishment > courtesy of the parent and the next day he is a student in Nile High. What > do you do as an educationist? > > As opposed to other areas of the country, our private school are for the > poor of the poor and there is no discipline to talk of. School managements > are not being assisted so much by the other stake holders to deliver. Come > down and find out how these primary teachers (both primary and > secondary) are appointed, posted and transferred. You will be amazed. > > I am not condoning teacher and pupils drinking and dancing together, but > the issue is indiscipline on the part of the all stake holders as Dr.Alicai > mentioned. > > Let me also suggest that since we are receiving large volumes and > volumes of correspondences on this network. it would be of benefit to us all > that if you want to send a private mail to discuss private matters, isolate > that address first before sending. > > Thanks > > Ayibo Benard > 0777517745/0772515536 > > --- On *Sun, 3/15/09, Titus Alicai <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > > From: Titus Alicai <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [WestNileNet] The people on the ground > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 8:20 PM > > Unfortunately, this situation is apparently rampant in the region, but it > amounts to unparelleled indiscipline by (1) the teachers, (2) students, (3) > parents (who have either lost control - most kids just dont care to listen > any more; or many current generation also equally irresponsible, dont be > surprised if they are in those same 'joints' with their kids). > > As I understand it, the local councils (village, subcounty and district) > have the powers to come up with legislation to regulate, limit or even ban > these discos and video shows etc in order to restore some sanity. Take the > Christmas day shooting at Alikua trading Center, Maracha, where a Senior 2 > student was shot and killed at a disco by eithet the district police > commander and his escort -- they are in court and behind bars over this -- > it is sad ... > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:17:13 -0700 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [WestNileNet] The people on the ground > > Now this is not a laughing matter. Hon. Kassiano Wadri was invited to > make a speech over the weekend. The good Hon. M.P for Terego had this to say > in relation to our penchant theme of Education. Commenting on the > performance of pupils who sat for their PLE last year, the M.P told us > that only 3 pupils passed out of all the 57 primary schools in Terego > County. Now wait for the shocker, the M.P stated that teachers in Terego sit > with their pupils in "Kibanda's" (that is a colloquial term for "make > shift" video halls) the whole night watching movies. That it is common > seeing those teachers with their students dancing in those Godforsaken make > shift discotheques while imbibing the bitter staff. That when it comes for > time for lessons, its a common practice for the teacher to be sucking a > packet of the staff while teaching.. By the way thses gins are cheaply > packed with brand names like Kings Gin, Higbury, Old trafford et.c. I and > Father Ruffino exchanged some rare glances since both of us where in the > audience. Unfortunately the M.P did not give us a way forward. Ya the ball > is in our Court. > > > ------------------------------ > Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live > Spaces. It's easy! 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