By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- You are a teacher and you have noted that a certain student despite being present and attentive in your lessons, he has text book and takes notes yet scores poorly. Do not rush to condemn him as a lazy student talk to him at personal level and find out what could be disturbing him as far as your subject is concerned.
- There are some should who hardly understand the language of instruction which is English in Kenyan schools so you could be teaching he is listening but not understanding you, alternatively he could be good at reading but poor in answering questions due to not exercising enough on how to respond to questions or getting panic whenever he is sitting for exams.
When someone sees a soul disturbed and unable to see something, he would not laugh mindlessly, but he will take into consideration whether it has come from a brighter life and is dimmed through not having yet become accustomed to the dark or whether it has come from greater ignorance into greater light and is dazzled by the increased brilliance ………….…Plato, The Republic.
A young baby usually cries to signal that he wants some kind of attention from his mum or any caring person near him. This does not occur only due to selfish nature of the kid but at times due to his inability to verbally speak on what he is thinking. Do not be quick to dismiss his cry arguing that you do not cry if you want something rather know that your age or understanding is not equal to his so do not expect him to reason the way you do, furthermore you could have done worse than he is doing at his age only that you are too young to keep such memories.
A walk on the road then happen to notice someone using hands to suggest something do not just ignore take a second look try to understand what could be happening more so if the place is safe like town centre, a shopping mall, a bus station or public park perhaps he could be a deaf trying ask for direction but since he cannot hear or talk that is why he is using sign language.
You are a teacher and you have noted that a certain student despite being present and attentive in your lessons, he has text book and takes notes yet scores poorly. Do not rush to condemn him as a lazy student talk to him at personal level and find out what could be disturbing him as far as your subject is concerned.
There are some should who hardly understand the language of instruction which is English in Kenyan schools so you could be teaching he is listening but not understanding you, alternatively he could be good at reading but poor in answering questions due to not exercising enough on how to respond to questions or getting panic whenever he is sitting for exams.
In church school and one of the members likes staying alone whenever they come for practice approach him, talk to him and identify why he prefers to disassociate with the rest of members. You may be surprised to notice that he wets the bed and fears that others may laugh at him if they realise his situation but this is a treatable condition advise him to visit the urologist for treatment and his attitude would change from then hence forth.
Do not be quick to judge others unless you are able to use alternative processes to determine why they are behaving in strange ways perhaps they are going through depression.
Resting at a park and you hear a group of people sitting near where you talking badly about policemen do not hate those people perhaps they have had an ugly encounter with a badly behaved policeman who punished them out of malice. If you will happen to talk to them inform them that not all policemen mistreat people if one happens to find himself in such a situation it is advisable to report the case to their senior for further investigation and disciplinary action when necessary rather than living a bitter life due to a certain regretful encounter.
Do not be quick to laugh at your boss that he is a divorcee perhaps they were fighting on daily basis. High levels of toxicity in their relationship made them to decide to part ways rather than injure each other. He may be feeling more relieved today than he was during his previous relationship. Over time both may come back to their senses self-evaluate and realise the need for reconciliation thereafter address issues contributing to the conflicts and live happily thereafter.
Mary Karau Ngethe