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My Quotes
Here is a compilation of some of my favorite thoughts: If you are broke you are most probably not solving enough problems. If you are frustrated with your life then most probably you are not helping other people. The love of money is not the root of all evil. It is the lack of character. What people do…
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The Solution to Schooling
After a long life, and thirty years in the public school trenches, I’ve concluded that genius is as common as dirt. We suppress genius because we haven’t yet figured out how to manage a population of educated men and women. John Taylor Gatto In a previous article, I talked about the difference between schooling and education, and…
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Schooling Vs Education
Schooling verses Education. You might ask, “what is the difference?” At first, you might wonder: isn’t schooling and education the same thing? After reading Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto, I realized the two aren’t really the same thing. Schooling is what happens when you enrol into an institution of learning. Education on…
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Justice Finally Served for Maria Nagirinya
In late 2019, I began following an unsolved murder case of a young woman who had her whole life ahead of her. Recently married and with budding career, her life was unceremoniously snuffed out by heartless murderers. She was 28 years old when she died. For some reason, this case became personal for me. I…
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We Need More Ubuntu, Not Less
I want to repeat this until you are sick of hearing it: Networks do great harm by appearing enough like real communities to create expectations that they can manage human social and psychological needs. The reality is they cannot. John Taylor Gatto Recently as I was driving to work, battling the brutal traffic of Ntinda…
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Africa Has a Values Problem – Not a Money Problem
The heart of the matter is the matter of the heart Unknown “This country doesn’t have a money problem. It has a values problem.” That comment was somewhat confounding to me. But then, I stopped and pondered on those words. “Yes, think about it.” I was having a conversation with a policy consultant who got…
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Where are the Men?
It’s OK for women to step up and take leadership positions, but it’s not OK for men to abandon their post as God-ordained leaders. Bright Onapito At about 6:00PM I arrived at Speke Apartments in Kololo, an upscale suburb in Kampala. I had to manoeuvre through the evening traffic to get there. After signing the…
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Do We Really Care?
Life is not like a theater play. It cannot be rehearsed. October 11th, 2018 Yesterday after a long and stressful day at work, I badly needed to find time to run a few errands before going home to catch some much-needed rest. There was a lot of traffic jam because of the heavy rains earlier in the day.…