The current education system globally is outmoded. We are producing drones (our school going children) to achieve the ends of fast capitalism.
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Category: Education
Be relevant.
“When you come to the end of the light of all that you know and are about to step off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things will happen; there will be something firm to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.” Barbara Winters
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David Attenborough
“When Allah granted Prophet Yoosuf (`alayhis-Salaam) physical beauty it caused him to be locked up in the prison; but when Allah granted him knowledge (when he interpreted the dream of the king) it not only took him out of prison, but elevated his rank in society, clearly showing us the virtue of knowledge and that physical beauty does not mean anything.”
— Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
TEAM INSOMNIACS!
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.” Seneca
These young men at the time dared to be different and that made all the difference.
100!
“Don’t count the days. Make the days count! ” Muhammad Ali
100 Publications is the Victory. What has knocked you out?
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston. Photo Credit: Neil Leifer 1965
Faith. Desire or Fear?
You act like mortals in all that you fear but like immortals in all that you desire. -Seneca.
Faith then, is it what we fear or desire?
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GRIT!
‘The source of our strength is the person we know ourselves to be.’ Angela Duckworth.
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“The End of Education.” Are we there yet?
Without a narrative, life has no meaning. Without meaning, learning has no purpose. Without a purpose, schools are houses of detention, not attention. NEIL POSTMAN. The End of Education.
EDUCATION IS LIBERATION
The charisma of a person will wax, wane and die but the vision of the person – never! Can you imagine the mind, experience, knowledge and education of a person with a vision? It will liberate you.
‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’
The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the nature of teaching and learning or has it just made us aware of how adaptable we really are?
