Comments on: The Boatman http://www.mshairi.com/blog/the-boatman/ life, love, poetry, africa, gender activism Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:12:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Report: Mistakes Overseas Students and Migrants Make and Just Pay With Credit!! » The Displaced African http://www.mshairi.com/blog/the-boatman/comment-page-1/#comment-14141 Report: Mistakes Overseas Students and Migrants Make and Just Pay With Credit!! » The Displaced African Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:04:12 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=435#comment-14141 [...] (huh, I guess I did have something to say today, I thought this post would be way shorter), reading this poem from Mshairi got me to thinking about the education system and so this is what I had to say after reading the [...] [...] (huh, I guess I did have something to say today, I thought this post would be way shorter), reading this poem from Mshairi got me to thinking about the education system and so this is what I had to say after reading the [...]

]]> By: Mwangi - the Displaced African http://www.mshairi.com/blog/the-boatman/comment-page-1/#comment-14140 Mwangi - the Displaced African Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:00:31 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=435#comment-14140 I think this can act as a metaphor for our entire education system not only in Kenya and Africa but throughout the world. We teach and learn logarithms, fractions and about latent heat but there are no classes on how to have ideal relationships, or in Africa courses on how to survive when you can't earn money. Education should be a reflection of society's necessities. What we have at the moment is a society where education is a neccesity no matter how vacuos it is. <em>... I laughed out loud the first time I read the story about the boatman, Mwangi, as I could relate it to a couple of people of people I knew quite well. I am glad to see the poem resonates with you too. Thanks, as usual, for stopping by.</em> I think this can act as a metaphor for our entire education system not only in Kenya and Africa but throughout the world. We teach and learn logarithms, fractions and about latent heat but there are no classes on how to have ideal relationships, or in Africa courses on how to survive when you can’t earn money. Education should be a reflection of society’s necessities. What we have at the moment is a society where education is a neccesity no matter how vacuos it is.

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I laughed out loud the first time I read the story about the boatman, Mwangi, as I could relate it to a couple of people of people I knew quite well. I am glad to see the poem resonates with you too. Thanks, as usual, for stopping by.

]]> By: mamashady http://www.mshairi.com/blog/the-boatman/comment-page-1/#comment-14074 mamashady Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:49:23 +0000 http://www.mshairi.com/blog/?p=435#comment-14074 I did a post recently about the stuff happening at home and the boat story probably says what I wanted to say better. Thanks for putting it up. <em>---- And thanks for your kind points about the poem, mamashady.</em> I did a post recently about the stuff happening at home and the boat story probably says what I wanted to say better. Thanks for putting it up.

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And thanks for your kind points about the poem, mamashady.

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