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In my 5month absence, my life has been nothing short of a roller-coaster ride. I’ve spent the past two months teaching at a local school a few blocks away from my house, and what a crazy 6 weeks it has been.

It has been such an emotional journey, not without it’s challenges, teaching classes of 35-50 students, but everyday I was greeted by learners who, despite having to share a textbook and a…

I had a few epiphanies when I embarked on an ice-skating adventure this weekend! Well, I say adventure because I never really get up to much, so it doesn’t take a lot to get me stirred! Here are a few things I learned on ice:

1. Starting or learning…

As we say goodbye to 2013 and all it’s lessons, I urge you to really think about what you’re going to take into 2014, and what you’re going to leave behind. It’s as simple as asking yourself what’s carried you forward and what’s been holding you back.

Can…

I visited my late grandparents’ house today for the first time in a loooong time. With no one living there anymore, there’s been no reason to go.. A lot of bulldozing and subsequent renovations have taken place, seemingly beautiful changes, but as i stood…

A very tragic event on November 5th 2013 has led to a good friend of mine Alvin Andile Ziyambi suffering serious burn wounds and being currently admitted into the Intensive Care Unit at St George’s Hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.   His condition…

I had the privilege of learning about my learning style today- and I say privilege because majority of people have gone through school not knowing their learning identity, that is to say, how their brain is wired and how to use it to the best of their…

It’s extremely hard to write about certain things without feeling like I’m exposing myself or making myself vulnerable to the entire cyber world. Not so long ago, I was watching a National Geographic documentary of Extreme Lives. To summarise the episode,…

As a middle-class black person, attending University after matric was pretty much not optional. It’s just ”the thing” to do. There’s no way you’re going to take a gap year.. for who?? With what money?? And there’s no way you were going to stay at home and…

Varsity College, Pietermaritzburg recently hosted an educators’ conference whose theme was “Mind the (education) gap!” Being a recent graduate, I could easily relate to the topic as it was not so long ago that I found myself overwhelmed by the huge leap…

Very few days in my life have been as amazing as today. And I can tell you, I’ve had a lot of awesome experiences! But today was fulfilling in a way that I struggle to describe!

I spent my Sunday morning on an estate discovery walk/hike thing with a few…

It was disheartening to hear one of my Twitter followers tweet that “interns are nothing but glorified tea-makers.” Being an intern myself, I most certainly do not and have never felt this way. Sadly, it rings true for most youngsters, who are used and…

Yes.. I’m going to be thaaat person that bring’s up the whole Universities having confessions’ pages thing once again!

For those of you that don’t know, a confessions page is a Facebook page setup by some random person that allows students to anonymously…