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4rmGuest2Member:
Good to know. I've been enjoying God's favour. Thanks. Everyone has gotten really engaged by the looks of things. I thought when I return here, I'll be seeing page 100 or so. Lol..

Blessed new day to you sir.

Obinoscopy...where have you kept my Luxanne?

Double post

[quote author=megawax8 post=37926254][/quote]Just wondering how you're faring. Trust you're good. Do have a pleasant day sir.

Beamborla:
Hi, guys

I'm so so sorry I disappeared for so long without a word

Just quickly popped in to say hello. I've missed and still missing you all.

Oooooops! She wants her phone back
Stay cool guys...

Sweetheart, what happenede to your own phone? :-(
Dropping by was super thoughtful of you. Me think I miss you more. Take good care of you pls. You're prayerfully remembered, you know..

tolustx:
Nah. You said the truth. I wasn't desperate tho, I was kidding abt the desperation

A very good day to you sir.

elantraceey:
My day was lazy though a little bit interesting. Your's?

Sweets, what's new with you? Have you resumed? Missing you as always.

Specialist900:
I greet you all.

How are we sir?

kaboninc:
Hi specialist
Hi everyone

Hello sir. How've you been and your family? Work? Health? Walk with the Lord?

MizMyColi:
Bless you Darling Happy New Month.

My blessed and beautiful princess...

iAmCharis:
Lol yea but I want you to throw more light.

Sir, I trust you've forgiven me for not responding to this before now. Pls do if you haven't. You know how easy it is to be misunderstood and misquoted here. Trying to avoid that as much as I can. Big bro gave a great input which should suffice for both of us for now. Many thanks for everything.

bejeria101:
Good morning my awesome family,this week,THE GOD OF HEAVEN ON EARTH SHALL BLESS YOU WITH THE DEW OF HEAVEN,PROSPER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS AND GIVE YOU REST ROUNDABOUT

Amen and amen and amen, Bishop. Many thanks sir. This prayer wasn't in vain. God'll do much more for you. How's the ministry sir?

LordReed:
Amen brother! Wishing you truckloads from heaven!

Have you switched professions, big brother? That your arguement on male/female discrimination get as e be oh. I started wondering if you've joined the 'learned' fellows.

ideology:
Hahaha very funny to see how the house was empty this month, it is well, hopefully we should hold a get together soon, God bless you all, miss you all plenty plenty. I love you alll

Many thanks sir and God bless you more.

iAmCharis:
Hmmmm let me sit back and read from others.

But you already know what I'll say

MizMyColi:

Smile for me pls. Happy new month ma'am

MizMyColi:

Smile for me pls. Happy new month ma'am

elantraceey:
How nice. I'm graced and loved. How's my baby?

She's good my dear. How's your day?

MizMyColi:
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Paw paw tree no fit carry your weight na, my princess :-P

richyblink1:
Don't you think happy husband will equally equate a happy home?

I do sir.

Cetona:
Why not 4 times?

Because five times is better

kaboninc:
Arrhhhhgggggg

Everyone things am always the angry type.

MizMyColi, please tell us, in all honesty, do you think I am?


You're very welcome ma'am.

The car, naatt porible again. The buyer already got one. Am just trying to broker a deal.

I see. Yours is on the way. Don't lose faith. Not like I think you're the angry type. Maybe I just so conscious about people being comfortable around me

If you believe you were created, I think you should be most concerned about what you creator thinks about taking the life of His creatures.
#JustSaying

kaboninc:
Why does everybody think I am angry with them

Am not angry with you dearie.

How are you today? You come in and breeze in....


HFOG, I have almost forgotten you. Forgive me. Going to reply your post ASAP!

No worries sir. I was silently hoping I hadn't struck the wrong chord because I couldn't place your silence. What relief this mention brings. Many thanks for your thoughtfulness. Read your mail with great delight two days ago. Bear with me. Would reply when I can. How far with the car purchase?

I think you should take a break. You might not be in the right state to make a balanced decision now. Good you mentioned this to your parents and you're talking about it here. Those should help a little. Just take a break from your environment. Must not be necessarily posh or expensive. Just go find a place you can rest, unwind and catch your breath. These events are enough to choke life outta anyone. You could keep your baby with your parents or take him along. Whichever. But the goal is to calm down, think/pray deeply over all that's happening and come out reborn. Remember it's an important decision you need to make. Always best to make such decisions with a clear head. God will take care of you.

Don't mind us. Once in a while we hold grievances too long but as we mature we get less touchy. Pls do whatever it takes to cheer the wife of your youth. Would be worth it I tell you. Always remember: happy wife, happy life.

elantraceey:
Same here ma.
How have you been?

Busy but blessed. You?

elantraceey:
I've not seen her here for a while now. Nov2nd.
Good pm ma'am .

Good evening sweetheart. Great reading from you

kaboninc:
I see your point and like my experience with teaching, I see their point too.

You are trying to teach both students and teachers. That's good. However, complaining about the quality of these teachers is really not a good idea. I think what you pay attract the kind of teachers you employ. Also, your values too attract those who will apply to work in your school. I believe that if you have a solid recruitment programme, you will be able to retain quality teachers.

Then again, if you have noticed, the contents in text books are being shrinked every now and then. So teachers are having less and less of what to put into their notes. So I was thinking why not have a standard template and give teachers more time and space to come up with something creative, to add to what is being taught in classes. By creative ideas I mean allowing teachers to design and develop an all-inclusive class exercise. More group works. More word problems and even introduce them to 'case studies'. Introduce them to the concept of 'team work'. Motivate teachers to draw up a plan that will reduce the distance between what is taught and reality which will in turn make students appreciate education and see the benefits.

Let me give you an instance. When I was a teacher, I had serious problem teaching kids basic statistics and information. I gave them assignments, which was like a work-exercise. I told them to go to the market to count the number of fruits and different types of fruit and their prices. I asked them to record it and do something like a chart. Then when they resume the next day or working day, I ask them to make inference from what they've been able to gather. I felt this was an exercise that is self-inclusive. As they do it, they appreciate what is beneath that topic.

Things like this, I believe are what teachers should spend their time developing and not copying notes (verbatim too) term-in term-out. Because, at primary level, nothing actually changes. What I learnt in Primary School is basically the same thing that is being taught today.

okay, Let me see if I got you.

We do not give lesson notes to teachers to copy to form their lesson plans. The worksheets we prepare are exercises for the children to buttress and assess the teacher's lesson. These worksheets are given to each child to solve weekly based on the topic they've been taught.

Yes, we teach staff and they in turn teach the pupils.

About our package, it is proportional to our fees. At the moment, no staff collects less than what a child pays as tuition fee. Some collect as much as double or triple of our tuition fees. Based on our population and pupil to teacher ratio, the tuition fee is barely carrying the staff salary. We try to consider the environment and calibre of parents we have so increasing our fees rapidly and immediately isn't on our minds for now. We see this time as sowing time and we're glad to invest. Pay time is coming when we'll comfortably charge parents and hire worthy staff. In the mean time, we're content to make progress steadily albeit slowly.

Forgive me, I didn't intend to complain about staff quality. I simply tried to explain our response to the deficiencies we've observed and why we make worksheets. We hold regular seminars on many areas and the staff improvement is encouraging.

About having templates, the lesson plan has a format. The teacher is to write out creative points under each heading. We do not give the teachers notes/plans to copy. They are not in possession of the last lesson plan/note because it is school property.

Your illustration on your statistics adventure is very relevant. Our staff do such out of the box projects and assignments with their pupils without any restriction or interference from us. In fact such activities are encouraged. We hardly suggest such for them. The staff decide on the teaching aids to use and the method of presentation. We only go through to ensure nothing is amiss.

About team work, our teachers are in pairs. We only have three classes with a single teacher all others have two teachers each even though no class is up to 30pupils. Aside that we meet every Friday after school to discuss challenges and their solutions.

Most importantly as you rightly said we'll add more emphasis on creativity, innovation and team work.