Monday, December 6, 2010

Gratitude for our Achievements this year.

As the year comes to a close, as a nation we have so much to be proud of and to thank God as well. Some much has taken place since the Year began both good and bad. Thanks to the most high for seeing us through everything. One thing we have achieved in particular is the rebirth of a new Kenya. On the 4th of August Kenya made history after overwhelmingly endorsing a new constitution, a document that is expected to bury six feet under many problems our nation has been facing impunity corruption,inequality,unemployment and a myriad of other problems.
This is one of our greatest achievements of all time. However as citizens of this democratically governed country we ought to participate and expedite the implementation process so that whatever we endorsed becomes the practice.
We expect much more to take place next year. God bless Kenya.

No longer a yardstick to measure success

“Education is the key to life”. This has been a phrase that has been recited to us throughout the years that we have been in school. Our seniors put a lot of emphasis on us to work hard and get good grades, good papers that will unlock the doors to success.However, due to a number of factors academic excellence has been compromised.

Academic prowess should therefore not be used as a yardstick to measure success anymore.
Nowadays getting an A in KCSE or a fist class degree doesn’t mean that one is the best scientist, engineer in practice. I don’t mean getting such good grades is bad or m ay be those who get them cant deliver.It's very ok to acquire such grades and that in fact is what everyone is working hard for in school.

Nethertheless, our education system ,since it puts a lot of emphasis on papers for one to get a highly paying job or any other job, has been compromised to a large extent. All this has been brought about by corruption. Kenya has become a hub for corruption. The seemingly incurable corruption virus has eaten into deep into our systems. A fellow can get a first class degree as long as he/she puts some cash to doctor the paper and once he walks into an office he’s given a job yet he has presented a fake document.

So there’s need for us to review our system, let’s not rely on papers. We need to put emphasis on practice not theory alone.