Comments on: @ X.N.Iraki http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/ Mon, 14 May 2012 09:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: X N Iraki http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4852 X N Iraki Fri, 17 Nov 2006 15:22:21 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4852 Shiroh, My observations on girls and maths was from reality, teaching a real girls school... Shiroh,

My observations on girls and maths was from reality, teaching a real girls school…

]]> By: Shiroh http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4806 Shiroh Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:09:08 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4806 As a former Math dunderhead, i can understand when Iraki is coming from. Anyway not all girls are math dunderheads and i realized too late that all i needed was to do a lot of reading and practice As a KR who is probably headed towards KT'ism hopelessness is not something yu wish on anyone The books i most read are written by Americans and other western world guys. what i know for a fact is most of us are thoroughly demotivated by our surroundings. Like for example it is raining, it is muddy and there is traffic jam all your way to town. How do you expect my feelings of hopefulness to arrive. I go through that everyday. And mind you..i am not half way down. As a former Math dunderhead, i can understand when Iraki is coming from.

Anyway not all girls are math dunderheads and i realized too late that all i needed was to do a lot of reading and practice

As a KR who is probably headed towards KT’ism hopelessness is not something yu wish on anyone

The books i most read are written by Americans and other western world guys. what i know for a fact is most of us are thoroughly demotivated by our surroundings.

Like for example it is raining, it is muddy and there is traffic jam all your way to town. How do you expect my feelings of hopefulness to arrive. I go through that everyday.

And mind you..i am not half way down.

]]> By: Guessaurus http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4754 Guessaurus Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:27:24 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4754 J, I agree with you that most of us always ask 'who will do it?' as opposed to 'What can I do?' - and as with AfroM says, being on the outside looking in shows you what is wrong, and as a person who is looking in while in at the moment, I suppose its up to me to stop griping at the things I can change and if I can personally do something then its up to me, right? AOB: There is still a tusker with your name on it around here somewhere. Care to come look for it? J,
I agree with you that most of us always ask ‘who will do it?’ as opposed to ‘What can I do?’ – and as with AfroM says, being on the outside looking in shows you what is wrong, and as a person who is looking in while in at the moment, I suppose its up to me to stop griping at the things I can change and if I can personally do something then its up to me, right?

AOB:
There is still a tusker with your name on it around here somewhere. Care to come look for it?

]]> By: kikuyumoja http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4732 kikuyumoja Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:02:33 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4732 Yeah that's the difference - ppl are acually paying 35 bob/day to read your opinion, whereas blogging is without any income. Just make sure it will be copyrighted enough so that others just don't copy it 1:1 and publish it in their newspapers. Ntwiga, thx for the good examples. I understand the list could go on and on... Yeah that’s the difference – ppl are acually paying 35 bob/day to read your opinion, whereas blogging is without any income. Just make sure it will be copyrighted enough so that others just don’t copy it 1:1 and publish it in their newspapers.

Ntwiga, thx for the good examples. I understand the list could go on and on…

]]> By: X N Iraki http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4689 X N Iraki Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:01:25 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4689 Will soon start blogging...but most of my work...is published by the Daily Nation, East African standard(every Sunday) and g21. Has largely been freelancing... Will soon start blogging…but most of my work…is published by the Daily Nation, East African standard(every Sunday) and g21. Has largely been freelancing…

]]> By: AfroM http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4687 AfroM Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:41:25 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4687 @ XN Iraki - By and large your piece was of value and thank you for making it clear that your comment about math and girls was in good faith. :) JKE already found the counter argument i was needing, plus steve just added some examples of learnt helplessness that you could use in your piece. Its all good. Do you blog? Where can we read more of your work? @ XN Iraki – By and large your piece was of value and thank you for making it clear that your comment about math and girls was in good faith. :) JKE already found the counter argument i was needing, plus steve just added some examples of learnt helplessness that you could use in your piece. Its all good. Do you blog? Where can we read more of your work?

]]> By: X N Iraki http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4684 X N Iraki Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:28:12 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4684 Pretentious airhead? Let me look for the real meaning... Pretentious airhead? Let me look for the real meaning…

]]> By: Ntwiga http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4649 Ntwiga Tue, 14 Nov 2006 03:32:06 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4649 Excellent work from Iraki and yourself - poor choice of examples aside. You know what learnt helplessness is? It is when you sit in the matatu, listen to the makanaga tell you that the fare from the City Center to Kawangware is Kshs 100 instead of Kshs 20 because it is raining. Learnt helplessness is when you go to the hospital and sit waiting for 3 hours bleeding to death or with a broken limb while the nurses and doctors drink team. Learnt helplessness is when we, as parents, pay teachers Kshs 500 a month to give our kids tuition Saturday mornings while they could not be bothered to teach THE VERY SAME KIDS Monday to Friday. I could go on but you get the drift. Iraki is right, we need to step up and start taking care of business for ourselves, demand our rights and demand the services and products we have not only paid for but also need. And the fight is on. It starts with demanding accountability from those charged with responsibilities. This is what sites like <a href="http://www.mzalendo.com" title="Mzalendo" rel="nofollow">Mzalendo</a> are doing. It is also happening in other places, from all the Commissions of Inquiry we are seeing to the sacking of individuals implicated in wrongdoing. Its not happening fast enough for many but it it happening. Rome was not built in a day. We just need to keep the momentum going. And keep stepping up to fight learnt helplessness. - Steve Excellent work from Iraki and yourself – poor choice of examples aside.

You know what learnt helplessness is?

It is when you sit in the matatu, listen to the makanaga tell you that the fare from the City Center to Kawangware is Kshs 100 instead of Kshs 20 because it is raining.

Learnt helplessness is when you go to the hospital and sit waiting for 3 hours bleeding to death or with a broken limb while the nurses and doctors drink team.

Learnt helplessness is when we, as parents, pay teachers Kshs 500 a month to give our kids tuition Saturday mornings while they could not be bothered to teach THE VERY SAME KIDS Monday to Friday.

I could go on but you get the drift. Iraki is right, we need to step up and start taking care of business for ourselves, demand our rights and demand the services and products we have not only paid for but also need.

And the fight is on.

It starts with demanding accountability from those charged with responsibilities. This is what sites like Mzalendo are doing. It is also happening in other places, from all the Commissions of Inquiry we are seeing to the sacking of individuals implicated in wrongdoing. Its not happening fast enough for many but it it happening. Rome was not built in a day.

We just need to keep the momentum going.

And keep stepping up to fight learnt helplessness.

- Steve

]]> By: Palesa http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4642 Palesa Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:40:36 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4642 @ X.N. Iraki, you're still a pretentious airhead in my book. @ X.N. Iraki, you’re still a pretentious airhead in my book.

]]> By: X N Iraki http://kikuyumoja.com/2006/11/12/xniraki/comment-page-1/#comment-4624 X N Iraki Mon, 13 Nov 2006 22:36:18 +0000 http://kikuyumoja.com/?p=931#comment-4624 The observation on Girls school was in good faith, and Iam sorry if i offended anyone. The observation on Girls school was in good faith, and Iam sorry if i offended anyone.

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