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07/05/2024

*Teachers handbook 2024*

*1. On attendance to duty:*
Let us strive to avail ourselves for duty as expected. When you are not able to make it to school, for whatever reason, kindly make it official. Don't rely on your good personal relationship with your principal. They sometimes change, without a warning.

*2. On professional documents:*
It is advisable that we have these documents in place, not because some officer from TSC is moving around, but because it is our job.

*3. On Jeremiah waters:*
Do it in moderation. Don't allow alcohol to control your daily schedule. If you can't control alcohol, then you better quit this industry, now. Better still, be man enough to admit that you require rehabilitation services. Apart from the dysfunctional families out there, it is this *excessive consumption of alcohol* that is responsible for many fatal health complications among our colleagues.

*4. On immoral behavior:*
This one will sink you, irregardless of your "perceived innocence". Keep off school girls (and boys), at whatever cost. What that girl submits before a disciplinary panel is considered gospel truth. In any case, TSC already has a formed mind about you, even before they listen to your case. Yes, you will go home for sure.

*5. On personal finances:*
Think about your retirement date(it is indicated on the payslip) immediately you take up this job. Retirement is not an accident, it is something you can visualize. *Invest in a sacco, the benefits outweigh the risks, any time.* Rushing for bank loans even without a clear plan of what you intend to do with such large amount of money is a sure way of messing up your financial situation so early in your career. You might need a lot of effort to stabilize in future.

*6. On social capital:*
It is prudent to invest in your social circles. Make friends, as many as you can. Some will be genuine, others will be fake, they are both friends. No one is going to make it in life without support from colleagues and friends. Accept to learn new things in life, even if those sharing such info are your juniors.

*7. On career goals:*
Have some ambitions in this profession. Any man without ambition is as good as dead. As ambitious as you maybe, don't compete colleagues. *Life is in phases, men are in sizes.* Move at your speed, but all the same, continue moving.

*8. On family:*
You need your family to achieve anything out there. These are the only people whose support is always unconditional. Support your family members to achieve their goals too. This could be the most motivating thing that you will need, to achieve your own goals.

*9. On side hustles:*
Everyone will find something to do out there to supplement their incomes. In all fairness, don't allow your side hustles to compromise your service delivery at your work place. As you pursue this, be wary of fraudsters waiting to make a kill from your heard earned money. Colleagues have lost money in business ventures that looked so profitable from the onset. Consult. You lose nothing by consulting around.

*10. On your health:*
This is the most important aspect of our life, it will affect everything else in our career. Check on what you eat/drink. Avoid buying drugs across the counter without medical prescription. Don't be too busy to go to hospital. What you think is an ordinary headache can turn out to be something else, with time. You are a teacher yourself, not a medical practitioner (even if you are the best teacher of Chemistry around). Go for relevant tests as early as now especially for the most common killer diseases; HIV, cancer, TB etc. Most importantly, check on the mental health of your colleagues and your loved ones. *Mental health is a real issue out here.* That colleague who is behaving strangely requires help. Reach out to them. And most importantly, find some time to thank God for this gift of life. Go to church(or mosque). *Without God, you will surely achieve nothing.*

24/02/2024

If you are a parent of a Junior school,then you have something to worry about more so as a parent to grade eight learners.
The learning areas have been condensed to nine from 14 with the following being studied
English, Kiswahili, Mathematics,CRE, Social Studies, Integrated Science, Creative Arts and PE, Agriculture and Nutrition and lastly Pretechnical Studies.
My concern is, are the learning areas being attended to effectively and if so who supervises the implementation?
Are the implementors motivated to do that work , and if not for how long are we going to leave these poor learners in the hands of demotivated lots?
My worry is that as we speak we don't have any copy of a Agriculture and Nutrition, Creative Arts and PE neither do we have Pretechnical Studies and the only thing at the implementors ' disposal is the CD which requires a lot of sensitisation and induction on the use and application but who will do that!
Another elephant in this stage is the swollen numbers of consumers,l mean learners who need to be attended to, take a typical example of over 400 hundred learners being taught mathematics, English and Kiswahili by an average of 2 teachers.For heavens sake how can these guys do any meaningful formative evaluation ,is it really possible and practical? Your guess is as good as mine! Mostly such a big number of learners is taught through the archaic method of learning known as lecture method which is mostly used at the highest level of learning,l mean in the universities.
Back to intergrated Science , the learning area that is associated with future Scientists in the field of medicine both in fauna and flora, engineering and such like lucrative careers, Integrated Science is being equated to other social sciences disciplines and yet it should be more of a practical than theory.
Looking at the curriculum design once more, l realize that content in this stage is that of secondary curriculum brought to primary simply because we didn't have the right people at the formulation stage.Imagine introducing use of calculators and mathematical tables at this stage and to make the matters worse, not even an eighth of the learners are in the possession of these resources so what do the demotivated cohort do, they Passover just like it was during the time of Moses.
The language department,l mean English and Kiswahili are equally affected, the content specifically in Kiswahili like 'uchanganuzi Wa sentensi' has always shown our form 4s dust .l wonder how our grades' classes will manage that.I haven't mentioned set books which are not even known to the learners and yet they are compulsory.
In conclusion,l call upon the relevant stakeholders including parents, to urgently have a dialogue on how to save these innocent minds whose future is being destroyed .

30/01/2024

"Don't let anyone steal your dream. It's your dream, not theirs."

10/01/2024

Men , listen here and listen very carefully
1. Pay school fees
2. Attend all Academic clinics
3. Attend all parents meetings
4. Make impromptu visits to the school
5. Dropping and picking kids from school is not your responsibility
6. Moving around supermarkets and Bata shops fitting shoes is not your responsibilities
7. All receipts and all report books belong to men
8. Any communication to and from school should be through your mobile phone
9. Whether the child is the most favorite or is named after your mum, remember the teacher is always right.
10. If you ever side with your kid in the presence of teachers you have started planting a bad seed that you will harvest later
11. Even where the teacher might have disagreed with your kid, just know , ignore and discuss with the teacher. Never show any support to that kid in case of a disciplinary action
12. A teacher stays with your kids for 10 active hrs . He knows the real character of your kid than you do.
13. A school is a school. A school is an institution. An institution has rules and regulations. If you can't abide by them just go and start your own school.
14. Never discuss anything about teachers with your kids. A teacher is a teacher. Let the teacher not be ridiculed at home in your house.
15. We know that teachers overcharge and create avenues for getting extra money from parents but don't discuss that with your kids. Remain silent.
16. And to you teachers , this habit of bribing a few parents to propose extra fees and other contributions should stop. We know that you place a few parents strategically in a hall and pretend that you are hearing the proposals for the first time when in deed you are the authors.
17. And to those parents who propose that parents need to contribute 3,000 to motivate teachers and 1000 for sausages you need to drop that habit. Not all students want sausages.

06/01/2024

"Don't look back when you know you shouldn't. Don't stress over things that don't matter. Don't worry about things you can't control. Just keep moving."

05/01/2024

"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."

31/12/2023

"Train your mind to be calm in every storm. It will serve you well."

30/12/2023

"Don't overshare. Privacy is power."

Miaka 9 mtawalia nikifunza somo la Kiswahili darasa la 8,nachukua fursa hii kujishukuru kwa matokeo mazuri niliyokuwa ni...
25/11/2023

Miaka 9 mtawalia nikifunza somo la Kiswahili darasa la 8,nachukua fursa hii kujishukuru kwa matokeo mazuri niliyokuwa nikiandikisha licha ya changamoto nyingi. Naamini niligusa wengi na kuwafanya wakipende Kiswahili. Mtaala wa 8:4:4 kwangu ulikuwa shwari. Nikiamini katika maisha huwa mashindano. Kuna mshindi na mshinde. Daima niliibuka mshindi japo haikuwa rahisi. Kuingia 6:30am na kutoka 6:30pm huku wengi wakidhani sikuwa na la kufanya. Kejeli na masimango nilivumilia ili tu niridhishe nafsi yangu. Wengi hawakuelewa.

Asante sana Nakuru,Kiambu, Kajiado na tena Kiambu.

Asante kwa maelfu ya wanafunzi niliowahi tagusana nao. Najivunia jinsi mlivyofurahia lugha ya Kiswahili. Daima nyinyi ni mabalozi wangu.

Ufanisi huu nauelekeza kwa mama yangu mzazi. Wewe ndiwe umeishi kuwa wa kwanza kupata habari za ushindi matokeo yatolewapo.

Mungu zidi kunipa bidii,maarifa na ubunifu tunapoingia kwenye daraja jingine la umilisi wa C.B.C
Historia yangu itaandikwa mahali.🙏

22/11/2023

Today, my heart goes out to everyone going through what they cannot discuss with anyone.
I pray God will see you through!!

21/11/2023

"You don't have to defend or explain your decisions to anyone. It's your life. Live it without apologies."

20/11/2023

"You are the best author of your own future. So, the next time you sit down to write your own story, remember that you are the creator of the chapters."

15/11/2023

"At what point do you give up - decide enough is enough? There is only one answer really. Never."

29/10/2023

"Hakuna majuto katika maisha. Ni funzo huwa tunajifunza."

06/10/2023

MESSAGE OF THANKS
TO ALL THE GREAT TEACHERS IN THIS WORLD.

Happy Teachers Day
Day. 2

Thank you for being such wonderful teachers, exemplary role models and caring people. Thank you for knowing your subjects and sharing your knowledge. Thank you for not being aafraid to treat students like real people. Thank you for showing acceptance, approval, and appreciation. These are all gifts that are so important to a students development and that your students will always remember, just as they will also remember you.
Words of encouragement, a little respect and a simple gestures of kindness from a teacher promote the perfect climate for students to study, learn and grow. Your attitude translates into a spirit of friendliness and good will towards others in sometimes unfriendly world. Progress is easier in an atmosphere of creature freedom, joy and ease, and you foster this feeling in your classroom.
I salute the good work you have done I appreciate the people you are, and I thank you are your positive influence you have passed on invaluable instruction and wisdom and created pleasurable moments associated with learning that will always be sweet memories.
Thank you for answering the call to be teachers. Thank you for the enduring impression you have made in the lives you have touched. Every community needs people like you. Your contributions are immeasurable. Your lessons are permanent. You improve your world. You are so important.

GOD BLESS THE TEACHER

God bless the teacher….. For in your care each day, you teach the children to laugh and play and enjoy their lives that are still unspoiled by a world that is sometimes hard to understand.
God bless the teacher…. You build your students hopes and dreams and self esteem. You teach them compassion, friendship and loyalty. You help them grow and teach them things that matter most. You teach them how to be themselves.
God bless the teacher ….. For being there to calm your students fears, cheer them up and dry their tears. Thank you for everything you do

06/10/2023

*A MUST READ FOR ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS*

Retired Principal Mr Maurice Kiboi Writes:
"I wish to use my personal experience in retirement & share with many colleagues who have since retired now & those to retire tomorrow, some experiences & personal encounters that perhaps can sound as some caution, encouragement, some hope & kind of preparedness as one exits from Employment. As I approached retirement, I was very optimistic, too excited & hoped life will remain the same & friends very close as usual least did I know, I was mistaken. As you retire, remember you are going into a new world & new class of people which make you quite isolated & therefore, lonely.
When I retired, an elaborate & colourful party was made for me, by the Board of Management in appreciation of good work well done. I was given several gifts that included some sheep & one dairy cow & escorted home in a convoy of two school buses carrying students & Parents & several cars of friends & fellow Principals. Indeed it was exciting. After a week, I organised a home coming of heavy eating & drinking. I bought alot drinks from beer, wine, whisky to many crates of soda. Principals, Teachers, Parents & Relatives from all over with assorted gifts attended. I spent heavily & blindly.
Come new experiences & the unfolding challenges, my salary stopped & for months, I operated with no shilling & no investment to generate income. Four of my children joined University & two in Decondary & two in Primary & two who had graduated were at home but still looked at me for support . The dependency ratio was indeed very high. I had made a good saving with Mwalimu Cooperative but I had withdrawn my shares to buy a canter lorry but because of lack of follow up, the drivers I employed, mismanaged it & made it grounded. My two wives who were still in service became overwhelmed. By virtue of my position, my children could not qualify for HELB loan. I became very stressed & because I wanted my children to remain in school undisturbed, I was compelled to dispose off my Toyota car & the Canter lorry at a throw away price of KSH 238's & 300's respectively. I remained with Toyota lorry which stood in the home as a mere monument because, I bought it when it was grounded.
Out of the balance from the disposal of my two vehicles, I went in for a motorcycle because I was used to driving myself around. The bike became a headache & shame to me & it lowered my self esteem. I felt very shy & isolated from the society. My colleagues kept distant because in retirement, I was a retiree. I could not fit in the lives of retirees because, most of them appeared miserable, detached & all they could do is to sit in the verandas of shops to buy time & kill the day. This is, because just like me, they had nothing to have them occupied.
What followed in my lifetime are a series of accidents: The cow I was given as a gift, knocked me down on a rocky surface & today I experience alot of pains because of injuries inflicted on me by stones. Then followed an accident caused by my motorbike, which knocked me down where, I lost consciousness only to recover from Lugulu Hospital & later to undergo surgery by Dr. Lugalia to remove blood clot from my neck. To me I don't regret because challenges have hardened me. Philosopher John Roseou stated "man is born free but everywhere he's in chains" what does this philosophy entail? We are free people at birth, in childhood & as we grow, we experience ups & downs. To put my message correctly, not all friends abandoned me: Kones, Cheruo, Kosum, Muyei & Rodgers stood by me & have remained true friends to date.

*Lessons:*
1. Retire & let celebrations be held in your place of work & go home silently.
2. Dedicate yourself in your place of work but ensure to work on your mean score at home before you retire.
3. Plan your retirement immediately you start working.
4. Invest well in income generating projects & in the Education of your children.
5. Ensure you have no child in school/ college at retirement
6. Keep yourself busy at retirement.
7. When stressed, keep changing environment, avoid being lonely, Read widely & get updated with the changing times because the brain can easily deteriorate.
8. Pay visit to your colleagues living in distance because, you may discover you are better off & this can help heal your stress.
Let me not create fear & you start to steal from your place of work so as to invest in projects & in your children. If you do so you will not live to enjoy and your children will not succeed either. God can even deny you life & even your projects will fail.
One point to remember friends are expensive to keep because with some, their friendship is centred around the stomach & leisure therefore, you will be required to spend to keep the friendship. At your retirement, your best friend is your money, wife(s) & children. Your wife(s) & children will keep you in company & money will make you warm, cheerful , relevant & accepted in society."

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