Monday, April 19, 2010
Coloured Blind
I was explaining to my son about District 6, and was explaining about white and coloured and black people and why some groups had to move. I was trying to be as objective as i could be, as i did not want him to feel less for being who he is and i wanted to tell him that he could be proud of the fact the his forefathers were slaves.
But he just looked at me and said,....."What is white people" and where is the pink, blue and green (ben ten) ones. He has no idea that people have different skin colours
But he just looked at me and said,....."What is white people" and where is the pink, blue and green (ben ten) ones. He has no idea that people have different skin colours
good old days
i am just thinking about how that day in April must have felt for all those who we force fulled removed from the District 6. The got letters saying that they would have to relocated to the cape flats, bonta's. lavis. Mplain and so on at the end of May and 6 months later the bulldozers came and just drove over a lively hood that once thrived
I listen to my grandma today as she old me about the old days and how she was so glad for the 4 roomed house in lavis that the gov would give her when she moved, as she only had a house with 2 rooms back then. She did not say anything bad about apartheid or white people or being poor. She just remembered the music and who she would dance and be so in love with da sailor(grand pa) who was so much older and so in control. I felt so angry, what she was so o.k with that. She told me that forgiveness for all things past and things to come are more important than living with what if". So i wish i grow up on the other side of the track and went to a nice school and had nice things and my own room and for along time people wished they were white. I can see why.
We now have another war , the war against poverty , the line between rich and poor is so wide. HOPE is all they have, so why am i complaining. And Jesus did say the poor will always be with you...so i am a prayer warrior for poverty of the heart and of this life, from SA to Mexico to Roianda and Haiti.
just to a few fat cats leave so many hungry....
cheers
I listen to my grandma today as she old me about the old days and how she was so glad for the 4 roomed house in lavis that the gov would give her when she moved, as she only had a house with 2 rooms back then. She did not say anything bad about apartheid or white people or being poor. She just remembered the music and who she would dance and be so in love with da sailor(grand pa) who was so much older and so in control. I felt so angry, what she was so o.k with that. She told me that forgiveness for all things past and things to come are more important than living with what if". So i wish i grow up on the other side of the track and went to a nice school and had nice things and my own room and for along time people wished they were white. I can see why.
We now have another war , the war against poverty , the line between rich and poor is so wide. HOPE is all they have, so why am i complaining. And Jesus did say the poor will always be with you...so i am a prayer warrior for poverty of the heart and of this life, from SA to Mexico to Roianda and Haiti.
just to a few fat cats leave so many hungry....
cheers
Reflecting on Class on wednesday 13/04/ Knowledge
Hey I am doing the course and was thinking i was o.k then i got to class last Wednesday i was so over my head. Every one is so intelligent and speaking about things i not sure of, hectic. I felt strongly about a few issues and wanted to say something but the fear of sounding silly keep me still. That must be just how my students feel. I often get so excited about stuff that people get stuck on my emotion towards it and they don't listen to what i have to say, other times they just think i too young to contribute anything worth while.
I have nearly ten years teaching experience and i could always draw so i guest i have something to contribute, that is what i tell my students. There is a place for all of us in the art world and so too in life for we have purpose on matter how small. So here goes.
1. Why does university teachers come down on school so badly, for any one who has ever been to public school lately will tell you , it is hard being a teacher there. It is a tuff place and most days you just pray to get home without any miss hap. The teacher do their best but the big classes and ill discipline and lack of supplies and the in fighting amongst teachers and management, it is so hard to be there. Some students use schools as a platform to get their drugs and smokes sold and to get to other kids. Break times is so hard, violent and dangerous. And all you hear from curriculum advisers is that you must do more you must give more. The students are never to blame and you are powerless in every way. So the few would make it out of there and in to university , i am so proud and thank full. We have no idea what they faced in school. Please be mind full about all the challenges at public schools.
Please see face book page on Belhar high and you could get an insight to public school.
2. I don't like curriculum development, since school days , all the education dept. say is lets fix the curriculum but on the ground level it is a different story, teacher cheat the system and fairly so they get paid the rates as someone in a shop or factory. So why , where is the job satisfaction a pride? I can't blame them. How can we develop the learning but we are not developing the person. So i started saying curriculum development was for people who sit in offices and make up these things but have no idea what is happening in the class room,. They want to brush every one with the same brush. Just like in the old days, when we were all suppose to think in the same why so why are surprised that we have so few free thinkers.
3. Modes of knowledge Generations:
- I heard about this for the first time in class but it was not new to me at all. Mode 1 referes to the traditional mode of education, like university. and Mode 2 from the university of life LOL i love that because everything i know was from experience even after tech, i was still drawing logos by hand and in the job they used pc and scanners, by first job was at you magazine and i was the scanner but i have never scanned in my life and was not equip to be in that environment, never saw a contract or a bank card before. So since that moment i just remained hungry to learn anything and very thing, because here i was thinking i went to tech and had matric, but i still knew so little. So i want my students to have that hunger for information, to find out even if you don't know.
4. Things that in pact curriculum:
- this was a bit over my head as she was explain it. And only after class did it get to me. Macro (world) and Mesro (provincial) and Micro (school) all these thing inpact on what we plan to teach.
5. What is a curriculum:
- basically a plan on what will be learned and what will i teach and how. Allowing both modes and relevant examples, whil simulating real life briefs. Diversity, unfair footings find out what others say about it.
6. Concept and Context
This was tuff for me but now i get it, Concept has i building block system and context is a practical system. I do believe they go hand in hand and not one or the other Some things are build up and other just happen, As long as there is coherency or follow that makes sense.
cheers for now...
I have nearly ten years teaching experience and i could always draw so i guest i have something to contribute, that is what i tell my students. There is a place for all of us in the art world and so too in life for we have purpose on matter how small. So here goes.
1. Why does university teachers come down on school so badly, for any one who has ever been to public school lately will tell you , it is hard being a teacher there. It is a tuff place and most days you just pray to get home without any miss hap. The teacher do their best but the big classes and ill discipline and lack of supplies and the in fighting amongst teachers and management, it is so hard to be there. Some students use schools as a platform to get their drugs and smokes sold and to get to other kids. Break times is so hard, violent and dangerous. And all you hear from curriculum advisers is that you must do more you must give more. The students are never to blame and you are powerless in every way. So the few would make it out of there and in to university , i am so proud and thank full. We have no idea what they faced in school. Please be mind full about all the challenges at public schools.
Please see face book page on Belhar high and you could get an insight to public school.
2. I don't like curriculum development, since school days , all the education dept. say is lets fix the curriculum but on the ground level it is a different story, teacher cheat the system and fairly so they get paid the rates as someone in a shop or factory. So why , where is the job satisfaction a pride? I can't blame them. How can we develop the learning but we are not developing the person. So i started saying curriculum development was for people who sit in offices and make up these things but have no idea what is happening in the class room,. They want to brush every one with the same brush. Just like in the old days, when we were all suppose to think in the same why so why are surprised that we have so few free thinkers.
3. Modes of knowledge Generations:
- I heard about this for the first time in class but it was not new to me at all. Mode 1 referes to the traditional mode of education, like university. and Mode 2 from the university of life LOL i love that because everything i know was from experience even after tech, i was still drawing logos by hand and in the job they used pc and scanners, by first job was at you magazine and i was the scanner but i have never scanned in my life and was not equip to be in that environment, never saw a contract or a bank card before. So since that moment i just remained hungry to learn anything and very thing, because here i was thinking i went to tech and had matric, but i still knew so little. So i want my students to have that hunger for information, to find out even if you don't know.
4. Things that in pact curriculum:
- this was a bit over my head as she was explain it. And only after class did it get to me. Macro (world) and Mesro (provincial) and Micro (school) all these thing inpact on what we plan to teach.
5. What is a curriculum:
- basically a plan on what will be learned and what will i teach and how. Allowing both modes and relevant examples, whil simulating real life briefs. Diversity, unfair footings find out what others say about it.
6. Concept and Context
This was tuff for me but now i get it, Concept has i building block system and context is a practical system. I do believe they go hand in hand and not one or the other Some things are build up and other just happen, As long as there is coherency or follow that makes sense.
cheers for now...
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Rene's baby
This morning, I just feel so over joyed by the news of my good friend Rene and her hubby having a baby. I remember that day i was told for the first time about Cole. The joy and overwhelming feeling of , What God choose me to do to be a mother. ME ?
His plan you Rene in the next season of her life is here and i am so over joyed and happy for her. I just know she will enjoy motherhood. It is just life changing every idea you ever had changes with a child and very move it makes inside of you is so powerful. I pray for you both, Happy parenting... Best Thing along with finding your sole mate.
This day Father i bless you for what you have made possible for Rene.
15 April 2010
Today i finally went to do my learnest test, I was confronted with being the only older person there. It was so much easier than what i imagined. I had all these visions of failer and that I was just to old for all of this ..but i feel the need to complete undone things in my life. All the things that had to wait while i was out doing something ells.
The traffic department is a mess dude, They took nearly four hours just to mark and upload and recited and print the docs, it was crazy, wait in this q then that. The traffic department you suck. I had a cool 3 year tech class with my evening class they just inspire me to keep finding new things with which to excite them with. Slightly worried about my ECP student they just not working as hard as they should, yet, they are so talented.
I also worried about Cole, teacher Dawn said that he can't tie his shoe laces and he must be able to do that before she can mark his report for school, so i am stressing about how to teach it to him, as he is having a hard time. Morgan is also worrying ,he is just a law UN to him self. I can't understand his personality it is developing so differently to what i wanted for him. I gave birth to this little who was fighting for life and i nearly lost him, i was thinking he was going to be in his brother shadow and be a second son and understand how this worked but, demands his own attention and right so. I pray that soon we will have an understanding.
I am also thinking about marriage, and how it can all be over so fast and that we may loose your partners just like that. I always wanted to grow old with Mario, and i did not marry for the now but i always have one eye on tomorrow. Seems that tomorrow is not keeping his eye on me. Smart Eddie sales is going well, just hope the new range will do well.
Cheers then
Monday, April 12, 2010
Welcome
Hey, Welcome to my Blog.
I wear many hats, and it is hard to say who i am. I don't think people are the same all day every day. So i will just name some of the hats i wear, mother, wife, teacher, artist and friend. I am from Bishop Lavis in Cape Town, from which many of my inspiration comes.
This blog is just to pose questions to you about everything .....i don't have any answers and at times i am not hoping for some. It is just a place to air my view and to question....hope you will enjoy this space with me...
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