Psychological bullying, too.<\/p>\n
Father: The exam results are out. Let\u2019s see if we sold a cow to take another cow to school.<\/em><\/p>\n Son: But, father\u2026..<\/em><\/p>\n Fret not, dear teen. Life is hardly a case of winning or losing, or a life or death matter.<\/p>\n An elementary online search of the most successful people on the planet will show most abandoned schooling, at some point. What\u2019s the secret, though? The secret lies in life skills, ambition and a level of dedicated mentorship.<\/p>\n That\u2019s where the Kenyan education system horribly fails. Albeit, lately there\u2019s been a few changes to improve the traditional learning to a modern Competency Based Curriculum (CBC). Earlier generations have suffered from a mind condition – especially on the exam results ranking system.<\/p>\n Father: What position were you?<\/em><\/p>\n Son: Number 3, dad.<\/em><\/p>\n Father: Why did you allow that? You need to be number one, next term. Promise?<\/em><\/p>\n In this parent\u2019s mind, it doesn\u2019t matter if they count and toss marbles the entire day. As long as the son comes first, the sky is blue.<\/p>\n A discerning parent need be aware the strengths and weaknesses of his child. Weak in arithmetic, but can fashion an incredible-looking car from a discarded jerry can. That\u2019s a gift. Weak in languages, but clearly gifted in beadwork and cooking. Some gift, that is. A kid loves animals in the farm, take notice.<\/p>\n Nurture those underscored gifts the kids display from an early age.<\/p>\n Dear parent, if your candidate offspring scored a seemingly<\/em> weak grade: C-, D+, D or below, worry not. The A-cluster students aren\u2019t necessarily more gifted or brighter. Perhaps, more advantaged in terms of resources and backgrounds. Mostly, though, what they\u2019ve over the D student is dedicated mentorship.<\/p>\n In Kenya, particularly, the crop of students at the C – E aggregate usually turn out to be very influential later in life. A large group of serving politicians – MPs and MCAs, belong here. Police and Army bosses. Influential and affluent business people rise from here.<\/p>\n As the A and B grade lot line up for universities in 3-4 year degree courses, start the mentorship journey with your D-grade student. Have an evaluation talk with the child. What\u2019s the strength? Major on that strength.<\/p>\n Enroll them at local, community-based polytechnics. Register for a carpentry course. Basic electronics or fabrication courses. Power mechanics – or, in less pretentious terms, learn to be a car mechanic. Apply for apprenticeship at the local welding or bike repair garage. Basic agri-business courses, et al.<\/p>\n
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