Shimbo Pastory This article was published in The Citizen Newspaper – Tanzania on January 10, 2023 “For the fact that…
Following the many conflicts that lasted until the eve of the second millennium, to mention a few: the Rwandan and Bosnian Genocides, the United Nations established in 1995 an International Day of Tolerance, to prevent culturally motivated conflicts, and to establish peaceful spaces where people can express their needs without biases arising from their roots. The day or Tolerance was therefore placed on 16th of November, beginning from the year 1995 which was the 125th anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi.
The idea of people gambling over mystery boxes, lottery, fixed odds, and wagers dates back to the time before the development of modern written history. It is a centuries-old pastime.
Dutiful, diligent, dignified and genuine labour among the members of a society is a thing of pride which reflects in several societal philosophies.
Tea is not a mere beverage; this is because it functionally connects with ethics, religion, and social order. When a child is taught well to manage “tea”, s/he will be able to manage and grow with morals and discipline as is desired by the society in which s/he is groomed.
Technology grows so fast that it confuses even the adult population. Yet, the adult guardians and parents are made to think it is safe for the kids. In the same, the possibilities that come with it are unpredictable.
Child upbringing needs to be done with positive expectations. Children performing poorly, or reasoning, acting, or behaving badly should be taken as a human situation and addressed appropriately.
It is common in many societies to find parents and guardians addressing their children with tags, names and metaphors that suggest depravity, incapability, deficiency and diminution. In this article, we examine the effects of these negative attributions, especially about animal characters.
It a reasoned opinion that the world youth day should be the culmination of the effort invested throughout the year. This should also reflect in the respective jurisdictions, not mere paperwork, or stupendously written media fliers; but evidence of genuine tasks undertaken to help the society grow, and or to solve the problems that have persisted.