Standard Education

The flaw of averages

We may well not have given much thought to any of the above before — and may well not give any thought to them in the future either!

By Tim Middleton Mar. 19, 2023

Runners and rudders

By Tim Middleton Mar. 12, 2023

The language of women empowerment in the arts

By Raymond Millagre Langa Mar. 5, 2023

All systems must go

Despite a full and positive CV, there was no interest in what he offered; there were no offers; few interviews even.

By Tim Middleton Mar. 5, 2023

Community trailblazers: Chiviya penning Biblical millionaire book

Writing about a personal trailblazing journey on how one became a millionaire is not so common.

By Albert Masaka Mar. 5, 2023

Community trailblazers: Chiviya penning Biblical millionaire book

An election in education

Elections have a lot to do with education, just as education should have a great deal to do with elections.

By Tim Middleton Feb. 26, 2023

Indicators are indicators

These lights are indicators of what is expected (not suggested). But so too are the indicators on our cars yet the sad reality is that in our current society it is very difficult to read them.

By Tim Middleton Feb. 19, 2023

The child is the father

The behaviour of the child becomes that of the parent; the child we see will show us what the parent will be like.

By Tim Middleton Feb. 12, 2023

They also went to school once

We considered how our education system would appear to be failing, as all we seem to be producing are clever criminals.

By Tim Middleton Feb. 5, 2023

Foxy moron

Dolly Parton is quoted, in a gentle ‘dig’ at herself, as saying that “You’d be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap”

By Tim Middleton Jan. 29, 2023

Sharp sharp!

There are the common sayings which tend to highlight the cat’s alleged superiority, such as “Dogs have masters; cats have staff.”

By Tim Middleton Jan. 22, 2023

Popping the question

Indeed, popcorn is popularly associated now with cinemas, but also with television, fairs, parties and sports events.

By Tim Middleton Jan. 15, 2023

Open letter to RBZ governor John Mangudya

The foreign exchange regime in Zimbabwe is by a country mile more liberalized than those in regional peers South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.

By Bart Star-james Jan. 15, 2023

Open letter to RBZ governor John Mangudya

Taking on solar’s cybersecurity challenges

Utility companies and bulk power system operators have made cybersecurity one of their top priorities.

By Renewableenergyworld.com Jan. 8, 2023

Taking on solar’s cybersecurity challenges

Does a Honda fit all?

The one-size-fits-all approach does not work in education. We are reminded that there is one ministry, one Education Act, one curriculum, one examination board.

By Tim Middleton Jan. 8, 2023

Edutainment Mix: 2023: A call for innovativeness and more creativity

2023 is a time for the local artistes to provide the space where they can display their art in different creative ways.

By Raymond Millagre Langa Jan. 8, 2023

Edutainment Mix: 2023: A call for innovativeness and more creativity

Who cares?

He was a legend of golf yet millions of people have never heard of him; his achievements are long forgotten.

By Tim Middleton Dec. 25, 2022

Be silent and speak

We now have the Miranda warning as a result of that case - “You have the right to remain silent.

By Tim Middleton Dec. 18, 2022

Beauty and the boast

On one occasion, a father and son friendly game was shared with a very competitive friend of the son who was desperately keen to impress the older man.

By Tim Middleton Dec. 11, 2022

Be at it dude

Information is the key to life and the key to information is technology – so we are told.

By Tim Middleton Dec. 4, 2022

Raising a child badly

It is generally accepted that a good book will have a good balance of plot, characters, setting and theme.

By Tim Middleton Nov. 27, 2022

Just ask Johnny!

Even if Johnny is not necessarily academically gifted, we can see his logic, which may not always be the case, it might be said, when we look at parents.

By Tim Middleton Nov. 20, 2022

We cannot stress this enough

Others declare that the job of a brain surgeon is an extremely stressful job; there is certainly little room for error.

By Tim Middleton Nov. 13, 2022

Finding the right channel

We are all to be channels of peace in our schools and to do that we must follow the right channels.

By Tim Middleton Nov. 6, 2022

Quality feat

Karl Menninger: “What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches.”

By Tim Middleton Oct. 30, 2022

Flight of angels or fight of humans?

In general terms, helicopters do obviously have pros and cons with regard to flying.

By Tim Middleton Oct. 23, 2022

In parentheses

The opening sentence of the novel ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman’ (by Laurence Sterne) certainly challenges our will to read novels!

By Tim Middleton Oct. 16, 2022