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May 26, 2010, at 12:36 am — Blogs — THEME: Why Now Isn't So Bad
There were have been World Wars, revolutions, the Great Depression, extreme human rights violations, suppressed minorities, plagues… Perhaps in comparison, our time is not that bad. It may seem like South Africa is still rather racist with its ongoing race classifications; BEE and Affirmative Action strategies still being implemented 16 years after the demise of Apartheid; and recent affairs. However, South Africans are not all racist; in fact there exists a visible tolerance of different racial groups, cultures and customs that surpasses all racial distinctions. May 1, 2010, at 9:45 am — Blogs — Banking system / education / Paulo Freire / Pedagogy of the Oppressed / technology
Thinking back, my education feels like a sham: most lectures were monotonous, unidirectional recitations of prescribed textbooks or readings with many examinations and assignments requiring a simple regurgitation of the lectures in order to pass. I now currently am sitting rather uselessly on two university degrees and am unable to find employment. I feel like the approximate R100 000 spent on my education could have been used to start my own business and the four years wasted to achieve two certificates could have afforded me with usable practical knowledge and experience. April 19, 2010, at 6:00 am — Arts and Culture | Poetry | Writing — poem / Poetry / regret / Tharuna Devchand / THEME: poetry
An old woman sat on a foot high wall; April 12, 2010, at 7:15 am — Blogs — THEME: Our Favorite Things
My truly favourite things live with me in a circular box on the top of my neck: memories of good times, stupid times and bad times overcome. Society has transformed the simple ‘eat to live’ into a concoction of problems, solutions, disorders, cultural norms and prejudices. There is so much emphasis on food and eating in contemporary society that it has bred a new type of human; a self-loathing one. In school, friends are easy to come by. You see each other everyday and you are constantly updated on each others lives. In university, friendships become a little harder to maintain due to the workload, deadlines and difference in schedules. However, it is in university that you begin to realise who your true friends are and who will stick by you as you enter into the work world. The concept of profit in a capitalist society is essentially devoid of ethical considerations. There is one goal: increase net profit. Profit sucks out the soul of humanity: any help needed comes with a price tag; all price tags come with an included and invisible mark up (pure-hearted charity excluded). |
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