That is the reality — many people do not see how great their accomplishments are, do not know how inspiring they are, do not know how beautiful what they are doing is
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By Tim Middleton
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Despite his background, or perhaps because of his background, Robinson in one interview shared a helpful insight.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 21, 2024
George Carlin has recorded a wonderful piece about how we, as humans, have different attitudes when we are asked how old we are.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 14, 2024
We tend to be impressed (as the world is) by those in high places with all their supposed knowledge, importance, uniforms, results, wealth, religiosity and pomposity.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 7, 2024
Sports coaches are guilty of ‘play station coaching’, of shouting non-stop instructions from the sidelines to their players – a technique that does not help the players learn anything.
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 31, 2024
No matter what situation we face, or what opportunities we are given, we must accept responsibility for what we do in response.
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 24, 2024
Tim Middleton is the executive director of the Association of Trust Schools [ATS].
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 17, 2024
A number of years ago the concept of EQ was uncovered in the educational world and was seen by many to be far more accurate in determining future ‘success’ than its traditional ‘brother’ called IQ.
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 10, 2024
Tim Middleton is the executive director of the Association of Trust Schools [ATS].
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By Tim Middleton
Mar. 3, 2024
When it comes to the second R for parents, Responsibilities, the first ‘eeesy’ thing to do is to Ensure various important things, in regard to schooling.
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By Tim Middleton
Feb. 25, 2024
Tim Middleton is the executive director of the Association of Trust Schools [ATS].
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By Tim Middleton
Feb. 18, 2024
There are thousands upon thousands of guides to success, all well-meaning and wise, even if some are perhaps a little surprising.
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By Tim Middleton
Feb. 10, 2024
Musanhu said the schools boast of an ever ending footprint of producing leader girls who have excelled internationally, and the mission is not complete until equal opportunities have matched
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By Silence Mugadzaweta
Jan. 14, 2024
“To go to school, of course!” was her reply. The boy looked at her, stunned. “What? Again?” Yes, again – and again and again!
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By Tim Middleton
Jan. 7, 2024
God can and can be with them through those difficult, tough, tiring times and He can help them to handle them.
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 31, 2023
However, we are not here to discuss our favourite puddings or share recipes but we can say that we can learn a lot from puddings!
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 24, 2023
The two young volunteers stand either side of the speaker who turns to the boy and asks if he has any money
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 10, 2023
We cannot just do any old thing with our lives, filling them with whatever comes into our head, with no connection.
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By Tim Middleton
Dec. 3, 2023
When it comes to discipline, often with the cries of former pupils harking back to the “good old days” of tough discipline
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 26, 2023
When it comes to considering the value of something, we might think along the same lines.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 19, 2023
As the fact slowly sunk into their minds, the Head repeated that he believed that the girl deserved Colours, for her faithfulness, because she did what she could with what she had.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 12, 2023
In some countries, Halloween is something that is celebrated on 31st October, though as with many customs its original purpose is forgotten or ignored.
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By Tim Middleton
Nov. 5, 2023
Hashtags might be seen to be useful in saving time, energy and space, simply by pointing people in a few words to the heart of the matter, to what we stand for or believe (#bebrief).
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 29, 2023
Consider then, some of the things people do on facebook or other social media platforms.
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 22, 2023
The fact is that we as humans and as society do judge people all the time.
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 15, 2023
Of course, it is not only at the top level of sports that people have cheated.
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By Tim Middleton
Oct. 8, 2023
Many parents may well have gone through one of the toughest and scariest experiences in their life, along the lines described above; teaching our own child to drive can be a haunting experience!
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By Tim Middleton
Sep. 24, 2023
With an enrollment of 756 learners at primary school and 630 at high school, B & P has turned out to be the most sought-after school in and outside Chitungwiza.
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By Style Reporter
Sep. 24, 2023
Ramsay would always refer to this time as the making of him as a negotiator and diplomat.
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By Andrew Melhuish
Sep. 23, 2023
We may take the analogy further and consider that moving from becoming to being a parent will require a similar journey as someone moving to being a pianist.
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By Tim Middleton
Sep. 17, 2023
People have been tired of the potholes in their roads and have taken to repairing them themselves, as those whose responsibility it is to look after the roads do not do so
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By Tim Middleton
Sep. 10, 2023
We are encouraged to ask, if we want to show initiative. Asking questions, after all, creates openings.
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By Tim Middleton
Sep. 3, 2023
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out, try to get him out, and when he is out, he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 27, 2023
Henry Ford was more specific saying "There is no failure except the failure to serve one's purpose.
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 20, 2023
The main problem with ‘seniority’ is that it is usually based on, and therefore confused with, superiority.
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 13, 2023
Hard times fell on that city, making it hard for the patrons to continue to eat out but they did not want to forgo coming to that restaurant.
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By Tim Middleton
Aug. 6, 2023
Parents must understand that each school is part of a bigger commonwealth and part of a bigger picture than simply that school.
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By Tim Middleton
Jul. 30, 2023
The story of Horatio Spafford is an intriguing, inspiring and instructive one.
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By Tim Middleton
Jul. 23, 2023
Modern commentators have thus divided mankind into various categories, in relation to their approach to the advance of technology.
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By Tim Middleton
Jul. 16, 2023
Too many parents have passed the buck to schools to educate their child in areas that they should be doing, not least in life skills.
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By Tim Middleton
Jul. 2, 2023
The means of measurement may not take into consideration other important factors. Determining a school’s status on results is equally flawed.
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 25, 2023
Our modern world is too interested in the froth, the superficial, personality, and not in the truth, the substance, character.
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 18, 2023
It is not just the sports field that is a stage, but the home, the school, the workplace, the marketplace, the business world, the whole world.
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 11, 2023
We are not too worried if other people’s children do not have the best teacher, as long as our child has the best!
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By Tim Middleton
Jun. 4, 2023
One hundred years later, who then is winning this race? Has civilisation advanced? How close to a catastrophe are we? Is education succeeding in this war of the world?
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By Tim Middleton
May. 28, 2023
With great creativity, we now have Cyclathons, Readathons as well as Primary Spellathons, Singathons — there are ‘-thons’ sprouting out everywhere!
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By Tim Middleton
May. 21, 2023
There is only one small problem with that, though. There are no difficult pupils or difficult classes!
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By Tim Middleton
May. 14, 2023
If we are going to do that, then education is going to have to be different from what it is now and what it has been.
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By Tim Middleton
May. 7, 2023
It might be an interesting diversion to consider what type of ship would serve as the best analogy for education.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 30, 2023
It is what sells newspapers (bad news) and maybe it is motivated by the idea of “Do to others before they do it to you”.
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By Tim Middleton
Apr. 23, 2023