Here you are, on a long, long flight back to reality after a spellbinding six weeks reconnecting with the past; revisiting family and favourite spots; discovering new, exciting relationships; full

Children come up with the most amazing statements.  Sometimes they can be very amusing, as any teacher marking children’s work can testify. Some popular examples are: “Socrates was a famous

At the funeral recently of a young man who had committed suicide, the pastor unapologetically expressed his own beliefs based on God’s word while graciously acknowledging that many people who

We may have come across the following scenario before: Two brothers were raised by an alcoholic father. One grew up to be an alcoholic and when asked why, he said,

Speech days or nights are not the favourite occasions for the vast majority of pupils, in particular those who do not receive a prize. It is an exercise of their

There is nothing more beautiful than driving through the rocky crags of the Matopos, through the dusty paths of our national parks, through the mountain passes of the eastern Highlands,

When it comes to Latin, there are not many of us around who learned it at school! Yet we are all still surrounded by English words that have Latin roots

There is a stereotypical picture of education in Africa, that of youngsters sitting under a tree. It is, of course, a picture totally out of date and out of place,

A number of years ago, a headmaster approached a parent and politely asked him not only why he was not sending his child to that school but also why he

If in doubt, quote Einstein! Would that not be a safe assumption, seeing that he is seen to be one of the great minds of the modern world? So here