This blog is all about sharing all things life! Especially the life of a new teacher in South Africa about to take up her space! In order to Be Royalty; We must Teach Royalty! I share my journey with you, my thoughts, my aspirations, my struggles and my triumphs because I believe, although we might have been born alone, we were not meant to live on Earth alone. We share so much common ground not only as teachers but as human beings; however, we often forget that we are not alone. We need to stand together and help fix each other’s crowns
- Teaching is a Social Justice Act
by Sithembiso Mbatha
A teacher’s classroom can be and is a vehicle for the change we hope to see in society. The thing is, that vehicle can turn incredibly right for positive change, or it can be the cause of a major N1 accident for negative change. I recently attended Cape Town’s Pride…
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- Thoughts on Teacher Slavery
by Sithembiso Mbatha
I recently attended a teacher development workshop. Well, maybe I should say one was brought to me at my school and I did not have a say in whether I want to attend or not because I was already there. Anyways, there was something the presenter said that I have…
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- Thoughts of a Mathematics Language Teacher
by Sithembiso Mbatha
I have mad love for Mathematics. Something which was really born in my primary school days, literally from Grade 4 (before that, it is just numeracy, right), but I did not know it then. My earliest memories with my grade 4 teacher was her strictness with the subject and her…
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- The First Rule of Being A Teacher …
by Sithembiso Mbatha
This past weekend, I attended a 2-day Novice Teacher Symposium with two colleagues/friends of mine. This event was a first of its kind, hosted by the district. Of course, with any first event, there are bound to be “complications” so two out of the three of us almost did not…
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“Spread Love, Light and Knowledge”
Sithembiso Gugulethu Mbatha, Author
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