WELCOME to my teacher 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
- Embracing 2025: Challenges, Hopes, and New Beginnings
by Sithembiso Mbatha
2025, let’s not only survive but also thrive and come alive -I think this should be a cool motto for the year. It is a bit lengthy, I’m open to making it shorter, maybe just thrive and come alive, as an ultimate goal? Unfortunately, the reality for most is that…
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- Teaching Teachers: The Struggles of Studying Education While Teaching
by Sithembiso Mbatha
Last year, I decided to go back to school to upgrade my qualifications in education. This year, I became a BEd Honours student, specialising in Mathematics Education, which makes sense with me being a mathematics teacher. I’ve been doing it via the purple university situated in North West. I heard…
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- The Teacher’s Dilemma: Living with the Contradictions in Education
by Sithembiso Mbatha
Whenever two or more teachers are gathered, there will no doubt be a venting session. It is just something that happens. Sure, at first, it starts with a lot of pent-up energy that needs a form of release, but over time, it turns into some form of building one another…
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- Teacher Appreciation: An Inside Job
by Sithembiso Mbatha
Annually, on October 5th, it is International Teacher’s Day. Interestingly, what I notice every year, since becoming a teacher in 2022, is that teachers (and we can add education NGOs/NPOs, because usually former teachers work there) all over social media celebrate each other more that the rest of the world…
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“Spread Love, Light and Knowledge”
Sithembiso Gugulethu Mbatha, Author
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