Blog Project 2:Africa(Tanzania)

1. Tanzania: Students Need Workplace Skills Urgently

summary:
An education expert Suleman Sumra asserted that both primary and secondary schools need to teach workplace skills while presenting a report. He revealed that youth unemployment rates decrease noticeably compared to other nations. In his opinion, it is because in school youth cannot acquire skills that improve opportunities for jobs. He emphasized the importance of linking education and work to enable youth acquire work ethics such as punctuality, integrity, team spirit and respect for one another. So he said that secondary schools need to enable youth acquire both foundation and transferable skills to get a job.

persuasive:
I think schools need to enable their students get some work skills or ethics such as communicating skills, integrity, and problem solving abilities for youth not only to get a job but to live in society. People cannot live alone, so they have to communicate together by communicating skills of course in work too. Youth who acquire integrity would not do illegally and they could be a sincere worker. People always face a problem and be forced to make a choice or solution so youth have to prepare it. Therefore I consider some work skills and ethics have to be taught at a school.
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2. Tanzania: U.S. Programme Opens Door for Maasai Students


summary:
A Maasai indigenous community school and an American school starts a cross-border exchanges between their students. The article explained an ambitious pact would enable students from the Orkeeswa School from Maasai to spend three months period studying in American prominent Groton school and vice-versa. Groton school director said that the students who go to Orkeeswa School are amazed and the exchange programme would enable the students to understand life across the border. Florah Tipapurwa, one of the participants from Maasai, said that by the programme she could know the education system of America is different from one of Tanzania and she wants Tanzania to apply the system to its schools. The exchange programme between Tanzania and U.S. schools looks great for the participants.

persuasive:
When I was in a high school, my school had sealed the deal with a high school in Japan to start a similar exchange programme. I didn't participate, but my friend who went to Japan expressed she really enjoyed the Japan life. She had talked about history with homestay family and she could understand Japan life much more. She had interested in Japan so it was a good chance to go to Japan with cheap fares. Therefore I think the cross-border exchange programme is good for students.
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3. Language challenges


summary:
Tanzania schools face a challenge of multilingualism in classrooms. As the number of African pupils increases, there may be as many as six languages and even more cultures in one classroom, the article cited some professors' observation. The problem is that most schools are not prepared this situation so it would last for a while. Schools need multi-lingual teachers and teaching resources. Tanzania has to find a solution to this problem.

(edited summary:
South Africa schools face a challenge of multilingualism in classrooms. As the number of African pupils increases, there may be as many as six languages and even more cultures in one classroom, the article cited some professors' observation. The problem is that most schools are not prepared this situation so it would last for a while. Schools need multi-lingual teachers and teaching resources. South Africa has to find a solution to this problem.)

persuasive:
Last semester, I took a course, Ordinary Differential Equations, in my major in English. It was because of school policy that some of courses have to be given in English and there are 2 students from Sweden. Most students involving me had much trouble with understanding the contents. Sometimes, the Korean professor had trouble with explaining what a equation means. So I don't support my university's policy that I have to learn my major courses in English.

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