Archive for the ‘Chronicles’ Category

Chronicle of the Month – November 2007

Chronicle of the Month – November 2007

Differences and Marginality by Odilon Mbog We continue here the reflection started in the month of Jully concerning the attitude that one should adopt in the face of the reality of existence of groups, of categories and of all the features which tend to put people together and to exclude others, naturally or artificially, and [...]

Chronicle of the Month – October 2007

Chronicle of the Month – October 2007

It Matters These Days Whose Ox Is Gored! by Moses Valentine Chukwujekwu The world is increasingly becoming one global village. More than ever the issue of international co-operation, mutual respect and understanding is discussed in all ambits of the human society. Writes John Paul II: “We live in a world that is increasingly interdependent, the [...]

Chronicle of the Month – September 2007

Chronicle of the Month – September 2007

Does the world still go round? by Elda Rémy We hear more and more people complain about the time in which we live. We feel like we’re living in an impersonal world where everyone seems to live isolated and separated from all. This reflects a fact in society today and it is true within all [...]

Chronicle of the Month – August 2007

Chronicle of the Month – August 2007

Education: Passport to Civilisation by Professor André-Marie Jerumanis This is how Prof. Sabino Palumbieri defines education. The absence of education, therefore, would lead to barbarous acts. This approach to education, sheds light on the etymological significance of the word e-ducere, which means “to lead outside”. This is the liberation that Plato’s Myth of the Cave [...]

Chronicle of the Month – July 2007

Chronicle of the Month – July 2007

One Should Have The Courage by Odilon Mbog “One should have the courage to be like everyone to be like no one” This sentence reminds me of my high school days and the two last years before graduation when we were taking delight in nice formulas, lateens citations or formulas that were fascinating us by [...]

Chronicle of the Month – June 2007

Chronicle of the Month – June 2007

Poor Wretched Teachers by Elda Remy «These teachers who have an aversion towards their students », title of an article in a weekly newspaper is one among many relating the difficulty to be a teacher nowadays. It is true that our society is going through major changes and that the rapidity of changes constrains everyone [...]

Chronicle of the Month – May 2007

Chronicle of the Month – May 2007

Respect, Reason and Critical Thinking for the Modern Classroom By Gordon Vanstone “Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically [...]