Wau newsletter sept 2013

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3) Become an activist where participation in an anti violence and violence prevention programs may be introduced and are conducted.

Renewal

4) Setting anti-violence policies and programs at work or school that deal with economical, political, spiritual, social or sexual harassment in society.

Learning to Learn for Growth By Rev Andrew Apiny

If you want to know and understand why people learn go to Sunday Adult Education this is where you will know and understand the philosophy behind their phenomenon about education. Their own point of view educationally is not all about getting a job and pretentiousness as most people think. It’s about reading and writing in order to remain relevant to ever changing world and refreshing your minds with new inspiration. John Atem is the oldest man in the Sunday Adult Education program at sixty seven years old. He said, “I am not here for a job, or to feel superior to others but for my personal intellectual growth, to acquire new information, to keep current with the times, to be well informed in my own field of life and of course to have fellowship with great minds and to read books that provoke my thoughts, challenge my assumptions and probe my complexities and only that which invigorates my mission”. He continues saying “Looking at my age if education means to get a job and pay, then what kind of job will this education offer for me if at all there is chance to offer me a job. I

am here to learn and grow intellectually that is all about me being here. John is not the only older person in Sunday Adult education; there are good number of students who have the same passion and vision for studies. This ideology is different from what many people think about education, most of the young people define education in terms of getting a job and


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