Archive for October 2nd, 2009

“As a traditional African saying has it, umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, persons depend on persons to be persons. By being concerned with values, education is concerned with the humanity of people and its full development. Values are not a luxury item in an educational system but its heart and life.” These words, spoken on April 10, [...]

There will always be misconceptions when taking something at face value. Take Tennessee’s state wildflower, the ‘Passions Flower’ for instance. Most leave the ‘s’ off, and take its name to describe the bloom’s complicated beauty as symbol of desire. However the name came from early Christian missionaries who saw within the flower images of the [...]