It’s no secret that I wasn’t a fan of School. Although I had some great teachers, it was one of the most restraining and soul-sucking times of my life. Everyone has a different experience: mine was a little bit short of torture.

I am grateful that my parents could afford to take me to one of the best schools in Africa. Otherwise, I’m sure my experience would’ve been even worse than it was.

The dynamics of school are interesting because when children are born, they are kind and sincere. So what happens along the way to Adulthood? We spend some time asking this question when very few of us felt accepted and appreciated in our schooling lives- which, should answer the question!

In general, we spend so much time focused on materials and how to survive in this corporate world that we forget to teach the fundamentals in our kids that are essential for the betterment and health of our society.

If we want to raise children who are well-rounded, kind, loving and compassionate, we need to teach the following things in school- which are just important as Mathematics, Geography, History, English and other subjects that we teach our kids to sustain a life of materialism:

1. To be kind.

2. To listen to one another.

3. To give more than take.

4. To support other children.

5. To compete with who they were yesterday.

6. To find inner peace.

7. To continue to have an open mind&heart.

8. That money and materials are not important unless we can appreciate them and give some of them away to others.

9. To try and make someone else’s day.

10. To be genuine.

11. To think of others, too.

12. To look within for love, happiness, appreciate, validation and appreciation first.