School Yard Violence

The latest stabbings brings the total number of stabbings in Cape Town to 60 in this year alone. 14 year old grade 8 pupils at Arcadia High in Bonteheuwel were accused of stabbing each other.

One boy had been stabbed in the head with a pen and the other was stabbed in the back with a knife.

Government is doing everything in its power to prevent such incidents. They have even issued "problem" schools with 2 hand held metal detectors each.

The first school to receive detectors from the Western Cape Education Department was St Andrew's Secondary in Elsies River.

Education MEC Donald Grant said the stabbings were "deeply regrettable".

If the government is doing everything they can to prevent such problems then why is it that parents are not disciplining their children. It is not the responsibility of teachers to discipline learners, it is the responsibility of their parents. If parents teach their children respect and responsibility then we wont have this serious social problem.

Teachers are over worked and under paid, they don't have the time or energy to deal with delinquents.

To all teachers who do go the extra mile and who do try and make a difference, thank you, you are appreciated.

Farwell To the King of Pop

Micheal Jackson was finally laid to rest on Thursday at Forest Lawn Memorial Park's Great Mausoleum.

Michael’s three children Prince Michael, Paris Michael and Prince Michael II placed a crown on top of Jackson’s casket to signify his status as the King of Pop.

Although it was a tearful ceremony, some might think that the family was over reacting or looking for media attention.

Michael's Father, Joe Jackson, seemed untouched, even uninvolved in the ceremony, whereas his mother, was so overcome with grief that she had to be helped to the car. Michaels' brother complained that the media helicopter that hovered over them, disturbed the burial.

Lets not for get that it is the media who helped Michaels' career, it is the media who helped get his records sold and it is the media who helped get him out of debt after his death.

Michael's death has earned him so much money that he is now officially out of debt, and still there is still so many of his possessions up for sale. Michael's famous white glove is currently selling for a whopping $49000.00.

All, I'm trying to say is that the Jackson family used Michael's death to their advantage, they milked it for everything that it was worth, they did this his whole life and now they did it again in his death.

2010!!

Is South Africa going to be ready for the 2010 soccer world cup? This is what everybody wants to know. I think that we will be ready, ours will be just as good, if not better than any other country that has hosted it before. All that those countries had that we don't is the support of the whole nation. There is so much negativity surrounding 2010 that it is affecting the progress of everything.

We all know that S.A. is a third world country, but lets have faith and see what happens.

There is a billboard on Cape Town station that says " My heart wont believe what my eyes will see." I read that every morning and a know that S.A. ,especially Cape Town, is going to be ready for the 2010 Soccer World Cup