Well Friends , I had a few reallyinteresting experiences this week.One of which is :
The NGO ( Optimus ) has a teaching contract for teaching business skills in Diepsloot . I was teaching the finance section of this three week course . Part of the " lesson" was not to use loan sharks ( most of the people are unable to get bank loans as they have no assets to secure them ).
To begin the lesson I asked " Has anyone ever used a loan shark ?" I really
I nearly fell over when one of my students confidently replied " Yes, I am a loan shark. Last week I took two peoples' shack who did not pay me."
mmmmm - lesson derailed.
I then tried to proceed calmly , when reaching the part about never use a loan shark the same student became very upset :" You cannot publish this. What about my customers? How will I feed my family ?"
Well , to tell you the truth I had no answer. It against the law ? errr. Just did not seem as power.And suddenly Mr Loan Shark seemed a whole lot more human when he was one of twenty students. ( plus I was a little tiny insy winsy bit scared)
"Moving on to the next topic people ......."
Sunday, September 10, 2006
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