Four Teachers I Liked

I began school at Naru-Moru in 1993 and studied all the way to JKUAT where I enrolled in May 2007 to pursue an engineering degree. Today, I thought it wise to tell you about four teachers I liked in my schooling journey.

At Naru-Moru, it was Mr. Mureithi, a young man who taught us science, I think in 1997 when I was in Standard 4. He liked taking us to the fields in the classes we had before lunch.

When lunchtime neared, he released us one by one with questions. He would for instance ask us, "What is photosynthesis?", and then release the pupil who answered the question right.

At Kunoni where I finished off my primary school education, it was Mr. Oketch who taught us math and science. He had a passion for the subjects that shone through in his lessons, which he spiced up with stories.

At Starehe Boys' Centre, one of the teachers I liked was Mr. Martin Moore. He had a habit of beginning his lessons with fun facts. But my classmates' fondest memory of him were the extra credits he gave for answering questions well.

At JKUAT, I liked Prof. Paul Njoroge who taught us Communication Skills in our first semester. He became a good friend of mine when I gave him a copy of Tony Buzan's The Speed Reading Book. He in turn lent me four books.

The books were John Marks' Science and the Making of the Modern World, Bill Clinton's memoir and biographies of Nelson Mandela and Joseph P. Kennedy (patriarch of the legendary Kennedy family).

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