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CLASS RANK 35 Abubakari is a fifteen year old boy living with his father, mother, three brothers and three sisters. He lost his eldest brother in May this year [2013] who was also the one who was taking care for the cost of his studies. His mother is a housewife while his father work as a messenger. All his other relatives are jobless. Abubakari's youngest brother is still in primary school.

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Jonathan
Fri, May 12, 2017 at 5:36 am GMT
Dear Students,
I would like to share with you an excellent article about how to study effectively.

How to study effectively:
1. Read the chapters before you go to the class lecture about it. It helps to know what the professor is talking about before you get there.
2. Question what you’re reading, and test yourself on it often. Generate questions after you read to go over concepts, compare and contrast, and make yourself generate examples.
3. Practice retrieving the information without your notes or book, and do it in the same way you are tested. If you are required to do essays, multiple choice, or fill in the blank, practice using the information in that way.
4. Do not study isolated facts. I only encourage notecards to work on what you are struggling with. They’re good for quick study breaks in between class or work, or to review things you struggle with before a test. Knowledge isn’t obtained in small isolated facts. Key terms and definitions aren’t going to help you really comprehend the material.
5. After the class, re-read the chapter and highlight what you think is important. After class, you may be more prepared to focus on certain sections of material.
6. Go through and highlight what you have difficulty remembering. You might want to make these points into flash cards as well. Keep the cards and review them before a test or quiz. Isolated facts aren’t how you should study, but keeping that card with you and looking over it before the test can be beneficial.
7. Spend 15 minutes a night, at least, on each class’ study guide. This kind of spaced out study helps encode the information into your long-term memory and will help you recall it faster and more accurately later.

This article helps me to study effectively. I hope you find it as helpful to your daily study as I do.

Cheers,
Jonathan Gilbert
Jonathan
Tue, February 21, 2017 at 1:21 am GMT
Hello Students,

I am sitting in my desk, looking out in the rain and thinking of all of you in Tanzania.

I hope all is well with you and you have been studying hard to achieve your goals.
I’d like to share with you the below three quotes that I find meaningful and inspiring to me. I hope you find them interesting as well:

“Happiness comes a lot easier when you stop complaining about your problems and you start being grateful for all the problems you don’t have.”

“If you want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.”

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

Have a wonderful week!
Best,
Jonathan Gilbert
Indy
Sat, February 18, 2017 at 5:49 pm GMT
Hi Students

How are you? Did you enjoy your break?

My husband and I just came back from a trip to the Antartica. It was a long trip, 22 days total. We first flew to Buenos Aries, the capital city of Argentina. After spending two days there, we flew down to the Ushuaia, the tip of the South America continent to board a ship. The ship took us to the Falkland Island, the South Georgia Island and the Antartica Peninsula. This is the summer season there. The ice started to break up to allow the ship to sail there. The temperature was around 1 degree Celsius, not bad at all. Most days were sunny. We saw so many penguins, seals and sea birds. They were all having babies. The babies were cute beyond descriptions. Their parents were busy feeding them. You would be touched by how tentative the parents were towards their babies. The scenery was so beautiful. I hope you can go to the internet to check out this region. With the threat of globe warming, I am a bit worried about how long the Antartica continent will hold. Recently from the news report, a large chunk of ice actually broke off from the continent. Sad, isn't?

Ok, enough of my trip report.

Please write back to me.

Until next time,
Indy
Karen
Sun, January 15, 2017 at 9:00 pm GMT
Dear Students,

Happy New Year 2017, congratulations on preparing for your exams and welcome back to school !

Here is a thought to begin the year on;

"As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives".

Henry David Thoreau

be well,
Karen
Jonathan
Sat, January 7, 2017 at 10:25 pm GMT
Dear Students,

As the New Year begins, I make a habit of collecting new wisdom from different sources to guide my life for the New Year. Below are a few of my favorite things I found that I would like to share with you:

1) Experience The Joy Of Learning

Each time you learn something new you gain more knowledge and with more knowledge come more confidence. Learning helps us become more adaptable and flexible to new situations. Learning encourages us to be more creative and innovative in our thinking and we are therefore more comfortable with the unknown.
Reading books is a great way for us to learn. To fully embrace the joy of learning, never stop reading and searching for more knowledge.

2) Touch someone’s soul with your kindness

Random Acts of Kindness. It’s the little things in life that matter most. Hold a door, smile at people. Kindness does not cost much and it touches the soul of another person.

3) When you master your emotions, you master your life

Anger. This is one emotion that is sure to pop up sometime during the day. How you deal with your anger says a lot about who you are as a person. How well do you manage your emotions? Do you have a harsh reaction if someone says something insulting to you? Anger can be a destructive emotion if not managed properly.

4) Respect other people’s opinions even when they differ from your own.

Conflict. It’s rare that two people agree on most topics. Conflict is everywhere. It happens at work, home, with family and friends. Disagreeing isn’t the problem (although most people think it is). The problem is not giving value to the opinions of others.

5) Speech is a powerful tool.

Your words. Watch your words carefully. They can be daggers or building blocks. You can crush the spirit of someone or make them feel like they can conquer the world. Taste your words before you spit them out. Words are your thoughts coming to life. It’s your choice.

What are your favorite quotes and wisdom to live by? I’d love to hear your thought on that.

Cheers,
Jonathan Gilbert
Judy
Tue, November 29, 2016 at 6:04 pm GMT
My dear student,
This school year went by so quickly. I just like to say hello to every one. Wish you have great break and wonderful holidays. Remember read your favor books during the break too. Think what is you would like to accomplish for you next school year? How are going to get there? Use this break to prepare yourself. I wish all of you had great future ahead of you. You have to work hard to get there.
In US we had Thanksgiving, now every body prepare for Christmas then will be New Year.
It is the most busy and happy time for every body. Wish see you all next August or September. Best regards,
Judy
Abubakari
Sat, November 19, 2016 at 12:03 pm GMT
Hello Jonathan G
it was on tuesday since we completed form four national exam even if the exam was so tough but we expect to perform well so as to continue with further studies,we beg you to pray for us so as to perform well.
i wish you all the best,have nice day
Abubakari
Sat, October 29, 2016 at 1:09 pm GMT
Hello judy s
For my self during the summer break i would like to rest for three month so as to wait the result after getting my result i would like to study A Level Tution so as to make good preparation for further study so we beg for God so as to get only division one and two and not otherwise
Jonathan
Thu, October 27, 2016 at 6:33 am GMT
Hello everyone,

How are you? How was your summer? What did you do during that time?

As for me, during my break, I went with my family to visit a very special country in the Arctic Circle called Greenland. It has so many interesting facts that I thought you might enjoy hearing about its uniqueness. Greenland is a massive island located between the North Atlantic and Arctic Circle.

In Viking legend, Greenland was described as a lush, green, fertile land. Today however, ‘Whiteland’ would be a more accurate term since approximately 85 per cent of the country is covered in ice and snow. Greenland is the world's largest island with over 2 million square kilometers but it is the least densely populated territory in the world with a population of only 57,000 people.

Much of its land surface is covered in ice (imagine that!). Most of its small population lives along the ice-free, fjord-lined coast, particularly in the southwest. Its northerly position, largely above the Arctic Circle, results in natural phenomena such as summer’s midnight sun and winter’s Northern Lights.

In Greenland, the Sun does not set from May 25th to July 25th. A major part of Greenland is covered by fjords, which prevent the construction of roads. There are no roads and no railway system. All travel between towns is done by plane, boat, helicopter, snowmobile or dogsled (yes, really!).

You can learn more about Greenland by using RACHEL PI searching for it in Wikipedia.

I love Geography and I hope you enjoy learning about new countries as much I as do.

Please let me know what you will be learning next. I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
Jonathan Gilbert
Judy
Wed, October 12, 2016 at 12:02 am GMT
Hi, How are you? Time has passed so quickly this past semester! Less two months the school will end for the year. I know some of you will take the National exam and some of you will take the Final exam. I wish you the best of luck to prepare yourself for the tests.
Please study hard and keep your goals in mind, the time will pass before you know it.
I would like you to write a journal to describe your biggest accomplished for this school year; or the things witch you are most proud. Do you have any goals in mind that you would like to achieve during your summer break?
For myself, I have been busy the past couple months selecting the new A-level and O-level students with Mr. Amos and Mr. Paulo. I welcome all of you to the school fund big family.
I hope you enjoy your final weeks, As always please speak Mr. Amos and Mr. Paulo any major issues you want bring it to my attention.
I am very proud of all of you and I am happy to help you achieve your dreams. I am very excited to plan a visit Tanzania next year around August or September. See all of your soon.
Jonathan
Wed, September 21, 2016 at 3:53 am GMT
Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the new school year! I am glad that all of you are now back to school and doing well. I am looking forward to hearing what you will be learning.

I wish you a great year full of accomplishments and happiness.
Study hard and your dream will come true!

All the best,

Jonathan Gilbert
Abubakari
Sat, September 17, 2016 at 2:39 pm GMT
Hello jonathan
Today i would like to share with you about machine this is any thing which simplify work.There are two types of machine ,simple machine and complex machine,simple machine is a machine which need the application of a single force to do work and complex machine is a machine which need the application of more than one force to do work
Abubakari
Sat, September 10, 2016 at 2:40 pm GMT
Hello Jonathan G

it has remained few month so as to do Pre national exams i continue to prepare well so as to get higher performance that is division one
Abubakari
Sat, August 27, 2016 at 11:50 am GMT
Hello Judy s,
up to now things that can you do so as to achieve my goals is to pray for me and for the all members of TSF especially those who expect to do national exams so as to perform well in national exams.
Abubakari
Sat, August 20, 2016 at 2:58 pm GMT
Hello,
Through Rachel pi i got a lot of ideas and the most ideas is concerning education,and the best idea that i got last year is about the surgical of small animal that Felix did, not only that but also the most topics in my subjects that are difficulties to me ,for example today Rachel pi helps me to know about Mathematics topics known as PROBABILITY by concept i can say is the branch of mathematics which deals with measuring a chance of an events to occur or not to occur example when a person is tossing a Tanzanian coin which contain heads or tail after tossing it we expect the probability of head or tail to occur.
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