HOW THE GUARDIAN ANGEL SAVED ME!
What a day, what a day! A dramatic miracle! A miraculous drama! Whatever you may choose to call it.
Friday 9, November 11 is a day I will never forget. At least, for as long as I may live. This is a day a vehicle right behind me hit a vehicle right before me and me escaping unscathed.
At about 14h15 I had just done three quick things: Deposited money at the bank; bought a lip balm at Hartswater pharmacy and bought fresh milk on my way out of town. Needless to say it had been raining for sometimes, and it was still drizzling. So, you would expect any dude behind the steering wheel to be both considerate and cautious. But, it was not to be. As the traffic approached the nursery on the left, there were at least six vehicles in front of me and the driver in front was indicating that he was off ramping to the right. So everybody behind had to literally stop until it was clear for him to turn right.
At that moment, I took a cursory look at my rear mirror and noticed that the vehicle behind me was approaching at a rather unusual speed. At that point, we had all reeled to a dead halt. I smelled a rat.
The distance between me and the vehicle in front was less than two meters. And noticing that he was about to hit my vehicle from behind, the driver behind me decided to swerve quickly to the right just in time to avoid impact. But at that point he realized that there was oncoming traffic and made a swift dash to the left to squeeze between me and the vehicle in front.
In a split second, his bull bar proofed pick up smashed the sedan in front of me. They both lost control and his pick up was immediately cushioned by one oncoming vehicle as he stopped right across the road between me and the vehicle in front. Not fatal, but quite a dramatic encounter of a human error.
A minute later, I found myself whispering: “Thank You Lord, for the Guardian Angel”
How I escaped that accident remains an inexplicable miracle. But one thing I do know for sure is, I neither did anything to cause nor did I do anything to survive that accident. “THANK YOU LORD, FOR YOUR MERCY!”
Written by: Segomelo I.K.
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INTRODUCTION
My name is Ikgopoleng ,Kenneth Segomelo.
I am the Centre Manager at Taung Education Centre, popularly known as Taung Education Enrichment Center (TEEC).
This is an institution with a legacy that spans over two decades of selfless contribution towards continued professional teacher development as well as sustainable community empowerment initiatives.
Over the years, we have had some cutting edge programmes and these were realized through various partnership initiatives and commitments.
To date, our flagship programmes are:
1. E-Learning for teacher development whereby we train teachers on IT for curricular implementation and most importantly for teacher development and empowerment
2. SA-SAMS (South African School Administration System) a powerful programme that encapsulates school administration in all its facets: learners, teachers, finance, time-tabling, (etc)
3. IT End User Computing, an accredited computer literacy course based on National Qualifications Framework (NQF) that provides learners with a national qualification certificate. This programme is a full year training.
4. Basic Computer Literacy (BCL)- this is our in-house non-credit basic computer literacy. It is a six months course that target unemployed youth and school leavers who need some degree on functionality on the IT platform
5. Onsite school support- Any school with a computer laboratory is at liberty to approach the centre for training and support at no cost on their part. Usually, a four day training is scheduled and ranges from applications to internet and email creation for teachers
6. Continued Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) is our core mandate and involves supporting school based educators with registration on the South African Council for Educators (SACE) website, as well as giving them regular support on this portal.
7. Web.2 Activist- As a manager I am passionate about the responsible use of computer and internet in education and believe that every school and every teacher should be exposed to what schoolnet, Microsoft and other IT agencies are doing for education.
8. Youth Empowerment- Being involved in the development of youth in the community is something very close to my heart. Thus we participate in almost all initiatives that target youth, especially unemployed youth in our community. We assist them with free career information, as well as free access to our computers to type their resume / curriculum vitae.
In conclusion, the beauty of my job is that by its very nature, it gives me the rear privilege of working with the white collars, the blue collars, the youth, the pensioners, the labourers, everybody and anybody who’s looking for progress in their lives.
And in this blog, we celebrate the learning moments of our time, as teachers, as youth, as municipality worker who come to learn computer literacy.
We love what we do, for we do what we love...!!!
Segomelo Ken.
This is an institution with a legacy that spans over two decades of selfless contribution towards continued professional teacher development as well as sustainable community empowerment initiatives.
Over the years, we have had some cutting edge programmes and these were realized through various partnership initiatives and commitments.
To date, our flagship programmes are:
1. E-Learning for teacher development whereby we train teachers on IT for curricular implementation and most importantly for teacher development and empowerment
2. SA-SAMS (South African School Administration System) a powerful programme that encapsulates school administration in all its facets: learners, teachers, finance, time-tabling, (etc)
3. IT End User Computing, an accredited computer literacy course based on National Qualifications Framework (NQF) that provides learners with a national qualification certificate. This programme is a full year training.
4. Basic Computer Literacy (BCL)- this is our in-house non-credit basic computer literacy. It is a six months course that target unemployed youth and school leavers who need some degree on functionality on the IT platform
5. Onsite school support- Any school with a computer laboratory is at liberty to approach the centre for training and support at no cost on their part. Usually, a four day training is scheduled and ranges from applications to internet and email creation for teachers
6. Continued Professional Teacher Development (CPTD) is our core mandate and involves supporting school based educators with registration on the South African Council for Educators (SACE) website, as well as giving them regular support on this portal.
7. Web.2 Activist- As a manager I am passionate about the responsible use of computer and internet in education and believe that every school and every teacher should be exposed to what schoolnet, Microsoft and other IT agencies are doing for education.
8. Youth Empowerment- Being involved in the development of youth in the community is something very close to my heart. Thus we participate in almost all initiatives that target youth, especially unemployed youth in our community. We assist them with free career information, as well as free access to our computers to type their resume / curriculum vitae.
In conclusion, the beauty of my job is that by its very nature, it gives me the rear privilege of working with the white collars, the blue collars, the youth, the pensioners, the labourers, everybody and anybody who’s looking for progress in their lives.
And in this blog, we celebrate the learning moments of our time, as teachers, as youth, as municipality worker who come to learn computer literacy.
We love what we do, for we do what we love...!!!
Segomelo Ken.
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