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• Anynomous

  14 May 2018

  ANNOUNCING OUR NEW NAME

  We are excited to announce that the Zimsec Past Exam Papers & Revision initiative we started in 2012 is now called the “Learn & Earn” initiative. As our community has grown exponentially over the years, the needs and expectations of our members have also become more complex.

  While our main vision remains focused on education, we have taken into account the feedback we have received from our members over the years and integrated it into the existing mo...del.

  One of the key areas the Learn and Earn initiative is designed to do will be to help bridge the gap between school and employment. For most students, the transition between graduation to finding that first job is often very difficult and daunting. The employment world is extremely competitive where only the strongest survive and the less equipped get left behind. The Learn and Earn initiative aims to help provide the missing link to help equip students with the ammunition they need to tackle the world of employment successfully.

  So whether you are only starting out in school, you’re writing exams or you’ve graduated, you do not want to miss out on the opportunities we have line up here at Learn & Earn.

  Our social media re-branding process has begun as you may have noticed and we’re currently working on getting our links & Facebook Page name altered to reflect the changes.

  Thank you for your continued support throughout the years. We hope that you will continue to find value in our services as we continue to grow and exploit new frontiers together.

  If you have any questions or feel you have a service that will help add value to our cause, more specifically with regards to employment or career guidance, please feel free to drop us a message via our inbox. Thanks again.

  Best Wishes,

  Learn & Earn

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• Anynomous

  10 May 2018

  Once you make a bold commitment to your aspiration, the opportunities begin to unfold. Who has decided on their aspirations?

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• Anynomous

  27 April 2015

  CHAPTER 9: Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself

  Their first night together was strange. Pisto didn't know what to say to Angela or where he should sleep. Her tummy was so big he offered her the whole bed while he balanced cushions together across two chairs. But in the night when he started coughing violently, she felt bad.

  "Come into your own bed Pisto," she urged. "There's enough room."... And so they spent their first night together side by side. But she couldn't sleep. Should I tell him I'm HIV positive? What if he throws me out too, like ma?

  After a few days, Uncle Billy came round. He was worried about how they were coping. He felt responsible for his niece. She had after all got pregnant during her weekend stay with him. And he could see Pisto was a sick man.

  "He's coughing a lot, wena," he whispered to Angela when Pisto went out to boil some water. "I can hear him through the walls. It's so loud! He's sick. You need to take him with you next time you go to the clinic for a checkup."

  Angela panicked. He knows? How can he know I'm HIV positive? But then he asked: "And how is the baby, Angela? Hey! You're so big now!" Angela was so relieved! He was talking about her ANC checkups. But she promised him she would talk to someone at the clinic and get help. Sister Grace was very worried when Angela described Pistol's cough.

  "It might be TB. It might be HIV. Listen, Angela. You were a virgin when you had sex with Pisto which means Pisto must have passed the virus on to you. That means he is HIV positive. He might need to go straight on to antiretrovirals. He needs to get tested for TB and HIV and have his viral load checked."

  "Sister, I'm scared...really scared to tell him I am positive." "Oh Angela, I can understand that and I will help you with that. But what about him? Do you think he knows his status?" "Maybe he does deep down, I don't know. We haven't talked about anything like that."

  "You both need to, especially now that you are living together and bringing up a baby together. I do couple counseling. I can help you both talk about being HIV positive, about how to have safe sex and live positively with a baby that may not be infected." "Sister," Angela sobbed, "I so want our baby to be healthy and I don't want Pisto to die. I don't want to bring our baby up without a father."

  "Shh. Don't cry. Let me come round and talk to you both this evening. You know what they say? There's nothing to fear but fear itself."

  WHAT DO YOU THINK? If you were Sister Grace, how would you talk to Pisto, what would you say?

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• Anynomous

  26 April 2015

  WHY STUDENTS FAIL - The Examiner's View

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  You can largely determine the end result by simply heeding the voice of experience. The job of examiners is to give you marks, not to take them away, but they are powerless to help you if you fall into the most common traps. These are the biggest pitfalls they have identified:

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• Anynomous

  26 April 2015

  CHAPTER 8: Meet the Future

  It was so hot, so humid the day that MaSelebi took Angela to meet the future. Thunder clouds were building up again. Angela could not keep up with her ma who marched straight past Uncle Billy's house. MaSelebi was not speaking to her brother anymore. If he had been stricter this would never have happened, she had shouted at him angrily down the phone.

  Now they were in front of a small brick house with no curtains and old weeds in the garden. Pisto... lived here. MaSelebi gave three almighty knocks, as if they were at the doors of hell. Angela had no time to catch her breath. The door opened and a tall shy boy stood before them.

  "Young man," MaSelebi hissed, "you have brought shame to my family's name!"

  Pisto looked lost for a moment. His eyes went straight to Angela's bulging tummy and her swollen feet. Then he caught MaSelebi's eyes wide with anger and ringed with lines of disappointment. Uncle Billy had already given Pisto notice the day before that they were coming.

  "Angela's mother is on the way. She has been spitting fire on the phone."

  It was Uncle Billy who finally told Pisto that Angela was six months pregnant. And he agreed with his sister: Pisto and Angela had to face the consequences.

  "You will have to learn to be responsible, young man." But hadn't Pisto been responsible all these years? Living alone, looking after himself? Getting himself to school, cooking for himself? Life had become such a lonely burden.

  Uncle Billy could see Pisto's sadness. "Look young man, people make these kinds of mistakes. It's part of life." He remembered the state his own sister had been in when she got pregnant. "Listen. I'm there for the both of you. I'm right next door," he said, giving Pisto's arm a squeeze.

  Now, as Pisto stood facing Angela's mother, he was humble and polite, hoping it would help to calm things down. "Won't you come in, ma?" Angela was amazed. How could he be so chilled?

  But her mother's voice cut through like a knife. "I will not enter your house. Who do you think I am? She's your responsibility now! Goodbye wena!"

  And with those words she left. Angela watched her disappear as Pisto carried her bags into his house.

  "Welcome," he said softly. "Thank you," she replied. This, she thought, is the first day of the rest of my life.

  WHAT DO YOU THINK? If you were in Pisto's shoes would you be as calm as him? How do you think Angela feels?

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• Anynomous

  25 April 2015

  REVISION TIPS - How to Write Effective Notes

  The purpose of making summary notes on a topic or section is to aid your overall understanding of material, to help you distinguish between what is really important information (depth) and what is merely supporting detail. Reference to the main syllabus topics will help the process of discernment within each subject.

  In addition, good summary notes make retrieval of information quicker and easier.

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• Anynomous

  24 April 2015

  MATHEMATICS GIVING YOU PROBLEMS? -- It doesn't have to.

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• Anynomous

  25 April 2015

  CHAPTER 7: Consequences

  Angela had no idea how she got through that next week? HIV positive? The words echoed inside her head. Her mother asked how it had been at the clinic but Angela kept silent about her test and the results. She didn't have the courage to tell her ma the whole truth.

  "Oh well," said MaSelebi, "at least you can give birth in the clinic properly and have the child registered. And registered at your new address."

  ...

  "New?" said Angela, trembling. "Yes. I'm taking you to your Pisto's house." How she liked to spit out that name.

  Angel was in a daze. What? So soon? The noise in her head grew louder. Her mother seemed to have planned everything without once asking her what she wanted. School was no better. Her class teacher had finally noticed Angela's new shape and taken her to one side. "Leave school," she had whispered. "You will have to. It's school policy."

  Everyone had plans for her. Only she seemed to have none. Things were happening to her. She was pregnant; she was HIV positive. She was losing her home and her school. Had she lost total control over her own life?

  That night, Angela slept badly. She dreamed of staircases going up and down, leading nowhere, winding round and round, taking her in different directions. But the next morning when she saw the leaflet by her bed, she suddenly felt her head clearing. "Counseling! I must get counseling. This pamphlet says VCT is free. That's where I have to go next."

  She decided to skip school and go looking for Sister Grace that same day. There was a long queue but at last it was her turn. How wonderful Sister Grace's soft voice sounded compared to her mother's icy tongue.

  "Being positive is not a death sentence, my dear." "I'm scared, Sister," Angela said, fiddling with her dress and almost in tears. "Now sit down and let's talk." And talk they did. For ages. At last Angela felt able to ask all sorts of questions. "PMTCT? What's that?" Sister Grace answered her kindly. "Prevention of mother-to-child transmission. We do our best to stop the HI virus getting into your unborn baby at birth." "And ANC? Do I have to be a member?" Sister Grace laughed sweetly. "No Miss Selebi. ANC stands for ante natal clinic."

  At last someone who had time to talk to her and explain things nicely, without laughing at her! Angela was just so grateful. Sister Grace could explain clearly, without freaking her out, what it meant to be HIV positive.

  "I'll be counseling you on a regular basis. You can talk to me about anything and I promise you that what we talk about remains between you and me, and will never leave the four walls of this room."

  What a relief! Her mother need never know. "You can disclose your status when you feel ready. Give yourself time." "Yes Sister."

  But how much time would she need? She had kept her pregnancy quiet. Now she had to keep her status a secret. For how long?

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• Anynomous

  24 April 2015

  REVISION TIPS - Effective Revision Techniques

  With exams lurking around the corner now is the time to clarify your goals, be positive, identify the key areas to attack, make out a realistic revision schedule, and get a system working for you.

  Each individual student profile is different, so take the opportunity to identify your particular strengths and weaknesses and focus on those areas that could make a crucial difference to YOU.

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