Kwiyah Writes

There were over 12,000 counselling sessions with young people who spoke to Child line about online issues last year’ Every single day I go on social media and witness the same quotes, the same opinions and the same stories. The first thing most of us do, [well I personally do anyway] when we wake up is check our phones, phones are life and death for some of us and it definitely shouldn’t be like this.  Social media corrupts the mind of us all, it encourages us to think a certain way and act a certain way, it makes us believe that if you’re not doing recognised things you’re not ‘ cool ‘ enough or you’re not living the right lifestyle. Who seriously makes these rules? There is so much pressure especially on young people today to obtain a certain image. Why Is it even a thing for young boys ages 16-21 to be financially stable ? We are made to think that this is the norm however that male posting consistent pictures in designer wear can NOT afford it, don’t be fooled by social med...

'Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and hope of the slave' - Maya Angelou  As black history month comes to an end I decided to do my first blog on just that. My memories of black history month growing up was absolutely ridiculous. It was basically non existent, we never once learnt about black history in all my years of education, it wasn’t made a big fuss over or any fuss at all. I believe that the learning of black history is momentous especially for the younger generation, they should grow up with knowing issues that were faced in the past. It is important in order for people to not grow up ignorant about the past and present. What makes the government think learning about Henry the Vlll and Margaret Thatcher is more important than learning about Ruby bridges. This is probably even the first time you’ve heard her name, the educational system is ethnocentric.Who’s really been to a school where learning about the culture and history of blacks w...