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  If you have a smartphone probably you are a frequent visitor of social media and chances are you might have encountered ad pop ups on reading apps. "What are these reading apps?" You may ask, assuming you do not like social media. They are the most popular and trending apps that allow you to download any book of your choice and read them on your phone. In the recent years there've been a surge in online reading apps or web fiction, as referred to by other countries. As the name suggest these works of literature can be found only on the internet. The introduction of web fiction has captivated the young audience such as high school graduates and those in the university. Basically these apps provide readers with an opportunity to read online on any material they may like, they also have an option for various categories and genres. The apps differ from one another. There are those that offer free access to any book and require less data to download, therefore no one really ...

Mental health is an individual and personal matter. It involves a living human organism or, more precisely, the condition of an individual human mind. A social environment or culture may be conducive either to sickness or health, but the quality produced is characteristic only of a person; therefore, it is improper to speak of a "sick society" or a "sick community." In speaking of a person's mental health, it is advisable to distinguish between attributes and actions. The individual may be classified as more or less healthy in a long-term view of his behaviour or, in other words, according to his enduring attributes. His actions may be regarded as more or less healthy--that is, appropriate--from the viewpoint of single, immediate, short-term situation. Standards of mental health, or normal behaviour varies with the time, place, culture, and expectations of the social group. In short, different people have different standards. Mental health is one of many human v...

They call it modernization ,I call it ... It's not barbaric, it's not being tribalistic.It's helping them connect to their past in some way, shaping them and building blocks of their own beings. Making children believe that not having local names and not speaking local Languages is not being smart. Children need to connect with their roots and identity with them. Otherwise they'll live their entire lives trying to figure out who they really are and copying other cultures that are presented to them. It is sad how copy pasting western  cultures is considered being civilized, but the question is, do they copy anything from us?  Does it mean we got nothing they can learn from us? This is because they've understood the saying  ' You need to know your roots to know where you're heading to ' They know and have understood the beauty that lies in having different cultures and what makes them authentic. Patricia George ,a form 3 student at Mama Ngina Girls High sc...