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10STORYUPSTART MARCH 2011SITTING WITH ANDILEChapter TwelveBACK TO SCHOOLDid he shoot you?” Andile asked me.“He just kept pointing at me with the gun, not sure if he should shootme or not. Then I said to him ‘I cannot imagine the pain she put youthrough, but I do understand the anger you are feeling. I myself atthat moment was too angry with her to interfere in what you were doing toher. So I decided to watch, but then you wanted to kill her. I could not let yougo through with that. Even after all the pain she put me through, she is still mymother’s niece. Most importantly I hope you can find it in your heart to forgiveme for taking your mother’s life away from you. I am sorry about your motherbut I am not sorry for interfering in your actions ‘ I said.‘I have known you for about two years and we are now entering December. Thisis not what I imagined the future would be like for us. Do you remember thefirst time Vuyo introduced you to us? ‘ he asked.‘I was scared at times yet still excited on the other hand ‘ I replied.‘That is not what you told me when we were introduced to each other. You toldme you were bored with your life and the only reason you were with Vuyo wasbecause you wanted adventure in your life. That moment you reminded meof myself. They say curiosity killed the cat. In this case you are the cat and youknow too much. I could kill you right now, but eventually I would be caught andtaken to prison. Of all the places in this earth Pollsmoor is one place I do notwish to go to. I forgive you Sive ‘ he said.‘Thank you, but I do not think I will be able to forgive myself. There is too muchblood in these hands of mine ‘ I said. We shook hands and went separate ways.I did not know what I was going to do. On the other hand I was thinking of killingmyself. Every time I closed my eyes I see them with bullet wounds. They arestanding there expressionless, butwith blood. There was only one placeI knew I could go to and that wasmy grandmother. When I got to mygrandmother house she welcomedme with open arms. She preparedsomething to eat then we sat in thedining room. She said, she heard herchild’s death was gang related. Thenshe asked me to honestly tell her thetruth of what happened. I told hereverything from day one when I metVuyo. When I had finished telling herwhat happen, she wiped the tearsin her eyes. She then told me I wasjust like my mother. In order for herto be serious about life she had to gothrough a serious situation similarto mine. Then she told me in orderto continue with life, I must be bornagain and my sins must be washedof me. That night my grandmotherprayed for me and instructed me tolive my life with God’s guidance andknowledge” I said to Andile.“But who is to say any of these guysof mine will ever experience whatyou experienced?” he asked.“Who is to say you won’t, and if youdo can you really guarantee yourselfthat you will still be alive?”“I suppose you are right.”“For a person’s mind to open it first has to go tosleep and feel the nightmares. Now that you have messed up your life, are yougoing to allow Satan to use you to mess up other people children lives. Insteadof brainwashing their minds why don’t you enlighten their minds. If you carryon like this, they will hate you in the future and might want to kill you whenthey realise that you used them. I consider myself fortunate for being able togo back to school. Do not fool yourself into thinking you are too wise. The onlytime a person is wise is when they finish what they started.”“How did it feel like killingall those people?”“It felt like being thereholding the gun, but notin control of my actions.It also felt like I was someoneelse, like the dark sideof me. I had no boundaries,no limitations and Icould do anything I wanted,because I had thepower in my hand and noone could stop me.”“Well thank you for tellingme about your past and Iwill definitely change myways. If there is anythingThe author MFUNDO JACOBSyou need please let me know.”“Andile you do know if you everexpose me to anyone I will have to kill you and I hope you understand why.Another thing, your girlfriend said I must ask you if I may have her.”“Sure, take her” Andile said in fear.The End by Mfundo Jacobs“This is the final chapter of Sitting with Andile. We apologisefor the mistake made in the last edition of Upstart when wepublished the wrong chapter as chapter twelve.Drawing by: Nkosinathi Mahote • Grade 10, Nombulelo High SchoolWIN GREAT PRIZESSend us 10 HIV/Aids fact or 10 TB fact and you couldwin awsome prizes.
UPSTART MARCH 201111CUT OUT AND kEEP RESOURCEgOne of the first things we did in Upstart Clubs at the beginning of this year wasto introduce our new members to the skill of interviewing people. Once the newUpstarters were confident with their new skill they went out and interviewedpeople and so collected most of the stories for this edition.We would like readers of this paper who are not members of Upstart to alsolearn these skills, and so we are including the general rules of interviewingwhich we use in our clubs. This is the first part of our “cut out and keep” serieswhich we hope you will find useful.The Story of My LifeThe National English Literary Museum (NELM) launched a project called The Story ofMy Life at the CM Vellem Upstart Club. Jeffery Thomas and Basil Mills came to theschool to talk about how the project will be run. Upstarters will be given disposablecameras and taught how to use them. They will then go home and take pictureswhich tells the story of their lives. These pictures will be put together in an exhibitionand will be launched during the National Arts Festival.GENERAL RULES OF CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEWWhat is an interview?W 2 KAn interview is a conversation between two people (theinterviewer and the interviewee) where questions areasked by the interviewer to get information from theinterviewee.Before you start the interview process, think about whyyou want this interview. What questions do you needanswered. When you know what questions you want toask, set up an interview with the person you want to interview by calling, e-mailingor asking in person for an appointment.Step 1: Planning for the interviewIt is important to do research before the interview.This will help you when you preparethe questions for your interview. However,sometimes we do not get the chance to do researchbefore the interview, like today at theend of this session, you will have to interviewthe person sitting next to you and report backto the class what you know about your partner.So it is important to think about The five “W”s and the “H” (What, Where,Who, When, Why and How), if your interview answers all these questions thenyou have a good interview.Below is an example of how one should ask to answer The Five “W”s and the“H” : if for example you are interviewing someone from a sports team that isentering a competition:• Who is the team? Who is the coach? Who are the most well- known players inthe team?• What is the competition they are entering? What can they win?• Where is the competition taking place? Where is the team from?• When is the competition?• Why are they entering this particular competition?• How are they going to enter the competition? How long have they been preparingfor the competition?Step 2 : During the interviewStart off by introducing yourself and thenexplain the reason for your interview.Importantly, listen carefully to the personand take notes during the interviewGet the person’s name, age, and job title(NB:double check spelling of names).When doing the interview, listen carefullyto the person because what they say canlead to another questionLet the person talk, don’t interrupt. If there is something you did not understandask the person to please repeat it for you.Step 3 : After the interviewRead over your notes to make sure that all your questions have been answeredAsk them if they have any questionsSay thank youhword worth knowingBRIEFSdisposabletype of word: adjectiveijPictured above is Jeffery Thomas and Basil Mills of NELM explaining how to take good photos.N O D T U J Z B F J W D N P E A D G M HB T H Z V Q V V Y B X O B H K I U R T BP F R G O C N C E U A S U U D N N L L SG G Z L H O X M U W D I S P O S A B L EZ U D P N R I D Z X D Z Q B H E W B O AH V I I V N E N K D B P R N H T W D I AG F C N E D U Q D T V Y L X I V P Y Y JP H A N O T M S D U R Q Y S Q X C S Q RO U T M V I B X A I B H H S T O K J B RU W X L Q A T D H D M H R J M Z H T O UY C N M Z R E U C U Y E S Z E S X J P EX I J M C G B S T M P X A Q B R S P N ZY Q U C N V O A Z I M O N A R C H Y J JA V K I P R E V E N T I O N P V W X Q ZT D P Y Y L I L V W S S P P C U I O T TD W Q S C P E K C U G U N E F N Z M I ZZ J Y B X N Q L M R O K M O O R F K W QI C E B R E A K E R C E A A C K O S P IA Z A M C O U N G W I L I K N F A W B KV J Y L T I H U G I Y Q Y P V V D B A CQ B O C C E N T R E N D N V C R T P B PR L F J R W N P F W R S H C Y N J S F DT G Y O U J W U M J M P P L F H E J J OP H D Y U Q S B G A M G Q O P S A B K SH N A S I O H K U A W K R D C E I O A BEMINENTMONARCHYKHOISANDISPOSABLEICEBREAKERCONSTITUTIONPREVENTIONHEALTHPREGNANCYCENTREWORD SEARCHUpstart Plus meetsagainThe Upstart Plus grouphas started meetingon a weekly basis onceagain. This groupsconsists of grade 11and 12 learners whono longer qualify formembership of Upstartclubs, but share a passionfor poetry. Underthe guidance of internationallyacclaimedpoet, Harry Owen,they meet to write andshare their poetry withone another. This yearthey have an ambitiousplan to publish a bookof their poetry andplan to launch it at theNational Arts Festival.something that is made for cheapness and to be used for a short timeonly. Something that is usually thrown away after it has been used
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