Shoelaces: Unconnected To Sub-Saharan Africa

Nobody learns how to tie his or her shoelaces from a textbook or how to make friends in the lesson after lunch.These come through other types of learning; real world learning through actions. Although shoelaces may seem unconnected to sub-Saharan Africa, the message is important. We, as people of various ages, gain a huge amount of tacit knowledge through carrying out everyday routines, observing others as practicing everyday skills. School, for most of us, gives us all very obvious examples of this. Learning the art of negotiation when swapping cards, mastering diplomacy when two friends become rivals and learning how to lead when given the captain’s armband for the game against the year above.