: About Me

I was born, grew up and received my basic education in Kenya. Having qualified as a teacher, I taught English language in several High schools for more than ten  years before proceeding to the University of Leeds in the UK for MA in ESOL. I have also  worked in tertiary institutions in the UK in the area of ESOL , and was a blog mentor at the Lancaster University UK .

I have a number of accomplished research tasks including 1st Language Transfer in 2nd Language writing. Currently  my area of research is Conceptual Metaphors and Discourse, a PhD thesis due this Autumn.

Away from teaching and academic work, I enjoy writing features, news and analyses for a number of print and electronic media. I owe a great deal to Helium for the opportunity to grow and mature as a writer.  I have published a collection of short stories 'The Scheme and Other Short Stories' by WordClay Publishers Bloomington IN US.

I've been married to Anne now for twenty one years, and God has blessed us with four sons.

My passion is ...

To achieve my life's potential

I know too much about ...

football, and football stars

My parents always told me ...

Man is his/her own shepherd

My childhood ambition ...

To be in charge of my own life

My favorite memory ...

Capturing my students' Writing handicap in a study

Why I write ...

To communicate my feelings, my experiences and opening up the world of ideas...

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Social and cultural discourses of my people

My first job ...

Teaching

My best moment ...

Realisation of my gifts and talents

My inspiration ...

God

Arts & Humanities > Philosophical Concepts Descartes discussed

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By examining some of his philosophical foundations and his seemingly controversial re-incarnation, this essay discusses the key features of Descartes’ departure from traditional scholastic philosophy. Apart from his radical approach in defining substance, Descartes is thought to have held the belief in the dual distinction between the body and soul before coming up with the primitive notion of the union of body and the mind. In his dualist thesis Descartes held the view that there were two kinds of substance, namely minds or thinking substances, and bodies or corporeal substances (Th...

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