Will learning to use a laptop now lead to a promotion for me later?

Sunday, April 19th, 2009 | laptops

Some teachers may feel that if they don’t receive accreditation or a qualification when they learn to use a laptop, then at least they should get promotion. No tool can ever guarantee you a promotion – your career path is in your own hands – but good tools may help you considerably.

Laptop usage could help you to become a better, more productive teacher; it could empower you to acquire skills that would not have been possible otherwise. These skills could qualify you to apply for promotion posts. In an indirect way learning to use a laptop may thus help you to get a promotion.

Many people have a view that they will only learn a new skill if it means that they would get more money. Such reasoning brings you nowhere. There is a Xhosa proverb that says:

Bakuba is far away, no person ever reached it.

To understand this proverb, you must know what Bakuba is. Even though there is a place in Central Africa known by this name, from the standpoint of a Xhosa speaker living on the Southern tip of Africa, Bakuba is not a real place, but an ideal country, a Utopia.

This adage is used as a warning against undue ambition, or as advice to be content with that which is within your reach. In English we would say:

It is no use building castles in the air.

Becoming a skilled laptop user may not result in a promotion right now, but it does open possibilities. Promotion may be like Bakuba to some teachers – something on a distant horizon – and perhaps you question the necessity to spend time and energy on a task that does not bring you immediate and direct benefits. But is this sound reasoning?

While a promotion post may be out of reach at present, learning to use your laptop is possible right now. Mastering this skill will make you a better and more productive teacher. It makes sense to focus on what you can achieve now and reap the results in the future.

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1 Comment to Will learning to use a laptop now lead to a promotion for me later?

David Mathe
Monday, 20 April, 2009

And more often than not, when one presents a Course, which in all earnest equips the attendees to do their jobs much better, the question is often-”will i get a Certificate on completion of the Course to enhance my CV?”.

It calls for a paradigm shift in the way we think and do things. While a “huge increase” would definitely come in handy after a superlative accomplishment, acquiring the skill is a huge achievement in itself. Should a promotion follow then it is an added incentive,a side-show.

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