Use Your Common Senses.

The core part of every vehicle a mechanic will tell you is it's engine.Likewise human beings have the core part that controls all their activities and that is the brain.The brain reacts to impulses that are received from the sensory organs via common senses.There are 5 common senses these are the sight,hearing,touch,smell,taste.I can add a 6th one the instinct.The 6th is when we are describing scenarios we say,'Something told me...','I sensed...','I felt uneasy...',others describe the instinct by saying say God spoke/communicated.

When I was in Secondary School,there was a Chemistry teach who I liked and I still like till today but was hated by many,Mr Ndegwa. He used 'harsh' language,others said he was rude/snobbish but somehow I liked him.Most of the time especially during Chemistry practicals he used to 'insult' by saying,'Can you use your common senses!','Are you thinking!'.I saw this  as 'insults'.I felt pierced in the heart and I was like,'Kwani what does this mwalimu think I'm using my head for'.


One day during a practical lesson,we carried out an experiment and he asked all of us to  say what we observed.As he used to say, that's when I realized that common senses are not common to all.The answers that people gave from what they saw,heard,touched and smelt turned out to be the one of the most comical classes I've ever attended.Some probably had problem expressing in logical language what they observed but all the same it was just,Wa Wa!

In an exam set up it also turns out that what you observed is what you recorded and is what you used to make conclusion with.And I remember during KCSE in Chemistry Practical exam after carrying out an experiment the colour changed to pale green but on looking back at the person just one index number behind me,he had done the same experiment and the colour was deep blue!.I paused,closed my eyes and recalled what Mr Ndegwa used to say,'Write what you can see not what you think it's supposed to be or what  your friend has observed'.I must confess that his deep blue colour was more convincing than my pale green but I used what I saw for explanations,that became my chemistry results.

In life we must use our common senses wisely,if we make the wrong observation(In this case the information we hear/see,things we touch,smell and taste) that is what we shall record in our brains and is what we shall use to process decisions and choices that will ultimately give us our results an A or an E in our life behaviors and actions and finally shape our destiny.

Mwalimu also used to warn the student who scored highly in theories that most of them fail in practical papers simply because they think they know a lot.They are not humble enough to follow and observe simple instructions.It's the same case in life,observe keenly and following simple instructions they will spare us a lot of anguish and at times spare our lives.A simple example is using the pedestrian bridges in Super Highway,I saw a man being hit by a car just below the bridge,Did he really deserve that death?,This leads me to asking how will watching pornography help one in processing worth decisions and choices,listening to hardcore punk naughty music,alcohol taking...

It's also worth noting each person should use their own observations in tackling life exam.Who said what he/she observed is right and they've not received the results yet.This is where courage and faith comes in,to believe that as long as you've followed instructions,you're are right!