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WE ARE TEACHING LEAKING TIRES, A METAPHORICAL EXPRESSION BY MY BUSINESS STUDIES TEACHER Stop the Forgetfulness: Tips to Remember What You Learn. The illustrations of a Business Studies teacher pumping a leaky tire as an example of how she teaches her learners, but they often forget what they have been taught. Created by Dall-E BY KITSO MOTLOLE Imagine that you are pumping a tire. As you pump it, there is no air entering inside, you keep pumping it and the air comes out, what a waste of time. I will also get frustrated pumping a tire that leaks. This is what our Business Studies teacher likes to say when most of us have failed the Business Studies test, when she asks a question that goes unanswered because we have forgotten what she taught us. She would say in Setswana, "Re ruta mabili a a dutlang hela." meaning we are just teaching the leaking tires. Business Studies is a subject that helps us learn about how businesses work. It covers things like how companies ma...