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IT no Mek Sense

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20121127/sports/sports2.html

"It no make sense, I can't come here and every day I come I have to play 'aginst 13 and 12, and the referees are most times the best players. That's robbery!".

These are the word of Jamaica College Manning Cup team coach. In his eyes the referees are "idiots and "nincompoops" but as an adult who gets overzealous about everything and in the end is dragged before a disciplinary committee, hmm! I wonder who is proving to be? Just a question.

There are protocols to follow. These coaches need to lead by example. No wonder we have these young football players arguing with the referees and throwing tantrums like toddlers.

Old Boys include New Girls!

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20121006/ent/ent1.htmlWell the "boys " are finally allowing the women to partake in their festivities. Kingston College is an all boys Secondary Institution in Jamaica. One of the most sought after schools. I myself is a self proclaimed "Fortis". I find myself repeating their school's motto "FORTIS CADERE CEDERE NON POTEST. (The Brave May Fall But Never Yield)", to the point where I could hardly recall my own.

Well I must say that motto is quite applicable to almost any and everyone.

When I look at the support for KC, girls and women make up a large proportion. Why then did it take so long for them to include us? While I am happy, this action of inclusion should have come waaaaaaaaaaaay sooner.

HIGH FLYER/ HIGH ACHIEVER

http://www.fahan.tas.edu.au/high-achievers?gclid=CNj75crj2rICFQSxnQod_k8A1g

Three things that I pulled from this article that remind me of High Flyer Tutoring Service (HFT).

1. The positive impact a small class size has on learning. That is why we stress one-on-one or small group tutorial. The Jamaican classrooms are woefully overcrowded. "Statistics contained in the 2011 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) revealed that the country's pupil-teacher ratio was 27.7 to 1."
I really do not think this is correct I see so many 30 odd, 40 odd and even as much as 50 odd students in one class.

2. No pre-selection is done. Come as you are; we will help you grow and achieve your greatest potentials. Unlike the 50 most sought after schools in Jamaica, that obtain pre-selected pupils, this school does not. Therefore, you have young ladies of various academic levels. Once you have the right learning environment any child as long as he or she is willing ,can flourish.

3. HIGH FLYER definition HIGH ACHIEVER

Unemployed Teachers

I am tired of hearing about the myriad of teachers who can't find jobs. The modus operandi ofteachers must change to fit the global economy.  The government need about 50 more schools inorder to employ more teachers and assist with the overcrowding in schools.They do not have the money to build these schools. Therefore we have to look around and create opportunites. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120224/letters/letters3.html

"Grow where you are Planted"

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120620/lead/lead1.htmlThat statement is really based on many factors. Minister Thwaites expects that students who are placed in schools that are lacking in the basic necessities must beat the odds and score grade ones and twos like their peers in the traditional high school. Any farmer knows that inorder for a plant to grow and do well it needs the right conditions,likewise the students.

GSAT the "apartheid of the education system",

 hmm!! The minister of Education who is what we call here in Jamaica, " white Jamaican" is comparing our education system with that of the apartheid system.I have never heard it being described as such, however, I do concur. According to the Free Dictionary apartheid is "An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites."
  When you look at the non- traditional schools and "failing schools" schools in Jamaica that is exactly where you see the poorer class of people ( who are usually the black ones with low socio-economic status who are placed in these non-traditional and non-performing schools). Contrastly, the "white Jamaicans" and the lighter skin, middle and upper class with high socio-economic status are placed in the traditional, high performing schools.
 As we seek to celebrate Jamaica 50, let us work to eliminate this   "apartheid of the education system"
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