Wrong analysis, Ralph
I get worried when researchers such as Dr. Ralph Thompson try to suggest that the underachievement of high-school students are a result of not having properly trained teachers.
Teachers in Jamaica are a very dedicated set of people who work long hours under conditions which are not conducive to learning.
There are too many Jamaicans who are claiming that they have the solutions to fix the present education system. The Government should allow the teachers who are educators to come up with solutions to fix the country's education system. Many times, teachers have to dig deep in their pockets to buy resource materials to aid teaching.
I am also not pleased with the present Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, who is giving the impression that there was no good quality in the education system in Jamaica before September 3. Mr. Holness needs to be reminded that he went to university under the previous government.
Jamaicans are not fools. They know exactly what our teachers face daily in the classroom. We need to encourage and appreciate our teachers because they are the backbone of our society.
- Wayne Simmondswaynes90@yahoo.co.uk
Bewildering Rhodd
I am absolutely bewildered by the speech of Donald Rhodd at the swearing-in of parish councillors. He spoke about the effect that bribery and corruption had on the campaign, but is he simply trying to sew discontent among people for the newly elected members of the parish council?
There are approximate 25 districts in the Fellowship division. Of this number, seven have traditionally voted in the majority for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). The deplorable roads in these areas, in particular Ginger House, Comfort Castle and Millbank were not fixed by Mr. Rhodd and his government in the 18 years they were in office. How dare Mr. Rhodd talk about discrimination?
Jamaica needs a government for the people by the people, not for PNP or JLP. Whatever your political affiliation, you should be able to support a party without your community having to suffer. People who aspire for political leadership should win the hearts of the people through their work, not through the amount of money distri-buted two days before an election.
- Paul Brown
pbrownsnr@hotmail.com
Where is JFJ?
I am still waiting on the results of the clinical tests being done by the eminent Dr. Carolyn Gomes of Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ) to determine whether police officers qualify as 'humans' or not.
My fear is that these clinical tests are not going too well for the police officers since we have not heard much from the good doctor and her organisation recently, as more and more policemen are being murdered.
- Kingsley Bhoorasingh
kingsley77@hotmail.com
Rosedale
