LETTER OF THE DAY - How teaching can regain the respect it deserves
THE EDITOR, Sir: I HAVE been a teacher of mathematics for three years. In my few years of experience, I have never come across anyone planning to pursue a degree in law or medicine until they encounter better opportunities. However, it seems that the majority of teachers...
Tighter security well overdue
THE EDITOR, Sir: HOW LONG will we wait to see the installation of security cameras in Half-Way Tree, Cross Roads, Parade and downtown areas? Are the contracts still being put to tender? Administrators somewhere are joking, as recently, the Tourism...
Woes of pensioners
THE EDITOR, Sir: IT IS heart-rending to see the number of pensioners at the Accountant General's Department at King Street awaiting their overdue pensions. Most of them, like myself, have a history of placing their life certificates in the box provided there...
Use of Patoisin teaching
THE EDITOR, Sir: Si deH, true fac ya - en' a story. I, in 1958 as woodwork teacher at the Kingston Senior School, was sent to a compulsory workshop in the teaching of English conducted by an education officer. She made a profound statement that teachers must not speak ...
Do not sell Air Jamaica
The Editor, Sir: By now the country must know the situation with the national airline (Lovebird). However daunting the situation, there must be a way for us to finance the airline by cutting cost, improving efficiency and standards most of all.
A problem with unwanted kids
The Editor, Sir: I am a concerned citizen regarding young women who have two or three children and do not see themselves caring for any more. These women request tubal ligations, but are refused on the grounds of being young, and supposedly...
In defence of pit bulls
The Editor, Sir: "Blame the deed, not the breed" has become the mantra for the anti-breed-specific legislation (BSL) campaign globally ever since politicians and misguided lobbyists got it into their heads that in order to curb dog attacks the solution...
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