2013-May-29-0814Hrs
Fellow Mausicans
Linda's poem on last week's blog, which I had read before, is a salutary example of the commonsense attitude and stance of a father giving a no nonsense a message to a young pretender. I say this in the light of events that took place in a school setting in Trinidad yesterday, Tuesday May 28th
After the unfortunate event, there was talk about "anger management" and possibly other Band Aid solutions. Too late... older persons appear to have kicked the ball of family values and discipline into the forest. They set poor examples which teach a lasting lesson while telling young people not to do likewise.
I have said it before, sending a letter to at least three newspaper Editors a few years ago (not one thought it worthy of printing.) The message was that school alone, even acting with the support of some parents, cannot accomplish a task in which Community has to invest and be actively involved. I called for a move away from classifying some schools a "prestige" and working to equip ALL schools well, so that the hours spent on the roads in the early and late hours of the day to get tired children to and from school would be avoided, because parents /guardians would have no problem with a community based school which was not in unequal competition with others.
School and community would be familiar with each other and emerging situations would be more easily defused. What happened on Tuesday was not an overnight event.
Please colleagues, remember Linda's suggestion that we bring books to be presented to NALIS as part of our reunion outreach activities. See you in Trinidad and Tobago, God willing. Pat ( Kirkendale 63-65)
Pat Ryan 65
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