2020-JUN-01-1352Hrs
Dear Jasper,
In response to your lack of knowledge about Arthur Benoit, that is sad unfortunate part but the true story reveals the beauty of being a Mausican. While at the College, for many of us, especially for some of us we just turned 18 and for the first time living away from home and family We were eager to embrace, learn and experience within boundaries everything that was inspiring and expanded our intellect, our sense of adventure and excitement. So when we left Mausica, like many of us including Arthur we were placed in either an old under developed country school or in the town schools that teemed with senior set- in -their ways; but either ways at schools with challenges , that made you draw on all your resources and experience. There we were the only senior teacher , or had to listen to older persons teach lessons or given the most difficult classes and we had to shine and sing all the Mausica songs and ensure that discipline was maintained and the children learned to read and write..
That was the story with Arthur after a short stint at his old home school in Plymouth, he was transferred to Parlatuvier a country school with unshod children and was given the joint Standard and Four and Five all boys to teach in one class. He said he met that challenge and saw improvement but after some years there he migrated to Canada completed a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology and Biology, got married there to his Tobago sweetheart, had their three children there and later returned to Tobago. He taught for a while at Bishops in Tobago and later entered the Public Service where at his retirement he was the Permanent Secretary acting at the Police Service Administration at its Headquarters in Port-of-Spain.
Bernice these are some of the true life stories that should be captured about the Mausicans and there continued efforts to lead the way in education not only in the classroom but by practice in their own lives. There are some beautiful Ladies and Gentlemen on the Cuba Tour Chat who have some fantastic stories. It maybe good to capture them now rather later as
Blessings
Dr. Merle Dillon - Baker 1966-68
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