Dear Editor,
In recent newscasts I have heard Radcliffe Lewis from the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) saying
that people who vend and preach on the buses will be prosecuted if they are caught.
Quite recently my car broke down and I was forced to take the government buses for about three days. My experience has left a bad taste in my mouth.
The students, especially the boys, seem to need to be disciplined. I think more focus needs to be on them than the vendors and the preachers. Most of these schoolboys, as soon as they board the bus, turn on their smartphones to blast music. And the songs they play are very explicit in their lyrical content. There is no regard for the adults on the bus and for the fact that they are attired in their school uniforms.
The students then use indecent language in front of us adults and they hurl foul language at each other while on the buses. I think the authorities need to take a stand regarding these schoolchildren. A law needs to be passed for us citizens to be able to deal with some of these schoolboys. The transport authority or the JUTC needs to set in place a camera system in these buses to record their behaviour and expose it in the media so their parents may see the behaviour.
Further, some of them tie their heads with pieces of cloth and wear earrings. I always wonder if the schools they attend accept them attired in such manner.
Mark Bell
mark.bellphoto@hotmail.com
Deal with indiscipline of 'schoolers' on JUTC buses
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In recent newscasts I have heard Radcliffe Lewis from the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC) saying
that people who vend and preach on the buses will be prosecuted if they are caught.
Quite recently my car broke down and I was forced to take the government buses for about three days. My experience has left a bad taste in my mouth.
The students, especially the boys, seem to need to be disciplined. I think more focus needs to be on them than the vendors and the preachers. Most of these schoolboys, as soon as they board the bus, turn on their smartphones to blast music. And the songs they play are very explicit in their lyrical content. There is no regard for the adults on the bus and for the fact that they are attired in their school uniforms.
The students then use indecent language in front of us adults and they hurl foul language at each other while on the buses. I think the authorities need to take a stand regarding these schoolchildren. A law needs to be passed for us citizens to be able to deal with some of these schoolboys. The transport authority or the JUTC needs to set in place a camera system in these buses to record their behaviour and expose it in the media so their parents may see the behaviour.
Further, some of them tie their heads with pieces of cloth and wear earrings. I always wonder if the schools they attend accept them attired in such manner.
Mark Bell
mark.bellphoto@hotmail.com
Deal with indiscipline of 'schoolers' on JUTC buses
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