Dear Editor,
Those around me said it would never happen. No, the teachers would not reward the behaviour of Doran Dixon and vote him in as the head of the Jamaica's Teachers' Association (JTA). Why?
The credibility of the JTA would be damaged beyond all measure. How could a teacher stand up in class and ask students to behave themselves when they, the teachers, can't?
How do you earn respect when you disrespect the authority of the land? How do you reach out to a very intelligent but totally disinterested youth? My answer to all the critics of Mr Dixon is, you have to be the biggest and the "baddest" in the room. The end justifies the means.
Congratulations to the teachers of the land, you have in one action proved me right and disillusioned many Jamaicans who were looking to you to do the right thing. It seems that we have given up on doing what is right. We have thrown through the window the concept taking the road less travelled.
No matter how we feel about the minister of education we determine future terms of engagement by our current action. You have made it very clear that you want a fight. What message do you send to those who you mold and guide?
Yes, everything in Jamaica is a one-week wonder. Or is it? I write these words now and I will never speak them again. I am not disappointed by what is happening because you see it all around. The crude, the uncouth, the outlandish is becoming the norm, and anything else represents those who think they are better than. The beauty of peace, the strength of decorum, the ability to rise above, doing the right thing just because, no longer matters. All that matters is that we do what needs to be done. Who has the time to be nice?
Christopher Givans
christopher.givans@gmail.com
This should never have happened
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Those around me said it would never happen. No, the teachers would not reward the behaviour of Doran Dixon and vote him in as the head of the Jamaica's Teachers' Association (JTA). Why?
The credibility of the JTA would be damaged beyond all measure. How could a teacher stand up in class and ask students to behave themselves when they, the teachers, can't?
How do you earn respect when you disrespect the authority of the land? How do you reach out to a very intelligent but totally disinterested youth? My answer to all the critics of Mr Dixon is, you have to be the biggest and the "baddest" in the room. The end justifies the means.
Congratulations to the teachers of the land, you have in one action proved me right and disillusioned many Jamaicans who were looking to you to do the right thing. It seems that we have given up on doing what is right. We have thrown through the window the concept taking the road less travelled.
No matter how we feel about the minister of education we determine future terms of engagement by our current action. You have made it very clear that you want a fight. What message do you send to those who you mold and guide?
Yes, everything in Jamaica is a one-week wonder. Or is it? I write these words now and I will never speak them again. I am not disappointed by what is happening because you see it all around. The crude, the uncouth, the outlandish is becoming the norm, and anything else represents those who think they are better than. The beauty of peace, the strength of decorum, the ability to rise above, doing the right thing just because, no longer matters. All that matters is that we do what needs to be done. Who has the time to be nice?
Christopher Givans
christopher.givans@gmail.com
This should never have happened
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