Today is Sunday, June 3, 2019.
So much is happening in my country at this time, some positive and some not.
High school Family Island graduates this year can benefit from a free University education and the University of the Bahamas. They need only pass their BGCSEs and maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0. Wow! That is doable if students put his/her mind to it.
We have a new Governor-General, the country's eleventh, in the person of His Excellency C.A. Smith who started out as an educator. He was inducted on Friday 28 June 2018.
Disney is coming to Eleuthera [Southern District], that's a good thing. The question, are the people of South Eleuthera ready? If not, what are they doing to get ready? How many have considered taking the carpentry course at CTI, the electrical courses? I would like to remind the people that 'luck' is when opportunity meets preparedness... so, we must get prepared.
There have been several school fires. As they have occurred on different family islands the question to be asked is did upgrading and maintenance play a part? Would this make it more difficult for schools on other family islands to be repaid and upgrades this summer? What would August 26, 2019, look like when teachers report for duty for the new school year? After all, we are one Bahamas and when one suffers we all suffer.
And the electrical outages, yes worse in New Providence, but the other islands have some outages too.
Can we as a people be tolerant enough to endure this 'hot' summer that can run until October? I am only raising the questions. The answers will come from all of us as a people.
No blaming, it's time to think this all through. 'One people united in love and service', service being the operating word. Can we serve? Do we have the will to volunteer to make it better for ourselves and others? I think we do, I hope we do.
Schools have been out for two weeks, what are the children doing? Are the camps for learning a skill? babysitting the children? What is it that we as a people see as the end result of these camps. Are they accessible for all 'those who are well off and those who are financially deprived?
There are so many things that must be thought through. I say again we can do it.
This is a challenge to you who take the time to read this, ask yourself the question 'What can I do to make it better? How can I be of service?
So much is happening in my country at this time, some positive and some not.
High school Family Island graduates this year can benefit from a free University education and the University of the Bahamas. They need only pass their BGCSEs and maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0. Wow! That is doable if students put his/her mind to it.
We have a new Governor-General, the country's eleventh, in the person of His Excellency C.A. Smith who started out as an educator. He was inducted on Friday 28 June 2018.
Disney is coming to Eleuthera [Southern District], that's a good thing. The question, are the people of South Eleuthera ready? If not, what are they doing to get ready? How many have considered taking the carpentry course at CTI, the electrical courses? I would like to remind the people that 'luck' is when opportunity meets preparedness... so, we must get prepared.
There have been several school fires. As they have occurred on different family islands the question to be asked is did upgrading and maintenance play a part? Would this make it more difficult for schools on other family islands to be repaid and upgrades this summer? What would August 26, 2019, look like when teachers report for duty for the new school year? After all, we are one Bahamas and when one suffers we all suffer.
And the electrical outages, yes worse in New Providence, but the other islands have some outages too.
Can we as a people be tolerant enough to endure this 'hot' summer that can run until October? I am only raising the questions. The answers will come from all of us as a people.
No blaming, it's time to think this all through. 'One people united in love and service', service being the operating word. Can we serve? Do we have the will to volunteer to make it better for ourselves and others? I think we do, I hope we do.
Schools have been out for two weeks, what are the children doing? Are the camps for learning a skill? babysitting the children? What is it that we as a people see as the end result of these camps. Are they accessible for all 'those who are well off and those who are financially deprived?
There are so many things that must be thought through. I say again we can do it.
This is a challenge to you who take the time to read this, ask yourself the question 'What can I do to make it better? How can I be of service?
