25 results returned for search: "education AND " author DJLT
So I jetted away to attend a graduation last weekend. Congrats to our l’il cousin who got herself a degree and is now on her way to a happy life. We have to encourage our young people to get degrees. I’ve often said that a college education, whilst n...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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DJLT
I mentor some kids at CedarBridge Academy. Earlier this week I asked one of them what he wanted to do with his life.
He said: “I wanna be a professional soccer player.”
I said: “Cool but what are you gonna do after that? What happens after you tear...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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DJLT
Wassup Bermuda? We couldn’t even get through Easter without violence? Cha man! What am I ever gonna do with my Island home? Well, I will keep praying for Bermuda. But we have to ditch our sense of entitlement.
In my opinion, one of the most shocking...
DATE: Apr 13, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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DJLT
So I'm done with xenophobia. It's passé. Played out. Moving now to education. I've often said that education is the solution to most of the problems we have in our society. Statistics show that the higher one's education level the less likely they ar...
DATE: Mar 16, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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DJLT
Leave it to DJLT to tackle the sticky wickets, the touchy issues, the sensitive subjects, etc. Yes, I am a poo-poo disturber. I will admit that. But the reason I will continue to rock the boat is because I am in search of the TRUTH and desire to make...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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DJLT
So I ran into a guy last weekend who had just come to Bermuda, has high net worth, has clients with even higher net worth, and is here to consider bringing business to Bermuda.
The dude, who is a guest worker in my country, was at a local nightclub s...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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DJLT
It’s time to move forward and move on family. We have to figure out what’s going wrong in Bermuda and whatever it is we need to do to grow our economy, improve the standard of education of our people, develop our workforce, decrease crime, stop murde...
DATE: Jan 20, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
Wassup Bermuda! I hit on a hot topic last week tourism which was addressed by another writer. Last week we were looking at how standards have dropped and we allow young people to do whatever the heck they want. We also looked at how some of them beha...
DATE: Jan 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
Happy New Year Bermuda.
I will stay on the theme of our young people because each week I see or hear something that shocks me even more than what happened the week before.
This time I’m going to look at our young people’s lack of respect for authori...
DATE: Jan 06, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
Happy New Year Bermuda!
Last week we looked at the issue of work ethic in the younger generation something that as a generation they are seriously lacking. There has been much discussion about workforce development of the Bermuda workforce and the n...
DATE: Dec 30, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT