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At times we find ourselves looking for a way forward out of any given set of challenges. Far too often we seek to reinvent the wheel when many of the solutions lie in our not too distant past.
Bermudians have historically come from diverse background...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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Dear Sir,
I refer to the recent controversy regarding the Commissioner of Education, Freddie Evans, who was apparently erroneously dismissed from his post via an e-mail communication to all teachers and principals, which was sent by the Permanent Sec...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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Most scientists feel a certain nervousness when the topic they research appears in the news. Overstatement is par for the course, misunderstanding a near-inevitability. But what could be more cringeworthy than the President of the United States engag...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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This past week has been very disheartening and unfortunate for the senior management team of the Department of Education.
How is it that the first dedicated Bermudian male Commissioner of Education was subjected to a breakdown in a routine human reso...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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A bevy of educators came to the Pickled Debaters and asked the great thinkers, how can education be improved.
And the wise men answered thusly:
The education system is like a large freight train running downhill. To change its course, one must apply ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Last week Friday was my first time sitting in the House of Assembly, and what a day that was. Being a student of Bermudian politics for the past 15 years and listening to the House religiously, hearing some of the shenanigans by grown adults while re...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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MURIEL WADE-SMITH PhD has been fighting the fight for education and for recognition of her craft for the past several decades. In recent times, she has taken to writing to politicians to be given what she believes to be her fair dues, as well as fell...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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The imagery that night was not subtle. A crowd of jubilant concertgoers were enjoying one of the top acts in country music, flanked by palatial resorts on all sides. The steady, unnerving sound of automatic gunfire at first sounded like an audio glit...
DATE: Oct 09, 2017
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America’s elite colleges are more selective than ever before. They also remain disproportionately populated by the wealthy — in part because many qualified students from poor backgrounds do not even apply.
The good news is that there are proven strat...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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The start of the new academic year at public schools was marked by major problems. Briefly, these were the insecure future of the Commissioner of Education, the mould at a middle school, and the general state of cleanliness and disrepair.
Such proble...
DATE: Oct 04, 2017
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