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As parents, grandparents and students, we must work collectively to ensure that we have a positive outcome during these challenging times.
We all must make a contribution to ensure that the delivery of education remains as seamless as possible and th...
DATE: Mar 27, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Cole Simons
There is a lot of truth in the phrase “you reap what you sow”. We may not want to look at it, but in some ways, it’s like trying to run from one’s own shadow, which inevitably must follow.
I have learnt to embrace our human imperfections and also th...
DATE: Mar 25, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
Although Bermuda and the world are consumed, rightly, with the Covid-19 crisis now, it will come to an end, and at that time other problems and policy issues facing Bermuda will return.
One such issue is education, and more particularly, public educ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
History repeats itself and the gory tragedies, which as tales and legends of the past, come back to truly haunt unsuspecting generations.
A little more than a century ago, I lost a few of my ancestors to yellow fever, which was followed a little late...
DATE: Mar 23, 2020
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Khalid Wasi
For all but the most introverted among us, humans are social beings, gathering together to talk, work, worship, dance, commune with nature, learn and, often, just enjoy being in one another’s company.
This communion of souls does not simply serve as...
DATE: Mar 19, 2020
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Editorials
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RG: In our Opinion
On Monday afternoon, Amherst College notified every student that they had one week to pack up and leave campus, with the expectation that they would not be back until next school year. Anyone who wanted to stay could fill out a petition, but there wa...
DATE: Mar 12, 2020
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For too long politics has played too big a role in education, a situation that must change if our youth are to achieve their potential and reach the educational heights needed in today’s world.
With that in mind, it is now clear that we desperately n...
DATE: Mar 07, 2020
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In celebration of International Women’s Day on Sunday, we summarise the accomplishments of five women who helped make a difference to Bermuda in the 20th century.
Adele Tucker was born in 1868 in Warwick and became a teacher after training at the Col...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Dear Sir,
On the afternoon of Friday, January 31, I met one of Bermuda’s best ambassadors. While on the No 8 bus to Dockyard, the bus stopped for a lady passenger to exit at the stop by the Bermuda Institute.
A Bermuda Institute student helped the l...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Sir,
I would like to submit a poem, which gives the perspective of the TN Tatem Middle School building after the decision to permanently close it as a school premises.
The End
To you I’m just a building
Just some walls with mould infested ceil...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Letters to the Editor
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Letters to the Editor