1157 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Opinion Writer"
There is a brooding apathy among young people today. Our future leaders are immersed in a sense of disillusionment and a rejection of much of what an older generation embraces as the status quo. Political leaders attempt to bridge this divide by maki...
DATE: Feb 23, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
One of the core elements of a democracy is the right to vote the right of the people to freely decide which politicians and which parties have earned their support and deserve their vote.
A dark chapter in Bermuda’s quest for a more democratic socie...
DATE: Jan 25, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
The Bermuda National Pension Scheme (the Plan), while brilliant in conception and as currently in force, is not meeting the needs of older workers in our public workforce during this unprecedented decline in economic job activity in Bermuda.
Here’s...
DATE: Jan 21, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Martha Harris Myron
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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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
The issue of driver distractions is attracting considerable attention from road safety advocates and legislators alike. Although driver distractions have always been present, the increasing availability and use of portable and pre-installed electroni...
DATE: Jan 19, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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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
Education reform remains one of our most significant challenges. It tends not to produce stark headlines nor is it ever the topic of sustained debate in any public arena.
Yet major reforms are necessary and the Ministry of Education has set about mak...
DATE: Jan 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Walton Brown
As the new year unfolds with heightened anxiety and anticipation over a general election and what it could mean for Bermuda’s future, there remains an undercurrent of community concern that political game-playing will override the needs of the Bermud...
DATE: Jan 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
Al Seymour
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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CATEGORY:
Opinion Writer
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AUTHOR:
DJLT
NEW YORK (Bloomberg) To: The Upper Ones
From: The Strategy Committee,
Re: The Alarming Behavior of College Students
The committee has been reconvened in haste to respond to a disturbing new trend: the uprisings by students on elite college campuses....
DATE: Jan 03, 2012
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Opinion Writer
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