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Redman wrote:And the first time my boy refuse to hold my hand in the mall- i wanted to ded....just saying
88sins wrote:Strugglerzinc wrote:It boggles my mind seeing modern parents escorting children 20ft to and from the school gate or in some cases i see man pick up the std 2+ chile at the gate and carry them to the car.
did you ever consider that some men actually love their kids so much they see nothing wrong lifting them or carrying them no matter how big they might be? or that possibly said child told his father he was not feeling too well, so for the sake of speed and the child's comfort daddy opted to carry him?
that kinda thing ain't for everybody, but it isn't an absolute no-no either.
Ben_spanna wrote:Been in serious discussion with quite a few people and have questioned time and time again why the publishers of all those school books cant offer an alternative PDF format after you have paid for your books, enabling students to have almost all of their textx books on a laptop or a touch device to help reduce the weight of our children's bags.
But the answer I have been getting is the connection between a certain book store that has political connections that wont allow such things to happen due to loss of revenue.
Once again corruption at its finest. Don't mind our children's well being, money haffi flow !
88sins wrote:Ben_spanna wrote:Been in serious discussion with quite a few people and have questioned time and time again why the publishers of all those school books cant offer an alternative PDF format after you have paid for your books, enabling students to have almost all of their textx books on a laptop or a touch device to help reduce the weight of our children's bags.
But the answer I have been getting is the connection between a certain book store that has political connections that wont allow such things to happen due to loss of revenue.
Once again corruption at its finest. Don't mind our children's well being, money haffi flow !
you mean intellectual property haffi be protected
one person buys the book, copies it to literally everyone else
every child has schools recommended ebook, but author & publisher only sell one
level shaft dey bai
There was, they got voted out.Redman wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:"When I was X, we did Y." is a tired argument. Times change, curriculum and subjects change. The world has changed. If you want to stay in the good old days, good for you - but don't expect your kids to stay there with you.
Kids now have more books from an earlier age, and this is the state of education/progress.
The timetabling is an excellent initiative to reduce this everyday load.
Agreed-
There are too many books that are hardly used is at all as well. But kids tote them back and forth for the year.
Why isnt there a serious push towards ebooks and smart classes?
Quick, someone tell amazon befire they and their authors go out of business88sins wrote:Ben_spanna wrote:Been in serious discussion with quite a few people and have questioned time and time again why the publishers of all those school books cant offer an alternative PDF format after you have paid for your books, enabling students to have almost all of their textx books on a laptop or a touch device to help reduce the weight of our children's bags.
But the answer I have been getting is the connection between a certain book store that has political connections that wont allow such things to happen due to loss of revenue.
Once again corruption at its finest. Don't mind our children's well being, money haffi flow !
you mean intellectual property haffi be protected
one person buys the book, copies it to literally everyone else
every child has schools recommended ebook, but author & publisher only sell one
level shaft dey bai
De Dragon wrote:MaxPower wrote:^ yeh but were you able to even afford everything on their booklist?
Stop suffering your children na, let a real man take care of them.
U not a tad embarrassed of yourself?
Afford? Yes, even had surplus to take people's mom to Econo for level guts out
You can't be talking about the half assed ecal programme? That was nothing but a poorly implemented election mamaguy promisesMASH wrote:There was, they got voted out.Redman wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:"When I was X, we did Y." is a tired argument. Times change, curriculum and subjects change. The world has changed. If you want to stay in the good old days, good for you - but don't expect your kids to stay there with you.
Kids now have more books from an earlier age, and this is the state of education/progress.
The timetabling is an excellent initiative to reduce this everyday load.
Agreed-
There are too many books that are hardly used is at all as well. But kids tote them back and forth for the year.
Why isnt there a serious push towards ebooks and smart classes?
VexXx Dogg wrote:You can't be talking about the half assed ecal programme? That was nothing but a poorly implemented election mamaguy promisesMASH wrote:There was, they got voted out.Redman wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:"When I was X, we did Y." is a tired argument. Times change, curriculum and subjects change. The world has changed. If you want to stay in the good old days, good for you - but don't expect your kids to stay there with you.
Kids now have more books from an earlier age, and this is the state of education/progress.
The timetabling is an excellent initiative to reduce this everyday load.
Agreed-
There are too many books that are hardly used is at all as well. But kids tote them back and forth for the year.
Why isnt there a serious push towards ebooks and smart classes?
You musbe know something I don't.sMASH wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:You can't be talking about the half assed ecal programme? That was nothing but a poorly implemented election mamaguy promisesMASH wrote:There was, they got voted out.Redman wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:"When I was X, we did Y." is a tired argument. Times change, curriculum and subjects change. The world has changed. If you want to stay in the good old days, good for you - but don't expect your kids to stay there with you.
Kids now have more books from an earlier age, and this is the state of education/progress.
The timetabling is an excellent initiative to reduce this everyday load.
Agreed-
There are too many books that are hardly used is at all as well. But kids tote them back and forth for the year.
Why isnt there a serious push towards ebooks and smart classes?
it was a start and it helped and it worked.
if ur looking for a perfect program, well planned, tailored for the educational needs of the trini pupil, and a supplier suited for the product required, u could check denmark or finland or one of those well managed countries.
but for this sh!thole PNM country, that was a step in the space age compared to what was before... and as expected, what followed.
meem kno, but like allyuh marrid the first gyul allyuh ever deal, or the first car allyuh buy was the most perfect car that all others follow the pattern.
for all its follies, the kamla laptop program was a success and a step in the right direction.
maj. tom wrote:I remember in primary school they do each subject, everyday. Math, English, Science, Social Studies. Dunno how it is like now, and how many subjects they have wrt to scheduling at that level. In high school, I brought half the books for the day, and the guy sitting next to me brought the other half according to the time-table.
The solution for primary school is for the school to store the MoE textbooks for during school use and just have the teacher lock them back in storage at the end of the day. What is so hard about this? Go home and do the homework with the ebooks you have on the tablet at home. A primary school child's bag should only have copy books and lunch. Wouldn't it be easier and cheaper if the government gave each primary school student an education approved tablet (instead of a laptop) that can run the education apps and open ebooks for each class, and also provide the storage cupboards in schools?
How come the authorities can't figure this out?
VexXx Dogg wrote:You musbe know something I don't.sMASH wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:You can't be talking about the half assed ecal programme? That was nothing but a poorly implemented election mamaguy promisesMASH wrote:There was, they got voted out.Redman wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:"When I was X, we did Y." is a tired argument. Times change, curriculum and subjects change. The world has changed. If you want to stay in the good old days, good for you - but don't expect your kids to stay there with you.
Kids now have more books from an earlier age, and this is the state of education/progress.
The timetabling is an excellent initiative to reduce this everyday load.
Agreed-
There are too many books that are hardly used is at all as well. But kids tote them back and forth for the year.
Why isnt there a serious push towards ebooks and smart classes?
it was a start and it helped and it worked.
if ur looking for a perfect program, well planned, tailored for the educational needs of the trini pupil, and a supplier suited for the product required, u could check denmark or finland or one of those well managed countries.
but for this sh!thole PNM country, that was a step in the space age compared to what was before... and as expected, what followed.
meem kno, but like allyuh marrid the first gyul allyuh ever deal, or the first car allyuh buy was the most perfect car that all others follow the pattern.
for all its follies, the kamla laptop program was a success and a step in the right direction.
I was involved as an external consultant / SME on two levels of this project over 5 years and saw the cascading failures when they failed to take heed of sensible advice.
PNM actually did something better: Made the technology the property of the govt rather than the students.
There were no supporting structures. Students were basically given a laptop. End of engagement. Money could have been better well spent, but I guess some of y'all like the koolaid.
Agreed. Online learning platforms are my bread and butter so you're preaching to the choirsMASH wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:You musbe know something I don't.sMASH wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:You can't be talking about the half assed ecal programme? That was nothing but a poorly implemented election mamaguy promisesMASH wrote:There was, they got voted out.Redman wrote:VexXx Dogg wrote:"When I was X, we did Y." is a tired argument. Times change, curriculum and subjects change. The world has changed. If you want to stay in the good old days, good for you - but don't expect your kids to stay there with you.
Kids now have more books from an earlier age, and this is the state of education/progress.
The timetabling is an excellent initiative to reduce this everyday load.
Agreed-
There are too many books that are hardly used is at all as well. But kids tote them back and forth for the year.
Why isnt there a serious push towards ebooks and smart classes?
it was a start and it helped and it worked.
if ur looking for a perfect program, well planned, tailored for the educational needs of the trini pupil, and a supplier suited for the product required, u could check denmark or finland or one of those well managed countries.
but for this sh!thole PNM country, that was a step in the space age compared to what was before... and as expected, what followed.
meem kno, but like allyuh marrid the first gyul allyuh ever deal, or the first car allyuh buy was the most perfect car that all others follow the pattern.
for all its follies, the kamla laptop program was a success and a step in the right direction.
I was involved as an external consultant / SME on two levels of this project over 5 years and saw the cascading failures when they failed to take heed of sensible advice.
PNM actually did something better: Made the technology the property of the govt rather than the students.
There were no supporting structures. Students were basically given a laptop. End of engagement. Money could have been better well spent, but I guess some of y'all like the koolaid.
i saw it in use from the students side. the use it was intended to give, made a lot of children, and families, connected to modern technology AT THAT TIME.
yes, i did see it that it just was 'heh, look a laptop, doh boddah me no more, and it free so doh pester meh after'
but my lil bro kinda used that to tinker with it and get some experimentation done. cause it was so damn cheap, it done kinda spoil, not much more harm can be done to the device.
from the business point of view, it could be a world apart better. the wheeling and dealing on the money side, i have no doubt it happened. but from the student side, for the time period it occurred, it was the best decision.
if u hadda waste money, it was the best way to waste it.
and i still say, classrooms need to be more online and intranet than schools being left to their own devices.
Ben_spanna wrote:Next term I think I I’ll take the time and have the books scanned page by page and load them all on digital media at home, at least that way my kids won’t have to tote so many books back and forth... just let him them leave all the texts in school.
RBphoto wrote:My chile does use a trolley backpack. Carry everything to school every day, no problems
Numb3r4 wrote:Technology in the hands of Trinbagonian youth is a bit of a waste. Most when they got the Laptop never brought it on account of the possibility of it being stolen.
Even then it was difficult to police the behavior and use with porn bring shared and many using it to play games during class. Difficult for the teacher to teach and monitor every screen.
Even when they had the "rental" programme for textbooks where the student was supposed to bring it back after the term some still didn't. They had to call the parents and make them sign for it before hand.
In most cases with education the student interest and enthusiasm determines a lot. In many cases this is not there. Until the education system addresses this fundamental lack of interest in getting an educational nothing will change.
Many students don't see the point of an education it has no relevance to them or at least they can't see the relevance.
rspann wrote:Chirren nowadays too soft. Never heard these complaints until recently. I walk to school for five years with my bag on my back. We liked to walk rather than travel because it was a good lime. El socorro to St Georges Barataria. A levels I had transport, but had to go in the evening to load it up with goods for mih father shop . 100 lbs sugar, flour etc. Never got any back problems.
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