A student of the Isaiah Thomas Secondary School (ITSS) has been arrested and released following an altercation with a teacher.
The incident occurred at 10:15 on Thursday morning.
According to the police the student told them he knocked the head of the teacher against a door frame because the teacher was calling him names.
The police were summoned and the student arrested.
The teacher showed no signs of visible injury and according to the police, decided not to pursue the matter.
The student was then released.
When Dominica News Online contacted the school, authorities were tight-lipped only saying there was a conflict at the school and the matter was being addressed.
On Wednesday the school held a Spiritual Intervention Day which organizers said was intended to “sensitize the staff and students of the importance of allowing God to have his rightful place.”
she has embarrassed me and make me cry more than thrice
I am a student of that school and how they have viewed the matter on DNO it was not a big deal in the school. yes it happened, yes the boy was took in by the police, but he was not arrested!! but only brought in for questioning. the teacher didnt even decide to press charges or anything. it was just a big misunderstanding.
All you teachers need sex. All u will not get teachers to come and teach that school.
sometimes we make haste to rush to judgement.we should frown on students who are violent at school with/against anyone also we should not tolerate teachers who does not see the need to respect others.
Go and learn to write a social scheme
the boy is bad
Having read most of these comments, i’m quite saddened that a solution to the problem has not been determined.We all are human and have our limitations ,however we as adults have to act and behave responsible in order for us to gain the respect of our young people. While I disagree that the student should not lift his hand on the teacher,I also believe,the teacher seeing the matter escalating should report to her superior and let him or her intervene in the situation. We all act like name calling infront of peers seem to be sweet where as we all do not even want people to shout at our animals farless for our kids. I do not lend support to the student, but we must put ourselves or our children in the situation.I agree that some children are badly raised and may cause disturbances at school,but common the teaching profession calls for discretion,humility,fairness and a sense of dignity to be displayed very often when these behaviours occur. As teachers are we trying to encourage learning and good citizenship or are we in it to fight and be a winner to gratify our own ego?
Akll school have their fair share of problems that do not make the school or the students bad.
No name No warrant..Show respect to gain respect.
I have read over and over again about these incidents in schools. one of the readers make a valid point that the teachers have to be disciplined too. I had an incident where a teachers verbally assualted my child then left the front of the class in a trya banks fashion and slapped my child. To cover her tracks she went to the principal who requested extended suspension for my child. The teacher did receive some injuries however from all reports she started the fight and was not discplined. I am not in a agreement with student disrespecting teachers but the teachers go overboard . In that case we do not have any evidence that gives a true picture of the matter.
@DNO,
In all these student vs teacher altercation stories we never get the view point direct from the student,parent or teacher or even student witnesses as to what really took place. This is rather sad as it leads to much emotional speculation among your readers.
A student may be out of place to strike a teacher, however the circumstances leading to this anomally needs to documented descriptively. A teacher has a responsibility to mange a classroon but this does not guarantee them the right to ‘provoke’ students, who like the teacher are human too.
yah dem teachers dat commenting from i.t.s.s dear i hope allu will not tell me alu in school tommorow eh
A child beats a teacher and the next day a Spiritual Intervention Day is held, have you all ever considered those who are not of the same belief system,
Do you believe that this will changes things at the school…..?
What will the school do if something of a larger magnitude like a killing or a shouting takes place..
The escalating violence in school system should be addresses with a affirmative plan of action, which by violent behavior should be graded from 1 to 5 and a proactive plan of action should be put in place to deal with every grade of violent behavior.
It had no intervention d nex day? I hate daba peeple boy. Get d facts strait nor b4 alu com n bray on dno. Oh shate!
For years we have been taught as a people that everything in life comes at a price, and that nothing is free- that is also right!
However, we have been thought that exchange means no robbery- THAT IS A LIE FROM THE PIT OF HELL!
In the natural world exchange is no robbery yes, but in the spiritual world oh yes some exchanges mean ROBBERY!
What am I saying? Here goes,
For too long we have allowed ourselves to become a people over swept with and by the consumer mentality- wanting and having the latest fad flashed over the latest 42inch flat screen tv or $2000.00 iphone 4s.
As a result, we have placed unneccessary pressure on not only ourselves, but our leaders and governments.
In response, even when they know it is unquestionably wrong to sell their souls and their values many Dominicans including our political figures go out of their way, out of Gods ordained way to try to attain the worlds wealth to appease our materialistic lusts.
This has led to receipt of money and other capitalists incentives from seemingly affluent entities, countries, individuals, organisations..
Upon receipt of these incentives and cash, what happens………………….
AN EXCHANGE….
Not only do our leaders receive money but the spirits associated with these moneys
The word of the only true and living Jesus Christ says that “we wrestle, not against flesh and blood, but spiritual wickedness in high places….”
Libya-Gaddafi, Venezuela-Chavez, Syria- Assad and the list goes on……..
their countries are fledged with rapes (Gaddafi himself was sodomised upon his capture), robberies, murders, anarchy chaos, rampant violence and disresppect…
By opting to receive their aid and counsel that is what we opt in for………
Is it any wonder school children have been literally possessed with violence of late?
Do you know how many of these children and their parents receive those same evil funds when they seek help from our leaders?
The more we rely on the enemys wealth the more we allow our people to be controlled by the recent spate of violence, sickness and turmoil so rampant everywhere.
As christians, please Dominicans my heart is so burdened for my people, let us not go to these evil moneys because what we are doing is giving the enemy power to intervene in our buisness- when God should step in to heal and mend and instead of sticking to the God we know we go for assistance from these worldly Gods all we do is reduce Gods influence and empower the enemy’s evil attacks.
Let us pray for the political spiritual health and educational leaders that we can all return to Gods simple but effective plan for humanity and Dominica.
Let us stop being so materialistically demanding and learn to be content in Gods provisioning and his ultimate sufficiency, please.
Pray without ceasing, speak positive and virtuous words, encourage, edify, comfort and support each other.
Start with this posting-
please understand the place I am speaking to you from and encourage ourselves to do better- write positive and commendable responses to this post
Lets stop giving the enemy of our souls glory..
Oh Nature Isle let the mercy of JESUS CHRIST move you from being a nation of adversity and turmoil to one of testimonies and peace.
AMEN.
The opinions you express are yours which you are entitled to, yes in between has some truth regarding people are driven by material things. The rest of it is filled with religious jargon, dogma and a distorted perception as to what your believe how the spiritual operates,which is absurd and shows how little you understand the world around you as to why and how things happen.
You need to understand the way you see things and the perception you from using your religious beliefs as the test or measurement to establish what is truth for you is not necessarily the truth at all. You made a statement, quote ‘Lets stop giving the enemy of our souls glory” one of your religious jargon.Do you know what is Man’s greatest enemy it his himself and not some outside force which is sold to you by religion.It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways,and it is self-analysis that helps a man’s soul to become enlightened, but most of us buy the dogma from religion it is some outside force that is responsible, it is much easy to blame someone for what is happening to you than to look within your self honestly and see the problems.
ON the problem facing Children at Schools, it is not a simple problem but very complex and encompass many things.I do not proclaim to have the answers, but one thing for sure the system we still use is out dated and has outlived it usefulness time for a change.
We all have rights. Students and teachers alike. This is not a basketball game where fouls from opposing teams cancel each other.
If the story is true, both student and teacher should be disciplined. If not, it sets a precedent for escalated altercations.
@ADMIN:
You have provided input from the police and school authorities. I understand the legalities when minors are involved.
Is there a representative from the students’ council who could provide us with the student’s version of the story? (Without naming the student of course).
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
Firstly, this is not the first time these incidents are occurring at our secondary schools. Why is it we continue to employ strategies that do not work? Why is it every time the blame game is played either at the teacher or student? Does this really address or curb the problem? Obviously the answer is no.
Secondly, I assert that the main reason these rebellious behaviors occurs is due to the fact that the spiritual code of respect and ethics have been destroyed from the very core (moral debauchery). No respect for Allah/God, Man and Woman do not respect themselves, the institution of spirituality and family values have been seriously compromised thus we have a breakdown of our society. This is one of the main roots for the lack of respect for one another in our society today.
Unless we address the plight of the family structure in our society seriously these issues will not be curbed. The very teacher who is accused of calling this student names and this very student accused of harming the teacher both come from some family background. Both are victims of a vicious cycle which we fail as a people to tackle and address.
Lastly, it is hoped that this issue is resolved because if this student was released by the police for bad behavior without any tangible follow up, what message this sends to other students? Lord help our country!
This is quite disheartening that the staff takes to public media to bash each other. Hmmmm this is an example of hanging dirty linen in public. This is petty petty petty. Two wrongs don’t make a right. Sa moi dovan as ou deye. This whole article is heart breaking . Omg for shame female staff for shame. Shame on all those involved
You would be shocked and appalled that, its not the female teachers bashing each other!
secondly, ppl hid behind the computers and per haps, maybe is not even teachers that are doing this!
who win…….
To all those people who appear to be teachers making comments here,you all should be ashamed of yourselves.I am reading these posts with utter disgust because of the way that you are abusing each other in public.
I am even more surprised that DNO has the audacity to fuel such abuse by allowing these comments on there.
However i must say that this is petty and has drifted away from the situation at hand.
I can see why these students at ITSS are having so much problems.Their teachers are not better and as a parent i think Ministry of Education should really put some measures in place to monitor the teachers they employ in our schools.
Its sad that teachers have to bring their personal issues in public when they can deal with it in private.
I have to ask myself whether i would really want my child to be taught by those of you on there who were hurling abuse at each other.What does a teacher cheating on her husband has to do with anything in this article or a teacher without CXC’s.For the people who sent these comments do you really think that you looked cool by making such comments?You are indeed embarassing yourselves and not the people you claim to be trying to hurt with your words.
As teachers you should respect yourselves first and then the students will respect you.
All i have seen is utter abuse here and not one person making a sensible comment.
By the way what does christian and non christian have to do with anything.I suggest the person who is a seven days adventist be quiet about such issues.You all claim to be christians as well so you should not be commenting on who is worse.
Lets do better than this,This is wrong.In what way is God glorified in any of this.Shameful.
well said shameful. this is indeed very sad. this is another example of the adults letting down the youth.
God is able to do what he say he will do. My fellow ITSS colleges and students do not be discouraged and hold your heads above water. to my dear principal hold strong and be of good courage.do not get distracted all that is part of the job.children respect your teachers and in turn teachers respect your principal and there is a word called PROTOCOL and I think the teacher in question lacks that.As a teacher professing to be a christian you must learn to respect yourself and others.student you are dead wrong to lift your hand on the teacher.both sides are to be blamed.
Has anyone noticed that all male high school students emulate American criminals by the manner in which they disrespect their uniform by weari ng their trousers way down sometimes showing their underwear the way the American criminals do,How does one become a criminal simple get arrested.To get arrested assault a teacher,then you can get initiated in the gangster fraternity
Teachers in dca especially the young recruits need to respect students, i am shocked that the teacher did not press charges ……it leads me to believe that their is some truth to the student version of what happened
how are you so sure that the teacher will not be pressing charges? she might be taking it in her own hands.
@ Autism
This is an attack on a teacher. It is acting violently and is a crime. No matter what, the student had no right to hit the teacher and bang her head. I do think that the student is out of place and does not know his place. He is crude, rude and lacks discipline and respect for himself as well as the teacher.
I visualize what the teacher may have been telling him. She may have been admonishing him and probably warning him.
We do know that there are some children/students who do not like to be spoken to and not even by their parents. This child requires discipline and training.
Were children in general not admonished by their parents? Did they hit their parents because they spoke to them even harshly.
I do not make excuses for those children/students specifically in light of their unruly conduct and in school. It is getting out of hand. I do think that the school authorities must do much more than they are presently doing to eradicate student misbehaviour in school which is a place of learning and ‘respect for the teachers’.
If something is not done after those students may one day graduate and be employed in the work force, if they do something wrong, consider what they may do to their bosses and also co-workers for admonishing them. Now is the time to discipline those children. School is not a war zone. It is a place of learning and preparation for the future and as an employee. Absolutely no one should make excuses for those students.
I know this teacher that was involved in this incident and trust me she loves bringing down children and calling them names and thinks it is funny.She has no respect for children and dissed them at any time.You have to have alot of patience and have to be one that can ignore to be in this teacher class. I am not taking sides here and i am NOT saying that the boy is right for what he did,so dont take this the wrong way but this teacher needs to learn to stop calling children names and dissing them,so conflicts like this can be avoided.
Well said.Could you please pass this info to your school for reference.I could make a good ambassador.
~~~~~~~~Academic Engagement~~~~~~~~~~
1.Link daily lessons to life and needs of students;
2.Demonstrate relevancy Create expectations of success for all students.
3.Give students specific feedback about what they did right.
4.Structure a learning task in a way that sustains engagement (i.e., make it interesting!).
5.Maintain privacy of student assessments, including grades.
6.Engage students in cooperative learning. 7.Maximize instructional time and keep students on task.
8.Build on students’ strengths
~~~~~~~~~~~ Awareness ~~~~~~~~~~~
1-Notice any variances in student mood, behaviour A void confrontation in front of other students. (Instead, say “let’s talk after class.”)
2.Teach, model, and cue problem solving, empathy, conflict resolution, impulse control, anger management.
3. Validate students’ perspectives and avoid blaming Don’t make assumptions about causes of problems; consider underlying issues
ohhhhh hush
The ITSS teacherS who are demonstrating their animosity via DNO go at school tomorrow to deal with allu problems. I see from your posts the level hate and strife among you. Gosh …….
We will be at school tomorrow,and our problems are left at home it is not taken to work,when we leave our homes our problems stays at our door steps,so you deal with yours.
Really!! To say that one automatically leaves problems at home is simply untrue. We are humans after all and our problems tend to stay with us. Yes, one may try not to let these problems affect them to a certain extent and that’s all we can hope for.
I do not know why anyone would give you thumbs up! You suck!! Sometimes children have no choice but to bring their problems to school. That does not mean you tease or call them names. Be the bigger person—advice, teach, encourage them. Do not bring YOUR problems to school by calling them names. You suck so much I would bash your freaking skull against the wall too.
@ Concern ppl…you there at work with your lazy self. Coming to work when your feel like it! You want to talk about people starting trouble! Your middle name is trouble! Stop cheating on your husband head with your colleague! such a shame! smh
@ Winner
Is this comment called for? I do not think it belongs in this column.
@winner your comment shows exactly who you are and what you are about.what example are you giving to children with that kind of ridiculous behavior in public,if you cannot respect the people you work with,how are students supposed to learn better and respect each other?why dont you show role model behavior to everyone?Be a trendsetter.
Well well…so sad that mouth od the west is an of the west!
SOME CHILDREN HAVE NO RESPECT THE SAME BEHAVOR
THEY HOME THIS IS WHAT THEY CARRIES IN THE SCHOOL.
AS HABITS AT HOME CARRY ABROAD
Well that mouth of west there must want to be a female teacher in the copy room. Thank God for great teachers like mouth of the west. Copy room teachers do allu work.
don’t give our village and our shool no old name
the child that did that need 2 be suspended 4 a good time but the devil is every where so lord put a hand on your children . Those who take pleasure in alway’s involving the pm in every-that happened in da i hope they are better and if they have children they are angels
Low minded people,
I remember when the teacher used to be the boss in the classroom….no questions asked…..then we decided that the students should be placed on the same level as the teachers….now that the students are out of control we are blaming the teachers for not ” respecting” the students…..really!!!? Let’s give back the power to the teachers….there can only be one boss in the classroom
Its seems to me the the Dominicans Schools or the Students seems to be going thru a rough time with references to discipline and respect.
I have from time to time read several critics and articles on behavioural problems at school and I believed I may be able to offer some guidance.
I have listed below a model for the Teachers and student offering guidance and awareness for promoting
~~~~~~~~Academic Engagement~~~~~~~~~~
1.Link daily lessons to life and needs of students;
2.Demonstrate relevancy Create expectations of success for all students.
3.Give students specific feedback about what they did right.
4.Structure a learning task in a way that sustains engagement (i.e., make it interesting!).
5.Maintain privacy of student assessments, including grades.
6.Engage students in cooperative learning. 7.Maximize instructional time and keep students on task.
8.Build on students’ strengths
~~~~~~~~~~~ Awareness ~~~~~~~~~~~
1-Notice any variances in student mood, behaviour A void confrontation in front of other students. (Instead, say “let’s talk after class.”)
2.Teach, model, and cue problem solving, empathy, conflict resolution, impulse control, anger management.
3. Validate students’ perspectives and avoid blaming Don’t make assumptions about causes of problems; consider underlying issues
This are some of my primary advises. do let me know should you require any more advise.
The time is approaching when childeren will have to do distance learning – via their computers – because few people will want to teach in a situation that exposes them to violence from these violent youngsters I see around.
no teacher or parent should at any time call their children names. This lowers the child self-esteem.By calling names, the child must have been intimidated infront of his peers,and arouse his anger, but this still does not allow a child to raise hands on the teacher, it is dead wrong. Teachers respect your children if you want to be respected by them.
but not yesterday they was praying in the skol nuh?hmmph
@ Mouth of the west….it seems you are jealous of the teachers in the copy room! hmmm…get over yourself!
why should a teacher be calling students names?
why should it get so bad that the student injures the teacher?
why shool children cannot demonstrate self control?
too many why’s to mention
That statement reflects assinine thought. No one would rejoice at another teacher being attacked. The mouth of the west needs to muzzle his/her mouth and get to work. It seems that you are the gossip monger and though your actions you bring down the morale of the school since your attitude if not of a transient and so you have no good feeling for the school. Please sir/madam, remove the plank from your eyes, stop speading lies and back-biting and maybe it will be a better place.
they will always rejoice because they love to see the school have problems.they themselves stirring problems up in secret.the principle should monitor them,satan put them there to cause trouble in the school.But we bind allu plans in Jesus name.Advocates of satan.allu secret come out
You appear to be religious, binding satan over those you work with ! and at the same time rejoicing over a situation…. a co worker of yours got injured on the job!!! thats the situation at hand !!
you are not sympathising, or binding, or denouncing the incident! but apparently stirring up heat on a completely different issue…..now I see why the ITSS students are confused, because their teachers are.
Now I understand it, christians behave worse than the non christians! take the problem to the Lord in prayer miss religious one and pray for the school, and the teacher who got injured today.
Are you referring to the teachers or the students? Who is “them” and “they”
Zafah sans mama and papa dat goin itss. problem children dey b. All u expected better? Teachers have their breakin point as wel. So a teacher calls u name u profess, wat about reportin her- himm de princi? This child needs to be expelled. They doe no their places. U will hear him brag about de incident. Well all who dat call him name he must beat dem up too. They know wat tree they climbin.
Ur name speaks for itself cause u have no idea about the students background that attends ITSS i was a former student and so has my siblings n we have never gotten into an alteration wit any of our teachers and we have both of our parents. So u making that statement only prove dt u r a damn fool that is a ready made jacket!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dotish, u WERE a student. Does that mean things are still the same? I c u are one of those who still livin in ply wood house and shittin in pit toilet. Who borrow u their computer nor? Stupes. Doe put ure self in smart peeple conversation eh!
I wonder how dno get that bef dere. Who is dat informer in itss dere? Print room squady. Where my big girls at?
is the informer,before something happen he brings it to the streets,be it is lie or truth.
Itss kids generally have no respect for aurhority, I worked there some years back and I was 21 at the time yet the stupid ones who repeated every form who were 19 and still in school kept harassing me to go out with them like I am their dam size. I eventually had to really put those kids in their place. I agree with that teacher not press charges but deal with it street level. Kids refuse to take constructive criticism but utter curse words in each sentence out of their month. Shameful expell his behind.
BUT WHAT THE HELL I AM HEARING THER NAH!That is wrestling man!
That student should be expelled.There is no school abroad where student hit teacher and they still in school.I know that teacher going to give that student limyer(curse)
Students fughting with teachers in the us everyday and they only transfer these students to another school
dont compare the US with DOMINICA
Point of correction hun! As sad as it may sound,yes there are many schools abroad where students have done worse and are still allowed in the school and even back in the same teacher’s class. What we do not want to become is that. I have had students come straight from jail (not juvi) to school. This news is disheartening because I used to pride myself on the caliber of students we produced in DA. Now we are allowing the same sort of behavior that has crippled the US’s secondary education system, to become rampant in ours. Students feeling at liberty to attack teachers. That is just the beginning. Not one person in DA can say they have gone through school without some ignorant rude teacher. What makes it different now? It is just that now students feel it is perfectly fine to attack teachers. Why didn’t we attack out teachers? We need to get to the root of this issue before it gets to the point that we need to have metal detectors at the entrances and drug-sniffing dogs every week to parade the campus. I kid you not when I tell you this is the situation here. We CANNOT afford to let that sort of thing reach our shores.
boy what all u doing de name of senjoseph dere nuh?? we not calibishie eh… when I went to shcool it was called “ST. JOSEPH CAMPUS OF THE DOMINICA GRAMMAR SCHOOL” thank god we were no where close to these rascal behaviour everything was everything eh. children teaching children what do we expect???? come on if your teacher is younger than u are. you’ve wated too much time in school just respect d vibes man kids now a days have no respect man come on……….. internet children huh
school my fingers just too damn fast man hahahahah
most of the students that causing trouble are not from senjo. that is why we should never let people highjack our school from us and share it with all sorts of vagrants who continue to drag our village name in the gutter.
And my boi boldface about it too eh, Jah that is all I will say. Am not a teacher and Jah knows why self control would be difficult to subdue in these matters. I say let him go and I take him on the street no rules, no honor!
Don’t seem like school is an area to learn anymore. Some people just like learning the hard way.
Students from various schools all have the same complaints that teachers are very disrespectful to students; they call the students inappropriate names, they curse them, they aggravate them and then when all is said and done, the students are the ones who get the blame and are seen as bad. But the teacher need to get their acts together and act as professionals. They must stop pushing those children buttons.
At the end of the day no student has the right to raise their two hands or feet that God gave them and attack a teacher. This boy is rude and very much out of place. He lacks discipline and is quite uncouth. You guys don’t know what the teachers are faced with daily at that school. Even teachers are human beings and may say things out of place. He is an old enough person to know that he should have reported the said teacher. What gave him the right to hit her………
IT is also very telling about his character. It is wrong to strike a treacher. It is wrong to strike a woman. Future wife beater …
PLEASE DO NOT SEND THEM TEACHERS ROSEAU SCHOOL PLEASE PS…………
What is Roseau better?do you not remember all the disturbance that was going on at that school in Roeau a few weeks ago? gimme a break!!
Roseau schools have worse
all u giving the principal we
the money they want to take again like the jean day money they take
I can remember that same spiritual event and the school had 17 fights in one day
This happens when the “Enemy” is attacked by prayer. Once there is no prayer, then he is calm because he has the children where he wants them. We need to wisen up, when we pray and incidents happen, then, PUSH harder and pray and pray pray and command him to leave yes leave in the Name of Jesus. Drive him out with prayer and kick him out with prayer, Demolish him with prayer. All inthe Name of Jesus. And then always apply the faith in Christ even what we see looks ugly. He is subtle and to want you to believe that he is strong but there is nothing too difficult for the Lord to do!
Wow, More religious jargon. Is this really the problem solver Schools need.
And your point is????? Do you think the devil was happy about the prayers? I don’t know why you all are so anti-prayer.
itss all you take time to join grammar school.
dem teachers doe no wat to do all you yet…
and it look like dat teacher going to handle de situation on his/her own cause they make de police leave the matter alone.. lets wait and see..
“faith without works is dead..” (James 2:14-26)
Holding dramatic prayer-worship sessions without backing it up with direct intervention is pure hypocrisy and a waste of time.
Prayer is good but dominicans must also rely on the many other gifts that the Lord has blessed them with.
stupes. u thought about that before you type it?
Teachers must know that respect is earned. We need to lead by precept and example. No child needs to be humiliated by name calling. the ministry of education needs to act fast and transfer this teacher to another department other than school.
I say again, we ALL had those teachers. You went home, told your parents, and they came up to the school and dealt with the matter. Children need to stay in children’s places. It is NOT a student’s place to attack the teacher. Let another adult, parent, principal, minister, whoever, deal with the matter. Once we start accepting this type of behavior, it will be IMPOSSIBLE to break. yes IMPOSSIBLE!
I swear there was just an article saying “ITSS goes spiritual” A-a the devil is busier than you all thought so which means you guys gotta have the faith and pray harder….smh
those teachers need to learn their place……children need to be respected…time is changing children not taking crap anymore…..the child is wrong for raising his hand on the teacher but the teacher is also wrong for………
end child abuse…stop treating kids AS PROPERTIES…treat them like you would like to be treated
Well, you giving them fuel. In my days when you get home you receive a solid punishment for disrespecting your teacher, those were the parents we were blessed with. I am proud to be a well respected individual, my parents instilled that in me. These days will never come to pass again. Thanks Mama, you disciplined me when I crossed the line did not understand it then but I am reaping the rewards now and I have instilled it in my children, I hope they do the same with theirs. Hats off to my mother, my dad died when I was 4years old, my mother was 28, five years after they were married, she raised me single-handedly. I will forever be grateful for that. Take a que children of today.
It pays to be respectful to everyone and it goes both ways.
were you at the school? stop sitting behind your computer screen and running your mouth on matters you dont know.
YOU AS JUST AS BAD AS THE KID
This works or should work both ways, you know. When the tail wags the dog, that is confusion.
My brotha you come school to ******** LEARN!! Not to whack teachers and talk about, “students don’t take crap anymore.” As a student of the Dominica Grammar School I say the knowledge that they are distributing is quite substantial and students still refuse to learn! Seriously, They are dumber than a sack of hammers. All my friends have in their head is marijuana, stealing, sex and violence and it’s very sad that there will be very few successful people with this generation.
Here we go again… that is a BIG BIG SHAME ON THIS GOVERNMENT!.. im nt saying they responsible for tht happening but given all the recent violence in schools its obvious to me how much they care about education
what does that have to do with the government??? Dominica stop being so politically minded. you can implement regulations to prevent violence but you cant prevent people from committing violence…. geese man!
@lol. YOU ARE SUCH A FOOL. It has 99.999999% to do with government. What do they have in place to combat it?
Not even talk.They are too busy doing other things.
How does the government come into this scenario? Violence in schools has nothing to do with government….you IDIOT! Why dont you blame the upbringing of the child? Infact, the government should have laws to address violence in schools whereby the penalty will serve as a deterrant to the students/would be offenders.
….but you still asking where the Govt.comes in that;well make the laws yourself.
Government coming in it FULL TIME because from the time they put that stupid EDUCATION ACT in place giving children all rights, the whole thing started to fall apart.
@T you are such a fool eh…. so the government suppose to go in the school everyday and see if the children behaving? there are teachers and principles to take care of the problems. the government is not a police and cant be everywhere at the same time. why dont you give suggestions as to the regulations of the school??? the ideas can also come from the public….. understand and think…..you silly mot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAT GOVERNMENT HAVE TO DO WIT DAT!!!!!
Maybe the government should provide 24/7 supervision over these kids to ensure they behave civilly at all times!
Like MLK, I have a dream that one day my people will start taking responsibility for their actions and likewise teach their children to do the same! that’s my dream.
People are too fiesty these days, they are quick to act and slow to listen and process and are not humble at all.
No law, no constitution, no education act or policy will prevent children from doing what they want at school. One of those days it will be a death in a school.
Too much hypocritical Prayers..the devil loves that!! pastor , Priest, and all the others who preach peace but practice hate……I feel sorry for the next generation, We have failed them!!
Alas papa met! The power of life & death is ib the tongue; Speak Life people!
Just Saying
not in my days that would happen.
the teacher are much younger than wan i use to go so maybe that why too
that’s no excuse, the teachers today are much more intelligent yet the children achieve less