How we are failing our young people
We cannot continually fail or young people. It’s unfair.
I have studied locally in both public and private schools, the Bermuda College, and in South America and Europe. I have been able to compare some of the world’s education systems to our own, and can confidently say that in the classroom, Bermuda matches up to or exceeds the academic classroom across at least half the world. Notwithstanding that, we are giving our young people only about half the tools to achieve their dreams, while wondering why they are not living up to expectations.
As the son and nephew of five teachers, I know teachers work hard to improve the information they give. Parents, students, teachers and the Government are constantly at odds over how well we teach children to cross-multiply. This is only half of what we need — emotional intelligence is just as important as academic intelligence…