Comments on: Video: Minister On Concerns At West Pembroke

By: Wahoo

Wahoo — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 20:00:20 +0000

If the Netflix and YouTube were a part of standard teaching method why would the minister make special mention of it? To me that indicates that teachers and students are using free wifi to watch personal material.

By: Anbu

Anbu — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:20:59 +0000

If a doctor used a youtube video to learn how to do surgery on me id sue the breath out of his establishment. You arent serious right? Netflix is a learning tool now? Ya sure. Always an excuse lol

By: JAYBIRD

JAYBIRD — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:19:23 +0000

I don’t know what you consider to be effective and modern teaching techniques, but based on the output of the Bermuda Public School System over the past several decades, there should be a whole lot more second guessing going on!

By: Concerned

Concerned — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 07:19:36 +0000

Really? That’s what you’re going with?MOST Bermudians are illiterate? And that relates directly to the use of visual media in classrooms? I’d very much like to see your peer reviewed research on the matter….

Blanket statements like this with no basis in fact are just plain ignorant. It’s foolish of people to think that the only way to learn is by reading a textbook and taking notes. Smh

By: Question

Question — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 21:09:11 +0000

Netflix amd youtube. FFS. This is why most Bermudians are illiterate.

By: MM

MM — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 21:01:05 +0000

Ministers frequently change , they signed off to their top civil servants various matters , thus it’s really the civil servants who have worked many many years behind the scenes to keep the machinery running. It appears that someone failed to be fully apprised of what is needed in the schools.

By: Concerned

Concerned — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 17:28:02 +0000

I’m a bit shocked at the level of idiocy your comment represents. Surely you understand that Netflix and YouTube can be used as a learning resource for a wide variety of learning styles. For you to assume that they are being used inappropriately shows the level of ignorance the public has when it comes to employing effective and modern teaching techniques and how easy (and lazy) it is to accuse teachers of doing an ineffective job without even the slightest understanding of what their job entails. I wish I could say I was surprised, but teachers are an easy target, everyone seems to think they know better, like it doesn’t take years of study and constant up-to-date training just to maintain your qualifications. I’d like to see these same people second guess doctors and nurses and engineers on how they do their jobs. Try taking a pragmatic approach next time you decide to comment on something you obviously know very little about.

By: What

What — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 11:13:46 +0000

YouTube and Netflix? Surely you can set the router to prevent streaming like this and why are our teachers and kids on Netflix during the school day anyway? Sounds like a party atmosphere going on and now that we know that it’s time to put in procedures to stop it or penalize for it! There to learn not to watch movies!!

By: Infidelguy

Infidelguy — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 00:18:22 +0000

Minister Rabain says:
As a result of those meetings, the Department met with the Principal the following Friday, and the next Monday after that, there were things put in place to alleviate some of the concerns that the teachers did have.

“There was some things that have been mentioned that there is no overnight fixes for, but we are looking into how we can address those as well.”

What “things” have been put in place? If he can’t enunciate the actions that he took, I’m inclined to believe that he didn’t do anything….other than meet with the teachers.

Can we please put somebody in this position that is competent???

By: Eye 4 and Eye

Eye 4 and Eye — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 22:09:45 +0000

If it’s not Berkeley the PLP don’t really cake. Berkely comes 1st 2nd and 3rd. Every other school comes somewhere after that.