Comments on: Not Wise To ‘Push On With School Openings’

By: saud

saud — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 12:00:25 +0000

Bermuda doesn’t like foreigners.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 12:54:15 +0000

“This is the Union’s view not the government”

How can you tell the difference?

By: watching

watching — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:21:37 +0000

ridiculous from the BUT.
but unsurprising.

By: Honestly

Honestly — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:25:18 +0000

This is the Union’s view not the government. Why are people so vulnerable? Let me say… Private schools have a choice in who they accept. Public takes all students no matter of their strengths or learning abilities! Get s life!

By: Red Pill

Red Pill — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 00:09:13 +0000

Delay for what? Schools should be open all this time. Herd immunity. Another classic example of not knowing what the heck they are doing. SMH!

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 15:01:00 +0000

“Citing the upturn in positive Covid-19 test result and stress on Bermuda’s testing facilities, the Bermuda Union of Teachers said “we do not believe that it is wise or safe to push on with school openings at this juncture.””

I seem to recall that the Bermuda Union of Teachers has called on members to ”not attend the January 1, 2022 testing site” because they are not “obligated to perform any work-related duties before Jan 4″.

See https://bernews.com/2021/12/testing-bermuda-teachers/

By: Cleaver

Cleaver — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 11:17:30 +0000

I could not agree more, STOP with the excuses please…. There is testing that can be done personally as well as through the Government. What about the parents who have to work to put food on table and pay bills etc.. any thought on that BUT or are you going to help out financially in this area. Children need the stimulus of a class environment in order to learn and if we just pull up our big boy socks it can be done.

By: Question

Question — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 13:00:33 +0000

We should have the best teachers in the world coming here to teach our children. Instead we have this lot.

By: Disappointed parent2

Disappointed parent2 — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 02:46:51 +0000

Consult all relevant stakeholders? Yes please. Can we please consult the students and their parents?
I know there are good dedicated teachers out there for whom I am thankful- but the BUT as a whole is clearly just committed to minimal work. Last week they said we have to consider covid the norm and cant set a precedent for working (I.e getting tested) outside of work hours. Now they are saying we should not resume school normally because of covid? It seems they will find any excuse to make less work for themselves. The rest of us are just testing regularly and doing our jobs and our kids need an education.

By: Marine Life

Marine Life — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 23:58:16 +0000

By the way, how much does Gov’t pay its teachers? It is strictly a very important career. Let’s (hope) it compensates, the children are being shaped. Future you always build upon, not tear down. Hopefully the pay is not bringing down the moral like on other government jobs. Perhaps we can’t blame our teachers, as government raises have fallen way behind the pay scale to match our burgeoning cost of living. Again, another failure of you know who…..

By: Pooled Dooley

Pooled Dooley — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 23:49:19 +0000

There you have it folks, according to public sentiment Gov’t gets no points, they are bordering on horrific failure, on most counts and are showing themselves to be unqualified to run the schools, the busses , the economy, race relations, employment, proper trash collection and vermin control, road works, hospitality initiatives, Covid and Covid travel/ Quarantine procedures over these last to years. ( way too much debacle) and someone can finish off the long list of failures. Children are primary, on the list. Private schools put many government schools to shame.
It seems that anything Gov’t touches goes south because of it’s personal management of resources. Many inside stories of money floating off the top over numerous projects over the years and one has to wonder why Small Bermuda is in such debt? Government is also a poor employer. Bermuda is a proper example of HOW NOT TO GOVERN! Very Happy for all my thousands of fellow Bermudians who moved and found a better and more successful life elsewhere. Our numbers are down below 62,000. The world is a much bigger place, with wonderful options. Bermuda has LOST its way……

By: Rig

Rig — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 21:13:24 +0000

And therein lies the difference between the public and private school sectors.

Aided and abetted by the BUT, the public schools seem to be the kid skipping school because they can’t be bothered, where is the passion in teaching?

The private sector meanwhile gets on with it. No wonder public schools are closing and Warwick, BHS etc are bursting with kids.

This is on you PLP. Fix it.

By: DuckieDoodle

DuckieDoodle — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:59:25 +0000

Good reasoning Marine Life! The latter portion of your reply should HIT the government below the belt. We don’t need snow removal or sanding trucks for ice, no need to rake leaves………get the picture? Look at the public works $$$$$$ you save!!, Let’s clean up the TRASH! Get these roads repaired and KEEP our busses running!!! Put some care into this deteriorating Island. Get to work Government!!!

By: Comfortably numb

Comfortably numb — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 20:40:15 +0000

And people still wonder why there is such a huge gap in achievement between private and public schools? Public school teachers, not unlike most government workers, will look for any way to avoid working. Private school teachers, conversely, will roll up their sleeves and do everything possible to keep the school doors open.

By: Marine Life

Marine Life — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:08:12 +0000

Real Funny, that the general population or Layman has to ‘tell Government Ministers not to do certain things like open the schools when you yourselves saw this coming because of what the rest of the big world is going through and by the history of Covid 19. The peak will happen later in January or early in February. Don’t you get it? The variants uptick for round about two months at a time with a peak, then they decline after that peak. These variants have a time stamp naturally built into them. Until a new one comes out and does the same with it’s time stamp. They rise , then they fall like the waves of the ocean, and the continuous stronger then weaker pulses of weather systems. That is how nature works.
Some day you will learn, but you will still waste the Publics’ money with your policies. Now, go and fix our deplorable roads, get our bus service running properly without continuous and NUMEROUS cancellations, go back to Two day trash collection to get rid of our horrible Islandwide mouse/RAT Infestation, and take proper care of your citizens. You leave a lot of us in the lurch or gutter. Thanks, Hope Lost.

By: Disappointed Parent

Disappointed Parent — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:54:09 +0000

Sick of hearing from the Union, t8mebto break them up. Our children continue to come last. Who will watch my kids when at home while I try to make money to put food on the table. When will the students be able to make up for time lost in school. Will the Union cancel February’s mid term camp to have in-person learning? Where are the PTA groups? When will get together and say enough is enough?