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School Security
09/20/05
School Security
It’s the start of the new school year and already the number of violent incidents in our schools is on the rise. September 19, 2005 one person was shot dead at Cockburn Gardens Primary School on the Hagley Park Road, St. Andrew. VauxHall High school in East Kingston closed in protest as teachers and students fear for their lives due to the gang warfare in the community.
Follow up:
At Cockburn Gardens Primary gunmen entered the school compound after 2:00pm opening fire. The students had to take cover however one man who was there to collect a student was shot dead. Not much information has been released so far as police are still investigating the incident.
At Vauxhall High in East Kingston one wall which was damaged during Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 is the cause of major concerns to both teachers and students. The wall acts as a boundary between Vauxhall and Black Street a section of Browns Town. Regular bouts of gang fighting are seen as rival gangs from Black Street area and McIntyre Villa popularly known as Dunkirk use this opening in the wall through the school.
It has been one year since Hurricane Ivan and to date this wall is not fixed. Shame on you Phillip Paulwell this is your constituency. There is no use the PNP campaign for children to be in school if they cannot go to a school where they feel safe. No child can learn under those circumstances.
Security for schools in Jamaica needs to be looked at urgently. At the close of the school year 2004-2005 a number of weapons which were taken from students were shown in the media. It was very disturbing. Permanent security for each school is obviously necessary to protect our students from themselves and from outside wrongdoers.
Our children are our nation’s future and education is key.
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1. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait till we get home."
2. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You going get a ass'n when we get home!"
3. My Mother taught me to MEET A CHALLENGE.
"What di backside yu thinkin'? Answer me when me talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"
4. My Mother taught me CONSEQUENCES.
"If yu run cross de road an' cyar lick yu dung, a goin' kill yu wid lick."
5. My Mother taught me THE VALUE OF EDUCATION.
"If yu no go a school, yu a go tun tief or walk an' pick up bottle."
6. My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If yu tun over yu eye lid an fly pitch pan it, it a go stay so fi evva."
7. My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD.
"Is not one time monkey goin' wan' wife"
8. My Mother taught me ESP.
"Yu tink a don't know what yu up to nuh?"
9. My Mother taught me HUMOR.
"If yu don' eat food, breeze goin' blow yu 'way."
10. My Mother taught me how to BECOME AN ADULT.
"Come an' tek yu beatin' like man."
11. My Mother taught me about SEX.
"Yu tink say yu drop from sky?"
12. My Mother taught me about GENETICS.
"Yu jus' like yu faada."
13. My Mother taught me about my ROOTS.
"Yu tink mi come from "Back A Wall?"
14. My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE.
"When yu get to be as ol' as me, yu wi understan'."
15. And my all time favorite... JUSTICE.
"One day wen yu have pickney, a hope dem treat yu same way."
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