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On the mis-education of the Bahamian citizen

1 February 2012

One of the reasons I am unmoved by either any of the current political parties’ manifesti, plans or proposals, is that I have the pleasure of teaching new groups of young Bahamians every year. This is a pleasure, because they are far more open and interested than they have any right to be, given the abysmal [...]

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Presentation Zen: Is education killing creativity?

26 September 2008

Came across this: our education systems (around the world) are outdated and mainly designed to meet the needs of industrialization. Sir Ken [Robinson] makes many good points — some you may not agree with — but he certainly is not saying that math and science should be taught or studied less, rather that music and [...]

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