Pride and sadness

At a time when we face tremendous sadness at the amount of flooding anf injuries and devastation which occurred in North Western Trinidad, the nation is PROUD of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Team!!!!!!
As teacher i look at this from many angles.....
Devastation and Flooding...... We need to teach and by extension of the community  reinforce the importance of conservation of land use! We need to teach the importance of careful disposal of garbage!!!!! Tooo many areas where flooding occurs is due to the improper disposal of garbage. We must also reinforce the importance of being our brother's keeper by looking out for and giving aid when required, not saying that it did not affect you so it does not matter! it does matter!

National Pride....... i sat with opened mouth when a relative said to me "i don't want to hear nothing about patriotism!" We must have some pride and sense of dedication to our country !WE MUST!!!!!!! It is sad that as we celebrate our 50th year of Independence there are persons who feel this way! As teachers we MUST set the example for Patriotism!!! We need to get all involved in making our country a better place!

In terms of Pride of our Olympic team they have done us PROUD!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE need to express to the authorities the importance of Specialist teachers for these areas and the investment of infrastructure in EACH school so as to develop the students truest potential! I am truly proud of all that we do and continue to do!