Take responsibility!
Fri, Jul 15, 2011
Editor: The P.M. should have let the Girlsâ High School Examgate remain at rest. (Searchlight, opinion page- July 8, 2011).
The Prime Minister of SVG. Dr. Ralph Gonsalvesâ 15-year-old daughter, who is a student at the Girlsâ High School, admitted that she received a zero on a math paper test as a result of her ringing cell phone during a Math exam at the Girlsâ High School.{{more}} Her cell phone was also confiscated because of a very clear public known, zero tolerance policy against cell phones in a examination room.
In the letter to the editor, Prime Minister Gonsalves admitted that he knew about the zero cell phone tolerance policies at the Girlsâ High School. Then in the same breath the Prime Minister telephoned the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education to look into his daughterâs examgate. The prime ministerâs phone call to the civil servant resulted in a letter from the Ministry of Education requesting that the Girlsâ High School principal change the zero on the Prime Ministerâs daughter math paper test.
Take Responsibility
In the letter to the Editor, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves claimed that his 15-year-old daughter used âPersuasive logicâ on him. She is a good math student. She travels regularly with him overseas. Some teachers at the GHS are unprofessional towards his daughter. That there are political motivations to enforce the zero cell phone policies at GHS Examination Rooms – even when a student is caught with a phone – confused?
Finally – Accountability
The Caribbean musical genius from Jamaica Jimmy Cliff once wrote, âYou canât be wrong and get right, no matter how hard you may tryâ. I hope that Prime Minister Gonsalves would encourage his 15-year-old daughter to use less âPersuasive Logicâ, not to travel overseas when school is in session, and use more common sense – not to bring a cell phone in any examination room – Period!
Randy Aberdeen
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