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Ward
21
Johnny
Banter,Youthlink Writer
Jamaicans
are 'special'; we belong to a ward by ourselves.
It doesn't matter if I'm at school, on the
road or holding some imaginary meditation,
it's really not hard to see why we belong
in number Twenty-One.
Fashion
over ... sanity
The
average daily temperature in Jamaica is
about 20-plus degrees Celsius, right? We've
seen scarves being worn in the daylight,
sunglasses at night and those overbearing
UGG boots that women like to wear at parties.
I tolerate those trends, more or less. However,
I'd like to think that there is a limit.
On my way home one day, I happened upon
a robust, buxom woman clad in a long, 'mink'
coat. Of course, I thought (and still think)
that it was faux, but the point is, why
would someone choose to wear something like
that in this climate?
I
wonder if she knows that fake fur coat plus
12 o'clock sun equals irritable woman with
chafed body parts and horrid body odour.
What
it takes to be a 'champion'
Let's
be honest, the average high school athlete
has a facile intellect. To be fair, I'm
more so speaking about the ones who do athletics
and play football. From their perspective,
the academically inclined are just exceedingly
arrogant nerds who can't help but show them
up in class/exams. Of course, the 'nerds'
question their purpose in the classroom,
believing they exist solely to contribute
to the statistics which demonstrate the
failure in the education system.
Many
of us don't recognise the sacrifices these
students have to make in their pursuit of
... whatever it is that they're looking
for. Raise your hand if you're willing to
spend four hours every day after school
(plus weekends and holidays) on the field,
in the sun, doing work for umpteen months,
during which time your complexion will be
toned down a couple notches, acne will become
your best friend yet the probability that
you'll be winning your event isn't that
high.
Textbook
teachers
I
expect my teacher to be well-informed on
whatever topic he/she is teaching me. I
also expect said teacher to bring something
to the class that is different than what
is already in the text. Apparently, I expect
too much. The cunning educator thinks she's
smart, you know. She photocopies what is
in the textbook and regurgitates the information
in class, yet they accuse us of plagiarism.
I'd prefer if she told us to read page 101
instead of having us waste pen ink. What's
worse is that she gives us notes from Wikipedia
as well.
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