By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2012, Poetess Defy, Denise N. Fyffe As a young child, one of the first juices that I came to love was the Jamaican Soursop juice. The fruit was mashed, strained and mixed with nutmeg or cinnamon, milk and rum. What orange juice was to other kids, soursop juice was … Continue reading Jamaican Soursop, in Sickness and in Health (Fighting Illnesses and Cancer the natural way)
Come hell or high water, I was going to stay ahead of the curve. Its that time again. I am back at the VTDI for my second semester of the Post Graduate in Education and in my first week I am already dreading the suckiness of it all. After conquering the first semester's demanding assignment … Continue reading Education : Post Graduate in Education – Intimidation Tactics
Tonight was fun. Tonight was challenging. Tonight was a test. Talk about being stretched to the limits of your creative capacity and realizing, you still have some wiggle room. Miss Ellis gave us an in class assignment that started with an 'huh?' and ended with a 'oh yeah!' Competition was stiff, brains were churning and … Continue reading Education: Psychology of Teaching and Learning – Pavlov Game Designers
Its been two months since I started school again; time sure does go by quickly. I recently realized that it was ten years ago that I started my Bachelor's degree. Now, I am far outside the scope of my previous plans; but I continue nonetheless by pursuing a Post Graduate diploma. I should have completed … Continue reading Education : Post Graduate in Education – My Journey, Accumulating Certifications
The Sixth Form/High School socialist agenda dictate that students under the age of 18 are all universally encouraged to graduate their education onto a university environment. The university culture – students of reasonably the same age trying to attain a degree – should be the perfect environment to stimulate interest in academia. But the detrimental … Continue reading Is university for everyone?
After not having several face to face Psychology of Teaching and Learning classes, I wasn't about to let these alien assassins in my tummy prevent me from being in class tonight. The pain was distracting, but I managed to drive myself to VTDI very early and take in a crucial lesson. Throughout the class, I … Continue reading Education : Post Graduate in Education – Jean Piaget, Erik Erikson, Lev Vygotsky and Kolberg
Classes last week were very enlightening and invigorating. I wasn't able to summarize my thoughts, as my illness and its various symptoms climaxed midweek; I was more interested in resting than anything else. My Perspectives in Education class, reviewed the Jamaican Education system and discussed the positives and negatives of each level: that is, early … Continue reading Education: Post Graduate in Education – Perspectives on Jamaican Education System
The education system has been hit by 30 per cent absenteeism of staff and students in schools across the six regions because of suspected cases of chikungunya (chik-V), the Ministry of Education has reported. The ministry has released the results of a survey, which revealed that as at yesterday, 3,911 students and 591 teachers had … Continue reading Education: Jamaican Schools coping with chikungunya outbreak
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It was time for another class. Yes, I was still looking forward to these long sessions in Psychology of Teaching & Learning class. So far, I was gaining an education; learning about learners and the people who taught them. In our second class we reviewed a very popular question. I am sure many of you have … Continue reading Education : Psychology of Teaching and Learning – Reasons for Teaching
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