Poor grammar in Youth Policy document; ‘Ministry’ on cover misspelled!
It was last week that many persons called our news room to point out that at the HoA Sitting on February 12, 2015 in all of Minister Walwyn’s statements that the use of British English was absent and the use of American English was dominant. For example, words like 'programme' had been written as 'program' the US spelling and where in sentences it should have been ‘S’ it was written with a ‘Z’.
The public schools including the H L Stoutt Community College under his Ministry use formally the British style of English writing.
It was also embarrassing for the Minister to have laid his much talked about National Youth Policy Strategic Framework on the Table of the HoA , but before you could turn the cover one would have noticed that the word Ministry was again misspelled as ‘Ministery’. There are also many grammatical errors in the document as it seemed rushed.
It remains unclear also of the level of involvement on the policy by the Department of Youths Affairs and Sports.
Hon Myron has failed - Devon U. Osborne
In lashing out at the National Youth Policy from Minister Walwyn former Press Secretary and Sports expert Devon U. Osborne in a statement to the public described it as “incomplete.”
Mr. Osborne one of the few in the Virgin Islands with a Sports Management Degree said, “Walwyn, has failed to date with his performance in Sports compared to his predecessor. Where his predecessor has laid the groundwork for the implementation of a new sports policy, and has improved many of our sporting and recreational facilities, to date the current Minister has not followed through effectively or efficiently.”
After three long years nothing!
Mr. Osborne told the public, “the Minister took an additional three plus years to bring what I consider to be an incomplete National Youth Policy to the House of Assembly”. The Former 9th District candidate said, “better late than never with his effort but incomplete or a halfway job is unacceptable. It is limited to the discipline of sports and a sports policy [lacking] detail is also detrimental to the protection, development, and enhancement of this territory” declared Mr. Osborne.
In making his case on how the Minister for Education and Culture has failed in his job Mr. Osborne said, “Tourism is being developed right here in this territory with no law and order and the Minister continues to ignore the fact that it can be another major revenue generator creating millions of dollars and hundreds of local jobs for our youths. We have one of the best sailing destinations if not the best in the world that can generate millions of dollars through sports tourism whether recreational or through competition. We have expatriates coming in and setting up shop on this gold mine that our children should be benefiting from with no law and order and it is disappointing.”
Walwyn done nothing for education-critics
Many of Hon Walwyn’s critics have said he has done little or nothing for the past three years for education and the youths and has politicalised the education system from hiring of teachers and principals, to which students get into which schools and even who is allowed as vendors at the public schools.
They have also accused him for the past three years of ignoring the sister islands’ schools, especially Anegada and Jost van Dyke.
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37 Responses to “Poor grammar in Youth Policy document; ‘Ministry’ on cover misspelled!”
She made us look bad!
WHATS THE POINT, WE ALL HAVE SPELL SOMETHING WRONG IN LIFE, DEVON, ONLY NOW YOU WAITING TO MAKE THIS AN ISSUE, TRUST ME....STOP CASTING STONES....YOU ARE A 2 F..E L..R AND YOU NEED TO GROW UP, THIS COUNTRY HAVE BETTER THIS TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU PUTTING YOUR FAMILY GOOD NAME TO S..ME RIGHT NOW.
Love or hate Myron, no one with eyes and ears can say that the man has done nothing. He's done a lot, the question is do you agree with it or not. And if you don't agree, what would you do differently?
Nobel prize wining authors misspell words in New York Times articles all the time. I guess we should stop taking them seriously... Oh and I may or may not have misspelled some words in my response.. if I did misspell something, please label me an idiot...
Assistants,Secretary, clerks and other support staff would be the ones typing, printing, collating organizing and distributing a finished product. Of course, Walwyn is ultimately responsible . At the pace of his numerous accomplishments, I have sometimes wondered if he sleeps..If he is hands on and does everything himself or finds it necessary to micromanage, then disaster looms, be it a sloppy document or burnout or God Forbid, health issues.
Private businesses have the luxury of hiring from outside but his office starts with the handicap of a "good to great" local personnel.
The minister will need to make tough decisions in hiring, shuffling and maybe firing staff. He could also decrease his pace but that is unlikely and not in the best interest of the Youths based on his perspective and vision.
I am confident that he will find the solution while taking time out for a well deserved vacation.