Expatriate students should have been asked to leave after hurricanes- Carl Dawson
The issues of school children have been the subject of debate recently, following numberous incidents of fights and other unacceptable behaviour by them in public, some of which were caught on video. The Tortola Pier Park (TPP) even went as far as banning children of a certain age from the facility.
Minister for Education Hon Myron V. Walwyn (AL) recently said Elmore Stoutt High School students were wreaking havoc in Road Town and that Government was working to end the shift system which had to be put in place due to the lack of space at the old Clarence Thomas Building in Pasea Estate, which is being used to temporarily house students after Hurricane Irma destroyed the ESHS building in Road Town on September 6, 2017.
Mr Carl Dawson, a retired civil servant, social commentator and businessman, shared his views on how the situation of school chidlren should have been handled, while a guest on the Speak Out BVI radio show, aired Tuesday January 16, 2018 on ZBVI 780 AM and hosted by Mr Doug Wheatley.
According to Mr Dawson, “All those children who are here specifically to come to school and are not nationals, some of their own countries ask for them, but they are still here. We as a leadership, as a government in crisis, should have asked them and assisted them in going. They should have then asked the BVIslanders who could send their children abroad for education in the meantime while they put the pieces together. In my opinion, we would’ve ended up with, say about half of the children that we have."
Mr Dawson said Government needed to make bold decisions about addressing the issue of school children following the hurricanes.
"We are not forcing anybody into any corner. We just saying when we are able to look after ourselves later we would invite you to come back. Instead of doing that we try to force all the children them {into the schools], as you said, and we end up with a big fiasco."
According to Mr Dawson, a former Permanent Secretary, playing politics in a time of crisis would only lead to disaster.
"Some of those outside children are nationals. Those children who are nationals, apart from the dress and the song, would begin to understand that nationality has meaning, significant meaning. We missed the boat on that by just playing politics."
Meanwhile, one caller to the radio show alleged that the school children engaging in anti-social behaviours were mainly children of expats.
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89 Responses to “Expatriate students should have been asked to leave after hurricanes- Carl Dawson”
People need to buy a dictionary and learn to use words properly. Wrongfully using words diminishes the power of the word when used correctly. Just because you are offended doesn't mean it's racism.
there are expats still in shelters .. why aren't they leaving until the place is back better ?
Our government is stretching trying to accommodate others and can't help their own ..
they need to leave and return when the place is better
They pay the most social security
They pay the most NHI
They buy the most groceries
They rent the most of Mr Dawson's apartments , my expat brothers and sisters it's time to sit and think and you decide if it really worth what you have to endure because of people exactly like Donald Trump .
They are frequent customers of the health system.
They overpopulated the prison at a yearly cost of $35, 000. Per country man/ woman
They make up the majority lifers in prison.
They have contributed to a rising crime rate.
Seven murders in 2017 in a country known for its lack of crime,
Suicide is a cultural norm,mostly after committing a heinous murder involving attempt at decapitation.
They are notorious looters,
The yearly August Celebration has been disaffected by violence and lewdness.
The quality of life in the VI has declined as a result.
Of all the hundreds of nationalities given the pleasure and permission to earn a living and to reside in the BVI, one location and only one location of the globe has been the contributor of the aforementioned grievances imposed on the generosity and hospitality of the VI and it's people,
Nothing to think or sit about frankly.
BVI, it is not worth it.
The man have every right to speak.. and what he says is a fact.
First of all why you all come to the BVI for.. you all reap the good.. and now it bad..
Now when fox did t get the grapes he says it sour.
The country is in a state.. and still greed make you all want more.
Every country have laws.. But we must not have ... and if a man cannot speak in his own country... then where can he do.
To those haters that wish us for more cat 5 this year.. bless your wicked minds.
Why provide a service , enjoy the money then condemned people for using it??????. I hope the Her Majesty the Queen take this country back soon. obviously these incompetent Beeps.... are only thieves and whiny babies
Caribbean Immigrants and deportation. Plenty good reading
How about home schooling and adopting a “we are all in this together “ approach; the same people you send out are the same people who came in to assist. BVI Beware - there is s price for being unkind to children so be Kind - the people you meet on your way up are the people you meet on the way down. Don’t you foreget about these children if God wanted them elsewhere- they would not be in the BVI.
The other narrative may be they are there so you can toss them out,justifiably, so they can realize their potential elsewhere: there’s an old cloud that stays over Bethlehem (oops a star over BVI) in the aftermath and clean up of not just Irma! A narrative of constructive eviction in an attempt for social correctness in an “island-people cleanse” hints at nativist preferences - tried and failed. Are we next inline with having our/UK counterparts and/or own conversation on immigration.? But first, can we look around our own families and backyards and hospitals, and borders; to see who will leave and what will be the criteria for exodus? The truth is many like to deny others the privilege they quickly grab. Children don’t choose their parents. Most don’t decide with their parents to take or not to take, to born or not to born, to stay or not to stay; and are personal choices and these parents choose the BVI for better or for worse for their families. But divorce is a personal choice whilst eviction one might argue is forced and fought.
Whether forced or voluntary, Migration is survival oriented and is not just for the Bird’s! Last time I check it’s an opportunity that any of us can say “We born here, we ain’t going nowhere that is, until we have to. Only then do we grip each other tightly or did we not during the storm?
Perhaps it’s time to have an honest conversation - If UK children took over the BVI where would all children go? intuitively, when the landlord wants his building back you move! Once we adopt policies for others they can later be instrumental to serve or rule for or against ourselves -for good or evil as well Our critical moment needs a humane solution that is not selfserving but more inclusive for the children; switching schools is has pitfalls and maybe difficult for some children and families.
How about a Parliamentary Act - a bill to protect school children to honor Hon Omar W Hodge Act for him for the people and by the people he loved - For the BVI !
Me first . Yours over yonder. Go get it.
Expats make this place what it is b4 irma, allow you and other 2 live in big houses drive fancy cars we paid you loans at the bank.
Okay, let say all of us Expats go now,this place would be nothing, all you ungrateful tola, check u selves, Jah just sent us all a sign..earth doesnt beongs 2 none of us..watch out