It is running more than 14 days since the IDB sponsored Science Test 11 year olds were coerced to complete. If one follows the newsfeeds the noise in the public space although fading continues to demand answers for the disrespect shown to children, parentss and actors in the school system. The kernel of dissatisfaction is the covert manner offensive questions were clandestinely inserted in the MOE/IDB sponsored Science Test.
The blogmaster has made his position known in an earlier blog – checks and balances were compromised at every step of the management process – which includes the Ministry of Education as the government agency responsible under our laws for administering education and the last defence, the management at the schools which without question allowed non school personnel for a period to assume responsibility for young children on different occasions.
See related blogs:
- Parents in Barbados Query Strange Test, Sex Test, Science Test
- The Ministry of Education-IDB Questionnaire Fiasco: The Legal and Human Rights (Privacy) Angle
- Caswell Franklyn Speaks – LGBTQ+ Agenda Being Promoted in Schools to Minors By Government
The blogmaster received the following communication which indicates there are concerned citizens prepared to deploy boots on the ground to ensure citizen advocacy is alive and well in the country. Is there a better cause for citizens to advocate?
Child Advocate Faith Marshall-Harris has publicly agreed what transpired by administering the Science Test with the offensive questions is tantamount to child abuse. She also tentatively confirmed the contentious test was administered on two other occasions. It should be obvious the information shared by Minister Kay McConney and Chief Education Officer was sanitised to protect parties responsible. Some of us are not stupid.
Here is the grouse of a lowly blogmaster. If we are serious about improving our governance framework; integral to the process is ensuring the public screams accountability when necessary. We must not permit elected officials with a mandate to serve us to continue with the prevailing mindset that the political class is in charge. This feeds the prevailing culture of the tail wagging the dog. For the apathetic mindset to change which characterises the majority of Barbadians, we MUST change. The blogmaster is hopeful the ongoing matter of how the IDB Science Tests were delivered to our children will be the trigger to signal all and sundry, enough is enough.
Another issue arising from the test is the ongoinging spat between Pollster, Moderator Peter Wickham and Starcom (VOB 92.9). Starcom should not allow Wickham to bully management. The station has the license (via the producer) to determine who should be allowed to contribute to the call in program. Wickham has the right to determine if he wants to continue as a moderator if the decision of the producer as agent of the station does not mesh with his expectations.
The blogmaster has tuned in to VOB callins that were moderated by Wickham several times when he fearlessly bullied callers who he is known to disagree, AND, was allowed – incorrectly so – to do so by producers who may have been intimidated by him. No doubt the station manager will have to carefully weigh the benefits of terminating Wickham’s contract with reaction from sponsors, existing and potential, who maybe offended if the station moves too far left or right of centre. In the same way Wickham is comfortable using the public airwaves as his bully pulpit to promote homosexuality others should be able to do the same without feeling verbally harassed and pressured.
Now, permit the blogmaster to be clear about HIS position on homosexuality. We have to accept diversity in the ecosystem, we exisit, we have to embrace what it takes to be an inclusive society. In the same way the blogmaster does not always agree with some comments/contributions posted by members of the BU community, the blogmaster at great personal sacrifice has had to defend the blog. That said, allow the blogmaster again to be clear that in his opinion the matter of sexual orientation is a binary matter. A human being is defined as a man or woman at birth, full stop.
To ensure good governance is seen to be practiced those who played a leadership role in the infamous IDB Survey must be disciplined. Too many times we the people have allowed foul ups, bleeps and blunders to go unpunished inflicted by successive governments who serve at our pleasure. Enough is enough!
@Lorenzo
You are a boss.
You understand that sub-par performance by the WI, means the various person in charge should go. It is called being accountable.
Yet, when the MoE fails to act quickly and decisively, I don’t hear you displaying the same understanding and connection between performance and losing your job?
NO in case you missed it on another blog having not seen the survey at that point i was not in favour of it and called for someone to be held accountable.After having more information i am still of that view and i would further state that person should be the minister since the buck stops with her..I have no further comment to make on this scenario as it is what is in the interest of the affected children.I hope that i have clarified for you.I gone.
@ William, about what exactly do you disagree? Certainly I never suggested that our “society has undergone such a radical change that there is now an absence of such upright , honest citizens.”
That’s just not practical. .. I am SIMPLY saying that across our society there are MANY Bajans who do have those negative traits with which you condemn politicians … and thus inescapably NONE of that is inherent to politicians but rather INHERENT to Bajans … Period!
Simply stated … as an example, there are lots of great decent, upright, honest people in the clergy … but they too are not Martians born and come from among the same population of many devious, deceitful people. Thus several clergy are pedophiles, sexually perverted, and otherwise brushed with that so called ‘negative DNA’, not so!
What pray tell is the difference with politicians and the larger society!!!
Here on BU as another example we represent a cross section of the larger expansive Bajan society … and what do we see!
With all the cussing and bad tempered rollicking that we see daily it may seem that just like the political class we are duplicitous and decadent but absolutely lots of us display as honest, decent folk also. We too ALL come from the SAME Bajan society as the politicians @William.
So yes there are lots of great upright citizens “who have done exceedingly well in all fields” but there are also lots who do NOT operate with integrity and decency …. And not ALL of them become politicians 😎😒
There is an entire population of good and bad … so there are decent and crooked bankers, priests, retailers, police, law officers, economists, teachers etc,… ad nauseum.
Thus what’s so difficult to accept about that simple truism and how we elect those who are bad (and good) just like WE ARE!!!!
@Dee Word
Could it be Barbados politicians are from Mars and the rest of us are from Venus?
@ DpD
Perhaps, I see it more as a reflection of the politicians themselves than of the society. I have no intentions of giving politicians any more comfort than I give any other group of citizens.
The politicians have chosen to be corrupt, there is no inherent corruption in our citizens.
There are bad citizens and good citizens in each society but the good citizens in our society are in the majority.
There are some who end up in either column because of choices and other factors , but I totally reject that there is something in our citizens’ DNA that make them corrupt when they become corrupt.
Let us not use broad brushes to give corruption and political , professional or any other group comfort.
I really don’t agree with this one size fits all philosophy when it comes to discussing socio economic ( political) issues.
Don’t think I do not understand your position but I simply cannot agree with it .
I think the first person that promoted such opinions on BU , very close to yours was @David.
Peace.
@William it’s NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL … it’s the psychology of mankind!
How can you readily “understand [the] position but… simply cannot agree with it” on WHAT BASIS of fact, brother!
I thank @David for supporting the argument 😎🤣😇 but neither he nor I would claim authorship for this basic fact of life.
Any and all texts on philosophy, psychology and such explorations of human characteristics/behaviours speak to this extensively.
I give value to your suggestion that corruption is more ‘associated’ with the political class … as we all are familiar with the quote:
But to go from that to the suggestion that there are large numbers of Bajans (or Trinis and others) who are not inherently corrupt or who learned the deceptive behaviour well as they matured is remarkably amazing and shockingly irrational.
William, we have seen corrupt practices across ALL segments of our society as I alluded to above. Let’s be CLEAR … corruption is essentially understood as closely linked to dishonesty and fraud. … A precise definition is: “dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power…”
Have we not seen such human failings right here in Bim with many in power positions within the clergy, banking, police force, civil service etc!
How then can this be linked only to politicians or not be seen as a human characteristic???
Sorry bro, you don’t have to agree with me but surely you need to explain your understanding of corruption and society with greater clarity!
I would accept that more Bajans are decent rather than corrupt but the point remains that there are still many who ARE corrupt.
And do clarify what exactly causes a Bajan who becomes a politician to BECOME corrupt if he or she had no inherent character flaw that pre-disposed them to act dishonestly … what caused them to falter!
What causes a pastor of the Lord’s word to sexually prey on boys he is charged to mentor … a visit from the devil at a weak moment or a major psychological deficit of a corrupt mind!
No broad bush here … this is humanity and psychology at a one to one level…
Please clarify.how you see men and women in all spheres- not just politicians – handling ourselves when we are called to give an account of our honesty and we FAIL!
Like Innniss, like Maloney, like Dr Sparman, like any of the dishonest lawyers, like teachers preying dishonestly on their students, like customs personnel accepting bribes, like on and on!
@Dee Word
There is the perception by the public of a small sin and big sin. The impact of how politics and politicians impact our lives creates a similar perception.
@Lorenzo
Thx.
I always knew you could write multiple paragraphs without any grammatical or spelling errors.
@ DPD
Understanding why something is done or said does not mean I have to agree with it. For example, I have said I understand why we went to the IMF but I don’t agree with it.
In other words, I don’t believe that it can be empirically proven that there is anything inherent in the Barbadian DNA that makes him or her corrupt.
I cannot take accept that .
As I said before if we are inherently corrupt and if that is going to be blamed for all our deviancy; we are in a very useless place and need to shut shop.
And while you ask me to explain my position, which I have given at least three times , you should explain how you arrived at the conclusion that there is something in our DNA that makes us corrupt.
To say that Barbadians are unfortunately born corrupt is quite a stretch because once DNA is introduced into the equation it actually means : “ we born so”.
My Brother , I don’t know how such a conclusion was reached but I’m not there.
The definition of DNA clearly strengthens my point. In other words , based on your position, it means not only that we were born corrupt but it goes further and suggests that we cannot change. That my friend is not how I view corruption from any point of view and whomever is corrupt.
BTW, I have not linked corruption only to the political class. All I said was that I would not give them a pass by saying they were born corrupt or that it is in their DNA.
I also said that such an opinion or something close to it was first promoted by @ David “ on BU”. I was not giving credit to either of you for the belief.
I grew up hearing that some people were “ born criminals”.
I am also aware that in some studies, there is a belief that deviant behaviour can be traced to DNA. I don’t think it has ever been conclusively proven.,
Peace.
“Barbadian DNA that makes him or her corrupt.
I cannot take accept that .
As I said before if we are inherently corrupt and if that is going to be blamed for all our deviancy; we are in a very useless place and need to shut shop.”
Nature Vs Nurture
Corruption can become part of the culture
and can be systemic endemic and normalised
it can become an addictive and regular practice
when someone gets away with a crime they repeat it
Qigong – Teaching – Wholeness or Specific
“Could it be Barbados politicians are from Mars and the rest of us are from Venus?”
Master / Slave (or Servant) relationship is in full effect
Master/slave is a model of asymmetric communication or control where one device or process (the “master”) controls one or more other devices or processes.
The dynamic of the relationships between slaves and their master was one which was designed to undermine and demean the slave. The master exercised complete authority and dominion over his slaves and treated them harshly. The masters’ perception of blacks was that they lacked self-discipline and morality.
Hammer
Harbour Shark
Perhaps the Gay IT test from Amerikka was to identify possible Chelsea Mannings
Chelsea Manning ‘I struggle with the so-called free world compared with life in prison’
Nihilist, anarchist, idealist, troubled young transperson crying out for help: when a 22-year-old US military analyst leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, everyone thought they knew why. They were wrong, she says. This is what really happened
‘I struggle with the so-called free world compared with life in prison’
I hate to start off by being petty…
but Lorenzo posts cover the spectrum
A highly educated fellow trying to hide his identity
“@Lorenzo
Thx.
I always knew you could write multiple paragraphs without any grammatical or spelling errors.”
TheO
Beside Obama, In 5mins Name 3 influential DLP speakers
“ Dr. Lucille Baird said the children were told not to share information on the survey with their parents.”
Saturday Sun October 22nd., 2022
Drip……….drip………..
More to come.
Peace.
@William, OK … interesting posts and we can settle with your rather conclusive remark that “I am also aware that in some studies, there is a belief that deviant behaviour can be traced to DNA. I don’t think it has ever been conclusively proven.”
A bit of clarity … This matter of DNA per se was introduced by you. That’s a very technical term and although I am clearly saying that all humans are born with a variety of traits which may then be manifest as adults I did not attempt to identify WHAT traits are indelibly marked in their biological makeup or DNA!
The point I made was ‘politicians come from among us and I am not of the view that a majority of Bajans are today filled with deep integrity and decorum … thus no way will it be so for a majority or even most of the politicians’. That can be debated on the margins re terms like ‘majority’ but the fundamental breakdown of our society is clear for all to see so one disputes that basic reality at their own peril.
Progressing from that basic truth we then moved into the ‘DNA’ dispute related to inherent traits at birth. So again to clarify, as far as the experts offer, it is accepted from eons of psychological study that we are ALL born with inherent traits AND that the extent to which any of them are developed is dependent on external factors … the basic ‘Nature or Nurture’ as @Dub so clearly notes.
Thus, if you choose to fall on the side of that endless debate to suggest that ”I don’t think it has ever been conclusively proven…[that] there is a belief that deviant behaviour can be traced to DNA” then that’s your call.
I would simply point out in conclusion that:
1) That has been quite conclusively proven in general in the context I noted: external factors can incubate such traits in a person whereas in another it remains absolutely dormant
2) It has already been empirically proven – again in context of above – that Bajans, Trinis, Americans, Canadians, Brits etc have inherent traits predisposing them to be corrupt, greedy and dishonest and MANY have incubated and brought to life that deviancy. Our life from inception to 2022 has shown that CONCLUSIVELY.
So respectfully brother I defer to your conclusion as noted above … the ‘some studies’ you mentioned are voluminous and rather conclusive about how ‘Nature’ interacts with ‘Nurturing’.
Peace out,
@TheO
Couldn’t the same be said of @ac. Could produce a bumbling plethora of verbage which required the BU translator, and then upon occasion, three paragraphs of entirely coherent English.
Desperation is rife on this blog. If Ronnie(wh)o mind wunna he and the DLP will get a sound beating again. High growth projected, positive Fitch rating following S&P, grant funding for Bridgetown Sewage Plant upgrade, Belle treatment plant and others, museum upgrade, cricket legends upgrade, desal plant up Hope and other water infrastructure works, new Geriatric Hospital in early stages, roads and bridges project in the Scotland District and other roads all cross Bim, new ID cards, more refurbished govt buildings, houses being built, QEH digitalisation, Sam Lords soon done, Indigo start (others coming), renewable energy sector gaining pace, progress with PSVs, nuff vacancies in the visitor economy sector etc etc. Still 4+ years to go and a projected $500M CAPEX per year. Wunna wait.🤐
PS: This info is all in the public domain.
@Enuff
High growth is projected from which sectors?
What about crime?
What about tackling issues raised in the Auditor General reports?
Last but not least, we wait to see the outcome of restructuring of the NIS Scheme.
” inherent traits predisposing them to be corrupt, greedy and dishonest and MANY have incubated and brought to life that deviancy. Our life from inception to 2022 has shown that CONCLUSIVELY.”
poverty and necessity can lead to crime
as can greed
as well as means and opportunity
white collar crime can be more common and lucrative than violent or low level crime and not discovered or punished the same way
violence can be due to stress or mental health issues and is common among male youths who want to test their strength
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkBMPBMNbeN/
Can you connect the dots?
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/10/20/beware/
From BT
“We wish to advise the public that we regard this as risky and potentially dangerous and that they should not engage any such services to register for their Trident ID cards from unofficial persons or entities,” it cautioned.
“The registration for the new ID card requires the sharing of personally identifiable information which, if shared with the wrong person, could lead to identity theft.”
Do you realize that sufficient information was gathered on these children that their identity can be stolen years from now?
Let me repeat for those of you who refuse to listen
Do you realize that sufficient information was gathered on these children that their identity can be stolen years from now?
These children have been tagged, bagged and deliver up to others.
Were there questions that were given on a separate slip of paper that we did not see or could the the name of the parents be gleaned from school records and given up to these independent vigilantes (invigilators)? What additional information did principals and teachers had to deliver.
I continue to believe that we have only seen a fraction of this story. What we saw was a bone was thrown out to placate parents and concerned citizens; apologies were given, bu yet, we do not know what the apologies were;
Evert story is a conspiracy story until it is replaced by cold hard facts. Here is a quote I found “The worst thing about being lied to is knowing you’re not worth the truth.”
What is your worth?
@ DPD
It is also a pleasure to engage you. As I said before , in my opinion, you are extremely intellectually honest and I respect you for that. I can also say that we all learn, and I am certain you are aware, from politely respecting each other’s opinions .
Thank you for a very lively engagement.
Peace, my Brother.
Please, please
Some of you are confusing a quest for knowledge and a search for the truth with being a DLP member.
I can understand how confusing things are to those who live in a binary world.. B or D.
Truth has no party.
“Do you realize that sufficient information was gathered on these children that their identity can be stolen years from now?”
What is the unique identifier on the survey that would allow such to happen? #justasking
“These children have been tagged, bagged and deliver up to others.”
by the same one who sits on the IADB board….and deceitful pretender….”not bout here”…..BUT none of it could happen without her COMPLICITY….
@enuff,
That was quite a long list you produced there. Could you organize into the following categories
1. Bucket list
2. Wish list
3. Not started but mentioned (a promise is comfort for a fool). You have made Miller many promises that you did not keep.
4. should not be on the list. I plead ignorance on this one “ricket legends upgrade”. Will the government be subjecting Sir Garfield Sobers to some medical procedure?
5. “nuff vacancies in the visitor economy sector etc” .. who brags about vacancies whe, eventually, no local will be qualified
6. Private businesses
Stop this mock list business, right away.
““ Dr. Lucille Baird said the children were told not to share information on the survey with their parents.”
Saturday Sun October 22nd., 2022”
well if ya SELLING THE PEOPLE’S CHILDREN to the highest bidder, ya certainly won’t want them to know…
William…you really have the patience of the mythical figure Job..
“Do you realize that sufficient information was gathered on these children that their identity can be stolen years from now?”
What is the unique identifier on the survey that would allow such to happen? #justasking
I am glad you asked.
Do you believe that there are 300 children in Barabados (1) Male (2) named Lorenzo John2 Enufly and (3) born on April 1, 2011.
That is enough to bag and tag JLE at a later date. Only God knows what other information was collected and is available to this Unknown group. Having (a) School (b) address (c) parent’s names only helps to make the package neater
TheO’s rating of the question: F-.
I am somewhat amuse that a blogger who prefers to remain anonymous and would not even indicate his/her gender or age and yet believes that age/sex/gender are not enough to identify an individual.
@WURA
The attempts to sweep this issue under the carpet is a source of great amusement. As I have said from day one: this is not about garbage trucks and buses. This is about children and that’s why it will not go away.
In more progressive cultures, all citizens are considered parents of all children. There is still some semblance of that in our society and that also keeps the issue on the front burner.
The quotation from Dr. Lucille Baird is stunning. The children were not only ambushed and deceived but according to Dr. Baird, the children were asked to withhold information from their parents.
That in itself carries this sordid tale to a completely new level.
Drip……. drip…………
More to come
Peace.
“The quotation from Dr. Lucille Baird is stunning. The children were not only ambushed and deceived but according to Dr. Baird, the children were asked to withhold information from their parents.
That in itself carries this sordid tale to a completely new level.”
parents are wilding out in jurisdictions that have the audacity to force their pedophile and eugenicist agendas on their children, it’s only the colluding, enabling IGNORANT, broken mind would attempt to cover up such human rights crimes against parents and their children, while having children and grandchildren of their own…..and believing that they will remain untouched if they go along with the criminal agendas,……
we know only too well that these clowns do exist…
“I am somewhat amuse that a blogger who prefers to remain anonymous and would not even indicate his/her gender or age and yet believes that age/sex/gender are not enough to identify an individual.”
they are backward like that, and they got nerve like that, hiding behind anonymity to attack people but believe innocent children should be targets for strangers along with their names and personal information about them and their families….ALL OBTAINED ILLEGALLY and without any type of consent from either parties…
they turned the blog into a running joke..
“I am somewhat amuse that a blogger who prefers to remain anonymous and would not even indicate his/her gender or age and yet believes that age/sex/gender are not enough to identify an individual.”
LMAO, I guess if I go to Facebook and find out William Skinner’s birthday I can steal his identity.. I notice it is always a struggle for many to answer my queries on BU.
@enuff
11 year olds are allowed to open Facebook accounts?
For the BU record: I , William Skinner , did not post or address any post to @enuff. I don’t know why he would want to immerse William Skinner in any discussion, in which he and others , are currently engaged.
The whole island’s identity was DUMPED in cyberspace prior to the election scam…..people i was looking for YEARS…suddenly i had ALL THEIR ADDRESSES…
and ah won’t bother to mention the other uses of that identity dump that came in real handy..
just recently banks were warning customers that their banking information was used as far away as Canada….
but the BACKWARD doan see a ting wrong wid dah dey…
Oh dear the protest is by Lucille “Jezebel” Baird’s xhurch. What did I say in my initial post, unaware that it was her? What did I say about the poster? A known homophobe, but always adorned in pearls and plastered in makeup.🤣🤣🤣
@Enuff
The same Lucille Baird appointed as Chair of the GIS Board by Minister Abrahams?
@WS
If you push out the parents and principals, did not seek the permission of parents and brought in your own team to supervise the ‘test’, it is no stretch to believe that the children were told not to inform the parents. This was hinted at days ago.
I also wish to add that we do not know the full content of the message that was delivered to the student by the strangers supervising the exam. By the way, do we know who they are? What are their origins?
Allow me to quote my favorite blogger
“Were some questions given on a separate slip of paper that we did not see or could the the name of the parents be gleaned from school records and given up to these independent vigilantes (invigilators)? What additional information did principals and teachers had to deliver.
I continue to believe that we have only seen a fraction of this story. What we saw was a bone was thrown out to placate parents and concerned citizens; apologies were given, bu yet, we do not know what the apologies were”
A very insightful fellow 🙂
The administration is dragging its feet hoping for the story to die, but in reality, they are keeping it alive.
@ Enuff
Bushie is intrigued by the extent to which you seem to be impacted by mass protests.
Interesting!!!
One would have thought that you had the self confidence to face such differences in views, and such active demonstration of said differences, in the same way that you yourself have been known to differ in the past…
“Good for the goose….”
“LMAO, I guess if I go to Facebook and find out William Skinner’s birthday I can steal his identity.. I notice it is always a struggle for many to answer my queries on BU.”
Do you understand what stealing an identity mean? It is much broader than replacing him at his workplace or kicking him out of his home, becoming a doppelganger or replacing him permanently for life.
“Identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person’s personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic gain”.
Identity theft could be just a matter of seconds. It doesn’t have to be days. Someone could use the information you mentioned and a little creativity to impersonate WS.
Please tell us your name and birthdate.,
@ Theo
You are correct that very limited information was given
. My Brother, it was far easier to get rid of Comrade Trevor Prescod and George Payne than it is apparently to get rid of others.
All of that comes into this equation. Now the brilliant folks , and I am speaking of all those brilliant folks in Bim, may want to argue that this whole scenario should be free of politics. And just about the children. Question: should the children be used for political expediency and protecting those who were complicit in deceiving them?
I personally did not hear of former Ministers Payne and Prescod involved in any dereliction of ministerial
responsibility or any blow up in their ministries. But they had to go.
More to come
Drip…….drip……,,drip…..,..,
Peace.
People seem surprised that the slurs and drama is still dragging on 2+ weeks since breaking
But, Bajans are very anal and keep their shit inside for months
“enuff, 11 year olds are allowed to open Facebook accounts?
David, again a very weak response on your part. The gist of Theo’s argument was identity theft by way of knowing a name, age and gender. I simply asked and continue to ask, what is the unique identifier? I’ll go further and ask, identity stolen by whom? Are children exposed to identity theft when they sit the 11+? The same Lucille that promised to march against Mia, the same one that sat on a board and fired persons wrongfully and lost ALL the cases in court costing tax payers millions of dollars, the same one folks right here on BU savaged for her handling of the GIS matter. Lucille ‘Jezebel’ Baird still is a hypocrite, plastered in make up and adorned with pearls. Ah lie?🤣
I find you folks continue to play me rather than what I say, and end up with some nonsense. But I keep reminding wunna I may not be bright, but I went further than Brumley.
@Enuff
The blogmaster is dealing with your comment and yours alone. Do you require reminding that citizens are upset because of how the damn test/survey was administered by GOVERNMENT?
24 hour wonder.
“Hurricane Roslyn was classified as a tropical storm on Friday evening. But a 65 mph jump in wind speed saw the storm rapidly grow to Category 4 in less than 24 hours”
@enuff
“I simply asked and continue to ask, what is the unique identifier? I’ll go further and ask, identity stolen by whom? Are children exposed to identity theft when they sit the 11+?”
Because you aske I will answer
(1) “I simply asked and continue to ask, what is the unique identifier?
if you want to fair, beside age, sex and gender I also stated “Only God knows what other information was collected and is available to this Unknown group. Having (a) School (b) address (c) parent’s names only helps to make the package neater”.
Having the age, sex, gender name and additional information of cour children residing in a repository somewhere unknown is of greater concern. These children will not remain 11 years of age forever and at a later date, this information could fall into the wrong hands and be used to hurt these children,
(2) “I’ll go further and ask, identity stolen by whom? ”
Answer: This is the million dollar question being asked from Day 1
Who is collecting these data?
What strangers entered the classroom?
What was the purpose or objectives of this test?
How will the the information be used?
What was promised to those who allowed strangers to invade the classroom.
Why couldn’t parents be informed.
(3) “Are children exposed to identity theft when they sit the 11+? ”
Answer You have missed the point completely
Are our children told not to inform their parents of the contents of the 11+?
Do we have to guess about the subject matter of the 11+?
Are parent’s not told the date of the 11+
Are principals and teachers barred from the classroom during the 11+ testing?
Are strangers from parts unknown brought in to deliver the 11+ to our children?
The 11+ or the “screaming test” is something that has been ongoing in Barbados for decades. I remember taking an exam when I was around 10 or 11 and that was 300 years ago. The 11+ is an exam administer by the Government of Barbados (GoB now known as GoRoB) and I am quite certain that the Ministry of Education is aware or have access to every question that is asked.
These children will not remain 11 years of age forever and at a later date, this information could fall into the wrong hands and be used to hurt these children,
Please continue to ask questions.
“I also wish to add that we do not know the full content of the message that was delivered to the student by the strangers supervising the exam. By the way, do we know who they are? What are their origins?”
more importantly, given newer and newer technology ADVANCEMENT and the NUMEROUS ways to apply same, what exactly happened in those rooms when no one was around to protect those children, when their caretakers, the principles and teachers, were ordered to leave the rooms……it could take years for memories to return, most may never remember…..
some are dealing with situations where they are now remembering certain things HALF CENTURY LATER…
I now see typos, but I think you can figure out what I was trying to say.
Summary. – You cannot equate withdrawals form a bank using a gun or using a withdrawal 6.
The survey cannot be equated to the 11+
@ TheOGazerts,
still waiting for a link to BT page 45 or an explaination for why it would be of interest to me.
These shameless clowns already lost the battle AND the war, and just like Truss who took down 1200 years of steadfast control, they did it WITH THEIR OWN HANDS….
everyone is watching them, because they are TOO DANGEROUS not to…
Hope Pacha is watching Mali and Burkino Faso…..
William…keep an eye on the continent…
@blogmaster
Cut the pleasantries and tell the person of unknown age, gender and name, he/she is being silly.
The question he/she is asking are not probing but are doing the reverse of what he intended them to.
Plus Know
CIA Files
The Gateway Experience Wave 5 – Track 2 / Discovering Intuition
People want /demand answers that their intuition skills outside and beyond their 5 senses can tell them
Americans in white coats from secret laboratories wanted to analyse and compare test results to confirming that Jamaicans are more homophobic than Bajans
@Hants
“BT page 45 or an explanation for why it would be of interest to me.”
I have a feeling you are pulling my leg.
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/10/11/bajan-gems-keen-and-confident-ahead-of-qualifiers/
I believe they are enjoying a great measure of success in tournaments. A tournament just concluded, but I am unable to find the results.
@555
I will not put it in terms of “sniff, sniff” or good stuff.
Sometimes you add an interesting dimension to the discussion (even if you are pulling our legs).
Gotta go.
My Waru/Wura/AOP imitation is finished.
Needless to say, I enjoyed myself…
Enjoy your day.
Am watching a clip where an IMF dude is outlining a new edict to be implemented not dissimiliar to the one in China.. under social credit scoring…
well, since yall are owned by IMF anyway, ya int got no say….
some are dealing with situations where they are now remembering certain things HALF CENTURY LATER…
and those same ones, other things that they KNOW happened to them, found out decades later, but their memories are a TOTAL BLANK..
“Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has welcomed an investment amounting to J$300-million by Chinese technology company Huawei, with the inauguration of its new office space, located in the Corporate Area.”
Bushman….wunna best start learning cantonese and or mandarin yuh!!
ah told wunna years ago to pick up a foreign language and since nubody int want to learn their Afrikan ancestral languages, sumbody gine give wunna one and yuh cahn say no cause dem own wunna already……
Holness says it will help Jamaica and the region, when yuh hear dem kinda words…ya dun know…
one of the my grands already decided to pick one of those languages voluntarily….
i so want to hear the fowls talking in mandarin, they could bearly handle bajan english, that should be a thing….lol
David
Every time you need a GOJ card, fall back on the test even though I’ve repeatedly stated my objection to the process. Meanwhile you continue to ignore how concern about the test is morphing into the Lucilles, losing DLP candidates and the Dr Evelyns’ agenda. You may also continue to ignore the yeeeeears of trauma inflicted by the likes of Jezebel, Evelyn and clearly quite a few here on BU, trauma that is more severe than the test. BU too sweet, now we hearing identity gine get tief. Y’all unna self.
“some are dealing with situations where they are now remembering certain things HALF CENTURY LATER…”
a phrase that comes to mind is ‘contracted memories’ which can be buried deep
perhaps tests like this dread test (MOE/IDB) can make children more aware of sexual abuse and gender issues
Americans tend to address issues that others bury, and go to therapy instead of waiting years for them to resolve
This is bigger than a flawed process. If we are honest, we would admit that we have no idea of the questions asked of our children.
Though I have a strong dislike for some of the questions that I saw, those question do not require such a high level of deception and a clandestine operation.
Unless it can be shown otherwise, the questions we saw were design solely to mollify us. Given the level of subterfuge employed it would not surprise me if the true content of the material delivered to the children was even more outrageous than what we saw.
To just talk about process is a discussion of a missile delivery system and ignoring the nuclear payload it is carrying.
let’s see if the copycats try to match…..for the dummy fowls…now they know how credit ratings are measured whether ya can pay back or not so when they get excited thinking they passed some test…nah…ya still cahn repay…lol
wunna will NEVER GET OUT OF DEBT…
in one fell swoop…
“The UK’s economic outlook has been lowered to “negative” by ratings agency Moody’s due to political instability and high inflation.
Moody’s changed the UK’s outlook – which is a marker of how likely it is to pay back debts – from “stable”.
Rating agencies, in essence, rate a country on the strength of its economy.
Moody’s along with another of the big credit rating agencies Standard & Poor’s (S&P) maintained their assessments of the UK’s credit rating.
Rating agencies give governments (or large companies) a score on how likely they are to pay back their debt.”
This Protest Movement is destined or doomed to go nowhere as there is no poetry or music to capture the essence of a presence of it’s soul
Who’ll Pay Reparations on My Soul?
Calamity can go on forever and ever,…and NEVER END.
@David
Off topic
Any comment on the proposed Cabinet changes? Deputy Speaker Hmmmnnn
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/10/22/new-cabinet-changes-to-take-effect-on-wednesday/
@Sargeant
Your guess is as good as the blogmaster. Cynthia is obviously a golden handshake given the pay scale. To shift Cummins so soon after her appointment suggests the PM is not happy with her performance, to drop her from Cabinet would have been a blot on her political aspirations. Walcott could just be a case of accommodating the Symmonds move and getting a pick of a ministry he has a comfort level and/or Gooding-Edghill exposed by a lack of competence for such a demanding ministry.
Where is the fire?
there are rumours Bajans are so angry about the tests they might burn some ministers houses down
it is a definite rumour
I made it up
@ Sargeant,
yuh done know wha gine on.
“Where is the fire?”
burning hot enuff…..a literal INFERNO…WUHLOSS…
why yuh tink a reshuffle is in OVERDRIVE….
i will let the fowls and pimps tell ya all about it,,,,,,dem literally in the MIDDLE may even have had a front row seat, so they got all the info….murdahh!!….lol
William…..lawd…
“Though I have a strong dislike for some of the questions that I saw, those question do not require such a high level of deception and a clandestine operation.”
Sir you keep demonstrating your inability to demonstrate that you understand what you’re writing. If in your words there was “a high level of deception and a clandestine operation”, isn’t that in essence a criticism of the process? Jesus tek de wheel.
There was a woman who lived at Ilaroo she had so many ministers she did what she had to do.
Hope there will be robust discussion on BU
@David
I commented on the Deputy Speaker because the current occupant is in the news.
@Sargeant
Yes, but the blogmaster gave an opinion why Cynti was appointed LOL.
@Hants
yuh done know wha gine on
+++++++
Yeah but @David didn’t take the bait
by the time they are done trying to cover up the lastest SCANDAL….they would have ALL lost 100 lbs in body weight, each, at least……look out for a bunch of slim shadys in the near future…..
..in the meantime, the scandal is being SHARED EVERYWHERE and everyone is like WHAT?????…….wuh we tought it was just the survey alone…..ya mean there is more…….wuhloss…
Short lesson on commonsense…
“‘Slavery was never abolished. It was simply redefined’: Why ending slavery is on the ballot in five states”
if it did not end in the US in the last 150 years….it DID NOT END ANYWHERE ELSE EITHER….
wuh is de BU saying again….”it happens everywhere.”
as my first book said, it was simply REDEFINED…
@Sargeant,
David is leaving it to us to draw the conclusions .
Only BLP supporters will believe the removal of the speaker was planned.
We shall see what we shall see.
David
Maybe you should read Lisa bio
What does reading her bio have to do with anything? The blogmaster’s comments are usually based on performance.
So Kerrie was moved to give way for Lisa, now Lisa has been moved to give way for Gooding-Edghill and Walcott is back in the position that he held under OSA. 30 love and musical chairs is the game of the day Wasn’t Lisa supposed to be the bright light in Tourism? The PM doesn’t seem to know the right fit for some members of Cabinet in her second mandate, meanwhile McConney is safe thank you very much.
How can these people perform if they don’t have any stability in their positions? Corey will have his work cut out for him.
@Sargeant
https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCEW18skvy/
“Spain scraps 33 titles handed out by dictator Franco to family and aides”
only ruthless dictators give out titles.
and right about now…THE WORLD wants them all gone.
With this reshuffle, Mottley has sent a clear message that McConney, will not be touched.
Kerry has been slapped down because he started to show his ambitions and keen observers, would have known that Cummings was making (Tourism) predictions and projections that never materialized.
More to come.
Peace
@David
It seems that there were issues at the QEH that Gooding-Edghill was unable to overcome, thus the switch was made but if he couldn’t handle that portfolio will he be able to perform in his new assignment?
Putting a physician in charge of the QEH has been tried before
Vamos a ver
Meanwhile Many hands make light work
Who said that’s the end of the reshuffle or the Kay is safe? She can resign/ be replace tomorrow or next week
Said one struggler to the other
“Sir you keep demonstrating your inability to demonstrate that you understand what you’re writing. If in your words there was “a high level of deception and a clandestine operation”, isn’t that in essence a criticism of the process? Jesus tek de wheel.”
Said the other back
“This is bigger than a flawed process.”
“To just talk about process is a discussion of a missile delivery system and ignoring the nuclear payload it is carrying.”
They want to wrap this up neatly
This Foundation, Jah Foundation, Guided Missiles From Left Toe
William….don’t mind them, they are FAILURES, the more they climb and put on their fraud show it’s the more they EXPOSE THEMSELVES TO THE WORLD for who they really are….and their exposure is massive, well spread around, of the world stage that they love so dearly variety…
using one scandal to cover up another while trying to slide in more anti-Afrikan crimes under the radar against the people will be their DOWNFALL….and FALL THEY WILL…let them keep trying to implement crimes against Afrikan children and their parents that they were already paid for…..like the sugar plantation slavery that they are determinedly pursuing..
shameful, disgraceful, are the keywords on everyone who has a drop of commonsense lips…..from coast to coast.
The agitation against the Honourable Minister must finally stop! Time for the opposition to lie down in the dust and apologise to the people.
It was once
Then it was twice
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/10/09/controversial-idb-survey-was-also-administered-in-june-archer-bradshaw-says/
Then it was thrice
https://barbadostoday.bb/2022/10/11/bteditorial-will-bajans-be-satisfied-to-just-move-on/
“As the information came to us with regard to the five schools affected this academic year and we began our investigation, it was found that the test given in June was of a similar nature to the one given in September. What occurred in June and what occurred in September was all part of the same project. As I became aware of it last week is when we began to take action and delved deeper into it,” Archer-Bradshaw revealed in response to a question from a caller.
Inquiring minds want to know what the apology was for as it was given before the revelation that this has happened several times.
Are there more revelations of previous testing to come?
Were parents, teachers and principals also misled on the earlier occasions?
If s0, how many time can you push teachers out of the classroom before one of them ask “What the hell is going on here?”
Is there no first line of defense for our children?
Must we wait until they cry out before we stand up for them?
This story may die, before the awful truth is revealed.
Interesting story in NT epaper
In this epaper post titled “AG: Parents must take blame for children turning to crime”.
But we had the Min of ED shutting parents out of classrooms and tramping an d denying them parental responsibility (rights of a parent)
I get it
< 18 years they belong to the state