I know I already did a blog today, but I saw something that so thoroughly disgusted me that I had to come back on and rant a little. So doing my usual perusal of the The Gleaner Web site, reading the news. Clicked on the Jamaica Star — first story was disheartening, but let’s be [...]
Archive for the ‘Tings from Yaad’ Category
11 Jun
GSAT’s here, again!
This week the Jamaican Ministry of Education released the Grade Six Achievement Test results. For those who have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about: GSAT is the replacement for Common Entrance and is the entrance exam for high schools in Jamaica. Personally, I only know of two relatives who took the exam, and as [...]
21 Apr
Hijacking mental illness
Monday afternoon when I heard that a hijacking had taken place in Jamaica all I could think of was “flippin’ hell, here we go again.” And then a deep disappointment set in. Hope sort of returned when I read The Gleaner, and they reported that the young hijacker didn’t seem to be of Jamaican nationality [...]
