Comments on: Why Hazel, Why???

By: TriniObserver

TriniObserver — Mon, 07 May 2007 14:56:00 +0000

Schools in Trinidad need to be funded and decentralized.
Why does "The Ministry" have to control everything directly?

But the day anything in Trinidad is decentralized is the day Trinidad falls apart--not because of the chaos that may ensue, but because Trinidadians seem to have a psychotic need for "control" of other people.

Have you ever seen the demeanour of anybody with any slight hint of "authority" over anyone else?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:27:00 +0000

As a teacher of the said school I will like to point out that the Ministry of Education have not yet fixed the problem to our satisfaction. In fact today the pump they installed earlier this week already started to leak causing us to have no water again. We dismissed at 1 pm today.

By: Mani

Mani — Fri, 04 May 2007 13:23:00 +0000

I agree that sight of children protesting isn’t at all pleasant, but I think that successive governments have ensured that this is the only avenue through which anything is achieved.

Dirk you’re right, the parent did shove the sign into her daughter’s hand.

By: nandi23

nandi23 — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:59:00 +0000

oh opinion subject to change if Ms Hazel don’t step up to duty…
you got appointed there, well fix it already!

By: nandi23

nandi23 — Wed, 02 May 2007 03:57:00 +0000

Childhood flies away to damn fast! man sometimes children should just be allowed to be children, while the adults if they are up to it, like Ms Hazel and parents of children with leaky toilets gather and try to find a soultion, if possible before the children get disease and thing!

By: D Trini in Me

D Trini in Me — Wed, 02 May 2007 02:11:00 +0000

Never like the idea of children protesting.

By: Dirk Dagger

Dirk Dagger — Tue, 01 May 2007 20:53:00 +0000

I saw that last night and thought the same thing. And if I’m not mistaken, I saw an adult pushing the sign in the child’s hand and adjusting it so it would be picked up by the camera. Exploitation is what I would call that.

By: Crankyputz

Crankyputz — Tue, 01 May 2007 15:20:00 +0000

I absolutely hate seeing children at protests, they are simply not able to make the choice to protest for themselves, instead are spoon fed issues….

Not sure where the respect has gone. But we are poorer for the loss of it.

By: ttfootball

ttfootball — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:22:00 +0000

i have always disliked seeing these protests on tv with the children. somehow the parents think this makes the protest more poignant. Meanwhile we thinking “why they have these children doing this” I can never help but compare it to people begging for money with the child tagging along. it might be horrible of me, some of these people may be genuine, but i always think “meal ticket”