It was an interesting evening and atmosphere by the University of the West Indies when some patrons at a party(weekly party called integration)got the news the government slashed tertiary level education subsidies by 1.6 billion dollars. When it was announced at the party they told the patrons(students) that they are asking the students to attend a meeting next week Tuesday to flesh it out. To my surprise not all students were disgruntled, not because they could afford the school fee, but some believe the students are not worth it in the end; as someone said, "they are wasting their education anyway." One cannot ignore the fact that tertiary institutions now, mainly UWI, have turned into recreational grounds more than academic nurturing grounds. Deny it to death, but the noble institutions of this land have moved from lush vegetation status to looking like parched grass during a drought, with more alcohol and marijuana than learning. Hardly being sober, how can we ever be aware? The night life has become THE LIFE, students get a degree but with what behind it? A burnt brain with a body feeling like 50(no offense to any reader over 40), but you get my point. We have the older generation looking at us the supposedly younger ones and asking if we are in the same bracket just because of how worn we are! So then, are we even worth the 1.6 billion? Or maybe that slash is just adding to the truth that the people up top really do not care about the people? If you care then why make it so out of reach? But then if you don't value it, why should you have it? Yes the good will forever suffer for the bad because the good allow the bad to be so popular. So then do we march or do we re-evaluate what is it we are going to march or protest for, isn't it about time we change the culture? Let's sip this coffee and think about it...
Still a medz the statement "the good will forever suffer for the bad cause the good allow the bad to be so popular". Took a sip, n realize that's the problem with most of the world today. Because the bad outweighs the good, the good sometimes simply sit back n let bad comtinue to take over. Here's the question that plaguing me after reading this: if our country is already in such a state n these students r now being groomed to be our future leaders, n this is the attitude that they can muster, then what does that say for the future of our country? N u kno the thing is, many graduate n leave Jamaica because as they put it 'Jamaica has nothing to offer them'. I dont knock anyone for their choices but personally I think that's the attitude that has made the country what is it now. I agree, now is truly the time for the attitude and the culture to change. I love this statement made by J.F. Kennedy "Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". Most ppl jus waan reap n neva stopped to ask, "What have i ever done for Jamaica, what do i have to offer?" So i'll say lets take another sip n think about that as well...
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