Serious deliberation have been placed on learning slang in schools by advocators such as professor Hubert Devonish of the section of Language, Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of the West Indies. However patois have no standard manner of spelling and grammar and will merely convey confusion and limits pupils ability to compose, or show themselves in English. Notwithstanding the cultural impact it has on our Jamaican society, the argument of learning slang in schools signifies an admittance of failure. Harmonizing to former Prime Minister Bruce Golding, speech production at a graduation at Kings Way High School late, learning slang in school would be stating, “ We have failed to leave our recognized linguistic communication of English so we are giving up. ”
Patois does non hold any topographic point in faculty members or to the planetary society, hence if Jamaicans need to travel frontward internationally, concentration, on address, and composing in English will broaden pupils larning and construct of how of import it will be in the long tally.
Should patois be taught in school?
Listening to an interview with our path and field embassadors, Usain Bolt and Shelly Ann Fraser, showing themselves with preciseness without holding an translator interpreting slang is inspiring, demoing how educated enough they are and how cognizant of the range of English has assist their planetary travels. World renowned Jamaican reggae artist Bob Marley spoke in Patois, yes, but allow ‘s non bury, his chief forum for communication was through music and the message in his music for most portion was in English. Patois has been said to hold been Jamaica ‘s native Language for the longest while but there are inquiries to inquire before sing learning Patois in school, which I strongly am against.
Harmonizing to the Oxford English lexicon, linguistic communication is defined as the system of communicating in address and authorship that is used by people. Patois nevertheless is an imitation from TWI, a linguistic communication spoken by the Ashanti folk and still talk in much of Ghana, it is a linguistic communication that is confirmed to be really hard to compose, and like Jamaican patois its significance is more dependent on tone than construction. Legend has it that the slaves deliberately assorted TWI and English to build slang in order to be able to talk but non construe outside their ain circle doing slave Masterss unable to understand. Patois was ne’er Jamaica ‘s first linguistic communication. Jamaica originally was a Spanish speech production settlement hence Spanish would be the first linguistic communication, shortly after an English settlement and even since independency nil has alteration in that respect.
Patois has no consistence in spelling, grammar or building regulations, its vocabulary is n’t contained in any commissioned lexicon, hence, why should it be considered to be taught in schools. Jamaicans learnt it by ear and hone our accomplishments by pattern among a circle of slang speech production friends.
Education curate Hr. Ronald Thwaites had studies of consequences of exams demoing how the pattern of concentrating on authorship and talking the English linguistic communication is of import. Mr Thwaites strongly rede the practise of the English linguistic communication by instructors, parents and pupils likewise which he deemed would assist in pupils accomplishing higher classs for, Grade Six Achievement Test ( GSAT ) , Caribbean Examination Council ( CXC ) Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate ( CSEC ) , even for university pupils. Writing slang in essay would be affected by the attempt to hold on it. Standard usage would be by the spoken words merely, which would take it as anybody ‘s first linguistic communication, particularly to be taught in schools to kids who are already fighting to compose any signifier of English.
The theory of larning slang is merely to reassign insecurities onto an age set that suffer no such edginess. Teaching them to come in the universe with autonomy, self-respect, self belief and self deserving, would be brought together by the incorporate linguistic communication, English. This is non to state slang has no topographic point in our schools, it does nevertheless has a main topographic point in history or societal surveies called ‘culture ‘ . English is a linguistic communication of contact with the wider universe whilst slang is non. English has become compulsory in many states, ground being English is the linguistic communication of the universe, there are illustrations of this fact at chief events in the universe such as the Olympics, and where it shows English is the hedging linguistic communication of pick. Jamaica is a portion of a planetary small town, where the demand to untangle ourselves from the 3rd universe imprisonment has to be our focal point. Failure in the English linguistic communication in schools that much focal point demands to be practiced, the bulk of pupils who fail English have grasped patois excessively good.
However while slang remains and will ever be an indispensable portion of Jamaican civilization, English remains our official linguistic communication and greater emphasis should be placed on instruction and talking English particularly in schools. Patois has its importance in the Jamaican position but has no world-wide entreaty in work and play therefore it is at our advantage to make our best to learn English and utilize it every bit widely as possible. Slang does hold its bounds. Ironically those who feel or is recommending for slang to be taught in schools are all normally good educated, with reputable callings, thanks to their advanced communicating accomplishments in English, I rest my instance.
Should College Students Wear Uniforms
Wearing uniforms in school may be considered to be a good thing. The construct of this Teachs college pupils how to dress suitably for a particular juncture, such as for an interview. Uniforms give an installing of order and subject within the school hence doing it relevant. It is a separating grade of a school and gives pupil a sense of belonging, I therefore strongly agree about college pupils have oning uniforms.
First, because it gives a sense of homogeneousness. Wearing the same vesture, allows for a sense of equality. Making individuals who are hapless feels like they have “ fitted-in ” to their studying environment. Others, even the rich people, may desire to happen some manner to suit into society, so possibly this would be one manner of making so.
Second, pupils do n’t hold to take their outfit every twenty-four hours, hence minimising those “ time-consuming ” determinations on taking an outfit.
Third, it gives designation. For illustration, if a pupil from Colbourne College becomes lost or have an accident, they will be easy recognizable by people in the streets or elsewhere, if the individual had such a bad accident that puts that individual in a province of coma and can non react to assist, the school could be contacted for relevant information, or the school could be a nexus to relations of that peculiar individual.
However, schools are more towards instruction and every bit good as doing womb-to-tomb leader. Wearing uniforms gives regard to a school. If pupils wear a uniform they can non interrupt the frock codification. Buying a uniform is cheap, than holding to be purchasing apparels for a twenty-four hours to twenty-four hours aim every bit good as save parents who have to fight to happen tuition fee and other fiscal demands. Young people think excessively much about manner and manner. Therefore have oning uniform will take their heads off manner and let for better concentration on their surveies and things that truly affairs.
Some people may state uniforms takes off 1s individualism. Which is decidedly non so, it is non the apparels that makes one an person, it is the individual have oning the apparels. One hundred individuals can be standing in a room have oning the same outfit and still look different. How? By the manner they wear their apparels, and by the manner they carry themselves. That is what makes person an person. If individuals feel like they can non be an person without the apparels, so they were ne’er an person in the first topographic point. Having 1s individualism will let one to stand out in or out of uniforms. They can stand out in any state of affairs, at any clip, or topographic point. Therefore advocators who are non for uniforms can halt seting so much accent on how apparels make the person, because that is non true, what the advocators should make is concentrate on the order, and value that uniforms instils.
On the other manus, so many immature people wear apparels that are excessively tight and excessively telling. Uniforms can be a protection where that is concerned, for case bar of holding to cover with a perverted instructor who will hold indecorous ideas about a pupil. Therefore surrounding on indecorous dressing cuts down on that.
Consequently, people may reason that pupils can hold more autonomy and demo off their creativeness by non have oning the criterion ‘boring ‘ school uniforms, but this may do distraction among pupils. School uniforms Teach pupils the lesson of regard and prioritizing, seting surveies above manner, since their chief focal point should be analyzing. School uniforms Teach pupils regard and the importance to prioritise.
For these ground, I therefore conclude that school uniforms are necessary and indispensable because it promotes values of paramount importance. I believe that continuance to hold college pupils wear school uniforms would be as good to our community and society at big.
Undertaking two: Descriptive authorship
Subject:
Your memory of a topographic point that you visited as a kid
A cherished belonging
An accident scene
A street that leads to your place or street
My memory of a topographic point I visited as a kid
Clear, bluish darting H2O run alonging the seashore of St. Mary to Port Antonio, was ever a capturing soothing sight for me when traveling on a visit as a kid on vacations. The feeling of nostalgia was ever overpowering in my memories as I recall those visits. Anxiety engulf my head that on the dark before my trips as I can remember was a restless, sleepless one for a kid, looking frontward to sing my aunts place, in Portland. The memories of waking up in the forenoon to a delightful, hot, appetizing, good cooked repast of boiled bananas with roasted Artocarpus communis, with akee and saltfish along with some nice warm tasty cocoa tea, was mouth watering plenty for a kid who was n’t even crazy about nutrient. After breakfast my cousin and I would fix ourselves for our favorite day-to-day trips to the beach that was five proceedingss walking distance from my aunt ‘s place. Those walks to the beach were ever a delectation for my cousin and me. The roads taking there were ever packed with people who were ever rinsing down autos, or at shop corners playing Domino, or merely holding a friendly confab with each other, so there was ever the sounds of laughter and exhilaration in the air while taking our journey to the beach. We did n’t mind the bouldery narrow roads that led to the beach, we did n’t even detect how barbarous they were, nil unpleasant phased our journey, the bouldery roads deemed pleasant for us, we did n’t even detect how lay waste toing the roads were, our guiltless heads did n’t see the mistakes of how unsafe the narrow roads we travelled, could hold been, with autos driving along as if we were n’t at that place, each clip halting and drawing ourselves to one corner of the route to let them to go through.
Tempting and capturing sight of our finish each twenty-four hours ever gave me a placid feeling as I can retrieve clearly. Our bag filled with burden of dainties from stores we stopped and bought from Tells that we had no purpose to go forth rapidly. Music from small huts and sounds of laughter of other kids playing joyously near the shores, ever reminded us that we would non be entirely. The white littorals under our pess, felt as if we were really walking on rugs in our place, the clear bluish H2O seemed to wave us to come in its sphere, and without vacillation we usually did. Calm and loosen uping as I found the inviting Waterss, I ne’er venture far off from the shore, ne’er leting the Waterss to go through my waist, because in my head the sea was a full universe to itself with many secret, and has much has it drew me I ever kept my stance. Taking regular interruptions to halt and bask our scintillating sodium carbonates and tasty dainties, every bit good as fall ining other kids who seemed to bask being portion of what the beach had to offer. We would usually play on swings that hung from tree subdivisions that were found right on the sandy coast or we would hold castle constructing competitions of who could construct the better palace faster. Before retiring from my topographic point of consolation my cousin and I would rinse ourselves, in the cool sea Waterss which seemed to really bask bathing us, as if to state, “ Good pass misss see you tomorrow ” . On making our aunts place we were ever welcome by the aroma of dinner which drew us ferociously to the tabular array to bask what the state had to offer. Griping childhood memories of my vacation holidaies to Port Antonio was ever as I clearly remember, really much anticipated.
A cherished belonging
Have you of all time had a exposure that you have treasured? A exposure of my parents together, reminding me of happier yearss as a household, which is a cherished belonging of mine.
Glossy and radiant with an antique coating that gives a feeling of rare hoarded wealth. Keeping custodies and standing by a delightful, sweet, savory Mangifera indicas tree with the Sun crushing down on a cheerily blowy twenty-four hours. My female parents ‘ long coarse hair, blowing in the air, made her appear radiant as my male parent looked dearly at her. Gazing intently into each others, brumous eyes. The feeling of glistening deep fancy for each other went beyond the exposure. As I glance at the exposure, I reminisced at how beautiful and fantastic my parents were together doing it a permanent memory of what fantastic parents I have been blessed with. Forever prizing a base on balls of happy times shared together as a household.
Stolen by my ideas of how life was through the vintage exposure of my parents, cognizing this exposure was portion of my bosom allowed consolation and comfort of times passed and memories to portion with my kids of their roots and even of the impact it could hold on our modern yearss, by demoing them the love from that one exposure of household togetherness and love.
Keeping the exposure as if it was an egg, carefully seting it off in my safe signifies how much it meant to me to keep on and care for the memories of my parents who died several old ages ago, maintaining them alive through the memories of a exposure.
An accident scene
As usual I got up to a bright cheery forenoon ready to take my customary forenoon walk down a often busy street that gives one quite a epinephrine haste to see the quaking autos and coachs make their manner busily, with people who needed to make their finish without vacillation. On making a block off from my place a friend of mine who live on 57th street was waiting uneasily on my reaching to fall in me on my everyday walk. Just has she was approximately to traverse the street, all of a sudden a deranged new wave from out of nowhere knocked her right across the street where she fell precisely at my pess! Shocked at how fast it all enfold, I began shouting profuciously in a terror to be informant of person I knew, got hit down so viciously. Shed blooding from her oral cavity and caput she laid at that place evidently unconscious. I shouted impotently to passersby ‘s for aid, imploring them repeatedly to name an ambulance, non even taking notice of the new wave rushing off rapidly. Peoples started hotfooting towards the scene in terror, desiring to cognize if she was dead. At first I thought she was, her exanimate incapacitated organic structure merely put at that place on the land twisted in an unusual awkward place. All kinds of things ran through my head at this point, I wondered how could this be, how did a apparently fantastic twenty-four hours turn out to be so hideous.
In a distance I could hear the sounds of constabulary and ambulance Sirens nearing, believing that they have taken a spot of, what seems to be everlastingly to get. Still slumped over my friends lifeless organic structure, still shouting unrelentingly, trusting that God has non taken her off, a soft soft manus held me up, beseechingly perswayed me to travel with them, reassuring me that the constabulary and paramedics are professionals and would take attention of my friend. Watching steadily, with my tear lacerate face, as they checked her organic structure for any unusual hemorrhage, and proving to see if her bosom was crushing on the topographic point, rapidly seting her onto a stretcher to suit in the ambulance I heard one of the paramedics shouted, “ she is alive! ”
A street that leads to my place.
Dilapidated and fill with calls of hurting, my street greeted me as I turned off onto it to acquire to my place. The horrific pot holes were a scene of a stolen dead organic structure with the bowel, vesica and bosom pulled out. Sometimes I wonder what tortured chamber I dissipated onto expecting an executioner to catch me and make to me what he has done to my street. Dogs walked aimlessly along the street from bin to bin hungriness afflicted looking for their following repast, dispersing refuse all over. There was a iciness as I walked along the stretch that led to my place, the air current blew the scattered refuse and whispered quietly, and doing me quite cognizant of how lonely the street was with lone me and the Canis familiariss as residents. Dark and clouded was the street as if a storm was ready to hit and waving me to travel rapidly along the stretch. Heart racing, as if in an Olympics, I hurried in anxiousness of sight of place. The trees that stood sturdily along the street side told ancient narratives of what should hold been an keen vicinity. Buildings that faded what seemed to be centuries ago, hung on to life as if wanting to be revived and saved, doing me sometimes inquire what life the street would hold if aid had reached in clip or what stories it had to state. Not hesitating my head excessively much by distraction of historic enigmas, I hurried off the street to the entryway of my place, which seemed to hold saved me from a monstrous journey, doing me felt relieved of a five proceedingss walked that seemed to last forever.
Task Three: Poetry/Comprehension
Poetry replies ;
The storyteller is talking to her boy kid in the first stanza.
The adult male indicated to the adult female that after making place he would signal her by illuming his lamp.
Juncture of the verse form would be remembrance of how a love affair started from start to stop.
The events in the first stanza took topographic point in the late eventide.
Use of the upside-down commas by the poet at the beginning and the terminal of the first stanza is to show or emphasize the clip or epoch in her life when her love affair started and how she felt.
Wordss that would bespeak the reluctance of the adult male to go forth the adult female could be, bear, turned, treaty.
The consequence the author tried to make by reiterating “ could non bear ” is a certain type of temper that would bespeak how both the adult male and adult female felt for each other, and how much they did n’t desire to be apart.
Comprehension transition
“ None ” in line one refers to Parillon work forces.
The author rates the public presentation of the Parillon work forces by showing how good they have done in selling and inter-island transportation through their coevals.
The Parillon adult females did volunteer work alternatively of working for wage.
Two words or stage in the transition that showed the attitude of the Parillon adult females in the Tortola community are words, such as distance, and stage, such as, an air of superior apartness.
“ Lords oblige ” is put in italics for accent on the Parillon adult females act of award or generousness.
Two words which express the image the author creates by the usage of the word, cocooned, are ;
They were thought to hold lost out, gives the significance of the adult females non basking life to the fullest by non get marrieding or holding kids.
“ Rustles ” Tells that the neighbors attitude towards the Parillon adult females were pathetic.
Task four: Drumhead Writing
How kids should be kept healthy for school.
Children should ever hold a medical trial for assorted catching diseases and should be to the full immunized before returning to school. It is an indispensable portion of dorsum to school and is mandatory. Bing immunized aid in the bar of catching disease eruptions such as rubeolas, epidemic parotitiss and German measles which are still a large slayer among kids.
Parents should learn kids about proper hygiene systematically particularly for kindergartners who frequently contract sources from playfellows. Informing instructors of a kid ‘s allergic reactions for nutrient or otherwise is besides a precautional step.
If kid shows symptoms of infective unwellness, irrespective of how the kid may look ne’er direct a kid to school until he or she is seen by a physician.
