School fights: ‘Who the heck raising these children?’- C. Michael Thomas
ESHS was even forced to activate its remote learning plan on May 3, 2024, following a series of fights during the week, including one in which a male teacher was brutally attacked.
“That is ridiculous. The first question I asked myself is, who the heck raising these children? That’s the first thing that came to mind,” prominent local businessman C. Michael Thomas reacted when the matter was brought up on Talking Points on ZBVI 780 AM on Monday, May 6, 2024.
Host Damien C. Grange said when he was going to school, fighting a teacher was like committing suicide.
Co-host Elvin G. Grant recalled the thrashing he would have gotten if he dared to misbehave. “You would get three sets of blows. You get beat on your way home and when you got home and then you get beat again.”
Parents putting their children on a pedestal
Mr Thomas said he wouldn’t have wanted to go home if his parents found out he had displayed unacceptable behavour.
The Managing Director of Clarence Thomas Ltd (CTL) said he believes parents have a lot to blame for the students’ lack of discipline.
“I think what we have done, but I can’t say for sure...because we have parents who taking their kids and setting them on these pedestals. Like nobody can’t say anything to them, nobody can’t tell them anything.”
We need a plan- C. Michael Thomas
Mr Thomas said as a child he had to get manners and respect and had to say good morning and good afternoon to everyone he met on the road.
“And let me go to school and do something wrong. Ms Irma Smith, former Principal, was my cousin. She dragged me in her office and sit me down and said, not because you are my family, she say I going to make sure you are not going astray.”
Mr Thomas also said there should be no debate about the importance of education in the territory and the emphasis that needs to be placed on it. He also said there needs to be a plan for the next 10 to 15 years “on where this country is going to be and what role its people is going to play in here. There is none.”
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37 Responses to “School fights: ‘Who the heck raising these children?’- C. Michael Thomas”
Parents need to be parents and stop trying to be their children's friends. Stop sparing the rod and spoiling the child.
Teacher brutally attacked but you missed the part where the teacher attacked a child first and was forced to stop when his sibling stepped in. Ridiculous on every level but yet said teacher still teaching. How about the other teacher that is only teaching 20mins before class is over and have attitude with each child and insulting them. Stop aya sh** and tell the whole damn story.
I sometimes wonder about this then I see the parents and all questions answered. It so dad to see the state of discipline among our youths today.
Growing up now totally different from back in the day. From the time we leave our houses, to returning home, someone was there to keep us in check. Anything you did wrong or bad behaviour, someone already call or send message home to your parents about it. I sometime wonder how this was done because phones weren't that popular and cell phones were unheard of. Of course, there were a few bad apples but for most part we knew what was expected of us, especially at school and church. I know any student who laid hand on a teacher was in for a royal cut @%$. Not only from your parents but extended family members and elders in the neighbour hood. The other day a group of us were talking about school days and some of the things that took place. One mentioned skipping school.
Back then if you skipped school and the police pick you up, they would wait till breaktime or just as lunch finishing up to bring you back to school. That person was the joke of the week. They will get teased for days and sometimes the whole term.
On another note, I laugh when Elvin talks about his punishment. I know many of us can recall such beatings. If mommy really mad at you, that extends to several days along with some cussing.
MIND ALTERING DRUGS THAT ARE CIRCULATING IN THE BVI , THERE ARE COCAINE * IMPORTED WEED THAT CONTAINS IT AND HEROINE * GUMMIES THAT CONTAIN OTHER INGREDIENTS THAT GIVE YOU AN EXTRA HIGH * PILLS THAT DOES THE SAME , THE YOUTHS DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE PUTTING IN THEIR BODY ,
SOME ARE SLIPPING IT IN THEIR FRIENDS FOOD * DRINKS AND THEIR SMOKE , SO SOME ISN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT , BUT THEY ACT WEIRD AND AGGRESSIVE / DO YOU THINK THOSE YOUTHS ON SCOOTERS , IS IN THEIR RIGHT FRAME OF MIND WHEN THEY ARE
PERFORMING THEIR DARING DEATH STUNTS ?, ON ONE WHEEL GOING BETWEEN TWO VEHICLES ETC ? ( THEY ARE EVEN DOING ( DRIVE- BYS ) ON SCOOTERS, THAT AIN'T NATURAL , SOME PARENTS ARE IN THE DARK , BECAUSE SOME OF THE YOUTHS ARE PULLING THE WOOL OVER THEIR PARENTS EYES , BY ACTING HOLY WHEN THEY ARE AT HOME , SOME PARENTS ARE HELPING UNINTENTIONALLY BY SUPPLYING THEIR KIDS WITH SCOOTERS TO DO THEIR THING , WHEN THEIR PARENTS ARE NOT AROUND , AND SOME ARE ENCOURAGING IT BY ENJOYING THE FRUITS OF THEIR KIDS ILLIGAL ACTIVITIES , LIKE KNOWING THAT THEIR CHILD ISN'T WORKING ANYWHERE BUT BRINGING HOME ALL KINDS OF THINGS , BUT INSTEAD OF ASKING QUESTIONS , THEY TAKE WHATEVER IT IS AND GIVE THEM A HUG AND THATS IT , AND I WILL LET YOU USE YOUR COMMON SENSE ON THE REST FOR YOURSELF ( IT CAN GET WORSE , SINCE WE ARE REFUSING TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON IN FRONT OF OUR VERY EYES , ON A DAILY BASIS , SOME WOULD PREFER TO PUT THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE YO DEFEND THEIR
KIDS , UNTIL KARMA STEP IN
What happen these days: when some children wake up to attend school mother is already on her first job
When some children comes home from school mother is on her second job
Parental guidance & the village raising children is a thing of the pass
these days the main focus is tourism and entertainment: not much focus is towards the development of our people
Look at our roads
Light Bills
The dump @ pockwood pond
Street water
Sewage systems
The few above have been unattended Governments after government : Many Many years Now
We had a few minutes of rain fall some days ago and the place flooded out and the issue could the drainage systems and we speaking about the main areas where most of the people use on a daily basis(put back the traffic how it use to be)
Our children at the High School was in panic mode because the place full of rushing rain water and I guarantee you that situation might happen again