Subject:  Re: Why so many school drop outs? - Root cause identified! |
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Date Posted: 10:13:58 01/25/05 Tue
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Mangitbay
's message, "Re: Why so many school drop outs?" on 10:06:58 01/25/05 Tue
Root cause - identified
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Originally Posted by ***aCe***
I think lack of focus in life from students and support from parents & teachers would be another factor. Students need to have a certain goal in mind that would determine them to continue on to the next level and the next till they achieve what they aim for. If they don't have that in mind then theres nothing worth schooling for.
One of the root causes of the issue in my mind has been identified. All parties will definitely have a positive effect on a student's future.
At various stages of a child up bring, these 3 (student, parent & teacher) have different roles to play. One has to determine who needs to do what; when it needed to be done and how it’s going to be done.
Continual support from home and effective open communication between the school and home has to be maintained. Wantok system that we have can also work in this regard if we choose to support a young person pursue his/her dreams.
The liking for something has to be there first before you could actually start. A horse will only be led to a water body but can't be force to drink.
The value for life has to be there at the very beginning as this is the foundation or building block for success in someone’s life. This success means doing well academically or being applied (excel in practical skills).
Therefore, if a student has no firm building blocks in his childhood and early schooling days, they will always struggle at the next level.
This scenario is quite different between a child that was born and bought up in a city, town or a remote village. In this regard, especially for a remote village where majority of the population lives, the teacher's influence is the key to the success of a student. Good quality product gives you less by-products.
I probably said enough here. Once we have others contributing, it would be better to summarize this discussion and pass it onto the Education Department. At least we did not waste precious work time sitting and writing all these things.
Later....mangitbay
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#12 12-01-2005, 08:48 AM
mangitbay
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Educating process is the same, either formal or non-formal
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[QUOTE=@Okapa] I obeyed, listened to every word my mama told me. If a childs comes from a good home, he/she does not take heed of parental guidance, they are likely to be involved in some mishaps. Likewise, the same for parents, if the parents priorities are in the wrong, even a good child can be denied access to education. I feel that if my mama (uneducated and village mama) was able to discipline herself, set her goals for her children, encouraged and explained to us her situation and my bothers and me we understood, how come that others cannot do the same. My mama is pretty and beautiful, she could have easily abondoned my brothers and me for another man. She didn't. Probably, the situation my mother and we were in enabled us to listen to mummy. Our success is rendered to our beautiful mama who unceasingly encouraged me and my brothers to excel in education and life.[/QUOTE]
@Okapa: your experience is a classic example of how parental love and self values are all about. Lacking these and the outcome will be negative.
Regardless of the type of family we were born to, we alone determine our own destiny. Examples displayed by parents’ sets an imprint in our up-bringing. Every child born to a parent is a scar with unknown destiny. The scar can be a good scar or a bad one. It is something that we will never remove at all. We enjoy the fruits when its there to be shared and hate to have anything to do with them when they have done something that is not acceptable by society.
One thing that I would like to point out in your article is relating to your mum (uneducated and village mama).
Village mama
Most of us now working; have well paid jobs and traveling around the world had mama's back in the village, some so remote to the towns and cities.
These village mama's are now referred to as "home makers". Home maker is a profession, coz she works smartly and hard to ensure that there is food on the table, the house is kept clean, dishes are done, coffee tree seedlings are collected, makes a lot of decisions at home that we their children take it for granted. The job description for "home makers" has no end. Things that they have no control over around them changes, however their dreams and hope for their children remains for ever.
Uneducated
Uneducated is only a term when used, one refers to formal and non-formal education.
Education starts when you are born. You learn how to walk, crawl and the list goes on.
Making bilums, planting coffee trees, knowing when to collect the berries is education.
Village kids were educated by their parents in one form or another. Just imagine if you were in your village for holidays sitting down with a group of elders then suddenly a young boy comes and does something really out place. The first comment that the elders would probably say when the boy is gone might sound like this:- ol papa na mama ino skulim em long gutpela pasin or (in Manus it goes something like this...ibehinim pasim blong ol aunty an papa blong em..(aunties & uncles)).
Educating is transferring of knowledge or a learning process and happens in both society, regardless of whether we termed it as formal or non-formal education system. In western society we go to a classroom to learn a set of skills that will enable us to work in towns or cities in the near future. In our society, we learn from close supervision (i.e. one on one) from specialized elders or our parents and relatives. I therefore feel it's unfair to say your mama was "uneducated and village mama." Without the set of skills she learned from her parents, you and your brothers woudn't be who you are and what you are right now.
I can honestly say that your mama deserve to have you all as her kids. She has invested a lot in you guys and now ripping the rewards. God Bless her and all the mamas.
Unlike your mama, my mum is not around to fulfill her dreams; i.e. to see me succeed and have a family. All I know is; if I am happy, she is happy too and if I face a challenge, she is there to comfort me in her own time.
later...mangitbay
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