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Well my whole family mad, tomorrow I have an interview. I had a low taper fade afro (10 months of growth)I could see the argument that its messy and unprofessional. So I got some twists,my entire family mad, calling me a follower, mother calling me cruff, step father calling me gay. Step father saying if i come back after the interview with my hair the same way,i should find somewhere else to stay. They also saying the interviewers going to take one look at me and deem me unqualified because thats jamaica culture The interview is for a lab technician postion, technically a government job but its also an entry position one althought you need a year experience in a lab.

This is why men in the Caribbean are always so emotional. Because the community thinks that when a man has emotions, he’s being a coward.

The pnp introduced Marcus garvey's teaching in all 1010 schools in Jamaica in 2012. In 2016 jlp took power and from 2016 to 2022 the enforcement to continue teaching Garvey philosophies weren't there. By the time Fayval Williams looked there were only 93 schools actively teaching Garvey. Since then and now the government states 584 schools are teaching him. But I have to ask why the government let the program dwindle in the first place, they are a little more than half of what the one did during their last time in power. I noticed that China and other Asian countries have grown and become economic beasts while having underlying philosophies of Confucius and humanistic Buddhism respectively.i feel the underlying philosophy is more important the whatever economic engine you want to place on top of it and I felt embracing garveyism is the beginning of that for Jamaica. Holness is a good economic manager but at times feels he is willing to leave the culture behind for economic progress which eventually would lead to looking like the west where they no longer know who they are while the money is drying up.

Hey everyone,

I just checked my preliminary CSEC results and ended up getting a Grade 4 in General Mathematics.
I hold a conditional offer for the Bachelor of Science in Land Surveying and Geographic Information Science at UTech for this upcoming semester, but standard matriculation requires a CSEC Math pass (Grades I–III).

I’ve already reached out to UTech Admissions to ask about available pathways, but while I wait on an official response, I wanted to ask if anyone here has gone through a similar situation:

1. Does UTech usually allow you to start Year 1 conditionally if you take an internal developmental course (like Foundation Mathematics) or sit a Math Proficiency Test?

2. Or do they strictly require you to defer and resit CSEC Math in January before you can start degree-level coursework?

Would love to hear from anyone who went through this or knows if Admissions is flexible with math requirements.
Thanks!

Has anyone used it? If so what was your experience?

Wah gwan, people!

Fi di nex likkle bit, every Wensdeh, wi ago celebrate Jamaican Patois! Howeva yuh wah guh bout it—whether or not yuh wah guh uptown speaky-spokey patois, or St E rawchaw fully country patwah—taak yuh mind inna patwah, inna di post title, body, and comments.

Dis a nuh requirement, but everybody free fi tek paat. Mek we know ina comments dem pon this post wah uno think and how uno feel bout this.