Thoughts of a minibus traveller

  (A social media page 'Voices against BHS' was used by students and former students to break silences on the abusive behaviour of some teachers. One of the former students wrote to the school asking for an apology for the abuse. Other former students broke silences on abuse throughout the years. The Bishops' High School teachers went on strike demanding apologies , instead of apologising. Because in Guyana, that is what we do. Due to Covid-19, I imagine this apology which the teachers would give. I attended BHS from 1981 to 1986 and I watched Angelique V Nixon's TedXTalk ; The Elements of Decolonial Healing Justice today)   Dear students and former students  Once again, you have had to highlight the failure of some of our teachers to show respect to you while we teach you and deal with the challenges which some of you bring. We realise that we as a teacher body, have not been held accountable to you the students because in Guyana's history, of slavery and indentur...

I had to find a way to get attention to the cooler of creamsicle, fudgicle and popsicle so I was shouting "Popsicle, Fudgicle, Creamsicle" above the music.. and a girl said... oh my gosh, you were here last year doing the same thing! I said, you must be mad, me , two years in a row, same place.... no way.. But, less creamsicle and fudgicle and popsicle sold this year.. are the students not eating as much ice cream as before? Prices have not risen much though one of the just recent old students said that since VAT things at Bishops' food sales seem to have just gone up. I opened the scrabble board around 12:30 and the first game was with two students, one of whom after taking the tiles said he did not know to play. Andrea had said we cannot use the nice art room tables which the Chapters send , so we dusted down some of the old tables. Another guy came and took his tile, and then another guy came and said.. Can I help them? .. I said no problem. This new guy then s...