Melanio Paredes is a nice guy, but is afraid to make waves and lose his job. The most crucial problem in DR right now is lack of funding for education. Even at 4% of the budget is not nearly enough. We should try to go as far as 10 to 20% like Costa Rica, for example, that is attracting quality investors in technology, high tech, consumer service and telemarketing fields.
We should have crash programs to teach English, French, Italian, and Russian, to better serve our transit tourist population. Lots of Haitians working at hotels because they command two and three languages, unlike Dominicans.

I agree.

Belly, I will like to take advantage of this occasion to praise you publicly, for you always
firm stand against injustice, and for your fervent desire to improve the quality of life, in the DR as well as in cyberspace.

"Silence implies Consent". Latin, “Qui tacet consentire vidétur”.
Let us never turn the other cheek on the trolls and other cyber pollutants that must be dealt with firmness, and resolution.

Actually, even though you added Kreyol as an afterthought, it is also a good idea. Haiti once it gets back on its feet, with the help of the international community, could be DR most important trading partner, and many Dominicans should be able to converse in Kreyol, with their neighbors.

Melanio is a nice guy the problem in DR is that all governments department are politically move around so Melanio doesn't feel firm ground if he is to tell it to Leonel like it is so he always try to sugar coat everything around the funding issue.To me we shall be using at least 7% but no more than 12% until we bring down the debt issue we have that's eating away a lot of the PIB of the country.Costa Rica is doing good in some aspect of the education but just like Chile they are making a big mistake by leaving a large part of their population out of the progress which later is going to come back to hunt them.When I was in both countries working what surprised me the most was to see people in Santiago,Chile living 21st century life style and 5 blocks away seeing the Indian decedent living in cardboard boxes.Most Chilean told me personally that is a time bomb waiting to happen and in the walls of Santiago,Chile Indians write messages like "La guerra civil viene pronto" in the richer neighborhoods.That was a surprise to me because I was under the impression that the wealth was being spread around more even but is not.

General

The feeling is mutual and hope you keep adding your knowledge to the site as you always do.Now that we know Brazilenoisback and His so call sister doesn't exist and that he doesn't work for any USA Office as he claims we can all know who we really talking to.I always like to share what I know and learn what I don't to become a better person and open up my horizon. Thank you for your praise and know the feeling is mutual.

I have to agree with you there Generalisimo. Even though Belly and I share different ideology he always bring great topic and article and our positive side and what needs improvement. It is such a fresh air from the machismo, racismo, borrachones's thread from tupapest aka the forum's pet.

We don't all have to agree on everything because is always good for everybody to have a different point of view and ideology, That's why Juan Pablo Duarte gave his life for so you, me and others can co-exist in the same space yet have a different opinion.If we all had the same ideology then we would not be independent thinkers, we would been slaves of society. Vacano having different opinion is not something bad at all to me is actually good because it forces us to prove why my/your idea is better and eventually raises the bar which is always good in every country.Remember we don't have to agree 100% we just have to love the same country and we both do.

Lord Vacanos:
The tupapaupa, or tupapest is just another glorified neo-troll, that you took pains to unmask and unravel, and after many of your beatings, and frequent abuse and humiliation, he is still crying for your company and dialogue, like a good masochist, as he misses the public whippings that you bestowed upon him, with timely frequency.
At times, I indulge in kicking him a bit, just to keep him in line, like one will kick a stinky dog with fleas, away from other mortals. But he is resilient, and although all bruised up, he still can not concede defeat, and hide and keep silent from the repulse and insults of the majority of contributors that object to his ways of HM "Nastyness". LOL

Silence implies Consent. Latin, “Qui tacet consentire vidétur”

great news
the only foreign language dominican kids need to learn is english
other euro languages programs could be subsidized later to a limited number of people