President Fernandez in the inaugural of the 2007-2008 schoolyear.
SANTO DOMINGO.- The 2008-09 school year begins for around 2.7 million students today, and 663,000 of the total are enrolled in the country’s private schools.
President Leonel Fernandez and the newly appointed Education minister Melanio Paredes will be present in the ceremony to begin classes, slated for the Francisco del Rosario Sanchez education center, in Boca Chica.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
with the education system the way it is today this is the road to nowhere
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. nowhere really fast .. I place you in charge of the DR Education System .. you report for work immediately upon completion of your doodies at the CERN Hadron Particle Accelerator .. Jawohl Herr Doktor Johann?
Written by: juanb, 18 Aug 2008 9:19 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Ghouliiish:
Any chance you could spare us your unfunny comedy routines?
Written by: juanb, 18 Aug 2008 9:24 AM
From: Dominican Republic
The fact is that our education system is a disgrace. Students are in school for between 3 and 4 1/2 hours per day. This does not take into account the time spent at play or eating. They probably get 2 hours per day of instruction from underpaid, uninterested teachers, who's only concern (rightfully so) is how are they going to feed their families on the pittance they receive.
At least Leonel changed the Secretary of Education for someone who had the nerve to stand up to the gangster unions in the Chevron debacle. I hope that he brings the same desire to do the right thing to his new post.
Written by: juanb, 18 Aug 2008 10:10 AM
From: Dominican Republic
The scary thing about you is that you probably think that you are clever/funny. Right?
From: United States
So you are SCARED now? What did you MORPH into this time? Little Red Riding Hood? Scared that I will HUFF and PUFF and blow down your HOUSE OF CARDS? And EXACTLY how did you KNOW what I "probably think"? Are you a WITCH DOCTOR? SOOTHSAYER? DIVINER? Some kind of SORCERER? How did you know what I "probably think"?
From: United States
MISTER .. WHO DIED and APPOINTED YOU to be the JUDGE of WHAT IS or IS NOT FUNNY on this BLOG? Who gave you THAT JOB? What are your QUALIFICATIONS to be a JUDGE? What QUALIFICATIONS do you have to DECIDE what is CLEVER or NOT CLEVER on this BLOG? Let us start there. OK?
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
The sad part is, how many of the kids heading off for the 4 hours of school are going this first day without the supplies they need. No notebooks, pencils, etc. Like a previous article says the basic wage does not cover the needs of the populace in regards to food, shelter & clothing.
From: United States
It is time for the DR government to step in and subsidize educational supplies. This problem is also happening with increasing frequency in many other parts of the world. American teachers often have to dip into their OWN POCKETS to buy school supplies for their students. It is a hardship for many teachers.
From: United States
This problem of supplies in US schools has reared it's ugly head in WV, NY, FL .. the list of STATES, COUNTIES, CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS may be quite large. It's not exactly the kind of problem that anybody would want to be widely reported. Quite embarassing if you asked me. Here is an August 16, 2008 report appearing in a South Florida paper. You may need to COPY and PASTE .. join both lines in the link into the URL section of your browser if clicking on it FAILS.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/sfl-flbsklsupplies0816pnaug16,0,1386991.story
From: United States
EMBARASSING INDEED .. I mean here we are hammering on the DR for not having enough school supplies for the kiddies .. yet we have one of the most powerful nations on earth .. capable of destroying all the 4 corners of the world .. capable of making and delivering PRECISION BOMBS to all 4 corners of the world .. and their TEACHERS have to pay for SCHOOL SUPPLIES out of THEIR OWN MEAGER EARNINGS? Shame. Shame. Shame. Let's stop BEATING ABOUT THE BUSH. Divert those BILLIONS from the WARS. Give it to our POOR KIDDIES. Please?
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. we discussed the near COMATOSE condition of the US education system at the PRIMARY and SECONDARY school level last night .. you know how bad it is .. maybe we should try to NOT be SO HARD on the DR EDUCATION SYSTEM. Particulary if we have made a HORRIFIC MESS of OUR OWN. Jawohl Herr Doktor Johann?
Written by: Euromax 
, 18 Aug 2008 12:41 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Bonao, provincia M.N
omg, i just came from my private secondary school right now, xD! it was very good day, its good to see my old friend and classmates... :b
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. send us a HYDROCODONE IV .. we have a hysterical patient in the ward. Probably hallucinating as well. Jawohl Herr Doktor Johann.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
Where is the Dreaded one ...he must be out catching crabs after the rain ...he is very good at catching crabs
From: United States
Herr Doktor Johann .. I caught crabs once .. pesky little crustaceans dug deep into me .. had to pluck them out with tweezers .. now who the heck did I get them from? Mary? Suzy? Carmen? Helen? Mildred? .. Jawohl Herr Doktor Johann?
Written by: gaddis, 18 Aug 2008 6:31 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Goulish IS pretty funny....
Written by: gaddis, 18 Aug 2008 6:31 PM
From: Dominican Republic
OH Yeah! Schools starting was the subject. Not crabs..
My two little ones books cost me almost 300 dollars....... in the Dominican Republic. Forget the thousand other "required" list.
Thinking about homeschooling...
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
At least we have a metro
From: Dominican Republic, Boycott Dominican Tourism
Why does DR have sub standard public schools..... I mean Cuba Has better schools...
DR was ranked one pf the worst.... One thing you can say about comies is that they are well educated ..
but then again it's for the elites benefit that DR Citizens stay dumb
From: United States
The US public school system is in bad shape too .. if the DR is trying to emulate those in the US .. they are headed down the SAME DRAIN.
From: Cuba, it is a secret the censors are looking for me
that is a drain they should be fighting to go down....the one they are circling now is far worse
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Any chance you could spare us your unfunny comedy routines?
At least Leonel changed the Secretary of Education for someone who had the nerve to stand up to the gangster unions in the Chevron debacle. I hope that he brings the same desire to do the right thing to his new post.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/palmbeach/
sfl-flbsklsupplies0816pnaug16,0,1386991.story
My two little ones books cost me almost 300 dollars....... in the Dominican Republic. Forget the thousand other "required" list.
Thinking about homeschooling...
DR was ranked one pf the worst.... One thing you can say about comies is that they are well educated ..
but then again it's for the elites benefit that DR Citizens stay dumb