24042: RE: 24040: Nekita ( comments) on 10 New Year's Resolutions (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: E Vedrine <evedrine@hotmail.com>

One can not talk about the problem of HAITIAN STUDENTS IN DIASPORA and leave
out THE PROBLEM OF SCHOOLS IN HAITI. First, a real REFORM in education in
Haiti is needed. Some people thought there was a real one under Joseph
Bernard (back in the 80’s under Baby Doc). I invite critics to read one of
my publications on that Yon koudèy sou pwoblèm lekòl Ayiti -
http://www.palli.ch/~kapeskreyol/bibliographie/vedrine/lekol2.html). The
Haitian government would need to have a particular budget for education that
would include a long term reform. Haitian teachers in the US and in Haiti
have different experiences with Haitian students. Those in the US (the
Diaspora) have more access to educational materials and a lot of them are
free of charge (on-line). All they’d have to do is a little effort if they
really want to help their students. First, they’d need to be organized (and
I guess most of them are not and don’t want to either) and devote some of
their time to locate the resources in the internet, what’s available in
their school districts and take advantage of them. As a former bilingual
teacher who worked in Haitian Bilingual for just 2 years in Boston, I could
observed some of these problems and in a way, that inspired me to developed
my own materials to help Haitian teachers & students across the US by
putting lots of materials in my web site for that
http://www.palli.ch/~kapeskreyol/bibliographie/vedrine.html#12). Many of my
publications are also used some schools in Haiti, including some of the
mainstream schools. All these are free of charge. Again, the Haitian
teachers need to be a little effort to help their students.

E.W.Vedrine