The Editor, Sir:

Picture this: "Good morning, students," the teacher said. Students responded, "Good morning, sir." The teacher then began the lesson of the day, but during his attempt some students were talking while others were waiting for the noisy set to cease the talking. Teacher then requested that the students be silent, but they only stopped for a minute or two. The teacher then kept standing and waiting silently for the students to stop their talking .

My question to society: Is it true that students have a right to rob disciplined students of the time to learn? Many times the disciplined students have to wait until the undisciplined ones become silent, but the sad truth is that they have lost a lot of time.

The teacher is not allowed to correct the behaviour of the undisciplined students, but is forced to allow indiscipline to become the king of the classroom, ruler of the teacher .

My request to parents and Government and other defenders of indiscipline is to have the students who are hard to control to be schooled at home and be isolated from the disciplined ones so that the scale can be balanced on both sides.

Jamaican policymakers must aim to design their own model of educating their young people. Don't import foreign ideas where the culture is different. Examine your own people and design a model which can effectively meet their needs .

Jamaica needs thinkers at the policy table not book learners who love to import ideas without any understanding of how the foreign idea works.

I am, etc.,

RONIQUE BERNARD

St. Andrew

Via Go-Jamaica