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...unintelligent on this MB via their various postings?

I say yes...and I start with de discourteous one.



But back to the purpose of the post...

In reply to Courtesy

Don't you think your post is little elitist?

I measure people by how productive they are in society.

There are people out there that are plumbers and electricians who contribute just as much to society.

In reply to Courtesy

i dont know about that.

it is my considered opinion that education in the region as we know it, is failing.

we focus mostly if not only on academics without teaching children how to survive in their environment and the larger world. but that is the reason for education, isnt it?

the bush people teach their offspring how to survive in their world ent?

what we do in Caribbean? we focus on esoteric subjects that few relate to and that on the face of it, are not relevant to many.

that is not to say that we should eschew academics but schooling and by extension education should teach children about what they will encounter and are encountering now. more to come

In reply to sudden

Totally agree...tribal societies also believe in rites of paasage and hace benchmarks for adult behaviour...we have no training on civic interaction in our schools.

Why would Courtesy harbor a continued need to validate his superior education? Hasn't he already established that he has studied medicine with one who would later become the Deputy Minister of Health of the great nation of Liberia?

Seriously, why would someone of such high educational 'achievements/accomplishments' feel the need to compare wits against this uneducated lot whose highest achievement is arguably the ability (or opportunity) to post on a public message-board?

One would be tempted to conclude that inferiority complex in the guise of its opposite is rooted there in his persona. Actually, I've long drawn that conclusion.

education is sometimes wasted on idiots

Education can't save you if you lack objectivity, common sense, compassion, and ability to reason and be reasonable.

In reply to Drapsey

Lack of self-esteem known to be a problem for Pharmacists
and Lawyers as they retire.

The adulation is now gone and they find a gaping hole. Unable
to solve such esteem problems, they seek solace on message boards
with bravado.

Give them a bly.

In reply to sgtdjones

From studying medicine with a future Deputy Minister of Health, to the 'accomplishment' of being a Pharmacist. Just combine that with a name of Egbert, and wallah!

In reply to Drapsey

You outing people?

In reply to nick2020

All gleaned from postings on this message-board.

I only personally know two posters on here.

In reply to nick2020

man, let's stick to the topic, which is- is education in the Caribbean socially beneficial?

In reply to sudden

The man is a bigot.

I bet he thumb his nose at Burger King workers.

In reply to sudden

more to the point of Devin, education has to be applied. Many in our region have to leave their country to find work in their chosen specialty - when jobs are either scarce or don't exist.

Education is but one cog in the wheel of success. Higher learning advances societies, but it is the basic values of ambition, determination, dedication and pride in executing a task to completion that stabilizes individuals and by extension, communities.

Specifically to your "socially beneficial" question.

A weird question Sudden. The greatest "benefit socially" (that is socialization) is your personality, character and deeds as an individual, NOT your degrees. Not sure what you mean by "socially beneficial".

"socially beneficial"
Are you having a hard time re-adjusting socially now that you are back home? I suggest dropping "ears" and just be sudden the person and not sudden the professional.

What is lacking is the ability to think critically

Common sense make before book sense ...

Book sense always say St.Kitts more dangerous than Mexico ..

But thankfully even the UN applying some common sense in their parameters now..

Eh heh..

In reply to pelon

Absolutely. I know people who are educated that are considered failures in life.

This is not the first time he started a post on this subject and he uses a slick was to go about it, as if to say the rest of us are idiots.

In reply to bravos

Hear you go again. This is why a modicum of intelligence is always a useful thing.

It is a fact that the statistics produced by the United Nations states that the per capita murder rate of Saint Kitts is higher than Mexico.

Now, educated people develop further metrics to take the argument one step further.

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The sticky tape is doing its job. "De unintelligent and uneducated one" a got caught.

Thankfully for the highly educated ones, the uneducated ones or college drop outs have the balls to build buisnesses that employ them.

In reply to nitro

Stay away Nitro my friend. This is not set for you...Further, you are incapable of having even a kindergarten comprehension of this issue.

Stick to matters Trumplike.

In reply to pelon

uum. this is not about me, my friend. why are you defaulting to these ad hominem sideswipes?

what about the social utility of education in the Caribbean as we know it. the term "as we know it" applies to the social utility of education and not the Caribbean.

you did not address that aspect of the question. you must unpack the question mate.

In reply to Courtesy

Your thread is Trumplike my brother. Trump is biased against non whites, ProWi is biased against Whites and you are biased against poorly uneducated ones like me.

You people have got to let go of your biases.


Sorry for coming on your intelligent people thread but dunces like me do not know better.

Education is a big help but hard work, dedication and organizational skills goes a long way.

In reply to Courtesy

By no RECORDED statistical metric is St. Kitts safer than Mexico. That is a given. We can't argue that bro.

But you are wrong, very plainly so for one reason: statistics are indicators not facts.

According to the National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) from Mexico only one out of every ten crimes is reported in Mexico. You will be fast to google "wtf is CNDH", but I am here to separate bullshit from commonsense.

One in ten crimes gets reported in Mexico, and by the Mexican commission's own publications, most crimes are resolved by "vigilante justice" and not the courts, and never recorded in statistics.

If you for one second believe that St. Kitts is less safe than any major city in Mexico, based on statistics, I will personally send you a ticket to reside in areas like Iztapalapa.

Stop while you are ahead that "education" trumps commonsense.

In reply to pelon

That's a low blow man. You think a man of his intellect and top notch education will not know what is CNDH?

In reply to Kay



me does not likes when headman does bullybout. remember tolduso come tell we 12v can't convert to power house.... iz dem kindda post that does get me.

Courtesy is good peps though.

In reply to pelon

Mnnn – seem like I read those same sentiments in J.D Vance book - Hillbilly Elegy - ----- only he was describing justice in Appalachia, USA


Mnnn – seem like I read those same sentiments in J.D Vance book - Hillbilly Elegy - ----- only he was describing justice in Appalachia, USA

OK --- continue with this fascinating discussion of cogito and cogitations

Or as René Descartes would say - Cogito ergo sum

another aspect of this educational debate is whether education influences society or society influences education

In reply to birdseye

Nice read and good insight into their plight

In reply to pelon

Allyuh have difficulty understanding basic english?

It is a fact that the UN Report states this...simple english.

And it was strategically followed by this:


Cho man!!!

In reply to pelon

In T&T we call dem educated asses...

In reply to bravos

Did you read the above from Pelon?

You will have to call him an educated ass too.

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Your version of per capita murder rate:

You are too uneducated. First Trini me come across who is so dumb and I have worked with many many Trinis.

Anyway, the thread did its job.

"Smoke em out."

In reply to Courtesy

poor pelon. Man, it is pelon (lowercase, like my personality)... would be better in sub-script, small print and definitely NOT bold.

PS: bravos nat stupid. He read the entirety of my post.

Once again: the Mexican government study officially stated that only 1 in 10 serious crimes get reported. That is not the case in St. Kitts for murders.

So stats recorded (in this case) only report numbers reported NOT reality.

In reply to pelon

Brother pelon, a poster posted per capita murder rates from a UN Report and de Trini saw Mexico was in a lower cohort than Saint Kitts and T$T.

The issue is simply this forker has no understanding of per capita if he can make a statement like this:

The rest of the discussion is irrelevant...it is the basic understanding of per capita. The merits or demerits of the UN Report can be debated elsewhere.

And de forker called me jackass for attempting to explain it to him. I can post the entire thread.

Btw, accept my apology for capitalizing your "pee"...and it was not a Mexican government study it was a UN Report.

And that was the purpose of the thread to "smoke em out".

In reply to Courtesy

Iz alright. Take 2 phensic. De pulsing will pass by morning.



Me good fren bravos was not wrong in the context of "safer place to live". The numbers in the case are not reliable indicators. so leff it alone.

yuh killing muh

In reply to pelon

Brother the discussion did not get that far. I was only attempting to explain per capita and he went off on a cussing frenzy with its attendant nationalistic fervour.

In reply to Courtesy

You an idiot,no matter what the per capita rate there are over 300 days in St Kitts without a drop of blood spilled,in Mexico the danger is clear and present every minute of the day in any and all suburban areas,they are the epicenters.

Mexico's large peasant and rural population are indeed very productive to Mexico's cause,a luxury small islands do not possess,the epicenter is the island..

Educated ass..can you even fix a tap or you have to give your money to a layman?

In reply to bravos

By now you should have read what is per capita. You can pay me to explain it to you.

I hope I don't hear this from you ever again:

You're shallow as ass.

In reply to pelon

Bro bro what we are seeing are clear symptoms of educated ass syndrome,his alluding to me not understanding his one plus one is two theory is another clear indication of the simplistic arrogance of the educated ass.

Easy to get he money...

In reply to bravos

Lemme hear your explanation for making this comment:

Now this is Turner Classic Movies... No cussing.

In reply to Courtesy

Isn't that obvious?

Sir I think you need a whole new tap..

In reply to bravos

No (emphatically). Not in the context of per capita murder rate. I dare you to explain it.

In reply to Courtesy

But we cross that bridge already. him mek misrepresentation on "per capita" and you mek misrepresentation on safety (implied).

So after de kumbaya, meet me at the bar.

me fren bravos is a defender of all things Caricom like me, so I stand with a shot in hand with him waiting fuh you.

In reply to bravos

Bravos, whey you. I was enjoying your buffonery. This is why I smoked you out.

Now remember...NO CUSSING.

In reply to pelon

No and this is why I added:

I wasn't. It was the chances of getting killed in Saint Kitts as compared to Mexico which is answered mathematically.

In reply to bravos

Bravos, you dumb ass...you're gone?

Remember...NO CUSSING.

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In reply to Courtesy

Man you looking real bad in my eyes,you really need an explanation for that? But before I break it down for you my comments were much more than per capita,you on the other hand used it as a negative tool,I was just trying to enlighten your sterile view.

I simply went beyond the simplicity of per capita.

Let me give you a lesson in self education,throw per capita behind you for a minute,or it can be even included in another context.

Simply there're over 300 days in St.Kitts where there's no possibility of blood being spilled,so the chances of being killed are less even if the murder rate doubles.

In mexico on the other hand because of the number of events every day the possibility of being killed is much greater simply because of number of incidents,like it or not St.Kitts has the same number of days a year as Mexico,no population or per capita argument can justifiably label St.Kitts as more 'bloody' than Mexico,and that was the crux of the argument presented,the thread was about 'deadliest countries in the world' based purely on per capita rates.

I am putting it to you as I have before,Mexico is a very sick place and no little Caribbean island should be compared to it simply because of higher per capita murder rates caused by a few idiots fighting over some shit turf,in Mexico the turf is the whole of Mexico and anyone in Mexico,including politicians,legal luminaries,reporters or students among others.


Keep beating that per capita dead horse even the UN has gone beyond it,so much so that Jamaica and T&T are officially safer countries then the US,even though one murder rate is x 10 and the other x 6 theirs.

What you don't realize is that your head is firmly stuck in some book or calculator (even up yuh rass),so much so that an educated ass like you may pull out a calculator and do some simple arithmetic and buy a ticket to Mexico instead of St Kitts.

In reply to bravos

Give me more...I want more.

In reply to Courtesy

Over 300 days in St.Kitts without a murder I say your chances are better there.



Which kinda maths,maths in a box?


Here's some maths,mathematically you only have to worry about murder for 20-30 days out of a whole year when the idiots killing each other and not innocent students and law enforcement officers..

Time to pull your head out yuh rass and meet Pelos and I at de bar.

In reply to bravos

Please give me more of these nuggets, bravos. I am being royally schooled.

Oh mi Lawd.

That was free quality entertainment.

In reply to Courtesy

If I'm going to a school with 100 students,and your'e going to a school with 10,000 students and in my school we study a few days a year only and get medium grades and in your school you study every day of the year even on Sundays but get only slightly higher grades but mostly due to 4000 girls baking mad scones in home econ class ,which school has better potential and outlook with some small tweaking ? I mean those meek and mild mannered scone girls may have no choice but to settle down in the country and sing merry songs and make scones all day.

In other words it's mostly rural Mexican peasants that benefit in Mexico's per capita murder rate.

In reply to bravos

Express the above in per capita terms.

...but keep it going.

In reply to bravos

Bravos, you're dozing off or you're researching some more scenarios?

Remember...NO CUSSING.

In reply to Courtesy

Despite their exponentially larger student enrollment long grueling days and superior grades,in reality the 10,000 school has a lower per capita rate of success where it counts,like Acapulco or Tijuana for example.

Just flip it man,it may be over your head..

Bless the Mexican Indian peasants..and the scone girls!!


Later bhai,I goin an meet pelos..

In reply to bravos

I'll put part of the first para below in quotes...'cause this can never be your words.

Post the link where you did your reading.

Btw, when will you be performing again?

both of them and the other.

In reply to Courtesy

You have to be a real disingenuous fool to believe I or anyone here don't know what simple average is...I did the apples and oranges in kindergarten too yinno..it's too simple to tell a true story..

You have to be a real dunce in trute...at least the UN's gone my way...no further endorsement needed..

You not ready small man...no matter what you say,the world knows which countries are really the deadliest and not just the 'deadliest'.. The undertakers in Juarez and Tijuana knows business is booming,do you even know the rates in those cities towns and states?


Enjoy Mexico,I will gladly buy your ticket..

In reply to bravos

The irony of all this is: I don't have to do or say anything for you to expose your ignorance and dumbassness. The damage is self inflicted.

Please continue the carnage.

Remember...NO CUSSING.

Hehehehehehehe!!!!

wonder whether that still holds true

Humans are not all gifted with the same abilities. Some are smarter than some, that is just the way it is

"A Students" work for "C Students" and "B Students" work for the government.

A Students are the most capable at succeeding at higher education given their gift of retaining and parroting back the answers demanded.

C Students struggle in school because by nature they are not followers and are creative, most end up opening businesses or running companies.

B Students oh well....they just want a pension

In reply to Ninetenjack

good one mate but not strictly true

In reply to Ninetenjack

In reply to Ninetenjack


Elements of truth in that ... as long as we allowing for 'deviations' and not making it the norm.

intelligence is not education or acquired knowledge

In reply to Dan_De_Lyan

Intelligence helps with educating and acquiring knowledge. It is by no means the only factor as one needs dedication, critical thinking, good study habits etc to pursue higher education but it sure helps.

Bravos, you jackass...report here now.

Time for theatre.

And remember...NO CUSSING.

In reply to Courtesy

They are my words...do a google search...your'e a simpleton who seems to need documented reference to make a point..I don't have that problem..I deal in broad conclusions based on many facts...not only per capita...

Oh that 'can't be my words'...you are a joker soldier..

In reply to bravos

OK cut the bull and post the bloody link. You did not undertake the "Acapulco and Tijuana" per capita research.

Remember...NO CUSSING.

In reply to Courtesy

Later boy,I going an play wit wifey inner thighs...

In reply to bravos

Later...but I will remind you to post that link.

In reply to Runs

Intelligence is reasoning ability. "Education" can be had by lesser or average intelligence.

the guy with the highest IQ has a high school education. A biker that refuses to go to college.

I agree, Intelligence Matters

In reply to Courtesy

Your'e a pest...you like de plague...