St. Maarten Private Eye

You see, in a real education system the history and culture of the country (island) would be taught, as you probably well know, this is not the case. In fact most of our teachers are from elsewhere, because we didn't invest enough in training our own. Actually, having teachers from elsewhere benefits us because they light into a closed box, but still, the fact there are so many must tell you something about past government policies.
By the way, yes, I too favor private schools here over the public ones. Again, because Sarah and this govt has done a lousy job with them, the stark differences between them is stunning.
In regards to lower level students holding back other children, most schools have entrance exams to see which class a child is best suited to be, they even have special classes for those who need to catch up. If what you say is true, then again, it is not the fault of the children, but the adults, parents, school boards and government.
As for paying 3 times the tax, I think you are exaggerating to beef up your argument. People throw around all sorts of figures about how many illegals there are, not so long ago someone made a claim of 20,000. Really? And just where are they all hiding? In the hills in caves? Why then when immigration goes out they only get 10 or 20 at a time? Seems to me they should be catching a whole bunch more if there were as many as claimed.

To sum up, yes, immigration must be fixed, but I do believe CE should be introduced at the same time as those fixes are being made, not after. It would seem I'm in the minority with my point of view, that's fine, it happens.

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