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So through 100+ years of very diligent effort Jamaica has managed to produce the finest high school athletics competition on the planet...and we are all justifiably proud & excited
That tremendous competitive spirit among high schools has also created some of the world's greatest ever athletes... and we're all proud & excited
So led by Kingston College's pioneering efforts and professional approach to track in the 1960s....over the past 40+ years of single-minded effort Jamaican high schools have made the Penn Relays...the greatest Relay Carnival in the world and largest track meet in the USA...our own personal toy....and we're all proud & excited
Clearly the intense rivalry between Jamaican high schools is very capable of producing world level results...... So what if...
Can we try to get kids (and adults!!) equally excited about science & technology as they are about track?
Can we create an exciting, high school competition based on STEM subjects??
Can we support & send droves of STEM teams to international competition... and eventually make a mark as we do at Penn??
If the same diligent effort, resources and almost irrational enthusiasm shown in track is transferred to nurturing STEM competition & competence...can we over time achieve world class results?? Produce world class potential STEM focused students?? Could we thereby get closer to being like South Korea and..gasp!...Singapore...than Haiti??
Would that be a good reason for endless cheering, gloating, beating of chests...and writing endlessly prolific posts on internet fora as we do for track and football
If ongly we could see the light ...
The thought paradigm needs to shift if Jamaica is serious about development
Oh yes Karl...it's not an either or/zero sum game...we can do both
That tremendous competitive spirit among high schools has also created some of the world's greatest ever athletes... and we're all proud & excited
So led by Kingston College's pioneering efforts and professional approach to track in the 1960s....over the past 40+ years of single-minded effort Jamaican high schools have made the Penn Relays...the greatest Relay Carnival in the world and largest track meet in the USA...our own personal toy....and we're all proud & excited
Clearly the intense rivalry between Jamaican high schools is very capable of producing world level results...... So what if...
Can we try to get kids (and adults!!) equally excited about science & technology as they are about track?
Can we create an exciting, high school competition based on STEM subjects??
Can we support & send droves of STEM teams to international competition... and eventually make a mark as we do at Penn??
If the same diligent effort, resources and almost irrational enthusiasm shown in track is transferred to nurturing STEM competition & competence...can we over time achieve world class results?? Produce world class potential STEM focused students?? Could we thereby get closer to being like South Korea and..gasp!...Singapore...than Haiti??
Would that be a good reason for endless cheering, gloating, beating of chests...and writing endlessly prolific posts on internet fora as we do for track and football
If ongly we could see the light ...
The thought paradigm needs to shift if Jamaica is serious about development
Oh yes Karl...it's not an either or/zero sum game...we can do both
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