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OUR STORY

Jamaica's Visionary Experimental Secondary Classes 1954 – 1960

by Edited by: Jonathan Goodrich and Owen Everard James

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REFLECTIONS

“A brilliant meteor had streaked across the bleakness of Jamaica’s education landscape, briefly illuminating its dark canopy, but attracted scant attention, and the remains were unceremoniously buried without headstone or epitaph.” Trevor Thomas. Mico Class of 1959.

"From Jackass to Jaguar." An anecdote among Munro College alumni that tells the rags to riches tale of a student who arrived on a donkey for his first term and returned to visit in a Jaguar 4.2. after achieving great success.

“Domestic servitude was my destiny had I not been given this golden opportunity to attend May Pen Comprehensive School Experimental Class.” Yvonne Shorter Brown, PhD.

“Opportunity seized, gratitude expressed.” Hugh Hall, Mico Class of 1959.

“Thank You, Teachers and Classmates, for a Championship Life.” Jonathan “Goodie” Goodrich, PhD. Central Branch Class of 1959.

“Education is more than academics.” Michael George Mitchell. Mico Class of 1959.

“I Got the Fever. The ESC Cured It.” Solomon “Long John” Stewart. Mico Class of 1960.

“Failure is not fatal.” Owen Everard James. Mico Class of 1959.

“Teaching Brings Enlightenment & Pleasure.” Carlton Braithwaite, PhD. ESC teacher & retired Director, Econometrics Research Division of Statistics Canada (StatsCan).


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Hardback
Format: 6 x 9 Color Casebound, 351 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Dec 14, 2020)
ISBN10: 1977236502
ISBN13: 9781977236500
Genre: EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General

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