Manja Zoker, thnaks a heap for tour confession. You are always a gentleman. Now go tell the same to BeLewa-Yodalaria. The Good SLPP, as opposed to the EVIL SLPP, may still be able to find a candidate to slvage the reputation of the party.
-----Original Message-----
From: sam zoker
Sent: Jul 31, 2007 11:15 AM
To: daeffyd@yahoo.com, leonenet@lists.umbc.edu
Subject: Re: [Leonenet] slaj
Lango,
You got me; I cannot defend from left field.
Have a good one,
Sam Zoker
From: Lango Deen <daeffyd@yahoo.com>
To: leonenet@lists.umbc.edu, samzoker@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Leonenet] slaj
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:53:51 -0700 (PDT)
You are still missing the wood for the trees. Lifelong learning, which is essential for those with intermediate skills, needs an educational structure that emphasizes basic education.
Talk to school leavers in Sierra Leone and ask them what is wrong with the school system.
Then talk to educators and public policy makers in the Association for the Development of Education in Africa and they tell you that education, like everything else in Sierra Leone and the rest of Africa, suffers from underdevelopment. That underdevelopment reflects in low level teacher training. And that is for a profession that is not preferred in most African countries.
Sierra Leone's schools and colleges like many universities in Africa are in a very bad state. If they weren't, I'm sure you'll consider sending your college-bound children to FBC or Njala.
How can schools and universities provide quality teaching against the backdrop of enormous deprivation --no blackboards, no water, no electricity, no capacity and lots of child abuse.
How realistic is it to talk about information and communication technology when this SLPP administration --how many engineers are in the cabinet -- has not provided every school in Sierra Leone with connectivity?
Five years ago, I spoke to an engineering professor at my old university, FBC, who lamented that professors were not providing skills training. He reiterated what many African educators are saying: they are trying to teach students as if their institutions are well endowed and equipped.
sam zoker <samzoker@hotmail.com> wrote:
AKB,
I consider this non-political in the sense that one would expect a medical doctor to know how to read blood pressure and an engineer to be able to do basic math. For obvious non-political (mortal) reasons we should not tolerate civil engineers who cannot compute forces? Why should we tolerate journalists who have not learned their tenses? The qualified journalists should either train the pretenders or purge their ranks of them.
It's a very simple standard: if you intend to pass yourself off as a professional in a field, at least learn the rudiments of that trade. Which raises the question of how one qualifies to be a member of SLAJ.
Regards,
Sam Zoker
From: Abdul Karim Bangura <theai@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: leonenet@lists.umbc.edu, Abdul Karim Bangura <theai@earthlink.net>
To: leonenet@lists.umbc.edu, sam zoker <samzoker@hotmail.com>, leonenet@lists.umbc.edu
Subject: Re: [Leonenet] slaj
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:13:35 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
But Manja Zoker, please, please, don't beat me up for everything in this world being political, and locally political, too.
-----Original Message-----
From: sam zoker
Sent: Jul 30, 2007 11:22 AM
To: theai@earthlink.net, leonenet@lists.umbc.edu
Subject: Re: [Leonenet] slaj
AKB,
Oh well, everything for you is political. I'm not politician. We have the worst newspapers in quality of grammar, style and print in the sub-region. Shouldn't that bother SLAJ and your national pride?
Regards,
Sam Zoker
From: Abdul Bangura <theai@earthlink.net>
To: sam zoker <samzoker@hotmail.com>,<leonenet@lists.umbc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Leonenet] slaj
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:37:13 -0400
Manja Zoker, your statement is not only a generalization, it is also condescending in the true Burkian sense.
on 7/30/07 1:34 AM, sam zoker at samzoker@hotmail.com wrote:
Before SLAJ graduates to holding lectures they should invest in workshops on English Grammar, Essay Writing, and then to those members who show proficiency in these basic skills, offer more advanced workshops on writing styles (Argumentative, Expositionary, Advocacy, Technical, etc). The stuff written in a lot of SL newspapers does not rise to the standard of good Krio. And the print quality, in this digital age, is atrocious!
I'm basing my judgement here on the standard of newspapers in other countries in our sub-region. The first responsibility a orofessional organization such as SLAJ is to develop and enforce standards.
Regards,
Sam Zoker
From: Abdul Bangura <theai@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: leonenet@lists.umbc.edu, Abdul Bangura <theai@earthlink.net>
To: <leonenet@lists.umbc.edu>
Subject: Re: [Leonenet] slaj
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:28:52 -0400
But, of course, such a lecture will not bode well for BeLewa-Yodalaria a few days before the elections, since he and Kabbahlaria were responsible for Yansaneh's death.
on 7/28/07 1:14 PM, gibrilkoroma@aol.com at gibrilkoroma@aol.com wrote:
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SLAJ Postpones Yansaneh Lecture
- Saturday 28 July 2007.
A press release from the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists(SLAJ) secretariat in Freetown states that today, Saturday July 28, marks the second anniversary of the death of journalist Harry Hassan Yasaneh who passed away in July 2005 at a private clinic in Kingtom, Freetown after he was "mercilessly beaten up" by a gang of people instigated by a former Member of Parliament, Dr. Fatmata Hassan.
The culprits, the organization says, have still not been charged to court even after a judicial inquest found them
culpable; and despite protests from the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) and its local and international partners.
"In remembrance of the death of our colleague, SLAJ had dedicated this day to a series of events including a memorial lecture: ³The Harry Yansaneh Lecture².
Last Year, the first memorial lecture was held at the Miata Conference Hall where the Harry Yasaneh Trust Fund was launched," the release explained.
The historic event, according to SLAJ, attracted a cross section of the Freetown community including diplomats, heads of NGOs and Government functionaries.
"SLAJ however regrets to inform its members and the public that due to other pressing engagements, this year¹s memorial lecture has been postponed. A date will be announced after the August 11 elections.
SLAJ regrets any inconvenience this deferment might cause,"
the release concluded.
Photo: SLAJ President Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo.
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