Dear Editor,
For everything that's in darkness shall come to light. It might take a few years, but light always wins darkness no matter how much they fight.
Numerous of us know what our responsibilities are in St. Maarten. What I don't really understand is why say the things we already know; why not come up with something different, say for instance: Where do you want to work, study or live when you're finished with your secondary education?
Why not say the different things you would like to study for when you're finished with school? It’s not acceptable in our country, because the older heads are not coming down from that position, or must I say we're overqualified. Is that really even true?
Your presentation stated this famous quote by John F. Kennedy, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”. In my head I was brain storming all sorts of things you can think about, but I thought, why didn't you mention a few of the things you've accomplished for our country?
Or why the government keeps falling? Yes, you did mention that, but why not tell us the truth. On how really does the government fall, and politics is an amazing thing, but some people just get too greedy and try to develop the island/country when it's nearly time for an election, or when they see it's beneficial for the public to speak about them to gain more popularity. Yet again, a mother never tells all the secrets of their children to others, so I guess that's why not much truth and actions are taking place.
I was kind of disappointed on how the presentation went and what you really came to speak to us about. I was really expecting an eye opener on different things happening on St. Maarten. How can you develop the teaching skills and the parents acting as if the teachers don't really do their jobs? How can we as teenagers better ourselves and even try to become better and wiser; and which politician hears the cry of his people.
Also my ears were eager to hear different important things prior to Civic Responsibilities. Don't get me wrong, the different sectors that were mentioned were okay. Governor Eugene B. Holiday, it was a pleasure of you visiting and speaking to us about things that we may know a little too much about. But as we grow older and there aren't any blind folds on our eyes, we can see practically everything and we're brain storming about how things are being done in St. Maarten.
And how can we better understand, and solve different circumstances that arise in our country? For every glass house must have a crack and all the glass will be shattered, then we will really see what has been happening on the inside. Just an opinion of an average teen!
An MPC student
Name withheld at author's request.
