here is an interesting article from la zeta:
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if you see the education as an inversion rather than cost then maybe you can move dominican education forward. but so far the politicians talk about costs, costs, costs. they should be talking about investing in dominican people, in dominican children. it's almost like a business: you put money in, work hard and receive real benefits.
i used to teach in poland privately. i also substituted for a friend in a normal school. my method of teaching was always to grab the attention of my student. i picked up facts from private lives of writers to interest a student in that writer's work. i presented trivia to make them learn by association. it worked. when i did orthography classes i would make the silliest, mostly impossible stories using various difficult words. my students laughed and learnt. but then when it comes to teaching i have infinite patience. i can repeat the same thing over and over again. how many teachers here can do that?
i think the key to improving the education in DR is to invest. in people, not in places. kids can learn in a wooden shack as long as their teacher is well trained, well paid and passionate about educating kids. big, nice school is nothing but an expensive symbol of "we are putting 4% into education". no, you are putting 4% into cement bricks. invest in people.
