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In this September photograph, two students share one laptop to attend their online class. There are ongoing concerns about the digital divide in Jamaica. In many poor, urban communities, students regularly stay away from their online classrooms because their parents cannot afford to pay for fixed Internet/broadband service in their homes. My young friend Sydney has given up the tutorial teaching he was doing at the university level. The frustration of trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to reach his class virtually has taken its toll. At least one-half of his students have had no consistent con...

(from left) Garfield Reece, partner at PwC Jamaica; K'Alee Harvey, grade 6 student at Holy Family Infant & Primary School; Gail Moore, assurance partner at PwC Jamaica ; Brianna James, grade 6 student at Holy Family Infant & Primary School; and Paul Williams, partner at PwC Jamaica. On Friday, December 11, 2020, the 121 grade six students of Holy Family Infant and Primary School achieved 100 per cent tech accessibility, following a donation of 45 tablets from past student Bruce Scott, partner at PwC Jamaica, and his fellow PwC partners, to the institution.  According to Principal Christopher...

Show tonight, but as we thought about it, we decided not to give him any more air time. it doesn't change what martin luther king, jr. gave us, doesn't change the dream. just a few moments ago i spoke to the principal of the high school. principal wright, when you first heard mr. reese reading this letter over and over on the radio, what did you think? >> well, i first thought that this can't be real? i thought, wow, that's a surprise. >> you've met -- >> in this day and age to hear that response. >> you know him? >> yes, sir, i do know him, and meetings we had were pleasant at the time. it ca...

And what we have to resist in these moments where there's so much insecurity and uncertainty around us, we have to resist those efforts to drag us down to our basil selves and reach for a higher example of ourselves. >> do you agree with that? >> not only do i agree with it, but i echo his sentiments entirely. the best way for us to lead our children is through education. you asked a question earlier, what do my students believe what's happening? the best thing for us to do is to educate our children what is right, what is wrong, and let them express their own opinions, get their own beliefs, ...

They all attacked the man, dr. martin luther king. what none of them seemed to understand, is that what made dr. king's accomplishments so remarkable is that he was just a man, an all too human being, he made mistakes, he had personal failings, and yet he was able to do what so many other men and women could not do. he helped give a movement its direction. he helped give a people its voice. mr. reese agreed to come on the show tonight, but as we thought about it, we decided not to give him any more air time. dredging up the same old points about martin luther king, jr.'s flaws as a human being...