

"OF SAHARAN DUST. RACE, COVID AND YOU"
It seems we are hit every week with some bad news. If we troll Facebook or Instagram, it is so debasing sight about race, or the mounting cases of Coronavirus in the USA, Let it be known that our brothers and sisters in Brazil are dying at a rapid rate. Just on cue, the heavens let loose the Saharan dust winds, and there went my allergies. The year 2020 seems on track with a bag of goodies from Pandora's Box. But we did have some good news, our own Derice Mckenzie made i


JAMAICA OBSERVER FIVE MINUTES OF FAME
So we used a supplement to say "Adios" to all our students. If we missed a few names, on well...the typos of editing. But basically, it has been our pleasure to work with you all and to see you off to greener shores. Our teachers will miss you, I will miss all the quirks and eccentricities of you all. Those private sessions were funny as we barreled through, trying to complete essays, financial aid, resumes, sports videos, performing arts videos. Safe travel to some. Oth

WEDNESDAY BLOG "VISA ISSUES"
The US Embassy is now at August 25. Booking appointments has become an ordeal. One has to use a debit card. The confusion is that many have to accept the late date....and then, try for an earlier date. The embassy has promised that they will open up the month of July. Such an ordeal. Students, please, when you come in for visa appointments, have your CD of pics and passport (take along the old passport if visa is in that expired passport), the acceptance letter, the I-20


"On Race and Scholarship..."
What a tumultuous week. From protesters, the death of Breanna and Mr. George Floyd, innumerable others, it seems America is unraveling. But as the great actor Will Smith has decreed, this has always happened, it is now being filmed. What is encouraging is that all colors are marching, the tides are turning in America, the social ill that the Chinese have typecasted America as...is changing, for the better. What do we do with this rage? We encourage many to vote. We encou