Homosexuality is an embedded taboo in Jamaican society. In fact‚ it is so disgraceful that even parents can forsake their own children because of it. In a particular case reported in the Daily Observer by Karyl Walker involving the attempted lynching of a young boy suspected of being homosexual by residents and students of his school‚ it was confirmed that it was the boy’s father who instigated the violence directed at his son and left him to the mercy of the angry mob. The boy was set upon because
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Guidance counselors are school professionals who specialize in helping students make decisions about their personal and educational needs while providing information about colleges and other life choices. To become a guidance counselor‚ each state has certain educational requirements. Most states require a college degree plus one to two years of special study in guidance counseling. Some states may also require teaching experience. Personal characteristics are just as important as educational requirements
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Print Media Era (1700-1834) Jamaica’s media history dates back to 1718 when Robert Baldwin published the country’s first newspaper‚ Weekly Jamaican Courant from his printery on Church Street. Between the period 1718 and 1834 no fewer than 33 newspapers were published across the island. These included The St Jago Intelligencer‚ Royal Gazette‚ Cornwall Chronicle and County Gazette‚ Kingston Morning Post and Trelawney Advertiser. Books and magazines developed at a slower pace than newspapers as
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defining the criteria for “manliness” in the lyrics of Jamaican popular music. According to dancehall scholar‚ Donna Hope‚ in her book Inna di Dancehall‚ (2006)‚ “dancehall culture is a space for the cultural creation and dissemination of symbols and ideologies that reflect and legitimize the lived realities of its adherents‚ particularly those from the inner cities.”1 Dancehall is a cultural production and representation of Jamaican realities. The concept of culture refers to patterns
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Pastoral counselors are clergy who have received graduate training in both religion and behavioral science for a clinical practice that integrates psychological and theological disciplines. Pastoral counselors believe that there is a God in whose image and likeness we are created. They believe that we yearn for a transforming connection with the divine‚ and that psychotherapy can mediate the loving and healing nature of being itself. Pastoral counselors also make therapeutic use of traditional
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as one of the most recognized sporting activity in Jamaica. It is also highly recognized on the international scale as a major sporting activity which is highly favoured among many. Sports can increase a nation’s popularity‚ as it also uplifts the Jamaican population; educationally‚ has enhance the tourism aspects of the country as well as creating better infrastructures. Sporting activities in Jamaica can contribute to the country becoming more renowned. Sporting Activities‚ such as track and field
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A manger is the leader of any organization who has to take decisions‚ control the situation‚ be spontaneous and resourceful to change decisions for better functioning of the organization if situation so demands etc. Teachers‚ like executives in other settings‚ are expected to provide leadership to students and to coordinate a variety of activities as they and students work interdependently lo accomplish academic and social goals of schooling. As a manger‚ teacher is concerned with all die three phases
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Jamaica is home to the reggae beat. The term reggae comes from a Jamaican phrase meaning “rags or ragged clothing”‚ it is used to denote a raggedy style of music that was rooted and grew in Jamaica. This genre of music includes Jamaican and American blues and R&B influences. The Jamaican music surrounds through survival revival sessions‚ ceremonies‚ nyabinghis‚ Maroon and Kumina possession ceremonies‚ and dances. Reggae music is one of the most popular music genres in the world‚ and mainly focuses
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communities were made from the escaped enslaved Africans and they were called maroon communities. The etymology of maroon communities is Spanish. In Spanish‚ the word “maroon” is “cimarrones” means wild or untamed. “These societies ranged from small bands that survived less than a year to powerful states encompassing thousands of members and surviving for generations and even centuries.” (Price‚1). Many of the maroon communities were established by men‚ who would thrive off raids to sustain life
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through music. It was widely perceived as a voice of the oppressed. Reggae’s most transcendent and iconic figure‚ Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve international superstardom in the process introducing the music of his native island nation to the far flung corners of the globe. Marley’s music gave voice to the day-to-day struggles of the Jamaican experience. Bob Marley expresses his belief that music is a message and route to freedom in the song “Trench town.” Roots of Reggae Reggae
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