BHS Lower 6th Programme 2001
Name / Occupational Choice / Former School / Weeks1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Jacy Archibald / Writer/Lawyer / BHS / / / / /
Suzanne Assanah / Journalist / Annandale / / / / / -
Faye Ann Barker / Accountant / St Stanislaus / / / / /
Dunianna Barrow / Pediatrician / BHS / / / / /
Alesha Berkley / Bank Manager / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Dacia Blackmoore / Nutritionist / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Leeron Brumell / Sociologist/Lawyer / BHS / / / / /
Sharmane Cave / Lawyer / Central / / / / /
Hemlata Chandra / - / / - / - / -
Genista Corlette / Entrepreneur/Accountant / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Kenita Cumberbatch / Lawyer / BHS / / / - / /
Candacy Deane / Lawyer (Civil) / St Rose’s / / / - / - /
Troy Easton / Military Officer / St Stanislaus / / / - / - /
Arun Gajraj / Economist/Computer Programmer / BHS / / / / /
Nadia Ganesh / Accountant / Central / / / / /
Byron Goodchild / - / / / - / -
Desryl Goring / Pharmacist / Christ Church / / / / /
Tracyanne Grandison / Biologist / BHS / / / / /
Deslyn Griffith / Chartered Accountant / BHS / / / / /
Marissa Headley / Lawyer / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Jamila Howard / Accountant / Mae’s / / / / /
Collynda Hutson / Undecided / St Stanislaus / / / / /
Tiffani Jeffrey / Corporate Lawyer / St Stanislaus / / / / / -
Marcelle John / Business Manager / Central / / / / /
Roblyn Jones / Business Manger / Mahaicony Sec / - / / - / /
Joanna Lee / Corporate/International Lawyer / BHS / / / / /
Yogini Lochan / Civil Lawyer / BHS / / / / /
Indira Mattai / Lawyer / BHS / / / / /
Kojo Mc Pherson / Writer / President’s College / / / / - / -
Sonia Norton / Bank Manager / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Khadine Nurse / International Lawyer / St Stanislaus / / / / /
Saudia Rafeek / Managing Director, NBIC / Central / / / / /
Stacey Ramdeen / Medical Doctor / BHS / / - / - / / -
Ondarry Seaforth / Undecided / St Stanislaus / / / / /
Melissa Singh / Lawyer/Interior Decorator / / / / /
Nadia Singh / Lawyer / BHS / / / / /
Rajiv Singh / Doctor / BHS / / / / /
Surugwantie Singh / Lawyer / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Diana Sonaram / Lawyer / St Stanislaus / / / / - /
Kevin Sparman / Orthopaedist / BHS / / / / /
Natoya Stephen / Accountant / St Joseph’s / / / / - / -
Tandieka Stephens / Television Journalist / BHS / / / / /
Nikosa Stewart / Lawyer / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Paula Stuffle / Lawyer / St Joseph’s / / / / /
Dionne Thompson / Civil Lawyer / St Rose’s / / / - / /
Shellon Yorrick / Lawyer/Judge / St Rose’s / / / / /
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Bishops’ High School
Lower 6th Project 2000-01
Session 1 – January 25, 2001
Likes and Dislikes
Group 1
Likes / DislikesSinging / Laziness
Well rounded / Being short
Not being easily influenced / Getting frustrated
Determination / Cramming
Listening abilities / Worrying
Awareness / Nervousness
Impulsiveness / Impatience
Confidence / Temper
High self-esteem / Jumping to conclusions
Blunt / Procrastination
Optimistic / Too kind
Humor / Vulnerable
Emotionally strong / Trusting
Writing ability / Talkative
Talkative / Tardiness
Reassurance / Lack of will power
Understanding / Often taken for granted
Sensitivity
Conceited
Sexy
Aggressive
Group 2
Likes / DislikesFunny (making people laugh) / Impatient with others
Making people feel better / Low self-esteem
Charitable / Do not trust easily
Trustworthy / My appearance
Independent person / Do not classify nor appreciate my “talent”
Kind and loving / Shy
Good listener / Get offended easily
Giving advice / My behaviour
Talented / People do not like me.
Fun-loving / Do not express my thoughts
Beautiful and intelligent / My height
Good daughter / Easily distracted
Generous / Misled by “so called” friends
Health conscious / Easily hurt
Romantic / Moody person
Christian / Helpless around sick people
Love reading / Always afraid
Confident / Do not use tact with others
Too trusting
Sometimes I have too much pride.
Too generous
Judgmental
Have had suicidal thoughts
When I’m accused wrongfully
People’s opinions influence my attitude towards certain situations
Group 3
Likes / DislikesFriendly / Too critical
Being macho and athletic / Talkative
Being very ambitious / Not close enough to God
Being caring and helpful / Overactive hormones
Being an advisor / Short tempered
Very generous and sociable / Impatient
Disciplined / Acne
Being unique / Too conceited
Happy disposition / Easily frustrated
Determined / Being fat
Talented / Lack of courage
Belief in God / Too sentimental
Trustworthy / Still single
Laughter / Being short
Teenager and still a virgin / Dishonest
Group 4
Likes / DislikesMy voice / My telephone voice
Talent (cricket) / My addiction to net (R-rated sites)
Trustworthiness / My hair, eyebrows
Building people’s self-confidence / Not having the ability to keep a steady relationship
Hair, eyes / My nose
Appearance/looks / The way I judge people by their looks
Ability to interact / Can’t accept disappointments
My body / Can’t trust easily
Being straight up / Addiction to junk food
Not being emotional / Feel as if I don’t deserve attention
Taste of choice / Short tempered
Not being discouraged easily / Lack of patience
Being able to tell people off and not care afterward because they wrong me / Dislike not being liked without reason
Friendliness / Hate the amount of hair on legs
Helping and making people happy / Untrustworthy and deceiving people
Session 3 - February 8, 2001
Gender Roles and Perceptions in Guyana
Females /Males
OK to be more emotional / Emotionally strong e.g., not crySome chores seen as appropriate such as cooking, clean / Head of the home
Behaviour patterns defined by society e.g., self-respect, polite, morals, values / In certain places, men are awarded position over women.
Parents don’t allow girls to have their own identity. / Get more freedom than females
Pink for girls / Blue for boys
If girls shout and behave outrageous, they are considered vulgar. / Allowed to shout and behave outrageous
Be sexy / Look good and expensive
Be smarter than men / Have a well-paid job
Be faithful / Be “playaz”
Be decent / Be masculine – macho and athletic
Dress like a woman / Bring in the money
Be attracted to the opposite sex / Be attracted to the opposite sex
Be able to reproduce / Have a good body
Love to gossip / Be sociable
Be a virgin before marriage / Not be a virgin before marriage
Be sociable / Don’t expect to cheat on their wives/girlfriends; they do anyway
Not do certain jobs e.g., mechanic, welder, taxi driver / Tougher field of work
Have excellent manners / “Hussle” women
Not be physically stronger than men / Be strong
Decide people’s fate – Play God / Remember special occasions, e.g., anniversaries, birthdays
Look after the family / Be stronger and taller than their wives
Cheat on their partner e.g., boyfriend, husband when they are away / It’s OK for them to have premarital sex yet they want to marry virgins
Is given first preference e.g., ladies before gents / Act like a gentleman
Beauty is publicly acknowledged / Protect their families
Pressured into a dress code / Not socially pressured into a dress code
Serve as representatives of women
Sole breadwinners
Given the privilege to take a leak anytime
Allowed to walk topless
Be paid more than their wives
Protectors
Expected to make the first move
Session 4 – March 1, 2001
Agents of Socialization
The Family
A sense of belonging
Teaches us a salt bag of emotions and how to understand them
Foundation values and morals
Importance of a sound education
Allows the cultural need to socialize
Teaching individuality and the unbiased acceptance of others – literally nad figuratively
Don’t play fire (fyah): You’ll get burnt!!!
Responsibility and the consequences of irresponsibility
Respect yourself and others
Belief in God
Abstinence until marriage.
The School
Positive
Gain experience
Experience in dealing with the opposite sex
Friendships
Discover self
Discover skills/talents/ abilities
Respect for leders/authority
Reponisbiltiy
Builds confidence an self-esteem
Respect for self
Punctuality/regularity
Sense of belonging to a group
Strengthening of values form the home
Ability to portray varying skills, elocution, drama, etc.
Negative
Peer pressure
Peers who do not appreciate you for who you are
STRESS from overwork
Teachers’ misinterpretation of students (resulting in lack of self-confidence, interest in subjects and disrespect for other adults)
Organizations
You attain a sense of belonging.
You attain leadership qualities and build your self-esteem.
You become a well-rounded individual.
It teaches you about responsibility.
You are able to interact with people from different backgrounds
It helps you to develop values.
It helps you to achieve goals.
Have respect for yourself and others.
It helps you to appreciate the ideas and views of others.
It builds your confidence and self-esteem.
You gain new experiences.
The Media
Television / Magazines & the Newspapers / Radio / InternetGain from educational programmes / Increases one’s ability to read / Irritate e.g., with political ads / Greater access to information
Become addicted e.g., programme after programme, channel surfing / Makes one fashion and hair conscious / Entertains e.g., music on 98.1 Hot FM / Another avenue for crime
Negative influence e.g., to steal, kill, become sexually active, shoot / Inspires, challenges oneself / Makes one aware of current affairs / Encourages pornography
Makes youth become more figure and image conscious / Arouses you intellect / Educational e.g., Joyce Jonas / Meeting people of other countries
Exposed to health hazards / Tends to deceive people especially young people / Gets one lazy
Addiction
Music