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Archived articles by Gustavo Ramirez, Guidance Counselor and Education Consultant.

Unrealistic Systems of Education

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com “All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason.  There is nothing higher than reason.”   Immanuel Kant Throughout Belize during the month of May, thousands of teenagers anxiously and excitedly look forward

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Belize: A Nation at Risk

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com My favorite and most often used Chinese proverb reminds us simply that a journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.

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Accountability and Alignment in Education

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com Following last month’s release of very low proficiency scores for primary school students who took the 2013 PSE examinations, “Education” suddenly became a

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What Follows Low Proficiency Scores?

Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant belizeguidance.blogspot.com According to the recently released results of the 2013 PSE (Public School Examinations) proficiency exams, more than half of all exiting Primary school students throughout

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Ready or Not, Here We Are!

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com June is a month for Graduations, annual rites of passage and new beginnings for students in Belize and throughout the world. Young teenagers

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Common Misconceptions Of Education

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com Previously, we discussed the issue of parents and guardians who seem neglectful and show very little, if any, interest in their children’s day-to-day

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Wake Up And Smell The Coffee – Again!

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com This week’s article focuses on an issue that I have been asked many times before to address. Since 1978 I have worked as

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Technology to the Rescue for our Education System!

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant belizeguidance.blogspot.com Some people may consider it as pathetic, even disgusting perhaps, that today’s super-advanced mobile technology has surpassed and replaced everyday human interaction. Raging over

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Education Redefined?

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant Recently, a reader and grandmother of two high school students asked me if I thought that our responsibilities to teach our children today have changed.

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Responsibility To Whom And For What?

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant In my articles I try to point out and describe to readers, both inside and outside of Belize, the many responsibilities as well as the

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Educators For Social Responsibility

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant In previous articles I pointed out that presently many of our people in Belize are struggling, day in and day out, to survive ever-increasing hard

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Helping Youth To Cope

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant “If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most

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Helping Our Youth To Cope With Violence

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant In these current times, violent criminal acts and mass killings are at an all-time high throughout Belize – at the highest rate the country has

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To The New Year! And A Vibrant New Me!

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant I extend to all Belizean educators and students my best wishes for a Successful New Year! Also, I thank all educators, whether teacher, administrator, or

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What is Success?

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education ConsultantWe educators, while trying to teach young students, both in Primary and Secondary schools, perhaps without realizing it, often times confuse them even more than they

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Reaching Our Students

By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant In Strengthening the Balance I pointed out that our students want very much to know that we, their educators, care whether they learn or not.

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