Archived articles by Gustavo Ramirez, Guidance Counselor and Education Consultant.
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
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com “Bullying… a public degradation ceremony in which the victim’s capabilities are debased and his or her identity is ridiculed.” Alan McEvoy, Ph.D. October
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com “If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.” What constitutes effective discipline? Why should we raise our children subject to some
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com “Workers will not work hard unless they believe there is quality in what they are asked to do.” William Glasser, M.D. During the
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com “The only thing harder than letting go is moving on.” We have tried to identify Who’s the Enemy in our Education Systems in
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com“We have met the enemy and he is us.” Walt Kelly As we start a new year in this rapidly-advancing Age of Technology, the
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com As we approach the end of 2013 I would like to thank readers of belizeguidance.blogspot.com and my Guidance Counselor column for their loyalty
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com As we approach the end of 2013, I publicly ask the Education policymakers (government and church), principals, school administrators, teachers, and parents in
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com Last year November, I wrote an article to remind students and teachers alike of the importance of always maintaining and Strengthening the Balance
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.comIn previous articles I reviewed both positive and negative ways to deal with “Difficult Students” who constantly misbehave at school. Dealing with Difficult Students,
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.comIn many of my articles I focus on suggesting urgent changes that should/could be made to Belize’s Education system. I also encourage Education policymakers
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.comSince I started publishing short articles to describe, not define, past and current Education systems in Belize, some educators claim that I seem unfair
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.comThis past week I saw electronic media postings by educators who complained that, and seemed to know why, students today are failures. As is
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com This past week I received very many emails and Facebook messages with readers’ comments regarding my thoughts on Belize’s September celebrations of Independence,
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com September in Belize is a month for celebrations! Many festivities lead up to Sept 10th to commemorate the “Battle of St. George’s Caye”,
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.comA family member of mine recently commented to me how very enthusiastic his youngest son is to be returning to Primary (Elementary) school this
By Gustavo A. Ramirez, Guidance Counselor / Education Consultant / belizeguidance.blogspot.com Our most precious resource, whether in Belize or anywhere else throughout the world, will always be our children! The rapidly growing tourism industry
