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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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Education in Belize: Bullying in Schools, Need for Empathy

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

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Education in Belize: Effective Discipline

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

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Education in Belize: Quality Schools

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

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Education in Belize: Next Steps?

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

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Education in Belize: Who's the Enemy?

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

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Education in Belize: End of Year Notes

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

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Taking the Risk

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

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Strengthening the Balance, Part II (Leaders)

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

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Difficult Students (From Challenges to Solutions)

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,

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Education in Belize: From Vulnerability to Growth!

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

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Education in Belize: From Discipline to Engagement

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

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Education in Belize: Breaking Free (Part II)

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,

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Education in Belize: Breaking Free!

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”,

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