One had to dress professionally, speak correctly, have a professional attitude, and generally be and act like a civilized, educated person with some morals.

but now its anything and anyone goes. just listen to radio now and then rinse your ears with Ceremol. Look at television now and rinse your eyes with aloe. I wonder how people like Alison Hennessey, Hazel Ward Redman, Holly Betaudier, and Dave Elcock feel? We are living in the Postmodern age where the philosophy is basically every person to himself and “himself” is a god.

I shudder to think what T&T would be like in 2020. But then, I am a Remedial Reading Instructor of Government Secondary Schools I literally struggle professionally & risk my personal safety in teaching the anti-academically dysfunctional teens of schools today. So subconsciously i know what 2020 would be like: A Living Nightmare!

As a solitary, emotionally internalized child, I was addicted to television, my books, my Raleigh Chopper bicycle, my backyard that my late grandfather maintained with fruit trees. I grew up in Diego Martin on Duvall Lands. I had hobbies: making my own toys and doing the projects from the Ladybird craft series. My parents subscribed to the Reader’s Digest magazine and i loved it. I read Enid Blyton books like an addict. I loved going to Hilo to buy another edition of it every week for TT$5.00 (now its TT$25-35, unbelievable!).

Yes, I really wish we can “Bring Back the Ol’ Time Days” (Nappy Myers). Today’s children need the TTT antidote. Today’s media people need the TTT training ever so badly! i cringe whenever i channel surf the local radio and television offerings. We have lost our way: every media person to his/her own way. God help us!

When you became a part of ttt I thought that you had the potential to make a substantial contribution to the development of the Organization. You certainly lived up to expectations and performed in various Senior postions to exercise your talents.

Farouk.