By Paul Andrew Bourne Over the decades, the elitists among us have continued to "scuff" at Creole (Patois) as a language. This is because of its "mediocritic" origin and the social class associated with its usage. In order that finesse is brought to this discourse, a position must be provided on what constitutes a language. In addition, we must be able to comparatively analyze those factors in order to establish whether or not Creole is a language. We need to move this debate beyond social...

The Historical Sociologists Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc.; B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. INTRODUCTION It was during the unprecedented social upheavals in Europe that the formal study of sociology emerged as a discipline to explain social phenomena. The industrialization of topologies at the time meant that people were migrating from rural to urban areas, and the traditional agents of authority, such as the Church and the landed aristocracy, were losing much of their influence. This ...

Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc.; B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. The hegemonic categorization of the Jamaican landscape is primarily the justifiable reason for the sophisticated demonstrations and social hemorrhaging. Many of those happenings are caused from the lack of monologue of the business constituents. This group of elitists has exponentially benefited from playing the proletariat class. They have not offered their clientele the respect of voice on matters of social concerns or political mism...

Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc.; B.Sc. (Hons); Dip. Edu. The hegemonic categorization of the Jamaican landscape is primarily the justifiable reason for the sophisticated demonstrations and social hemorrhaging, which is displayed so frequent in the society. Many of those happenings are caused from the lack of monologue of the business constituents. This group of elitists has exponentially benefited from playing the proletariat class. They have not offered their clientele the respect of voice ...

By Paul Andrew Bourne Come August 31 and-or September 1 of each year, many tertiary graduants will add more numbers to Jamaica’s labour supply – (seeking employment). The new recruits will be unsure of any job opportunities. This is because of the government’s policy directive to all public institutions. It is to freeze post for the next two (2) years. Although the quality of our labour supply will improved significantly from the outputs of the various tertiary institutions, many lendi...

Paul Andrew Bourne In English for Academic Purposes, Lalla (1998, pp.175 – 200) posits that the most crucial aspect to essay writing is its introduction. She forwards the position that, a good introduction establishes a focus for the writing. The focus, she declares, is established through a thesis statement. To attain the focus throughout the composition, one needs a formal plan. This allows the writer, to structure his/her arguments in an effective directional manner. By offering...

By paul andrew bourne B.Sc. (Hons) Economics and Demography Human development has replaced the classical economists’ conceptualization of development much so that modern economists refer to this construct as including social, political and economic development. Bourne (2004) in a paper titled Development: beyond an economic perspective wrote that: Karl Marx’s theorizing on economic development was interpreted within the construct of ‘economic interpretation of history’ and ‘the motiva...

I sat in my homeland just looking at the gods’ majestic creations in amazement when a voice muttered “Look to the other side!” It was then that I understood ‘That all men are not created equally’, for a black expression was kept struggling against the winds without that proud ancestral stride All that’s theirs – recycled promises food waters not the thirst for the same place, everything offered them was for the belly’s needs and, that heats thunderous hurt. What enc...

By Paul Andrew Bourne, MSc. (candidate); BSc. (Hons.); Dip. Edu. The government of Jamaica and by extension the ruling People’s National Party (PNP) through the Minister of Education, the Most Honourable Mrs. Maxine Henry-Wilson, recently took a principled and land marked position. They agreed in allowing all the current students (May 2004) of the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, to write their April/May 2004 examinations despite the candidates’ inability to pay their tui...

By Paul Andrew Bourne, B.Sc. (Hons), U.W.I.; Dip. Edu. According to Bourne (2005) in ‘A phenomenal Fallacy: The First Reflection’ wrote, “Instead, the focus seems to be an advanced version of the undergraduate course FD10A with a dosage of research [writing] technique” which speaks to a number of issues in the graduate language programme. The viewpoint expressed by Bourne arose from the author’s critique of the graduate language, SY69A, course outline and a profound awareness of the u...

By Paul Andrew Bourne, MSc. (candidate); BSc. (Hons.) Economics and Demography Some Jamaicans habitually use the above quotation in a pejorative manner about deported individuals. This ideographic has seemingly crept into the psyche of the average person so much so that many peoples are promoting their individualized positions on the issue as ontology. Therefore, when Professor Headley’s findings on the “politics of deportees” were published on September 27, 2004, that there is no corr...

By Paul Andrew Bourne, M.Sc. (pending);B.Sc. (Hons), UWI; Dip. Edu. As a partial new convert of democracy, which is primarily due to the constant indoctrination of Westerners’ theorizing on the matter, I have come to believe that the United States’ (US) in-depth conviction on the issue is concrete fact. Was I naïve? As this concept is the furthest from the established academic theorizing. The mother of all theorizing on human democracy hoisted a democratically elected leader some time ...

Introduction Since the time of Aristotle and the period of the enlightenment, researchers have used slumber to explain aspects of human behaviour. Chief among them is the issue of performance. The primary significance of this concept is to demonstrate the differences in academic performance of people through the vantage point of their sleeping habits. According to Dutch physician Herman Boerhavve, “sleep occurs because the fluid or ‘liquor’, in the brain cannot move freely as it is gradua...

Introduction Since the time of Aristotle and the period of the enlightenment, researchers have used slumber to explain aspects of human behaviour. Chief among them is the issue of performance. The primary significance of this concept is to demonstrate the differences in academic performance of people through the vantage point of their sleeping habits. According to Dutch physician Herman Boerhavve, “sleep occurs because the fluid or ‘liquor’, in the brain cannot move free...

Introduction/Background In Jamaica, the HIV/AIDS pandemic has unleashed its supremacy over the general populace. This virus is single-handedly annihilating the productive sector, and it is equally removing from the landscape of this society its future human resources. Despite the many social marketing campaign that are aired on local media, the issue of HIV/AIDS catastrophic consequences has seemingly not reached the social consciousness of the average person. This paper seeks to...