2017 Courtesy Pic-O-De-Crop Monarch, Ian ‘iWeb’ Webster, was all smiles after he was officially presented with his state-of-the-art, fully loaded, Nissan X-Trail compliments Courtesy Garage Limited, valued at $125 000, with full comprehensive insurance from Co-operator’s Insurance valued at $11 000 during a ceremony at Courtesy Garage Limited yesterday.
One of the ways of addressing the increasing levels of gun violence that is creeping up in our societies is to change the mindset of our people, particularly our young people, with regard to how they view certain things and to interact and engage with them in a way that brings out their skills and talents more.
This is one of the comments made by Ian ‘iWeb’ Webster, as he spoke to the media after he officially collected the keys to his Nissan X-Trail, which he won in the 2017 Courtesy Mount Gay Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Final.
He explained that as children grow up in a society where they see gun violence being played out, as a result their natural inclination is to mimic what they see and if this trend continues, then it would not have a positive forecast for the future of this nation and the next generations.
He added that a part engaging the youth differently and letting their own individual talents shine through would include helping them to find their particular strengths, because not everyone would be academically inclined, but there would be other things that that these persons can excel in such as music or technology and those close to these young people have to help them find their niche and then help them to harness that calling by taking it to higher levels of development.
“I think first of all, it starts with a mindset. We need to get our people thinking differently…we’ve got to engage them differently – on an intellectual level. We’ve got to start to maximize their potential in terms of our education system and make the system such that people who are not necessarily academically inclined may be able to achieve. Though they may not be academically inclined, they may be musically inclined, they may be technically inclined, but set up our structure in such a way that they are able to strive and progress in life. Overall, I would like to see a change in the education system where we harness the natural abilities of all our people so that they can truly maximize their potential,” he said.