Yus,
Even though I don´t agree with you totally, I still respect your
opinion. How could you said/ think  that the teacher is not to be
blame of what happened to Ebrima Barry ? Are you trying to say
that the fire service would have arrested Ebrima regardless of the
teacher´s reporting ? Can´t you simple ask yourself about how did
the fire service get in the picture ? Don´t you think that if the
teacher hadn´t report Ebrima to the fire service, the fire service
wouldn´t have arrested Ebrima and if the fire service hadn´t arrested
him, then there wouldn´t be no torturing or killing. If Ebrima was
giving the teacher no end of trouble, then why didn´t the teacher
follow the school procedure? Which is reporting the case to the
principle. Even if the matter had been reported to the principle and
nothing was done about it, then the teacher should have taken the
matter to the Department of education. Forster´s school is an
institution under the Department of education like all the other
schools. I don´t think the problem between the teacher & Ebima
was a civil case but a disciplinary one. But even if it was a civil
case, the teacher was barging at a wrong tree. I ´m not underrating
the fire service but if I´m not wrong , their duty is to put off the fire
and assist the victims.We have the police to step in when the
matter is getting out of hand or someone is violating the law.
You´re talking about calling the law to control the unruly
students.Since when do teachers start calling the law to control
the students ? What about the good old method which was used
when you & I plus many others were going to school, which is to
suspend or expel a student for disobeying ? Rather suspension or
expulsion than torturing and killing a student. What bothers me a
lot is that what has the fire service to do with how to discipline a
student. I remember reading one of the newspapers that Ebrima´s
father went to the fire service and asked for his son´s whereabout
and the only answer he got from one of the senior officer was that
your son is rude. We will discipline him and shave his hair. CAN
YOU BELIEVE THAT ? Will shaving Ebrima´s hair make him a
better student ?
I remember fully that there were parents who reported teachers to
the police for beating their kids. And some family members even
took the law in their own hands and attacked the accused teacher
physically.But that also is out of proportion because two wrongs
don´t make right.I remember fully too that there was an officer at
Serrekunda police station whose method of welcoming people at
the station was a slap.I think you´re right with the name Kujabi and
because of he slapped people, he got this nick-name " obey and
complain ".You are also right with GNA because of my personal
experiences. I have several times withnessed some members of
the GNA in a uniform behaved in a way which no " officer or soldier
with different " should behave like that.About the GNA is another
topic which we can discuss next time because I am not a pro army.
You´re also right that the kind of expression of the autopsy report
that the doctor gave was and is still unclear to many people.Why
the doctor didn´t  use the language or expression people will
understand instead of making people to rush to their dictionaries?
Finally I thank you for your concern and your maturity way of
discussing issues at hand without name calling or fauld play.
Kibily.
**Peace and respect**

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