by Dr. Vid Raatior | May 23, 2013 | Education, Featured Article
Graduation season is upon us again. I’m struck with these life lessons which have been mistakenly attributed to Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates. The original version first appeared on September 19, 1996 in an op ed piece in the San Diego Union...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Mar 25, 2013 | Blog, Education
It saddens me that the College of Micronesia plans to withhold the COM Entrance Test (COMET) for students from Northwest High School (formerly Weipat) until Senator Otto has paid the $300 fees which he apparently promised to the college during the campaign season to...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog, Education, Featured Article, Youth
While America celebrates the re-election of President Obama (and I am elated too), my heart is even more grateful for the children of Chuuk. Last week my beloved and struggling Chuuk State made a concerted step forward in her strive to offer better schools, to promote...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Sep 17, 2012 | Blog, Education, Featured Article
“If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem” – Charles Rosner. We the people of Chuuk are in dire need of a major attitudinal change with regards to educational reform. We need a paradigm shift from thinking that...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jun 3, 2012 | Blog, Education, Featured Article, Youth
It is graduation month and political campaign season in my struggling State of Chuuk. I am mindful of the message I gave as the commencement speaker to the Class of 2008 at Xavier High School. In my address (see below), I challenged the future leaders of the Pacific...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Mar 8, 2012 | Blog, Education, Featured Article
Last week I co-facilitated a Leadership Institute for the senior leadership in the Chuuk State Department of Education. While I learned a lot from my co-facilitators Fr. Arthur Leger, SJ, Ph.D., and Mr. Destin Penland, I left Chuuk feeling like I gained much more...
