My husband was Jamaican born and raised.A lot of Americans thought he was dumb because he is from the West Indies.He was one of the most intelligent men I knew. Put a lot of USA dudes to shame 😊
Yes, America is so full of racism and bigotry even though we have the most nationalities and ethnicities in one country. As an Army veteran, it is shameful.😢
As a Jamaican I feel extremely proud hearing my causation Jamaicans brothers and sisters speak this way as I’ve never known any Jamaican you held racial bias against them , the motto “ out of many one people “ is indeed profound . I wish that we could invite the leaders of some of the world’s biggest hate groups to experience what we have Well said my Lady
@@iBOXRIVER Not at all !!! We are a very integrated and mixed country, we cuss and quarrel and trace and make -up!!!All Jamaicans are the same whether white, Chinese, Black,Indian and we have them in our government and parliament representing us !!! It's not like in America and Europe, in Jamaica we do not have people of different races suing each other because of racism !!! All Jamaicans are recognised for their unique talents, we hailed Gordon Butch Stewart as a white Jamaican for his contribution to economic growth and development, we hail Bob Marley who is mixed race for his contributions to music and we hail our black leaders in politics and business and which every colour they are is quite irrelevant to the problems we are facing on the Island !!!
I attended UWI in the late 1990's. I lived on Campus. Excellent educational system/ experience. I still love Jamaica and watch Jamaican social media all the time. I just pray for more love among some groups.
Lol... Monica, I used to love all of them too but lately I'm finding the grater cake too sweet or is it just the brand I am getting? @ ms Mel, High school in Ja is great, getting into trouble and all.
I too have beautiful memories of schooling in Jamai ca. First at Infant School then St. George's Girls School and Kingston Technical. Then on to Exed before migrating. I still remember passages of scripture which we were taught. A different passage every week and you had to repeat it at morning worship. Your uniform blouses were so white and every pleat on your skirt was in place. Of course if you misbehaved, you'd go to the Headmistress' office for punishment. Those teachers will always be remembered fondly.
So true. I took an entrance test with a large group of people for a job with an insurance company in Canada. One test was for math, the other for English language. When they called me for an interview some days after the test, they told me that I was the only person EVER to have gotten 100% in both tests. I went to the same Jamaican high school as Mel mentions in this video. Excellent academic education.
I started schooling in Jamaica and finished last years inc college and university in U.K. Education in Jamaica is far superior to education in U.K. For instance surprisingly English Language by the time I got to U.K. I was by far advanced to the kids in U.K. I went to Grammer School in U.K. based on 11+ exams the level of which I had already sat aged 8 and 9 in Jamaica . As a poor child in Jamaica we used to sit and watch the wealthy kids traipsing in and out of Monroe College nearby and long and yearn for the privilege , so we grab it when it comes .
My grandfather was jamaican of scottish and German background in Jamaica for centuries.... no one ever care or ever mentioned it, i had to ask my mother about when i grew up
I always thought my father's white side was of English heritage, but recently found out that the ancestor was Scottish. Turns out that there were a LOT of Scots who we descended from.
@@janinafisher101 well my grandfather did have ten children with my grandmother the ones that you can confirm are the ones that are obviously mixed❣ 🤣🇯🇲
It went from Common Entrance to GSAT. I was a part of the last batch of Common Entrance candidates in 1998. I was 10 years old in Grade 5; I got my 1st choice on the 1st try. GSAT came into effect in 1999.
Girl, I went to St Hilda’s in Brown’s Town when I was 9 boarding away from home. Then on to St Hugh’s in Kingston. Similar journey. I wouldn’t change a thing!
Brought back memories! Sr Maureen Clare, Sr Josette, Sr James Vincent, Sr Marie Emmanuel, Sr Mary Catherine. Mrs Chin, Ms Franker, Ms Robotham, Ms Sandy, I could go on and on. Went to Stella Maris then to ICHS prep and high schools. How blessed were we!!!
Sr Mary Catherine left the convent after she retired as Principal. Mrs. Chin is alive and well and living in Toronto! The other nuns have all died. There are almost no nuns left, so now they are figuring out the future of the convent. But ICHS lives on!
This is my first time seeing your videos and I had to subscribe after watching. School in Jamaica is gruelling, but the quality of education you get ensures you excel wherever you go in the world. One think I can truly say, when your teacher is hard on you, and you think it's because they dont like you - it's not. They tend to see your potential and want only the best for you. You won't realize this when you're a child. But once you get older, the reality hits, and then you are appreciative.
ICHS for life! Proud Immaculatan. True talk on Sis. Maureen Claire! 🙏🏽RIP. I too had the after school thing for leaning on railing & wearing black slip😂. Can laugh now! On point about the convent, lizards, sunken garden & cafeteria. Memories like no other 🇯🇲
I use to live close to immaculate in constant springs in front of Oakland damn ma you know your country bless up stand up for your rights your memory is on point
Just found love your stories about I attend st Hilda high school in Brownstown not far from York castle l remember some children fail their they cry so hard that why we Jamaican tried to do our best anywhere in the world we live thanks for the stories.
Nice times miss HOME being a kid there was so much good memories.I was born in Jamaica an went to Holy Child School I miss it.Never notice color Out of Many One ❤
How I remember ICHS. I day dreamed looking out of the windows at the blue mountains so I did Saturdays detention. I remember Home Economics, mass in the chappel, trying to catch frogs in the small pond around a statue to disect in biology class, but mostly the discipline. My best friend was Susan Taylor. I wish I knew where she is today. Great memories and I go back every year. Family and the mountains draw me back to my island in the sin. Thanks for the video.
I love your stories 🥰 NEW SUBCRIBER . Some people today don't know that Jamaica has a very diverse population. They are so surprised when they hear that a white person is from Jamaica 🤣 I love my Jamaican people black, white, Chinese, Indian, mix ONE PEOPLE ONE LOVE 🧡💚💛🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
you are so right. a lot of caribbean people dont even know that jamaica has a diverse population. People dont even know that there are chinese jamaicans
@Pheona Mae, me too. And I get "really annoyed" when I hear those who have no idea about out "Out Of Many One People" diversity, make some really "ignorant" comments towards Jamaicans who are not of "very dark hue".
Love your story. Takes me back to Miss Binger’s Prep School, Pembroke Hall Primary & Kingston College in the later 1960’s to early 1970’s. I recall when the first time you saw your Common Entrance Exam results was in the middle of the newspaper (Jamaica Gleaner) in the summer and learned if you’d go to regular or technical high school. Interesting, awesome days! I haven’t forgotten most of my teachers and what I learned. 😊
Tell it. Girl!, we were Disciplined and we had Prayers in School, before Classes started. We prayed at Lunch time, and we Dismissed with Prayer. Everybody was "ONE" Like she said Our Motto " OUT of MANY, ONE PEOPLE" No Black or White, Chinese, Indian,or Caucasian Issues.
CWJL Hello, before INACULSTE IT WAS CONSTANT SPRING GOLF CLUB, and the TRAMCARS RAN STRAIGHT ACROSS TO THE END,,THEN RETURNED, I guess when the TSA cars ended The place was made into the school. But my cousin and another girl went to that Catholic school in BROWNS TOWN, I RODE MY BIKE TO SEE THEM I guess twas57, BTW I started at FERNCOURT IN 1944 I WAS SO YOUNG THEY USED TO BATHE ME ABOUT2 PM THEY PUT LARGE WASH TUBS IN THE SUN TO WARM UP, BUT I learned how to make my bed there, no electricity those days , there was boys rooms and some little girls lived in front rooms nut older girls lived upstairs in another building over classrooms there were ONLY LATRENES SO YOU TOOK A LANRERNWITH YOU AT NIGHT , , THORE WERE THE DAYS, THEN I spent much time in BAMBOO WITH UNCLE JACK & VERA BURROWES on their dairy farm, After a few years I went KNOX COLLEGE IN SPALDING , LEFT JAMAICA IN 1959 @18, now 80 yo. Retired in NJ USA God Bless, cheers 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇯🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸
🇯🇲 Paradise plum was my favorite candy made in Alman Town, near Hero's Circle. I remember Immaculate being a very strict Catholic school; their academic & decorum standards were very high. I went there once to a fete and the sisters kept walking in & around dancers, making sure proper protocols were being observed.
@@stephenclarke5404 🇯🇲 Was trying to remember the factory name. We used to go there to buy the bag of hardened ball of p-plum....apparently they were damaged during making.
My mum says that we have very white looking cousin from her grandfather side. She said they were originally from Ireland, which tallys with Ancestry DNA results.
Much thanks for such beautiful story, I love my beautiful Jamaica, the education system is one of the best, living in Britain I sent for my youngest daughter first, just when she passed her common entrance to continue her education here, she attended Stella Morris Prep back in Jamaica, when she started school here she was too advanced, and got tired and bored because what they were teaching she had already done back home. My, older she passed her common entrance for Holly Childhood. My Grandmother used board girls for Happy Grove High school back in the days when I was s little girl, Happy Grove was an affluent Boarding school with a mixture of every nation,. Just listening to your story brings beautiful memories. Much appreciated.
Hi , I'm a new subscriber. I am enjoying your channel and showing the world we are a really loving country and really out of many one people. I am a proud Jamaican 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I went to Immaculate as well. Had a very pleasant experience minus the lizards and some of the nuns. I wish my US born children had the same experience as it helped to shape me into the person I am now. I think we had Sis Maureen Clare in her nicer stage after she stepped down as principal. I heard she was to be feared back in the day. She passed away recently.
Me too!!! I couldn't have sent my 3 year old away. I have a granddaughter who turns 3 in a few months and I shake my head when I think about it. I'm ok though 😊
As Servite girls my sister and I had a similar experience to Mel. Nurse Garvey and her gold bangles, Matron in charge of Senario house . Mother Amadeus and Sister Christine. They taught us socisl awareness and emphasized good behavior. It was a great educational foundation for us . Thanks Mel for the memories!
Hello, I’m from England. My mum was born in Jamaica. My mum shared your videos with me. My mum shared the videos with me so that I might get a feel for living in the Carribean for when I go there for a long holiday.
@@CountryWhiteJamaican I can relate to this story in every way !!! Like the Common Entrance Exam, I never knew I would pass because it was so hard and I was only 10 years old, took it and passed at the first chance !!! Then I attended St Catherine High School founded by some Roman Catholic Nuns like Sister Mary Pascal and Sister Mercedes !!! At St Catherine High it was fun and some of my contemporaries were Andrew Holness and Juliet Holness, as a first form student throughout this time, I could have predicted that Holness would have become Prime Minister, he had such a personality and posture and leadership as the Head boy that I very much admired and looked up to him for. Same as with your experience there have been lifelong friendships which I developed from my Jamaican High School days just as you described when you attended Immaculate Conception High school!!!! Like many Jamaicans we think of Immaculate Conception High School as one of the best and I just used to love seeing the different young ladies some of them white, black, Indian, Chinese that shows the diversity and multicultural Jamaica dressed in that white making them looked just so Immaculate. Yes, 🤩🤩 I too remembered getting into the little trouble at times I was known for being infamous when it comes on to speaking out with the Teachers and was on a number of occasions sent straight down to the Mrs Green's Office, who she was the Dean of discipline and what used to get me out of it was that Mrs Greene was taking Religious Education with my class and she could always count on me for getting the highest marks in all her tests !!!
Looking back, Paradise Plum and Mint Ball.. and sticky Busta were my favourites. But I enjoyed all of them. Once it's sweetie. I used to like eating the sticky kind of Busta dem and hoping to find small chunks of coconut in it. But Paradise Plum, with the bi-colours, that they take out of the glass jar...At Miss Amy shop. Paradise is the right name....:)
Thanks for sharing, busta is my candy. I went through common entrance, but didn’t pass, So I had to the grade 8th exam, pass and went to Vere Technically High School. The late Ben Francis was my principal🇯🇲❤️
I remember Cervite (sp) . I went to Columbus and when Cervite closed a lot of you guys transferred to Columbus prep . It’s my first time seeing this channel. ❤😊
Jamaica is a blessed country school days are the best we have morning devotion before class and so we learn from the best prayer was very important in school and by the way i love your story blessings
Thank you so much. I am really overwhelmed by all of the love and support from my subscribers, viewers - just my fellow Jamaicans (I know there are people watching who are not Jamaicans, so I am just grateful!!)
Cindy Breakespeare said that all the discipline she has in her life came from her time at ICHS. I look back on those days with fondness and gratitude for all I learned there - respect for your elders, good manners, strong morals, etc. Many of the day students never knew that there were nuns who left early every morning to run the "creches" for the less fortunate children of the area.
Thanks for sharing your memories. I am thankful for my Jamaican education. It was hard but going in the world I could handle anything. Wolmers and campion here. Loved tamarind candy
The prep school continued as a day school. It was just the convent itself that closed down. And yes, The Brown's Town Community College was launched in the convent buildings. But I suppose because you were a boarder that wouldn't have worked for you. Do you remember that fabulous big hall / gymnasium w- that very proper theater stage? Was Sister Bonaventure or Sister Casamayor there when you went? Chuckles at the idea of a feisty young boarder at immaculate, ... with no means of escape I might add. I have a girl cousin that went to immaculate back in the day - D. Cardoza.
Love your Stories. Have a few myself. I am a former Pupil of St.george's Girls. So I well know about those decipline. for it, because it allows you to enter the World well informed. Keep the communication coming its real, and great memories are appreciated. Respect!
Hi Yadier, do you have any pics to accompany the videos. I am loving the old times. I went to CHILDHOOD. Anyone remember Sister Stephanie, Sister Goretti, and Miss Dazavedo🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Nice video i went to that servite cinvent school i was living in browns Town and my grand mother use to work at minard estate nice to hear you talking about our school❤ i love busta
Used to live in Golden Spring and always waited for dem cute Immaculate girls to join the bus at Constant Springs bus terminal to get the 30 or 31 bus. Also, my uncle Seymour Mullings was from Claremont and I visited the area a lot as a boy before he got into politics and later he was minister of agriculture. Small world my dear!
3 years old wow a baby lol my girls bawl everyday when I left them at school everyday when they started prep school at 2 lol - no sah mi couldn’t have them board at dat deh age😀 my niece went to ichs 😊
Yep that was schooling in Ja Rigorous, scarry, private lessons , whipping .. But that was our way of life gave us excellent work ethics. I wanted to go to immaculate,. Holy childhood, Andrew's St Hughes, Wolmers among the top 8n Kingston. Brings back memories. Loved all the candies lol
Excelsior in the house. To put things in perspective. Class of 1982, joined the Army in Trinidad and Tobago 1984 to 1990. Freshman in an American University in 1992. I tested out of English 101 & 102. In addition to testing out of Spanish 101& 102. Mmmm. Americans sey we nuh talk English. None of my American born classmates were able to test out of English...Period, much less Spanish. Big Up to our Jamaica Teachers. Thanks for sharing your stories. ICHS, Excellent Girls School.
My husband was Jamaican born and raised.A lot of Americans thought he was dumb because he is from the West Indies.He was one of the most intelligent men I knew. Put a lot of USA dudes to shame 😊
Nuff brilliant Jamaicans!!
@@sandrajones9365 Your husband is a smart Jamaican man. He just chilled until the time was right, leaving the others picking their up from the ground.
America introduced me to the, black, white, chinese, Indian thing. The classrooms were of mixed ethnicities, no one noticed. Good job Jamaica
Yes, America is so full of racism and bigotry even though we have the most nationalities and ethnicities in one country. As an Army veteran, it is shameful.😢
Like the Jamaican motto "Out of many, one people." A great way to grow up.
As a Jamaican I feel extremely proud hearing my causation Jamaicans brothers and sisters speak this way as I’ve never known any Jamaican you held racial bias against them , the motto “ out of many one people “ is indeed profound . I wish that we could invite the leaders of some of the world’s biggest hate groups to experience what we have
Well said my Lady
No white European are not Caucasian.
@@horus44102 I am so sorry, but I do not understand this statement, could you please explain?
@@horus44102?
@@skabuoy Peace explain for me too :P cant we just be one people?
What some people need to understand we in Jamaica went to school with white Indian and their race never comes up we just see you as Jamaican
I’m sorry, but this ‘out of many, one people’ is simply not true. Anti Blackness and Colourism exists.
Right! ONE LOVE, ONE HEART....
As Jamaican singer Winston Francis once remarked about why he became a Rasta : "I once hear someone say, Rasta knows no colour".
What you need to understand is. They dont see things the same. And behind closed doors your race ALWAYS comes up 👋🏾
@@iBOXRIVER Not at all !!! We are a very integrated and mixed country, we cuss and quarrel and trace and make -up!!!All Jamaicans are the same whether white, Chinese, Black,Indian and we have them in our government and parliament representing us !!! It's not like in America and Europe, in Jamaica we do not have people of different races suing each other because of racism !!! All Jamaicans are recognised for their unique talents, we hailed Gordon Butch Stewart as a white Jamaican for his contribution to economic growth and development, we hail Bob Marley who is mixed race for his contributions to music and we hail our black leaders in politics and business and which every colour they are is quite irrelevant to the problems we are facing on the Island !!!
When I came to the US, I was placed two grades ahead of my age and I also realized my skin color. I thought I was just Jamaican.
Paradise plum was my favourite. I loved the sweet and sour taste yummy.
Yes, those were classic.. I miss them.I found Busta Jawbone in St. Thomas but them soft them naah broke jawbone😂😂😂
I attended UWI in the late 1990's. I lived on Campus. Excellent educational system/ experience. I still love Jamaica and watch Jamaican social media all the time. I just pray for more love among some groups.
Agreed!!
You are Jamaican no question we are one no need to wonder i love you to my heart one love my sister 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Schools in Jamaica was no joke..... excellent education. My favorite candy, all of them. More stories, thanks for the memories.
Lol... Monica, I used to love all of them too but lately I'm finding the grater cake too sweet or is it just the brand I am getting? @ ms Mel, High school in Ja is great, getting into trouble and all.
I too have beautiful memories of schooling in Jamai ca. First at Infant School then St. George's Girls School and Kingston Technical. Then on to Exed before migrating. I still remember passages of scripture which we were taught. A different passage every week and you had to repeat it at morning worship. Your uniform blouses were so white and every pleat on your skirt was in place. Of course if you misbehaved, you'd go to the Headmistress' office for punishment. Those teachers will always be remembered fondly.
I think it's in the water and the sun. Every Jamaican woman act the saaaaame...
Good lord.
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DWL
Interesting how I connect with you regardless of your color and background… All Jamaican would. America could learn a thing or two from Jamaica.
Holy Childhood/Immaculate here. Thanks for expressing only what we can relate to 😊
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I only realise the colour of my skin when I travel I don’t see colour I see human we are all one
Old ICHS girl here....yuh good and bad at the same time. Thank you for sharing our beautifully unique Immaculate life. Ad astra per aspera!
I’m a born and bred Jamaican and I can relate. Love mi yaad!!🇯🇲❤️❤️
The Caribbean has a British standard of education. . Education in Trinidad and Tobago. One of the best also.
So true. I took an entrance test with a large group of people for a job with an insurance company in Canada. One test was for math, the other for English language. When they called me for an interview some days after the test, they told me that I was the only person EVER to have gotten 100% in both tests. I went to the same Jamaican high school as Mel mentions in this video. Excellent academic education.
@janinafisher101 awesome! So grateful that we got the leg up. Congratulations 👏 🎊 🏅 📖
This is a real eye opener because i had no idea babies went to Boarding school. Thats crazzzyyyy
Im pretty sure I was among the youngest, but I survived lol
Check the English boarding system. Sure you've seen that in a few movies
@@annt651well I did read Oliver Twist. He was sent off to boarding school at an early age. But I never knew three year olds could be boarded. Wow!
@sharainedoyen490 yup it was a thing. Crazy though when I look back and think about it.
Out of many We Are One. you mek mi proud
Precious memories! I loved peppermint candy.
I started schooling in Jamaica and finished last years inc college and university in U.K. Education in Jamaica is far superior to education in U.K. For instance surprisingly English Language by the time I got to U.K. I was by far advanced to the kids in U.K. I went to Grammer School in U.K. based on 11+ exams the level of which I had already sat aged 8 and 9 in Jamaica . As a poor child in Jamaica we used to sit and watch the wealthy kids traipsing in and out of Monroe College nearby and long and yearn for the privilege , so we grab it when it comes .
I also skipped 2 grades after graduating from ICHS and moving to Canada! Big up to our island Jamaica!
Ture Jamaican woman 👩😋😍inside and out girl keep doing your thing 👏love and respect 👏🙌❤
My grandfather was jamaican of scottish and German background in Jamaica for centuries.... no one ever care or ever mentioned it, i had to ask my mother about when i grew up
I always thought my father's white side was of English heritage, but recently found out that the ancestor was Scottish. Turns out that there were a LOT of Scots who we descended from.
@janinafisher101 my mum among them as well 💕
@@janinafisher101 well my grandfather did have ten children with my grandmother the ones that you can confirm are the ones that are obviously mixed❣ 🤣🇯🇲
@ReadDaTalmudPls love it 😀 💕
It went from Common Entrance to GSAT. I was a part of the last batch of Common Entrance candidates in 1998. I was 10 years old in Grade 5; I got my 1st choice on the 1st try. GSAT came into effect in 1999.
Yes my children did both.the older ones did C Entrance. All lots of work!!
juju was my favorite candy. Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica land we love
Juju was my mothers fave. She used to go to Lannamans candy factory for them
Girl, I went to St Hilda’s in Brown’s Town when I was 9 boarding away from home. Then on to St Hugh’s in Kingston. Similar journey. I wouldn’t change a thing!
My mother went to St. Hildas! 😃
Brought back memories! Sr Maureen Clare, Sr Josette, Sr James Vincent, Sr Marie Emmanuel, Sr Mary Catherine. Mrs Chin, Ms Franker, Ms Robotham, Ms Sandy, I could go on and on. Went to Stella Maris then to ICHS prep and high schools. How blessed were we!!!
Wow so many names that conjure up associated memories. We really were blessed!! 💕
Sr Mary Catherine left the convent after she retired as Principal. Mrs. Chin is alive and well and living in Toronto! The other nuns have all died. There are almost no nuns left, so now they are figuring out the future of the convent. But ICHS lives on!
This is my first time seeing your videos and I had to subscribe after watching. School in Jamaica is gruelling, but the quality of education you get ensures you excel wherever you go in the world. One think I can truly say, when your teacher is hard on you, and you think it's because they dont like you - it's not. They tend to see your potential and want only the best for you. You won't realize this when you're a child. But once you get older, the reality hits, and then you are appreciative.
Welcome!!!! So glad you found my channel. Thanks for subscribing ❤️ ja education is a boss!!!
Going to school in Jamaica 🇯🇲is very nice we have to get up early in the morning to walk to school
ICHS for life! Proud Immaculatan. True talk on Sis. Maureen Claire! 🙏🏽RIP. I too had the after school thing for leaning on railing & wearing black slip😂. Can laugh now! On point about the convent, lizards, sunken garden & cafeteria. Memories like no other 🇯🇲
“Ad astra, per aspera” - through difficulties to excellence. Thanks for the ICHS walk down memory lane. ❤
❤ and HCHS
Lady you know your stuff..👍👍👍..paradise plum was my favourite sweet 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I use to live close to immaculate in constant springs in front of Oakland damn ma you know your country bless up stand up for your rights your memory is on point
Just found love your stories about I attend st Hilda high school in Brownstown not far from York castle l remember some children fail their they cry so hard that why we Jamaican tried to do our best anywhere in the world we live thanks for the stories.
My mother went to St Hildas!!! And welcome!!!
Lady was lucky to attend school in Jamaica because their standard of education is better than the UK, where I attended school after leaving Jamaica.
Nice times miss HOME being a kid there was so much good memories.I was born in Jamaica an went to Holy Child School I miss it.Never notice color Out of Many One ❤
My jamaican white sister i❤
How I remember ICHS. I day dreamed looking out of the windows at the blue mountains so I did Saturdays detention. I remember Home Economics, mass in the chappel, trying to catch frogs in the small pond around a statue to disect in biology class, but mostly the discipline. My best friend was Susan Taylor. I wish I knew where she is today. Great memories and I go back every year. Family and the mountains draw me back to my island in the sin. Thanks for the video.
I love your stories 🥰 NEW SUBCRIBER . Some people today don't know that Jamaica has a very diverse population. They are so surprised when they hear that a white person is from Jamaica 🤣 I love my Jamaican people black, white, Chinese, Indian, mix ONE PEOPLE ONE LOVE 🧡💚💛🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Welcome :) Thanks for subbing - glad to have you join us
you are so right. a lot of caribbean people dont even know that jamaica has a diverse population. People dont even know that there are chinese jamaicans
@Pheona Mae, me too. And I get "really annoyed" when I hear those who have no idea about out "Out Of Many One People" diversity, make some really "ignorant" comments towards Jamaicans who are not of "very dark hue".
I am white skinned, and live in Canada, and people just love to hear me speak patois!!!
Love your story. Takes me back to Miss Binger’s Prep School, Pembroke Hall Primary & Kingston College in the later 1960’s to early 1970’s. I recall when the first time you saw your Common Entrance Exam results was in the middle of the newspaper (Jamaica Gleaner) in the summer and learned if you’d go to regular or technical high school. Interesting, awesome days! I haven’t forgotten most of my teachers and what I learned. 😊
That's exactly how I received my results lol
Tell it. Girl!, we were Disciplined and we had Prayers in School, before Classes started. We prayed at Lunch time, and we Dismissed with Prayer. Everybody was "ONE" Like she said Our Motto " OUT of MANY, ONE PEOPLE" No Black or White, Chinese, Indian,or Caucasian Issues.
Memories ,our evening prayer was " now the days is over"❤
That's so true about going to school in Jamaica. Your story brought back so many memories for me. Thank you 😊
Everything she said sound like kids going to school in the 70s to late 80s. She look very young like 40s.
I could bet she was a Immaculate Alma Mater
You are way too sweet. 40s 🤣🤣 I wish!!! Lol best fren now!
@@CountryWhiteJamaican what year u became past student?Just curious
@@robrain1344 graduated ICHS 1979
@@CountryWhiteJamaican during my cousin's time, Fagan and Rainford
I was a high schooler in the 70s . I can relate
Representing Brown's Town, York Castle to the world... Keep the videos coming. Loving the memories
Your memories are absolutely beautiful! something also for your grandchildren!.
Thank you so much! Yes, I have considered that as well :)
CWJL Hello, before INACULSTE IT WAS CONSTANT SPRING GOLF CLUB, and the TRAMCARS RAN STRAIGHT ACROSS TO THE END,,THEN RETURNED, I guess when the TSA cars ended The place was made into the school. But my cousin and another girl went to that Catholic school in BROWNS TOWN, I RODE MY BIKE TO SEE THEM I guess twas57, BTW I started at FERNCOURT IN 1944 I WAS SO YOUNG THEY USED TO BATHE ME ABOUT2 PM THEY PUT LARGE WASH TUBS IN THE SUN TO WARM UP, BUT I learned how to make my bed there, no electricity those days , there was boys rooms and some little girls lived in front rooms nut older girls lived upstairs in another building over classrooms there were ONLY LATRENES SO YOU TOOK A LANRERNWITH YOU AT NIGHT , , THORE WERE THE DAYS, THEN I spent much time in BAMBOO WITH UNCLE JACK & VERA BURROWES on their dairy farm, After a few years I went KNOX COLLEGE IN SPALDING , LEFT JAMAICA IN 1959 @18, now 80 yo. Retired in NJ USA God Bless, cheers 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇯🇲🇺🇸🇺🇸
More Jamaica 🇯🇲 story school story love ❤ it wow I remember them day
🇯🇲 Paradise plum was my favorite candy made in Alman Town, near Hero's Circle.
I remember Immaculate being a very strict Catholic school; their academic & decorum standards were very high.
I went there once to a fete and the sisters kept walking in & around dancers, making sure proper protocols were being observed.
I nearly.spoke about that, and I was going to talk about the uniform lol and forgot this time
Yes very very strick .My daughters God mom went there .But she was not stooch!! She gave the nuns a hard time😂
Lannamans sweetie factory. My uncle used to drive truck for them.
@@stephenclarke5404 🇯🇲 Was trying to remember the factory name.
We used to go there to buy the bag of hardened ball of p-plum....apparently they were damaged during making.
@@stephenclarke5404 I wish I knew you then .I would bribe every icy mint and paradise plum from you.😂😂😂
My mum says that we have very white looking cousin from her grandfather side. She said they were originally from Ireland, which tallys with Ancestry DNA results.
Much thanks for such beautiful story, I love my beautiful Jamaica, the education system is one of the best, living in Britain I sent for my youngest daughter first, just when she passed her common entrance to continue her education here, she attended Stella Morris Prep back in Jamaica, when she started school here she was too advanced, and got tired and bored because what they were teaching she had already done back home.
My, older she passed her common entrance for Holly Childhood.
My Grandmother used board girls for Happy Grove High school back in the days when I was s little girl, Happy Grove was an affluent Boarding school with a mixture of every nation,.
Just listening to your story brings beautiful memories.
Much appreciated.
My mother in law attended Happy Grove! Great school. Yes Jamaican education is amazing! Was in our day. I assume it still is.
I went to a schools with full chinese, half chinese, indian and white jamaicans of german descent we did not see colour we were just kids
I was sent to boarding school Westwood and it was the best All mixtures Those were the days Great !!!
Hi , I'm a new subscriber. I am enjoying your channel and showing the world we are a really loving country and really out of many one people. I am a proud Jamaican 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thanks for subbing! Welcome :)
I went to Immaculate as well. Had a very pleasant experience minus the lizards and some of the nuns. I wish my US born children had the same experience as it helped to shape me into the person I am now. I think we had Sis Maureen Clare in her nicer stage after she stepped down as principal. I heard she was to be feared back in the day. She passed away recently.
I went to Servite Primary. When I started, it was no longer a Catholic school & no boarding. The dorms were now class rooms & Principal office.
I didn't know this! Wow 👌 thanks for sharing
Love this wonderful memory report
Hell no!!! My 3 yr old?I would cry day and night for my baby.I would end up in Bellveiw.
Me too!!! I couldn't have sent my 3 year old away. I have a granddaughter who turns 3 in a few months and I shake my head when I think about it. I'm ok though 😊
I couldn’t do it either!
As Servite girls my sister and I had a similar experience to Mel. Nurse Garvey and her gold bangles, Matron in charge of Senario house . Mother Amadeus and Sister Christine. They taught us socisl awareness and emphasized good behavior. It was a great educational foundation for us . Thanks Mel for the memories!
The gold bangles!!!! I had forgotten them. Hi @Marjorie 👋 💕 great to see you here 😀
Hello, I’m from England. My mum was born in Jamaica. My mum shared your videos with me. My mum shared the videos with me so that I might get a feel for living in the Carribean for when I go there for a long holiday.
So cool! LOVE THIS! Hi to your mum
LADY YOU HAVE THESE WONDERFUL STORIES TO TELL !!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
Fills my heart that you are enjoying them! Thank you for watching 😊
@@CountryWhiteJamaican I can relate to this story in every way !!! Like the Common Entrance Exam, I never knew I would pass because it was so hard and I was only 10 years old, took it and passed at the first chance !!! Then I attended St Catherine High School founded by some Roman Catholic Nuns like Sister Mary Pascal and Sister Mercedes !!! At St Catherine High it was fun and some of my contemporaries were Andrew Holness and Juliet Holness, as a first form student throughout this time, I could have predicted that Holness would have become Prime Minister, he had such a personality and posture and leadership as the Head boy that I very much admired and looked up to him for. Same as with your experience there have been lifelong friendships which I developed from my Jamaican High School days just as you described when you attended Immaculate Conception High school!!!! Like many Jamaicans we think of Immaculate Conception High School as one of the best and I just used to love seeing the different young ladies some of them white, black, Indian, Chinese that shows the diversity and multicultural Jamaica dressed in that white making them looked just so Immaculate. Yes, 🤩🤩 I too remembered getting into the little trouble at times I was known for being infamous when it comes on to speaking out with the Teachers and was on a number of occasions sent straight down to the Mrs Green's Office, who she was the Dean of discipline and what used to get me out of it was that Mrs Greene was taking Religious Education with my class and she could always count on me for getting the highest marks in all her tests !!!
Enjoyed this! Reading Enid Blyton books as a little girl made boarding school seem like a blast. Always thought Servite Convent was Anglican though.
Servite was Catholic :)
Reminds me of reading "The Naughtiest Girl in the School." 🙂
That's young for boarding school
Immaculate is good school indeed
I'm a Jamaican and I know where she is coming from love the good old days
Looking back, Paradise Plum and Mint Ball.. and sticky Busta were my favourites. But I enjoyed all of them. Once it's sweetie.
I used to like eating the sticky kind of Busta dem and hoping to find small chunks of coconut in it. But Paradise Plum, with the bi-colours, that they take out of the glass jar...At Miss Amy shop.
Paradise is the right name....:)
So good! Thanks for sharing!
Paradise plum... # 1, followed by Bus mi jaw... loved the taste of the roasted coconut in it.♥️♥️♥️
Icy mint was in most women's pocket book. The candy of choice for church people .
" Yu have any candy"?
@@normacampbell550 always! Best candy evah!!!
@@normacampbell550 All in their 'bosoms'. Icy Mint or Mint Ball stashed 😃.
Good experience. Got real-life learning.
Thanks for sharing, busta is my candy.
I went through common entrance, but didn’t pass,
So I had to the grade 8th exam, pass and went to Vere Technically High School.
The late Ben Francis was my principal🇯🇲❤️
So great! Thank you for sharing ❤️
Bustamante backbone? I remember that thing being hard as a rock - all you could do was suck it!
I remember Cervite (sp) . I went to Columbus and when Cervite closed a lot of you guys transferred to Columbus prep . It’s my first time seeing this channel. ❤😊
Amazing! Welcome to the channel! So happy to have you join us here ❤️ 🇯🇲
Jamaica is a blessed country school days are the best we have morning devotion before class and so we learn from the best prayer was very important in school and by the way i love your story blessings
Thank you so much. I am really overwhelmed by all of the love and support from my subscribers, viewers - just my fellow Jamaicans (I know there are people watching who are not Jamaicans, so I am just grateful!!)
Bless up yourself beautiful
Cindy Breakespeare said that all the discipline she has in her life came from her time at ICHS. I look back on those days with fondness and gratitude for all I learned there - respect for your elders, good manners, strong morals, etc. Many of the day students never knew that there were nuns who left early every morning to run the "creches" for the less fortunate children of the area.
So true, it was a FIRM foundation for life for sure! Really, I didn't realize Cindy went to Immaculate?!
@@CountryWhiteJamaican Yeah ... she did. There's a nice interview she sat down to on RUclips where she shared about school during that time.
I think we went to Immaculate at the same time
@@dorotheaziadie6515 really?
@@CountryWhiteJamaican yes maybe not the same year...maiden name Wehby
Thanks for sharing your memories. I am thankful for my Jamaican education. It was hard but going in the world I could handle anything. Wolmers and campion here. Loved tamarind candy
Great schools! Yes we got an advantage for sure!!
The prep school continued as a day school. It was just the convent itself that closed down. And yes, The Brown's Town Community College was launched in the convent buildings. But I suppose because you were a boarder that wouldn't have worked for you. Do you remember that fabulous big hall / gymnasium w- that very proper theater stage?
Was Sister Bonaventure or Sister Casamayor there when you went?
Chuckles at the idea of a feisty young boarder at immaculate, ... with no means of escape I might add.
I have a girl cousin that went to immaculate back in the day - D. Cardoza.
Yes, I remember it all and both were there but I knew Sister Casamayor better. Fun days
@@CountryWhiteJamaican Fun days indeed. It's really nice to touch those memories. Maaaan, thanks for taking us back.
Yes you or a real Jamaican a bouth sweet wow me home 🏡 sick listing to you Busta sweet is the best
Mi A nuh LABOURITE so mi know it as staga.back😅
Nice story.
Love your Stories. Have a few myself. I am a former Pupil of St.george's Girls. So I well know about those decipline. for it, because it allows you to enter the World well informed. Keep the communication coming its real, and great memories are appreciated. Respect!
Wonderful!
Hi Yadier, do you have any pics to accompany the videos. I am loving the old times. I went to CHILDHOOD. Anyone remember Sister Stephanie, Sister Goretti, and Miss Dazavedo🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
I have been thinking about adding pics, but would need to use my own due to copyright, and work on my techy skills :)
Ok understand 🙂
I do....I went 1977
Thank you so much for your beautiful story.
Nice video i went to that servite cinvent school i was living in browns Town and my grand mother use to work at minard estate nice to hear you talking about our school❤ i love busta
Used to live in Golden Spring and always waited for dem cute Immaculate girls to join the bus at Constant Springs bus terminal to get the 30 or 31 bus. Also, my uncle Seymour Mullings was from Claremont and I visited the area a lot as a boy before he got into politics and later he was minister of agriculture. Small world my dear!
True thing! Really small world fi true!
Grow up in golden spring too.
Golden Spring representing!!!
Hi there! I love the old time days stories . It just bring back so many lovely memories.....can't done. ✌🏽💛❤😅
So true! We cant forget this stuff :)
Survite is still in Brown's Town. It is now Survite Primary .
Up and running good vibe my jamaican woman.
Thank you for sharing I don’t remember Paradise Plum Left Jamaica when I was 15 it’s been 35 years away from Jamaica 🇯🇲
You have not been back??😮 Well, if u wish to go back, you are going to need a guide..hush
@nancydennis_wright8342 I am.so glad I went bCk last year and this year. Cyah stay away now
Out of many, one. Love it! ❤ #Respect
Immaculate is the best top school at the moment in 2024 my God daughter just got in very proud of her
Forgot Thanks for the memories
Was that Mrs Jeannie Chin? STGC grad here. I know servite well and spouse is ICHS grad. Nice video thanks
Sonia Chin 💕 thank you!!
This is refreshing.
3 years old wow a baby lol my girls bawl everyday when I left them at school everyday when they started prep school at 2 lol - no sah mi couldn’t have them board at dat deh age😀 my niece went to ichs 😊
Yep that was schooling in Ja Rigorous, scarry, private lessons , whipping .. But that was our way of life gave us excellent work ethics. I wanted to go to immaculate,. Holy childhood, Andrew's St Hughes, Wolmers among the top 8n Kingston. Brings back memories. Loved all the candies lol
Paradise plum was my favorite sweetie
So many of us agree on this. But can't fund them now and on the few occasions when I have, they were not the same as back then.
BiG Up YUH nice clean self 🎉
Proud memories of immaculate ❤️❤️
Yeah mon! Bustamante backbone 😂
You certainly bring back memories of my days of school. I really enjoyed my days. You sound like you really enjoyed yours too.
I did! :)
Just wonderful 😊
You said G-Sat, I think they called it the next one called CXC exams....my time was common entrance 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍best time ever
G- Sat came after common entrance. Common Entrance was also called 11+ Exam. CXC came for the end of the secondary level and replaced GCE eventually.
Cxc is the one done at the end of high school. I did GCE and CXC at Holychildhood high
Bustamante Backbone ... love it.
I remember going to Immaculate school fetes. Sister Maureen Claire and the other nuns would be their to make sure we didn’t dance too close 😳
Facts! And that glare!!!
Lizard I always don't like especially the big green ones. Its always on my mind when I am coming home to Jamaica.
You are such a Jamaican very sweet and sound loving just like the many decent Jamaican women, love your stories and passion you have for your country
Excelsior in the house. To put things in perspective. Class of 1982, joined the Army in Trinidad and Tobago 1984 to 1990. Freshman in an American University in 1992.
I tested out of English 101 & 102. In addition to testing out of Spanish 101& 102. Mmmm. Americans sey we nuh talk English. None of my American born classmates were able to test out of English...Period, much less Spanish.
Big Up to our Jamaica Teachers. Thanks for sharing your stories. ICHS, Excellent Girls School.
So great! Thanks for sharing. Love that we had such a good education 👏 🇯🇲 🏆
Amen! North American education doesn't come close to ours!
Great reminiscing. I also went to Servite Convent. Not run by Franciscans - but Service Sisters aka (servants of Mary)
What years??