RE: Questions about "Juvenile Delinquency" by @madilyn02
Thank you for this wonderful topic. In my country, just like @madilyn02 has pointed out, at least in my locality, girls have equal opportunity to Education. But the real problem is funds to complete it to the level that can help one to be meaningfully employed even though the employment opportunities are rare to get.
Here, education is just to be enlightened because most are aware that after education, there will be no employment. So if an employment opportunity is provided or at least is certain, then a lot of kids will be motivated to study irrespective of their gender.
But with steemit being incorporated into classroom activities, I think it can go a long way since they will earn as they learn.
But that idea is very hard for the school owners to adopt. They feel it will be a distraction to the kids. All efforts and attempts to help them understand has not really work out.
I think the real problem here is the harsh economic conditions we are facing. There is no money for most kids to continue their education to the level they want.
You can imagine the situation we are facing here.
You cannot imagine how much I appreciate when you correspond with me. I gain a much better understanding about Nigeria as consequence.
Many people want to come to Canada because of the opportunities it offers now, but never ask how Canada got to this state. One reason that Canada reached this point goes back over 100 years ago. Canada didn't build businesses, it built people.
In the early 1900s, average Canadians were poorer than average Nigerians are now. At the end of the summer, a large proportion of the population would climb on trains to go to the western farms to harvest grain. Starvation and freezing to death was not uncommon in the winters at that time.
Religion and morality was probably more important in Canada at that time then Nigeria today. When my father took my mother to the movies (almost 70 years ago), they were accompanied by a chaperone.
Another thing started in Canada early on was the formation of the "Women's Institute."
Women would meet once per month and have guest speakers who talked about nutrition, healthcare (first aid) and other educational topics.
In rural communities, they had one room schools in Canada until the 1965. Until the 1950s these schools were taught by teachers with as little as a secondary school education. Once when girls who were @madilyn02's age graduated they were eligible to teach children at the primary level.
I've never had much to do with primary schools but I have assisted a private college to become accredited here in Canada. If school owners are resistant, is it possible to start your own school? You are doing so with adults now. Perhaps offering after school classes might be an option. I used to own a couple of computer stores in the 1990s. In each of them, I had a room set up with usually ten computers. I offered computer classes for adults at each location.
Is it possible to offer Steemit classes for younger people?
Thank you so much for your response. It shows that you are really interested in developing the younger generation.
...>is it possible to start your own school? You are doing so with adults now. Perhaps offering after school classes might be an option. I used to own a couple of computer stores in the 1990s. In each of them, I had a room set up with usually ten computers. I offered computer classes for adults at each location.
This is a nice suggestion. I wish I can do it. Meanwhile, in my small steemit office, I do encourage people to come for training which is free. But most of them complain of device. I can easily organize a free training classes for younger generation as much as my steemit office can carry.
But I will need to at least offer to get few devices for few young ones to start with. And also to recharge their data for the meantime. I will also need to publicize the training by way of media and other means. These will make this training look interesting and attractive for them. But right now, the resources is not handy.
Perhaps you could first review the a response I gave @madilyn02.
For the present, the classes can be scheduled in your office, as long as it doesn't interfere with your regular business. What would the cost be if another space was necessary?
What are the devices you use and how much do they cost?
If the devices are tablets, they could be owned by the school, and used by the students during classes (they would need to log in and out for the class).
If that is the case, how much would it cost to set up a network in the classroom avoiding the issue of individual data plans?
For the sake of convenience I am going to say that @madilyn02 would be the "teacher".
When I offered my classes (I sometimes had twenty students at a time), I never advertised. All of the students were word of mouth.
The courses do not need to be limited to Steemit. Perhaps @madilyn02's contemporaries would like to learn web page design. They could take the courses on W3Schools.
@madilyn02 would create tests that the students would respond to at the end of each session, and the payment schedule would be as I mentioned prevously.
If the class size was five, do you think that we could generate enough support for this project? Could eight sessions be run each day? That represents forty posts. After the seven day waiting period, could the school, exchange 1/2 of the earnings (so the students would qualify for #club5050) for cash (presumably $80.00 per day).
How much each student might earn, depends entirely on the support of the broader community. Maybe the students might earn $1.00 per post and the teacher earns $10.00 per post. Whether it is five students learning for eight hours of the day or forty students studying for one hour of the day, do you think the "Teacher" would be willing to do this?
Is this a venture you @ngoenyi, @madilyn02 and those around you might want to discuss? If we can make this work, I would be willing to invest dollars as seed capital into this project. Depending upon its success, I would like to think there would be a few people who would welcome me with open arms in Nigeria. On the other hand I might be met with flaming torches and pitchforks.
Thank you for your prompt response,
Yes, my office can be a start up vanue for now but it can only take 5 students at a time and for that, I will have to buy a generator set because the power supply is not steady and that can cost not less than 600 steem.
My office rent will end by October this year and as such, I plan to look for a bigger capacity space and to get such here, I will need not less than 2400 steem at the current price. Am saving up for it and I pray steem price keeps increasing to reduce the quantity of steem I will need to let go.
Then I will talk of the equipments to be used.
As for the device, I think getting 5 laptops will be fine since it will belong to the school and each student will log in and out for the moment. And for that, a good laptop can cost not less than 750 steem each.
Then the data can be shared. It is possible for them to make one or two publications daily before their daily hors end and that can earn them much too.
We still have other costs to care for. So it is capital intensive but with proper planning, it will go well.
Yes, @madilyn02 and her contemporaries can assist with it and they too can create publications.
I am optimistic that if this is started, we don't even need advertisement, students will come begging to join the class.
It will really go well but it is capital intensive
It is easier for me to transfer cash to you than Steem, because our Prime Minister is a ... let me say that he doesn't like cryptocurrencies. Give me a few days so I can see about buying more Steem. I think that it would benefit the Steem Community to see the transactions and the process of this. In other words, I am willing to provide capital backing.
If we could set aside the question of the new space for the present, our needs might need to change before October. However, we can use the 2400 Steem as part of the Break Even Analysis.
I would like to emphasize the educational aspect of this enterprise. If Steem crashes, I would feel better if the students walked away with an education. I used W3Schools as an example but there are lots of online courses on other subjects, if that is what they prefer.
Perhaps, I am wrong and I should focus on getting the fastest return on my investment. It is getting a little late. I should catch 90 minutes of sleep before I awaken. We can explore this further later on.
Wow 😲😲😲, this will be great! I have had a situation where my brother sent me cash directly from America using my Account details. If that will work then I can provide the details in discord.
Of course, for the meantime, my office space can surfice. We can start from there. It will make sense really to begin from there.
We will explore those options. We will get teachers who can help out but as steem crashing, it's not an option, the price can only go down just like other cryptos. And of course, the students will surely not regret anything but benefit themselves.
Alright the, till then, have a wonderful rest
Believe it or not, I haven't gone to sleep yet. I need to see about buying Cryptos again anyway.
Is it possible to itemize all the costs that you might anticipate it might be including insurance, additional security etc. It doesn't make sense to enter this undercapitalized.
I am hoping that I will be able to recoup my investment by the time you need to decide on where you will be renting your next office. If that is possible, I would reinvest in more computers. The new building could consequently require two classrooms with the necessary tables and chairs for the students.
It is too soon to speculate on this, but I was wondering if in the future, a building like this might be possible. I don't know anything about zoning laws there. If the four bedrooms are large enough for four classrooms, the students would have access to kitchen facilities. Perhaps a cooking course/home economics course might be included in the curriculum.
Now I am really going to bed.