Jord Nickerson

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@ajbarry09 I wonder if the NSCC wasn't located so close to home, would they have still pursued a post secondary education?

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@ajbarry09 some of my friends graduated high school, took plumbing at a community collage and are now lobstering/fishing to make a living

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

...and the province is not realizing the full value of our asset base

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

As a result, young people are leaving rural communities, other countries are out-competing us in the marketplace...

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

http://t.co/ky9US9PbLP #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

"Opportunities in the labour market have changed in ways that make it difficult for young people to become established" NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

A teacher tells me, "We're educating our young people to emigrate." #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

“Last year 250 people a day, most in their 20s and 30s, packed their bags and left Ireland - many are highly educated.” #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@ajbarry09 what about the Dalhousie Nursing collage at the Yarmouth hospital? #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

"nothing for you here" I have been told this and "I need to get out to find better opportunities in life" #NorCanRuralEd #SmallTownProbs

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@shannonchatt Women tend to work in the processing plants instead. They also receive lower wages and fewer hours than males #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@shannonchatt back home there are very few women involved with the harvesting of fish/lobster #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@jordnickBEd I see the opposite back home. The majority of the males have gone west to work the the mighty oil fields #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

"Rural researchers have found that women leave rural communities at a higher rate than men" #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@shannonchatt I went to a school that was grades P-12 and only had roughly 400 students in total. Would you consider that small? #SmallTown

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@ajbarry09 yeah there were a couple parts in this weeks section that were very gripping #NorCanRuralEd #Whaaaaat #MindBlown

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@jasminehare @shannonchatt @ajbarry09 Beyblades where the shiz back in the day!

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@Andrew26Pye I was lucky enough to have a Biology teacher who lied taking the class outside on school grounds for lessons... #NorCanRuralEd

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@ajbarry09 we had a tennis court at my elementary school, which was grades P-3. Only the grade 2s and 3s where aloud to go in it... #NoFair

[Jord Nickerson @jordnickBEd]

@dezmerez I would agree to that. I had a teacher who was highly intelligent but was not effective at passing knowledge to her students