Andre Stephenson

Searching for meaning.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

The 14 year old computer science major at UTECH is an impactful inspiration to me.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

@courtneyannw For a career or pure curiosity?

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

@jaevionn Are you referring to the type of disrespect of frequency?

[Russell Brunson @russellbrunson]

Your environment is stronger than your willpower. Change it.

[Diana McCaulay @dmccaulay]

We have turned inaction into an art form.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

@BrayForJade lol @ great minds in quotes. Indeed, some men took credit for their wives' and sisters' work.

I believe though, it's important that the cultural narrative should be that men with intelligence and wisdom built much good in this world and our boys should imitate that.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

This is actually counter to history because the further you revert in history, you’ll see that extreme intelligence and wisdom was/is a masculine virtue culturally.

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

2/8
1. Masculinity norms and the anti-academic identity

This is arguably the deepest structural cause. Educators and social scientists have argued that there is a direct link between masculine identity formation and educational underperformance, academic success is coded as feminine, and boys who display “school smarts” risk being ridiculed as effeminate by peers and even adults.

Research by Parry found that boys in Jamaican secondary schools hold a rigid, macho sense of masculinity that expresses itself in contempt for teachers, who are largely female, and an anti-academic sex/gender identity that is incompatible with diligent study or good grades.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

Good read even though I disagree with some of the principles supporting the research.

Our boys and men need help.

At some point we will need to accept that not having good, educated and productive men hurts US ALL.

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

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The #Jamaica Education Gender Gap: No Single Cause, No Simple Fix

(Photo: Martei Korley)

The performance gap is pervasive and measurable at every level. Girls consistently outperform boys from the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) examination onward, through CSEC at the secondary level, where the dropout rate is also higher for boys, and the gap is most dramatically visible at the tertiary level.

Nearly seven in ten students enrolled in Jamaican universities and other higher education institutions are women. Among female students who completed the primary exit exam, 73% went on to complete at least one CSEC subject, compared to just 53% of boys, and the gap at the CAPE (sixth form) level is even starker: 16.9% of girls versus 9% of boys.

The causes are layered and mutually reinforcing.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

@GlenDivo This is an example of an idea that masculinity is the “fragile” gender. Femininity has been allowed to evolve, as it should.

All attempts to “improve” masculinity is met with slurs galore from the very people who complain about its problems.

[MajToure999 @MajToure]

You’re a victim.

Of your habits.
Of your lack of discipline.
Of your fear of discomfort.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

@FLOWJamaica my home internet has been down since May 6, 2026. What is happening? I cannot get you on your phone so let me know if I should be going to @DIGICELJamaica for better service quality.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

What would be lovely is if the problem identified was corrected so the school girl and those like her no longer have that experience.

Aside from that, all discussions are “rocking chairs” relatively

[Gavin | Cyber Sec 🇯🇲 🇩🇪 🇮🇪 @HackingGavin]

*Saw a school girl on my way home at 3:55 AM waiting for the bus. I was lost for words ...

PS. I don't think there were any bad intentions but the discussion around this is pretty good about what we share about others online.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

If “mi nuh know how people nuh like bathe” was a person.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

Wholesale free markets in the taxi industry would exclude a SIGNIFICANT number of commuters. In what situation would a taxi driver charge less?

[• @Zauvaughn]

It confuses me that the govt gets involved in privately own taxis. Isn’t that just a business? In that case shouldn’t the free market dictate prices? What happens if somebody run a taxi and decide to charge less than the mandated amount? Why is there a mandated amount?

[Packy McCormick @packyM]

It's gotta be a good sign for humanity that the longevity company just collected all the vc infinity stones.

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

Mid mid mid skip skip

[Andre Stephenson @vesemer]

@moniquepowell Wouldn’t it depend on the employee and the incentives?