by Dr. Vid Raatior | Sep 19, 2013 | Blog, Featured Article
The following is a reflection that someone recently shared on FB. I think it’s worth re-posting here as it serves as a good reminder to us all that happiness is not something that magically happens to us. According to Cindy Holbrook, happiness happens to people...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Aug 10, 2013 | Blog, Education, Featured Article
I’ve just returned from a week at Xavier High School in Chuuk, site of my first teaching years, to co-facilitate the Northwest Educators Summer Training (NEST) for over 70 public school teachers and principals and leaders from the poor and geographically remote...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jun 21, 2013 | Blog, Education
This video, Dare to Imagine, challenges us to re-imagine innovative ways to tackle global and local problems. It is also applicable to rethinking strategies for solving problems in education in Chuuk. The film was part of the Skoll World Forum which brought together...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Jun 15, 2013 | Blog, Education
The news about educational reform in my fair state of Chuuk is not good. In fact, it’s becoming alarmingly bad that it deserves drastic measures. If Chuuk’s education is likened to the sinking of the Titanic, then the sequence of Chuukese headlines of that...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | May 26, 2013 | Blog, Featured Article, Social Justice
In a rare show of solidarity and ecumenical unity, a group of Chuukese Catholic, Protestant, and women leaders gathered this week at the Pacific Islander Student Center at the University of Hawaii at Hilo to discuss social issues and solutions unique to the Chuukese...
by Dr. Vid Raatior | Apr 27, 2013 | Blog, Featured Article, Youth
As a Chuukese I am grateful to Gabe Rossi, Chairman of the Interscholastic Sports Commission (ISC) and the local member schools for their decision to dedicate their annual statewide track and field day to the memory of the late Keitani Graham, our Chuukese Olympian...
