Dear Editor,
We have to concede that the brain drain is affecting Guyana in worse ways than we could have ever imagined. In light of such an undesirable state of affairs, I wish to offer young professionals the following advice. Treat your profession like an art and work towards perfection.
Pay attention to what the best in your field is doing and try to surpass or equal their achievements.Young journalists should never miss a second of the BBC or the writings of John Simpson. Young parliamentarians should pay close attention to sittings of the British parliament, if possible, or the presentations of Guyanese parliamentarians such as Winston Murray.
Teachers should tune in to public presentations and news networks to see modern ways of communicating ideas. Nothing can replace formal training, but even those with formal training from the best institutions can reach greater heights if they follow this path. Miguel De Cervantes, in his magnum opus Don Quixote captures the concept: “When a painter desires to become famous in his art, he endeavours to imitate the originals painted by the most noted artists; and the same maxim holds in every other science and exercise that adorns a commonwealth.”
Yours faithfully,
Ronald Austin, Jr
