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Le regrett\u00e9 \u00e9minent professeur Joseph D\u00e9sir (Djo D\u00e9sir), ancien professeur de Litt\u00e9rature Ha\u00eftienne et de Litt\u00e9rature Fran\u00e7aise est l\u2019un des grands Ha\u00eftiens de notre temps. Il apport\u00e9 une grande contribution \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9ducation dans son pays comme professeur, comme directeur d\u2019\u00e9cole et comme ministre de l\u2019\u00c9ducation Nationale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joseph D\u00e9sir \u00e9tait n\u00e9 \u00e0 la Croix-des-Bouquets le 7 mars 1935 et \u00e9tait toujours tr\u00e8s fier de ses origines Ha\u00eftiennes et comme fils de la Croix-des-Bouquets. Malgr\u00e9 l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9vation de son statut social, il \u00e9tait toujours rest\u00e9 \u00e9gal \u00e0 lui-m\u00eame. Tr\u00e8s fier de son origine comme fils de paysan (pitit peyizan oswa pitit s\u00f2y\u00e8t), Maitre D\u00e9sir s\u2019\u00e9tait toujours rappel\u00e9 de la citation c\u00e9l\u00e8bre du politicien activiste Jama\u00efcain Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 ao\u00fbt 1887 – 10 juin 1940) : \u00ab Un peuple qui ne conna\u00eet pas son pass\u00e9, ses origines et sa culture ressemble \u00e0 un arbre sans racines \u00bb. Il a commenc\u00e9 dans l\u2019enseignement en l\u2019ann\u00e9e 1960 et a pass\u00e9 plus de 50 ans dans la formation des \u00e9tudiants (es) de son pays Ha\u00efti. Il avait toujours consid\u00e9r\u00e9 sa profession d\u2019\u00e9ducateur comme une vocation. Il \u00e9tait un \u00e9tudiant tr\u00e8s brillant et avait fait ses \u00e9tudes secondaires au Lyc\u00e9e Alexandre P\u00e9tion \u00e0 Port-au-Prince. Par la suite, il a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 le droit \u00e0 la facult\u00e9 de Droit de Port-au-Prince et est all\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure afin de r\u00e9aliser l\u2019un de ses r\u00eaves les plus chers, celui de devenir l\u2019un des plus grands professeurs de belles lettres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maitre D\u00e9sir \u00e9tait un grand passionn\u00e9 de l\u2019\u00e9ducation. Il avait sillonn\u00e9 comme professeur le Lyc\u00e9e Alexandre P\u00e9tion de Port-au-Prince, le Petit S\u00e9minaire Coll\u00e8ge Saint Martial, l\u2019\u00c9cole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure et plusieurs coll\u00e8ges de Port-au-Prince pour dispenser des cours de Litt\u00e9rature Fran\u00e7aise et de Litt\u00e9rature Ha\u00eftienne. Il \u00e9tait aussi l\u2019un des directeurs fondateurs du Coll\u00e8ge Les Normaliens R\u00e9unis et le directeur fondateur du Coll\u00e8ge La Renaissance qui a d\u00e9j\u00e0 45 ans d\u2019existence. Il commen\u00e7ait \u00e0 dispenser des cours du lundi au vendredi de 7:00res du matin  jusqu\u2019\u00e0 9 heures du soir. Il donnait des cours m\u00eame les samedis dans la matin\u00e9e et dans l\u2019apr\u00e8s-midi. C\u2019\u00e9tait toujours un grand plaisir pour lui de rencontrer tous les samedis apr\u00e8s-midi pendant l\u2019ann\u00e9e acad\u00e9mique les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de la classe de rh\u00e9to des Lyc\u00e9es, des \u00e9coles Congr\u00e9ganistes et d\u2019autres Coll\u00e8ges de Port-au-Prince dans son \u00e9cole le Coll\u00e8ge La Renaissance pour des cours de Litt\u00e9rature Fran\u00e7aise et de Litt\u00e9rature Ha\u00eftienne. Les \u00e9l\u00e8ves de Rh\u00e9to ou des candidats et Candidates aux examens officiels de Baccalaur\u00e9at de premi\u00e8re partie venaient d\u2019un peu partout et m\u00eame de la commune de la Croix-des-Bouquets pour assister au cours de litt\u00e9rature du professeur D\u00e9sir du samedi apr\u00e8s-midi afin de mieux se pr\u00e9parer pour les examens officiels de Baccalaur\u00e9at de 1\u00e8re partie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le professeur D\u00e9sir \u00e9tait un Ha\u00eftien tr\u00e8s g\u00e9n\u00e9reux, se souciait beaucoup de l\u2019\u00e9ducation de ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves et n\u2019h\u00e9sitait jamais \u00e0 partager ses exp\u00e9riences de vie personnelle et son argent avec ses \u00e9tudiants (es) afin de les aider \u00e0 devenir d\u2019honn\u00eates citoyen (ne)s pour leur famille, pour leur pays Ha\u00efti et pour le monde. Les anciens \u00e9l\u00e8ves qui suivent \u00e0 la lettre la formation re\u00e7ue du professeur D\u00e9sir sont des citoyens du monde et doivent \u00eatre une grande fiert\u00e9 pour Ha\u00efti, partout. Professeur D\u00e9sir invitait toujours ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves \u00e0 ne jamais baisser le bras car il avait toujours pris en exemple le po\u00e8me Les 10 Hommes Noirs du grand po\u00e8te Etzer Vilaire. Ce long po\u00e8me est un \u00e9v\u00e9nement litt\u00e9raire sans pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent et repr\u00e9sente le proc\u00e8s-verbal de l\u2019\u00e2me d\u2019une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration o\u00f9 le souffle de la grande po\u00e9sie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maitre D\u00e9sir nous disait toujours que la le\u00e7on ou la morale que nous pouvons tirer de ce po\u00e8me est la suivante : \u00ab la vie est triste mais elle est grande aussi. Le d\u00e9sespoir n\u2019est jamais la solution et le d\u00e9couragement est seulement une d\u00e9mission. Malgr\u00e9 les difficult\u00e9s, il faut continuer \u00e0 risquer et aller au large \u00bb. Le cours du professeur D\u00e9sir \u00e9tait toujours un moment d\u2019\u00e9change entre lui et ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves. Il invitait toujours ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves \u00e0 l\u2019aider \u00e0 trouver la r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 ses questions : Est-ce que la mis\u00e8re, la faim et les grandes souffrances sont des signes d\u2019\u00e9chec ? Peut-on accepter la fatalit\u00e9 et de se condamner tant on n\u2019a pas tout essay\u00e9 ou tent\u00e9 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professeur D\u00e9sir avait toujours enseign\u00e9 \u00e0 ses \u00e9l\u00e8ves dans son cours de Litt\u00e9rature Ha\u00eftienne sur les po\u00e8tes m\u00e9lancoliques ou tourment\u00e9s par le drame de la vie comme Corriolan Ardouin, Etzer Vilaire etc: \u00ab Les douleurs de l\u2019\u00e2me et les questions existentialistes ne sont pas uniquement  l\u2019apanage des pauvres \u00bb. Je n\u2019oublierai jamais les cours de Maitre D\u00e9sir sur les romanciers Ha\u00eftiens : Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Marcelin, Fernand Hibbert, Justin Lh\u00e9risson et Antoine Innocent, consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme des P\u00e8res du Romantisme ha\u00eftien. Il avait toujours pris le soin d\u2019enseigner \u00e0 ses \u00e9tudiants que la po\u00e9sie de 1804 \u00e0 1900 a jou\u00e9 un grand r\u00f4le dans la litt\u00e9rature de notre pays ou dans le champ litt\u00e9raire ha\u00eftien. Il continuait pour dire \u00e0 ses \u00e9tudiants qu\u2019il a fallu attendre jusqu\u2019au d\u00e9but du 20\u00e8me si\u00e8cle pour assister \u00e0 la naissance du Romantisme ha\u00eftien avec Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Marcelin (1871-1917) qui avait publi\u00e9 son premier roman Th\u00e9mistocle-\u00c9paminondas Labasterre<\/em> (1901) qui avait suscit\u00e9 de vives pol\u00e9miques en Ha\u00efti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le regrett\u00e9 Professeur D\u00e9sir avait insist\u00e9 dans son cours que Marcelin voulait nous dire \u00e0 travers son Roman Th\u00e9mistocle<\/em> \u00c9paminondas Labasterre<\/em> que la po\u00e9sie \u00e0 elle seule ne peut pas exprimer la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 ha\u00eftienne et que le roman a son r\u00f4le \u00e0 jouer dans le champ litt\u00e9raire ha\u00eftien. Maitre D\u00e9sir avait soulign\u00e9 combien Marcelin avait mis \u00e0 nu ou avait d\u00e9nonc\u00e9 le machiav\u00e9lisme des politiciens Ha\u00eftiens, les tares et l\u2019hypocrisie de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ha\u00eftienne dans son \u0153uvre Th\u00e9mistocle<\/em> \u00c9paminondas Labasterre<\/em>. Il nous avait rappel\u00e9 le r\u00f4le que le professeur fran\u00e7ais Hodelin avait jou\u00e9 aupr\u00e8s du jeune Th\u00e9mistocle Epaminondas Labasterre<\/em>, il avait appris \u00e0 ce dernier \u00e0 se m\u00e9fier de la politique ha\u00eftienne ou des politiciens de son pays. Le professeur Hodelin continuait pour dire au jeune Th\u00e9mistocle : \u00ab Si les politiciens Ha\u00eftiens et l\u2019\u00e9lite Ha\u00eftienne voulaient vraiment aider Ha\u00efti, ils devaient accepter d’aller dans les campagnes et dans les endroits les plus recul\u00e9s du pays pour soutenir les paysans dans leur formation tout en les supportant dans leur qu\u00eate d\u2019une meilleure justice sociale o\u00f9 ils sont toujours victimes de pr\u00e9jug\u00e9s : n\u00e8g gwo z\u00f2tey, n\u00e8g m\u00f2n ak n\u00e8g lavil \u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Les politiciens ha\u00eftiens doivent aider les paysans \u00e0 trouver de l\u2019eau pour arroser leurs jardins comme Manuel l\u2019a fait dans Le Gouverneur La Ros\u00e9e de Jacques Roumain, et de travailler aussi \u00e0 une vraie d\u00e9centralisation d\u2019Ha\u00efti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professeur D\u00e9sir encourageait toujours ses \u00e9tudiants \u00e0 lire les romanciers Ha\u00eftiens pour mieux connaitre l\u2019histoire et la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 d\u2019Ha\u00efti qui \u00e9tait jadis un paradis, la perle des Antilles, mais qui, peu \u00e0 peu, est d\u00e9figur\u00e9e par l\u2019esclavage, la colonisation, la trahison, la division, la corruption et la d\u00e9mission de ses fils. Comment, ensemble, pouvons-nous aider notre m\u00e8re Ha\u00efti, \u00e0 rena\u00eetre de ses cendres ? Comment pouvons-nous d\u00e9montrer \u00e0 la communaut\u00e9 internationale que les Ha\u00eftiens sont capables de s\u2019assoir ensemble pour r\u00e9soudre les probl\u00e8mes de leur pays sans interf\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re ? Pourquoi est-il si difficile de prouver que les Ha\u00eftiens sont capables de prendre le destin d\u2019Ha\u00efti en main, tout en montrant aux racistes et aux faux amis d\u2019Ha\u00efti que les n\u00e8gres de la terre de Dessalines sont capables de civilisation ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professeur D\u00e9sir avait toujours encourag\u00e9 ses \u00e9tudiants (es) \u00e0 ne pas se laisser emporter par le d\u00e9couragement \u00e0 cause de leur situation \u00e9conomique car, t\u00f4t ou tard, des jours meilleurs finiront par arriver. Ils devaient donc \u00eatre toujours optimistes car le hasard ne favorise que les esprits pr\u00e9par\u00e9s. Il les exhortait ainsi toujours \u00e0 prendre leurs \u00e9tudes au s\u00e9rieux car l\u2019\u00e9ducation ouvre de nombreuses portes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professeur D\u00e9sir \u00e9tait connu comme un grand \u00e9ducateur. Il n\u2019avait jamais r\u00eav\u00e9 de s\u2019enrichir \u00e0 travers sa profession d\u2019\u00e9ducateur et comme directeur d\u2019\u00e9cole. La moiti\u00e9 des \u00e9tudiants de son \u00e9cole \u00e9taient toujours des boursiers ou avaient re\u00e7u des demi-bourses. Il \u00e9tait toujours pr\u00eat \u00e0 aider financi\u00e8rement ses \u00e9tudiants (es) qui avaient de grande difficult\u00e9 \u00e9conomique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apr\u00e8s le d\u00e9part du pr\u00e9sident Jean Claude Duvalier, professeur D\u00e9sir fut promu directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019\u00c9ducation Nationale en f\u00e9vrier 1986. Il profita de sa position comme bon Ha\u00eftien et comme fils de la Croix-des-Bouquets pour changer le statut communautaire du Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er de la Croix-des-Bouquets en celui de Lyc\u00e9e National. Les anciens du Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er continuent \u00e0 exprimer leur profonde reconnaissance \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9gard du professeur D\u00e9sir pour son support au Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er. Les historiens et les \u00e9crivains de la Croix-des-Bouquets \u00e9criront son nom en lettre d\u2019or dans l\u2019histoire du Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er de la Croix-des-Bouquets et comme l\u2019un des plus illustres cruciens qui aida sa ville natale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le grand paradoxe est que le lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er<\/sup> devint un lyc\u00e9e national apr\u00e8s 22 ans d\u2019existence   et il arrivait en classe de 3\u00e8me secondaire jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1980. Combien de jeunes de la Croix-des-Bouquets et ses environs auraient pu terminer leurs \u00e9tudes secondaires et m\u00eame avoir un bon dipl\u00f4me universitaire si le lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er arrivait en classe de philosophie ?  L\u2019exemple du professeur D\u00e9sir m\u00e9rite d\u2019\u00eatre suivi par les autres cruciens qui auront \u00e0 servir leur pays tant en Ha\u00efti qu\u2019\u00e0 l’\u00e9tranger, \u00e0 travers leur profession ou dans des fonctions prestigieuses o\u00f9 ils pourront apporter leurs contributions \u00e0 leur ville natale, la Croix-des-Bouquets. Pour l\u2019aider \u00e0 faire un pas en avant dans la bonne direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rappelons que le professeur D\u00e9sir fut aussi ministre de l\u2019\u00c9ducation Nationale en Ha\u00efti. C\u2019\u00e9tait un professeur chevronn\u00e9 qui avait beaucoup contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 la formation des jeunes de son pays.  La vie sur terre est toujours un court p\u00e8lerinage et jonch\u00e9e de mis\u00e8res, de souffrances, de grandes trahisons et d\u2019incompr\u00e9hensions. Maitre D\u00e9sir a v\u00e9cu des moments difficiles dans sa vie, mais il \u00e9tait toujours tr\u00e8s courageux, un grand amant de la nature, un Ha\u00eftien d\u2019une grande culture et je peux affirmer qu\u2019il a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 ses r\u00eaves. Au soir de sa vie, professeur D\u00e9sir \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s fatigu\u00e9, tiraill\u00e9 par la maladie, il a rendu son dernier souffle le 20 d\u00e9cembre 2011 \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 75 ans. Son flambeau continue \u00e0 rester allum\u00e9e parmi nous, \u00e0 travers son coll\u00e8ge La Renaissance et la Fondation Joseph D\u00e9sir cr\u00e9\u00e9e par son fils Dr Marly Joseph D\u00e9sir qui a pour mission d\u2019aider les jeunes en situation de pr\u00e9carit\u00e9 \u00e0 trouver des bourses d\u2019\u00e9tudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Que le Seigneur, dans sa grande mis\u00e9ricorde, accorde le repos \u00e9ternel \u00e2 l\u2019\u00e2me de notre regrett\u00e9 professeur Joseph D\u00e9sir ! Profondes gratitudes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr\u00e8re Buteau, ancien \u00e9l\u00e8ve du professeur Joseph D\u00e9sir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Courriel: radiotelesolidarite@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An nou soufle yon gwo kout lanbi pou Pwofes\u00e8 Joseph D\u00e9sir, (Djo Desir) yon gran Ayisyen nan ep\u00f2k nou an.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

7 mas 1935 – 20 desanm 2011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Defen eminan Pwofes\u00e8 Joseph Desir, ansyen pwofes\u00e8 Literati Ayisy\u00e8n ak Literati Frans\u00e8z, se youn nan gwo Ayisyen nan ep\u00f2k nou an. Li pote yon gwo kontribisyon nan edikasyon peyi Dayiti k\u00f2m pwofes\u00e8 Literati Frans\u00e8z, Literati Ayisy\u00e8n, k\u00f2m Direkt\u00e8 lek\u00f2l, pwofes\u00e8 nan Lek\u00f2l N\u00f2mal Sipery\u00e8 e k\u00f2m Minis Edikasyon Nasyonal. Yo konnen li tou nan peyi Dayiti k\u00f2m youn nan gwo pwofes\u00e8 b\u00e8l l\u00e8t ak literati ayisy\u00e8n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defen pwofes\u00e8 Joseph D\u00e9sir te f\u00e8t Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 nan dat 7 mas 1935, li te toujou tr\u00e8 fy\u00e8 de orijin ayisy\u00e8n li epi tou k\u00f2m pitit gason Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8. Malgre ran sosyal li te chanje nan sosyete kas (caste) Ayiti a, li toujou rete egal ak li menm, li toujou tr\u00e8  fy\u00e8 de orijin li k\u00f2m pitit peyizan, Pitit S\u00f2y\u00e8t ki s\u00f2ti nan Lapl\u00e8n Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8. M\u00e8t Desir te toujou sonje sitasyon tr\u00e8 popil\u00e8 politisyen aktivis Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr ki te moun Jamayik. (17 out 1887 \u2013 10 jen 1940) : \u201cYon p\u00e8p ki pa konnen pase yo, orijin yo ak kilti yo tankou yon pye bwa san rasin. \u00bb<\/strong>\u2019\u2019 Li te k\u00f2manse nan ans\u00e8yman nan ane 1960 e li te pase plis pase 50 ane ap f\u00f2me etidyan peyi Dayiti. Li te toujou konsidere pwofesyon edikat\u00e8 li a k\u00f2m yon vokasyon. Li te yon etidyan tr\u00e8 briyan, tr\u00e8 int\u00e8lijan, li te f\u00e8 tout klas segond\u00e8 yo nan Lise Petion ki nan P\u00f2toprens apr\u00e8 li te etidye dwa epi li te ale nan Lek\u00f2l N\u00f2mal sipery\u00e8 pou l reyalize youn nan gwo r\u00e8v li yo, pou l vin youn nan pi gwo pwofes\u00e8 literati frans\u00e8z, literati ayisy\u00e8n 20y\u00e8m ak 21y\u00e8m sy\u00e8k. Li te tr\u00e8 pasyone pou edikasyon, li te anseye nan anpil lek\u00f2l segond\u00e8 P\u00f2toprens, Ti Semin\u00e8 Kol\u00e8j Sen Masyal, lek\u00f2l kongreganis yo ( Lek\u00f2l P\u00e8, M\u00e8 ak Fr\u00e8) ak plizy\u00e8 kol\u00e8j nan P\u00f2toprens ak nan Lek\u00f2l N\u00f2mal Sipery\u00e8  kote li bay kou Literati Frans\u00e8z ak Literati Ayisy\u00e8n. Li te tou youn nan Direkt\u00e8 Fondat\u00e8 Kol\u00e8j \u00ab Les Normaliens R\u00e9unis \u00bb ak Direkt\u00e8 Fondat\u00e8 Kol\u00e8j \u00ab La Renaissance \u00bb ki deja gen 45 rek\u00f2t kafe. Li te k\u00f2manse f\u00e8 kou depi lendi rive vandredi depi 7t\u00e8:00  nan maten pou rive 9v\u00e8 nan asw\u00e8. Li te f\u00e8 kou tou menm samdi nan maten ak nan apr\u00e8midi. Se te toujou yon gwo plezi pou li te rankontre chak samdi apr\u00e8midi pandan ane a el\u00e8v klas reto \u00ab rh\u00e9to \u00bb ki nan lise yo, lek\u00f2l kongreganis yo ak l\u00f2t kol\u00e8j P\u00f2toprens nan lek\u00f2l li a Kol\u00e8j Renesans pou kou literati frans\u00e8z ak literati ayisy\u00e8n. Etidyan reto (Rh\u00e9to) oubyen kandida pou premye pati egzamen ofisy\u00e8l bakaloreya yo te s\u00f2ti toupatou nan peyi a e menm nan komin Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 pou yo te asiste samdi apr\u00e8midi kou literati pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir yo e pou yo te ka pi byen prepare t\u00e8t yo pou Egzamen bakaloreya premye pati a<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defen eminan Pwofes\u00e8 Desir se te yon Ayisyen tr\u00e8 jenere, li tr\u00e8 kons\u00e8ne de  edikasyon etidyan li yo e li pat janm ezite pataje eksperyans lavi p\u00e8son\u00e8l li ak lajan li ak etidyan li yo pou ede yo vin yon sitwayen on\u00e8t pou fanmi yo, pou peyi Dayiti ak pou lemonn antye. Ansyen etidyan ki swiv san madou f\u00f2masyon pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir te ba yo a te ka konsidere t\u00e8t yo k\u00f2m sitwayen mondyal e yo dwe yon gwo fy\u00e8te pou Ayiti k\u00e8lkeswa kote yo ap viv sou plan\u00e8t T\u00e8 a. Pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir te toujou envite etidyan li yo pou yo pa janm dekouraje oswa abandone tout bagay paske li te toujou pran k\u00f2m egzanp pow\u00e8m Diz\u00f2m Nwa (dix hommes noirs) pow\u00e8t Etzer Vilaire ki yon ev\u00e8nman liter\u00e8 san par\u00e8y e ki reprezante nanm yon jenerasyon oswa ki te yon gwo souf pou pwezi a. Profes\u00e8 Desir te di leson moral ke nou ka aprann ou nou ka tire nan pow\u00e8m sa “lavi a tris men li bon tou. Dezespwa pa janm solisyon e dekourajman se s\u00e8lman demisyon.” Kou M\u00e8t D\u00e9sir yo se toujou yon dyal\u00f2g ant li menm ak el\u00e8v li yo se pou sa li toujou envite etidyan li yo pou ede l jwenn repons kesyon sa yo: \u00c8ske miz\u00e8, grangou ak gwo desepsyon nan lavi a se siy ech\u00e8k? \u00c8ske nou ka aksepte s\u00f2 nou epi kondane t\u00e8t nou san nou pa eseye tout bagay? Li te toujou anseye nan klas literati ayisy\u00e8n sou pow\u00e8t melankolik oswa toumante pa dram nan lavi a tankou Corriolan Ardouin, Etzer Vilaire, elatrye: ”Doul\u00e8 nanm, gwo soufrans ak kesyon ekzistansyalis pa f\u00e8t s\u00e8lman pou p\u00f2v yo” mwen pap janm bliye Kou M\u00e8t D\u00e9sir te ban nou sou Romansye ayisyen yo: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Marcelin, Fernand Hibbert, Justin Lh\u00e9risson ak Antoine Innoncent ki  konsidere k\u00f2m Papa woman ayisyen an. Li te pran swen pou anseye etidyan li yo ke pwezi ki s\u00f2ti 1804 rive 1900 te jwe yon gwo w\u00f2l nan literati peyi nou Ayiti oswa nan dom\u00e8n liter\u00e8 ayisyen an. Li te kontinye di etidyan li yo ke nou te oblije rete tann nan k\u00f2mansman 20y\u00e8m sy\u00e8k la pou nou temwen nesans roman ayisyen an ak Romansye Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Marcelin (1871-1917) ki te pibliye premye roman l, Themistocle-\u00c9paminondas Labasterre (1901) ki te pwovoke yon gwo konfli an Ayiti. Defen Pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir te ensiste nan kou li a ke Marcelin vle di nou atrav\u00e8 woman  li  a Themistocle \u00c9paminondas Labasterre ke pwezi pou kont li pa kapab eksprime reyalite ayisy\u00e8n nan e ke woman tou  gen w\u00f2l pa  li pou li  jwe nan dom\u00e8n liter\u00e8 ayisyen an. M\u00e8t D\u00e9sir te mansyone kijan Marcelin te di byen f\u00f2 oswa denonse ak kol\u00e8 makyavelis politisyen ayisyen yo, defo ak ipokrizi sosyete ayisy\u00e8n nan nan woman li a Themistocle \u00c9paminondas Labasterre. Pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir te raple nou w\u00f2l pwofes\u00e8 frans\u00e8 Hodelin te jwe nan lavi j\u00e8n Themistocle Epaminondas Labasterre ki te anseye J\u00e8n sa  pou li mefye l de politik ayisy\u00e8n nan oswa polisyen peyi Dayiti yo. Pwofes\u00e8 Hodelin kontinye pou li di J\u00e8n Themistocle si politisyen ayisyen yo ak elit ayisy\u00e8n yo vle ede peyi Dayiti tout bon f\u00f2k yo ta dak\u00f2 pou yo ale nan m\u00f2n, ale nan kanpay ak tout kote ki pi lwen yo an Ayiti pou ede peyizan yo nan f\u00f2masyon yo e  ede yo kraze prejije ant N\u00e8g Gwo Z\u00f2tey yo ou N\u00e8g M\u00f2n yo, N\u00e8g Andey\u00f2 yo ak N\u00e8g Lavil e ede yo tou jwenn manje lakay yo, Nou ka ajoute tou pou ede yo jwenn dlo pou wouze jaden tankou “Manuel nan Gouv\u00e8n\u00e8 Larouze Jacques Roumain” epi tou pou travay pou desantralizasyon an Ayiti. Defen Pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir te toujou ankouraje etidyan li yo pou yo li woman Romansye ayisyen yo pou yo ka konprann pi byen istwa ak reyalite peyi nou an Ayiti ki te lontan yon paradi oswa  p\u00e8l D\u00e8zantiy  pou pitit li yo men ki defigire, ki tounen yon vye granmoun san dan  akoz  esklavaj, kolonizasyon, trayizon, divizyon, k\u00f2ripsyon  ak demisyon pitit li yo. Ki jan ansanm nou ka ede manman nou Ayiti leve t\u00e8t li pou l soti nan twou li ye jodi a. Ki jan nou ka montre kominote ent\u00e8nasyonal la ke Ayisyen ka chita ansanm pou rezoud pwobl\u00e8m peyi yo san ent\u00e8ferans etranje? Poukisa li difisil pou nou montre ke Ayisyen ak Ayisy\u00e8n kapab pran desten Ayiti an men pandan y ap pwouve rasis yo ak fo zanmi Ayiti yo ke N\u00e8g an Ayiti yo kapab f\u00e8 sivilizasyon tou tankou yo ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defen Pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir te toujou ankouraje etidyan li yo pou yo pa dekouraje akoz sitiyasyon ekonomik yo paske bon moman yo dwe rive. F\u00f2 yo pa p\u00e8 riske yo, epi etidye anpil. Li te toujou ankouraje yo pou yo pran etid yo oserye paske edikasyon ouvri tout p\u00f2t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yo te konnen Profes\u00e8 Desir k\u00f2m yon gwo Edikat\u00e8 ak yon bon Direkt\u00e8 lek\u00f2l. Li pa t janm reve pou l vin rich nan pwofesyon li k\u00f2m Edikat\u00e8 ak k\u00f2m yon Direkt\u00e8 lek\u00f2l paske mwatye nan el\u00e8v yo nan lek\u00f2l li yo toujou genyen bous detid oswa yo te resevwa demi bous nan lek\u00f2l la Li te toujou pare pou ede finansy\u00e8man etidyan li yo ki te nan gwo difikilte ekonomik. Pafwa li te menm neglije t\u00e8t li ak fanmi li pou li ede moun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apre depa Prezidan Jean Claude Duvalier, li te monte k\u00f2m Direkt\u00e8 Jeneral Edikasyon Nasyonal nan mwa fevriye 1986. Li te pwofite pozisyon sa k\u00f2m yon bon Ayisyen ak yon pitit Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 (Croix-des-Bouquets) pou chanje estati kominot\u00e8 Lise Jak Premye Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 pou li te vin yon lise nasyonal. Ansyen el\u00e8v Lise Jak Premye Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 kontinye ap soufle yon gwo kout lanbi oswa voye yon gwo kout chapo pou Defen  Pwofes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir pou sip\u00f2 li te pote nan Lise Jak Premye Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8. Istoryen yo ak ekriven nan Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 yo ap ekri non l ak l\u00e8t an l\u00f2 nan Istwa Lise Jak Premye Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 ak k\u00f2m yon Krisyen ilist ki ede vil natal li Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 nan pozisyon li te okipe. Gran parad\u00f2ks la, lise Kominot\u00e8 Jak Premye nan Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 vin tounen yon lise nasyonal apr\u00e8 22 lane e li te rive nan klas 3y\u00e8m segond\u00e8 jiska fen ane 1980 yo. Konbyen j\u00e8n ki soti nan Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 ak l\u00f2t Z\u00f2n alantou Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 ki te ka fini etid segond\u00e8 yo epi genyen yon bon dipl\u00f2m iniv\u00e8site si Lise Jak Premye te rive nan klas filozofi ? Egzanp Profes\u00e8 D\u00e9sir merite pou l\u00f2t moun ki soti Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 ta swiv li, l\u00f2t moun ki gen yon chans pou s\u00e8vi peyi yo an Ayiti oswa aletranje atrav\u00e8 pwofesyon yo oswa nan fonksyon prestijyez yap okipe, kote yo gen op\u00f2nite pou yo pote yon kontribisyon ki ka ede vil natal yo oswa Komin Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8 resevwa bon jan pwogr\u00e8 oswa avanse nan bon direksyon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defen M\u00e8t D\u00e9sir te minis Edikasyon Nasyonal peyi Dayiti tou. Yo te konnen l k\u00f2m yon pwofes\u00e8 eksperimante ki te ede anpil nan f\u00f2masyon j\u00e8n yo nan peyi li Ayiti nan zaf\u00e8 Edikasyon. Lavi sou t\u00e8 a se toujou yon pelerinaj kout, kote gen anpil miz\u00e8, trayizon, soufrans, enkonpreyansyon, desepsyon ak imilyasyon. Eske nou dwe dekouraje? M\u00e8t D\u00e9sir te viv tout moman difisil sa yo, li te reziste, li te ale jisk nan bout lavi li san li pap gade dey\u00e8. Nan fen lavi l li te fatige anpil, li te malad, li ran  d\u00e8nye souf li oswa li te mouri nan dat 20 desanm 2011 a laj 75 an. Flanbo defen Joseph D\u00e9sir kontinye ap boule oswa ap klere nan mitan nou atrav\u00e8 kol\u00e8j Renesans ke li te fonde.  Pitit gason li, Dokt\u00e8 Mali D\u00e9sir te fonde nan memwa gwo mapou sa fondasyon Joseph D\u00e9sir ki gen misyon pou ede j\u00e8n ki nan sitiyasyon prek\u00e8 jwenn bous etid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Se pou Granm\u00e8t la, nan gran miz\u00e8rik\u00f2d li, bay repo et\u00e8n\u00e8l \u00a0nanm defen pwofes\u00e8 \u00a0Joseph D\u00e9sir! Pwofon rekonesans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fr\u00e8 Buteau (fr\u00e8 Tob), ansyen etidyan Pwofes\u00e8 Joseph D\u00e9sir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: radiotelesolidarite@gmail. Com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tribute to Professor Joseph Desir (Djo Desir) a Great Haitian of our time.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The late eminent Professor Joseph Desir (Djo Desir), former professor of Haitian Literature and French Literature is one of the great Haitians of our time. He made a great contribution to the education of his country Haiti as a professor of French Literature, Haitian Literature, as a school director as a professor at the  Higher normal School and as Minister of National Education. He is known in our country as one of the great professors of belles lettres and Haitian literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The late Professor Joseph Desir was born in Croix-Des-Bouquets on March 7, 1935 and he was always very proud of his Haitian origins and also as a son of Croix-Des-Bouquets. Despite his rising social status in Haiti\u2019s caste society, he always remained true to himself, always very proud of his origin as a peasant\u2019s son (pitit peyizan oswa Pitit Soy\u00e8t). Professor Desir always remembered the famous quote of Jamaican activist politician Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (August 17, 1887-June 10, 1940): \u2018\u2019 people who do not know their past, their origins and their culture are like a tree without roots.<\/strong>\u2019\u2019 He started teaching in the year 1960 and spent more than 50 years in the formation of students in his country Haiti. He always considered his profession as an educator as a vocation. He was a very bright student and he did his secondary studies at the Lyc\u00e9e Petion and after he studied law at the Faculty of Law of Port-au-Prince and he went to the Higher Normal School  in order to realize one of his dearest dreams that of becoming one of the greatest professors of belles lettres and Haitian Literature. He was very passionate about education, he traveled the Lyc\u00e9es of Port-au-Prince, the Petit Seminaire Coll\u00e8ge St Martial, the congregational schools (Brothers, Mothers), the Higher Normal School  and several colleges in Port-au-Prince to teach courses in French Literature and Haitian Literature. He was also one of the founding directors of the Coll\u00e8ge Les Normaliens R\u00e9unis and the founding director of the Coll\u00e8ge La Renaissance which has already existed for 45 years. He began to teach classes from Monday to Friday from 7:00 in the morning until 9:00 in the evening. He gave classes even on Saturdays in the morning and in the afternoon. It was always a great pleasure for him to meet every Saturday afternoon of the academic year the students of the rhetoric class of the Lyc\u00e9es, Congregational schools and other Colleges of Port-au-Prince in his school Le Coll\u00e8ge La Renaissance for classes in French Literature and Haitian Literature. The Rhetoric students or candidates for the official Baccalaureate exams of the first part came from all over the place and even from the commune of Croix-Des-Bouquets to attend the literature class of Professor D\u00e9sir on Saturday afternoons in order to better prepare for the official Baccalaureate exams of the first part.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Late Eminent Professor Desir was a very generous Haitian who cared a lot about the education of his students and who never hesitated to share his personal life experiences and his money with his students in order to help them become honest citizens for their family, for their country Haiti and for the world. Former students who follow the training received from Professor Desir to the letter are citizens of the world and must be a great pride for Haiti everywhere they are on the planet. Professor Desir always invited his students to never give up because he always took as an example the poem The 10 Black Men of the great poet Etzer Vilaire, this long poem of Vilaire is an unprecedented literary event and it represents the verbal record of the soul of a generation or the breath of great poetry. Professor Desir always tells us that the lesson or moral that we can learn from this poem is: “life is sad but it is also great. Despair is never the solution and discouragement is only a resignation.<\/strong> Despite the difficulties, we must continue to risk and go deep. Professor Desir’s class or course is always an exchange between him and his students, which explains why he always invited his students to help him find the answer to these questions: Are poverty, hunger and great suffering signs of failure? Can we accept fate and condemn ourselves without have tried or attempted everything?<\/strong> He always taught his students in his Haitian literature course on melancholic poets or tormented by the drama of life like Corriolan Ardouin, Etzer Vilaire etx: ”The pains of the soul and existentialist questions are not only the prerogative of the poor”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will never forget Professor  Desir’s courses on Haitian novelists: Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Marcelin, Fernand Hibbert, Justin Lherisson and Antoine Innoncent considered as Fathers of the Haitian Novel. He always took care to teach his students that poetry from 1804 to 1900 played a great role in the literature of our country or in the Haitian literary field. He  told also  his students that it was only  until the beginning of the 20th century that the Haitian Novel was born with Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Marcelin (1871-1917) who published his first novel Th\u00e9mistocle-\u00c9paminondas Labasterre (1901) which sparked heated controversy in Haiti. The late Professor Desir insisted in his course that Marcelin wanted to tell us through his novel Themistocle \u00c9paminondas Labasterre that poetry alone cannot express Haitian reality and that the novel has its role to play in the Haitian literary field. Professor Desir mentioned how Marcelin exposed or denounced the Machiavellianism of Haitian politicians, the flaws and hypocrisy of Haitian society in his work Themistocle \u00c9paminondas Labasterre. He reminded us of the role that the French professor Hodelin played with the young Themistocles Epaminondas Labasterre where he taught the latter to be wary of Haitian politics or the politicians  of his country. Professor Hodelin continued to tell the young Themistocles If the Haitian politicians and the Haitian elite really wanted to help Haiti they had to agree to go to the countryside and the most remote places in Haiti to help the peasants in their training while supporting them in their quest for better social justice where the peasants are still victims of the prejudice N\u00e8g Gwo Z\u00f2tey or N\u00e8g M\u00f2n ak N\u00e8g Lavil and I will add Politicians must help the peasants find water to water their Garden as Manuel did in the Governor La Ros\u00e9e of Jacques Roumain and also to work towards a true decentralization of Haiti. The late Professor Desir always encouraged his students to read Haitian novelists to better understand the history and reality of our country Haiti which was once a paradise or the pearl of the Antilles but which is disfigured by slavery, colonization, betrayal, division, corruption and the resignation of its sons. How together can we help our mother Haiti to rise again  from its ashes? How can we demonstrate to the international community that Haitians are capable of sitting together to solve the problems of their country without foreign interference? Why is it so difficult to demonstrate that Haitians are capable of taking the destiny of Haiti in hand while proving to racists and false friends of Haiti that the negroes of Haiti are capable of civilization? The late Professor Desir always encouraged his students not to get discouraged because of their economic situation because the good days must come they must always be optimistic because chance only favors the prepared minds. He always urged them to take their studies seriously because education opens all doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was known as a great educator and a good school principal. He never dreamed of getting rich through his profession as an educator and as a school principal because half of the students in his school are still scholarship holders or have received half-scholarships. He was always ready to financially help his students who have great economic difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the departure of Jean Claude Duvalier he was promoted to Director General of National Education in February 1986. He took advantage of his position as a good Haitian and as a son of Croix-des-Bouquets (pitit Kwad\u00e8bouk\u00e8) to change the communitarian status of Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er de la Croix-Des-Bouquets to that of Lyc\u00e9e National. The alumni of Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er de la Croix Des-Bouquets continue to express their deep gratitude to Professor D\u00e9sir for his support of Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er de la Croix-des-Bouquets. Historians and writers of Croix-Des-Bouquets will write his name in gold letters in the History of Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er de la Croix-Des-Bouquets and as one of the illustrious Crucians of Croix-des-Bouquets who helped his hometown. The great paradox is that this high school became a national high school after 22 years of existence and it reached the 3rd secondary class until the end of the 1980s. How many young people from Croix-des-Bouquets and its surroundings could have completed their secondary studies and even have a good university degree if Lyc\u00e9e Jacques 1er reached the philosophy class. The example of Professor Desir deserves to be followed by other Crucians who will have to serve their country both in Haiti or abroad through their profession or in prestigious functions or they will be able to make their contributions to their hometown La Croix-des-Bouquets to receive the kiss of progress or to take a step forward in the right direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The late Maitre Desir was also the Minister of National Education of his country. He was known as a seasoned teacher who helped a lot in the training of the young people of his country. Life on earth is always a short pilgrimage and strewn with misery, suffering, great betrayals and misunderstanding. Professor  Desir lived through difficult times in his life but he was always very courageous, a great lover of nature, a Haitian of great culture and I can say that he realized his dreams. At the end of his life Professor Desir was very tired, torn by illness he took his last breath on December 20, 2011 at the age of 75. The torch of the late Joseph Desir continues to stay lit among us through his college Renaissance and the Joseph Desir foundation created by his son Dr. Marly Joseph Desir, whose mission is to help young people in precarious situations to find scholarships<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May the Lord, in his great mercy, grant eternal rest to the soul of our late professor Joseph D\u00e9sir! Deep gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brother Buteau (Brother Tob)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

of Professor Joseph Desir<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: radiotelesolidarite@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Un Grand Ha\u00eftien de notre temps. Le regrett\u00e9 \u00e9minent professeur Joseph D\u00e9sir (Djo D\u00e9sir), ancien professeur de Litt\u00e9rature Ha\u00eftienne et de Litt\u00e9rature Fran\u00e7aise est l\u2019un des grands Ha\u00eftiens de notre temps. Il apport\u00e9 une grande contribution \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9ducation dans son pays comme professeur, comme directeur d\u2019\u00e9cole et comme ministre de l\u2019\u00c9ducation Nationale. Joseph D\u00e9sir \u00e9tait <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lyceejacques1er.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}