education
June 12, 2009
- The following is presented in honor of Juneteenth, the traditional commemoration of the celebration that dates back to June19, 1865, when African-American slaves in Galveston, Texas, learned for the first time about the Emancipation Proclamation that had been issued to free them two years earlier. They decided that was a very good reason for a party and generations have kept it going every ...
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June 10, 2009
- When I was much younger, my father rejoiced on the day that Richard Nixon won the 1968 election. I in an attempt to bond with my father agreed that the church bells ringing that day heralded a new beginning for our country. Many issues arose in the next four years one of them was desegregation. The use of bussing children from one school district to another had been proposed to ...
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May 4, 2009
- My parents were married in 1933 at the young age of sixteen. During their blessed marriage they had seventeen children. The reason that they had so many children? They believed it to be a sin to prevent life from coming into the world. According to their faith, children were an act of God. My father served in World War II and was called again to active duty in the Korean War ...
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May 2, 2009
- It's been a good long month of Sundays, a year of backward Wednesdays since I've been called a racist. In fact, I don't think I've ever been called a racist, at least to my face. Of course, I will admit to having grown up one. I was raised in a very white community, raised by two parents from the Mid-West, both of whom grew up with beliefs about race and class that they passed on to me. ...
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April 28, 2009
- My struggle as an educationist Education in rural Andhra Pradesh My primary job as a MVF Education Volunteer (Mamudipudi Venkatappaya Foundation, a social service organisation) was to teach English as a second language for High School girls, at Government Girls High School, Shankerpally, Hyderabad. My secondary job was to stop child labor, girl child marriage and bring back school drop ...
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April 14, 2009
- Tomorrow is a historic day for the Mad Hatters of Tea Party Day fame. I am speaking of those who are vigorously proposing that Americans are TEA’d (Taxed Enough Already). Of course, this is not really as much about taxes as evidenced from a whole host of issues that have been brought to light during the early Tea Parties. The litany begins with accusations of Barack Obama not having ...
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April 14, 2009
- In the Peep book I argue that we are using things like social media and twitter and YouTube as entertainment, first and foremost. It’s a more immersive, interactive form of entertainment, but it’s still entertainment. As such I reject the argument that we’re becoming more social through social media. I also reject the supposition that our latest techno-fueled obsessive past-time is making ...
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April 11, 2009
- We all without exception have at one time or another formed an opinion regarding an individual based on assumption. Of course, I include myself in this. However, there is a particular thing that has caused folks to think I’m different based on something I've carried on my person (when it was safe to do so) for as long as I can remember. I carry a small leather copy of ...
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April 11, 2009
- The short story below came to me the other day via an email from a close friend. I laughed so hard my tummy hurt. I then forwarded it to almost two dozen other friends…several of them are teachers. The title of the email was…The “Middle Wife” By an Anonymous 2nd Grade Teacher. Two individuals let me know that they had read this in the past…yet, it was a reminder of ...
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April 3, 2009
- Barack Obama's action-heavy beginning to his presidency has not been without its controversy. His decision to continuosly bail out banks while sanctioning auto companies (and even personally firing GMs CEO) has left many wondering how vast the future discretion of this administration will be in controlling once privately owned businesses. Gitmo's closure represented the administrations ...
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