pop culture
Pop culture has a place in the classroom; popular trends like hip hop help to foster interest and ignite conversations in education.
Well, I Guess They Need a New Theme Song Now
I wanted to wait a while before posting another article, but current events just made this impractical. Before we continue, I am a native of New Orleans, LA. And let me say my viewpoint on my hometown is...“complex”. Love the people, love the food, hate the Saints (you heard me, right; I can’t stand the Saints). There’s a special diversity and charm in New Orleans (please don’t call it ‘N’awlins’; I’ll slap you). And it’s a great place to visit. But then we get into the (infrastructure) challenges of being a resident of New Orleans (and trust; there are many). Today, however, I’m only here to speak to one issue in New Orleans: education.
By The Professuh3 years ago in Education
5 Traits That Men Routinely Fall In Love With
Whether you’re looking for a long-term partner, or already have one, it pays to have the right habits in a relationship. The thing about guys is that they don’t always know how to articulate what they want in their woman.
By Sean Obuseng3 years ago in Education
Café y Humanidad
I had never met a man so full of passion for coffee, and more than anything, full of humanity. It only happens once, in a lifetime, to come across a person with a compelling disposition. A person who despite having the right to safeguard themselves and their triumphs after overcoming brutal turbulent roads across systematic and corporate America, still, that individual chooses to fight for the lives and well-being of others.
By Mayra G. Favela3 years ago in Education
Single stories
"We see the world, not as it is but as we are" Stephen Covey. The world is built in the principle of the known and unknown, meaning that daily affairs either come as knowing or not. Knowledge is the fundamental center of reality itself. Our identities are shaped by our beliefs and values. We cannot deny diversity in mankind but that should not be an opportunity to be deliberately uninformed. Structural ignorance denies people from acquiring knowledge due to control system. A society that is without knowledge is also a society without power because they do not know what to do in order to survive.
By Gugu Mvakali 3 years ago in Education
Perseverance
With the landing of Perseverance on Mars today, and the next part of her journey just beginning, I am reminded that I have my own journey to continue. In my struggles with life change, I had been thinking about not continuing. But as she rolls out, I had best do the same and do a system's check and get on with it; there is not time to waste!
By Jack Drake3 years ago in Education
The Land of Imagination
Fighting a dragon, toppling a dystopian government, falling in love with the one and learning that standing out is far better than blending in. That was my Monday. Tuesday, I went on a road trip, visited a vampire at a circus and recovered a missing lightning bolt. Oh the excitement! The adventures!
By Jade Stephens3 years ago in Education
WHO ARE WE?
‘There’s no mystery to Black History‘ (that’s my little poetic saying). My parents came from Jamaica to the UK in the early sixties. Since then I have traced my ancestry back to the point when slavery was just abolished. (I have located over 400 family members spread across the globe).
By J W Nelson3 years ago in Education