Education

On Being Black

February 11, 2011

When I was in college and went down to the admissions office to pick up my schedule and discuss an issue on some forms I received, I was met with serious derision. My classes were the ones I chose and I liked them all. The first semester of college was actually fun for me because [...]

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X, Obama, King

February 5, 2011

This picture is worth a thousand words. Malcolm X, Barack Obama, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Feel free to add any if you wish.

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Showing the Way to Black Artistry

February 2, 2011

It has occurred to me, through reading yesterday’s comments, that Black History really should have something more tied to it than just a litany of events and dates and names of inventors and musicians and politicians. Though, historically, being tied to politics is a serious and warranted part of the struggle that very history wrought. [...]

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On This Date in History

February 1, 2011

What better way to start writing again then to drop some knowledge since it’s Black History Month? On this day in 1960 four Black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University staged a sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro. Men like this made it possible, through their peaceful demonstrations, for my [...]

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Room 103

January 13, 2011

A while ago I wrote about getting involved with Donors Choose and my teacher friend, Mr. Curry. Since that time at the beginning of the school year I have kept in touch with him mostly via e-mail. We’re in the throes of teaching and doing our respective jobs, so it’s harder and harder to find [...]

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Doing What I Do

January 10, 2011

If you’re just going to remind me that I never finished that 2010 Rewind list that I was doing, don’t worry. I know all too well when I see that post just sitting there all bare bones in my drafts. I know, y’all. I know. Work has, like always, snapped me back to the reality [...]

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It’s Like Karma Shouted “IT’S YOUR TURN, KELLY”

December 23, 2010

Six months ago I decided to talk to my landlord about moving out. He and his wife were just great people and wanted to sell their house but it was a two bedroom, one bathroom charming little bungalow with no garage and a leaky basement. No heat ever got to the upstairs where three of [...]

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First Things First

December 14, 2010

It gets harder and harder to come back to writing when I let time go by, so consider this the first of many posts to come. I’m ready to come back to writing regularly. (See also: I have found someone to finish the re-design for me at a decent price. That’ll happen in January.) What [...]

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Oprah, The Redux

October 1, 2010

I’d love to say that I’ve spent time this week resting and healing, but I am just not the kind of person who wants to be away from my students so I have worked every day so far. However, I promise that I come home, take my medicine and promptly fall asleep because whatever it [...]

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The Lady in Purple

September 27, 2010

Those are the words Oprah said to me so that I could offer a comment or ask a question. If you go to this link you can see the “After the Show” where the audience gets to speak and I’m somewhere around the 16 minute mark. The experience in and of itself was rather surreal, [...]

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