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10 Things That Still May or May Not Matter, Change in Phila. for 2013 (Part 4)
Finally… 1) “Me and mines (i.e. “casual sex partner”, girlfriend, ex-girlfriend, “baby muh-vuh”, wife, mistress, ex-wife) don’t really get down like that, so we ain’t gotta really worry and stress about no AIDS and any ovah kinda STD’s like that”. … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, Community, Consciousness, Culture, Education, Family, HIV/AIDS in Phila., Philadelphia, Philly, Prison, Social Change, social responsibility, Urban Initiative
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10 Things That Still May or May Not Matter, Change In Phila. for 2013 (Part 3)
We are finally near the end of this list of topics/issues that desperately need to be addressed here in the “City of Brotherly Love” for 2013. Although some of these observations are somewhat biased, they (nonetheless) still describe many, many truths of the identity of our beloved city that … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, Consciousness, Culture, Family, Lifestyle, Marriage, Philadelphia, Poverty, Relationships, Social Change, Urban Initiative, Youth
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The Connecticut Elementary School Tragedy: So, is the Bob Costas 90 second commentary on gun control, gun culture “out of bounds and inappropriate” now?
This is not a personal, selfish, or insulting attempt to acquire approval ratings, or score double-digit public perception/opinion points by using another devastating tragedy as a platform, a forum seeking changes in our laws to own fire arms (and semi-automatic rifles). This is not a personal, selfish, or … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Bob, Champs, Children, Connecticut, Consciousness, Costas, Crime, Culture, Elementary, Entertainment, Family, Game of the Week, Jason, Masacre, New England, New York, NFL, Night, Patriots, School, Social Awareness, Social Change, social responsibility, Sunday, Super Bowl, Tom Brady, Tragedy, Whitlock, Youth
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Winning Isn’t Everything (That Matters), But It Is The Only Thing (That Has Ever Mattered).
Let the following words speak for themselves as a reflection to how insensitive we have become in the American society. Allow the following words to speak for themselves as a reflection to how we have become a more idealistic group of idol … Continue reading
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Tagged 2nd Amendment, Awareness, Chiefs, Clark Hunt, Consciousness, Crime, Culture, Family, football, FOX Sports, Gun, Jason Whitlock, Jovan Belcher, Kansas City, Kasandra Perkins, Laws, NFL tragedy, Romeo Crennel, Scott Pioli, Social Awareness, Social Change
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Five Things The Newly Elected President Still Is Unable To Do, Be, or Fulfill The Requests/Demands Of
With election day here, and people placing high hopes and faith on the newly elected president to improve the health care system, create more jobs with higher salaries, reduce government spending, as well as lower taxes for the poor and middle … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Community, Culture, Family, Lifestyle, Philadelphia, Race, Social Change, social responsibility
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The “Innocently” Enticing, Beautifully Unmindful, Eloquent Wordplay That Is Influencing, Defining Our Nation’s Culture and History Through Politics, (Social) Media, and “The Idiot Box”.
As we are now upon the 11th anniversary of the most horrific act(s) of terrorism on US soil, many Americans are (still) trying to negotiate and establish inner peace between their emotions of uncertainty and insecurity versus assurance and tranquility; between what is known and what is unknown versus … Continue reading
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Tagged Activism, Civil Rights, Consciousness, Culture, Ellen Degeneres, Equality, Family, GLAAD, LGBT, Lifestyle, Marriage, Neil Patrick Harris, New York, Philadelphia, Politics, Social Change
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The Regrettable, Unbearable Fear of Fauilure That Motivates The Relentless Courage To Succeed: An Educator’s Emotional Epiphany
As we move closer and closer to the first day of school, I couldn’t help but to think about some of those colleagues that I may possibly see, and those of whom I most certainly will not. Obviously the ones that you’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Children, Community, Crime, Drugs, Family, Federal Prison, Firearm, Gun, High School, Incarceration, Inner City, Lifestyle, Middle School, New York, Peace, Philadelphia, Police, Politics, Poverty, Poverty Rate, Prison, School, Social Change, State Prison, Urban Initiative, Youth
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The First Week of School: “Teacher, Can You Marry My Mom So That You Can Be My Dad”?
It is official. The summer is definitely over as of September 4, 2012. However, for the professional educators, our summer will most likely have ended as of August 27th when all of us will be heading back to work for staff development, team … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolscent, Awareness, Childhood, Children, Classroom Management, Consciousness, Culture, Elementary School, Family, Father, Figure, Ghetto, Graduation, High School, Inner City, Lifestyle, Marriage, Middle School, New York, Philadelphia, Poverty, Pregnancy, Professional Development, Race, Relationships, School, School Police, Social Awareness, Social Change, social responsibility, Social Worker, Students, Teen, Truancy, Youth
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From Hoodwinked Hypocrite to Stand Your Ground “Shook One” (Perspectives On The Modernization For Abolishing Societal Standards and Values)
As an educator of young children, teens, and young adults, there are often times when one is asked to describe how life was for them at that age. Sometimes this is simply a trick for a young person to see just … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, College, Community, Consciousness, Culture, Family, Lifestyle, music, New York, Peace, Philadelphia, Social Change, social responsibility, Violence, Youth
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Once the Public Trust Has Been Broken….
While we are a little more than a week removed from the NCAA devastating, unprecedented sanctions placed upon Penn State, most of us have finally come to grips that we will have to accept the penalties and punishment for the university’s neglect to react … Continue reading
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Tagged Awareness, Children, College, Community, Family, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Penn State, Philadelphia, social responsibility, Youth
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