(ThyBlackMan.com) My recent columns have focused on the extremely poor educational outcomes for black students. There’s enough blame for all involved to have their fair share. That includes students who are hostile and alien to the educational process and have derelict, uninterested home environments. After all, if there is not someone ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I recently reviewed my son’s school ‘report card’, which is prepared by the school district to keep parents apprised of the school’s academic standing. I was dismayed to read that, on his campus, although African Americans comprise 48% of the school’s population, only 41% are reading on their grade-level. That’s ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The price of education just seems to keep rising. When you take a look at the current job market and note the hundreds of thousands of graduates who are out of work at the moment, it can be easy to lose faith in the educational system. It’s not surprising that ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Bullycide is when the cause of suicide is attributed to the victim being bullied, either in person or via social media. In 2001, Neil Marr and Tim Field wrote about it in their book Bullycide: Death at Playtime. Research shows that those who are bullied are more likely to consider ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The abolitionist Frederick Douglas once said, It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. This principle of thinking is the foundation of the Born to Soar Series, a leadership development program I’ve developed targeting young males, particularly among ‘at-risk’ youth in the pre-adolescent age group. I ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) An admission application, dissertation, scientific research, scholarship essay and a great variety of other English written papers cause various problems for the students from Australia, the USA, the UK and other countries of the world. Therefore, there appear lots of requests on the Internet that sound like “Who can write ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) After a course on defensive driving Atlanta is a much safer place to drive. It takes a couple afternoons to get your hours in, and you’ll have some laughs along the way if you take a comedy defensive driving course. Here’s some jokes we like: The Juggler A Georgia state ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I had the wonderful opportunity to teach several virtual classes with students from Nairobits Trust located in Nairobi, Kenya. The instructor Victor Owuor (https://www.facebook.com/victor.owuor.395) a talented and knowledgeable educator collaborated with me to speak to his students; 15 young ladies about Social Media and diverse areas of technology. The classes conducted on Skype ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In case you haven’t yet heard, Richard Cordray, the first-ever Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), resigned in late November. President Trump’s unlawful appointment of Mick Mulvaney to serve as the Bureau’s Acting Director signals a distinct shift in the Bureau’s future. Since enactment of the Dodd-Frank Wall ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) In the “cut-and-paste” world we live in today, plagiarism is easier than ever and academic institutions are faced with the task of promoting honesty and respect for the work of others whilst simultaneously maintaining the integrity of the learning process. The plagiarism-prevention tool Turnitin is used by universities and high ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Once you put all the purely African people and or people of African descent together…you’ve got a formidable force in the world. And what keeps them from greatness is their inability to unify their culture and make a connection to Africa. ~ John Henrik Clarke The question probably can be ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The educational achievement of white youngsters is nothing to write home about, but that achieved by blacks is nothing less than disgraceful. Let’s look at a recent example of an educational outcome all too common. In 2016, in 13 of Baltimore’s 39 high schools, not a single student scored proficient ...