(ThyBlackMan.com) Influenced by the writings of Chinua Achebe (Nigerian Author of “When Things Fall Apart”) “We cannot trample upon the humanity of others without devaluing our own. The Igbo, always practical, put it concretely in their proverb Onye ji onye n’ani ji onwe ya: “He who will hold another down ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) As I grow older, I recall with increasing clarity and gratitude the indelible and enduring lessons that I learned from my parents while growing up in the Arkansas Delta. Although my parents had little schooling, they were literate beyond their formal level of education and blessed with an enormous ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) HBCU’s have made enormous strides in education; preparing, qualifying, certifying and empowering young men and women that have chosen teaching as their choice of career. Either by personal choice, family heritage or passion for helping youth; educators and education are unquestionably the foundation for any progressive society to succeed. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I wasn’t schooled in the fundamentals of wealth creation upon my entrance into college and probably many of you. I must say that most of my financial education hinged on observing what took place in my household. We were very frugal (Shopped in bulk, cut coupons, use online coupons from ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) STEAM is a growing educational initiative that encourages hands-on learning that is student centered in learning and teachers as facilitators not lecturers. The involvement of Scientific inquiry using experimentation, integration of diverse Technologies to meet the needs of diverse learning modalities, using design strategies for problem solving in Engineering, ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) I went home to Columbus, Ohio this past weekend and learned a little more about my hometown. You see, I went to a high school football game with my friend to support her little brother. Let me paint the picture for you: Team 1: Suburbia Team 2: Inner-city The ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Summer break is at a conclusion, Labor Day festivities, traveling, cookouts, parties, and all the fun thrown in; the “business of education” begins for many schools across the nation. 180 days of learning, 180 days of educational strategies, curriculums, differential instruction, ESOL, Benchmarks, Common Core, reading initiates, state assessments ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) The influence of HBCU’s and education can be seen in the 105 historically black colleges and universities educating 135,722 male and 238,685 female students across the United States this year alone. A new school year is beginning for HBCU’s, students are preparing to return to schools across our nation. ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Being a Social Media speaker and presenter one of the challenges when speaking to young people in high school or college is validation of what I’m sharing. The validation that I know what I’m talking about, they need to trust me and believe me when I give them facts ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) National Teacher’s Week was over two months ago, but what I have written below is not any less relevant. Dear Parents, Please know that we understand that you have the day-to-day responsibilities of being a parent to your child, but all I would like to offer is a simple ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Black students are learning the competition for jobs, internships, scholarships, grants and fellowships is fierce and competitive. Teaching Black students how to use all the available tools of Social Media is necessary to Market and Brand themselves to get the attention of organizations, businesses, schools and individuals looking to ...
(ThyBlackMan.com) Contrary to popular belief, surviving the adversity of the Black community requires the ability to think. When I look back upon my life I can only imagine the contributions that some of my friends could have made to this society had they not succumb to the adversity of having ...