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Visions of Grandeur: August 2007
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Monday, August 6, 2007. It's the spring of 2000 and I'm only a few days away from my high school graduation. Bobby Snow, a mild mannered classmate of mine, who I have gone to school with for as long as I can remember, comes up to me. So, wha-what are you g-g-going to study in college, Pat? He asks in the most non-judgmental of ways. I'm not sure yet, Bobby. I think I may want to teach," I responded not knowing for sure at all. I cannot help but laugh when I think about a future student with Bobby's same ...
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Visions of Grandeur: How to Overcome a Fear of Commitment
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Tuesday, September 18, 2007. How to Overcome a Fear of Commitment. Teaching is hard work.even if you’re bad at it. Actually, especially if you're bad at it. Don’t worry if you’re one of my students or a parent. I’m doing my best to get better at it and I doubt you’ll find few teachers as dedicated, passionate and hard-working as I’ve been in my first month. Perhaps the most appropriate posting I should write about has to do with last week’s. Magazine’s Special Issue dedicated to Service in America. And m...
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Visions of Grandeur: January 2008
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Sunday, January 27, 2008. Serving Those Who Wish to Serve. For the amount of writing that my students do, it is probably not too much to ask from me to write more than once every four months. However, this makes me think a lot of choice. I can choose when and what I want to write about. However my students do not necessarily have that choice to and there is a chance that they may never get that ability to choose. Having access to my college network and the middle class peers that I have worked and went t...
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Visions of Grandeur: June 2008
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Sunday, June 8, 2008. One Ball Can Change the World. In 1982, Italy’s World Cup victory helped to unite a country that was trying to overcome a decade of national terrorism known as the anni di piombo. In 2010, South Africa will become the first sub-Saharan country to host the World Cup, an amazing opportunity to showcase the growth and development of a country still feeling the wounds of apartheid and still fighting the challenges of extreme poverty and HIV/AIDS. This summer, I will be travelling with 5...
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Visions of Grandeur: Serving Those Who Wish to Serve
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Sunday, January 27, 2008. Serving Those Who Wish to Serve. For the amount of writing that my students do, it is probably not too much to ask from me to write more than once every four months. However, this makes me think a lot of choice. I can choose when and what I want to write about. However my students do not necessarily have that choice to and there is a chance that they may never get that ability to choose. Having access to my college network and the middle class peers that I have worked and went t...
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Visions of Grandeur: Save Yourself
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007. If you haven’t read it yet, you should really pick up Uzodinma Iweala’s critically acclaimed novel, “Beasts of No Nation.”. But before you do, you can whet you appetite with his opinion piece in this past weekend’s Washington Post, entitled “ Stop Trying to ‘Save’ Africa. Iweala’s point here is not new. William Easterly’s piece, “ The West Can’t Save Africa. Or perhaps the Democrats should run their 2008 campaign on, “Save North America.”. Maybe every time a US college student tri...
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Visions of Grandeur: July 2007
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Sunday, July 29, 2007. It has been nearly a month since my last post and it is with good reason. I have been busy getting KIPP-notized. KIPP) now reaches 17 states including the District of Columbia, 57 schools, and 15,000 students. While KIPP is a very complex program, the the concept from which it originates from is very simple: no excuses. To read the entire article. Somehow KIPP has found a way to do so. Tuesday, July 17, 2007. When it comes to the US, we don’t ever think we need be saved. ...I share...
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Visions of Grandeur: June 2007
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Friday, June 29, 2007. Confessions of an American African. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Hardworking Staff of the Cameroon Youth Organization Students for Peace (CAMYOSFOP) at Limbe Beach. Beauty in the Unseen. In an African Minute. On Top of the World. Lending a Helping Hand. Become a Drug Dealer. Global Youth Partnership for Africa. KIPP: Gaston College Preparatory. Confessions of an American African. Gaston, North Carolina, United States. View my complete profile.
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Visions of Grandeur: Teach for Mali
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Monday, August 6, 2007. It's the spring of 2000 and I'm only a few days away from my high school graduation. Bobby Snow, a mild mannered classmate of mine, who I have gone to school with for as long as I can remember, comes up to me. So, wha-what are you g-g-going to study in college, Pat? He asks in the most non-judgmental of ways. I'm not sure yet, Bobby. I think I may want to teach," I responded not knowing for sure at all. I cannot help but laugh when I think about a future student with Bobby's same ...
