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By: T

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:45:00 +0000

Hi Afrobella, I came across your blog through Glamour. I saw both documentaries that you mentioned, and they were most excellent. The sutdents stick with you for some time, and it really hurts my heart to know how many students we are leaving behind (I am a former teacher).

If you have not checked out Paulo Freire, then you definitely should. He is the education theorist who inspired the students in Resolved. I studied him in college and he reassured and motivated. _Pedagogy of the Opressed_ is his most popular book.

By: Isa

Isa — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:23:06 +0000

Firefox rocks, and so does Window. Seriously, learning Basic at five?! That is awesome!

By: Jenene

Jenene — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:32:46 +0000

Hard Times at Douglass High will break your heart.
My mom taught in Harlem until last year and she was saying the same frustration those teachers felt was what finally led her to retire. Mostly teachers are a highly dedicated lot. It’s that dedication that stops them from walking out the door and never looking back. But when you facing a population that is so unfazed by lack of achievement and unconcerned about their futures, they just want to scream.
To spend the day walking the hallways at school when you can just as easily go inside and learn something is beyond me. My mom also taught young adults for the GED. She asked them what they did while playing hooky. Most of the said they realized after the fact that even playing hooky got to be boring, but by then they had missed so much school it was easier to drop out. People we have got to do better!

By: Bebroma

Bebroma — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:43:21 +0000

Firefox is amazing, and Window makes me proud!!! I didn’t know that, and will definitely be dropping it in conversations. Five years old??????? When I took BASIC programming in high school I thought I was going to die.

By: Eshe

Eshe — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:04:06 +0000

I did debate in high school and absolutely loved it. I tell people that I wanted to do debate since seeing the ONE episode a debate was featured on Different World…lol. I did Lincoln-Douglas Debate and the disparities in team funding were crazy. I am from GA and my team raised money by holding a tournament every year, selling Halloween carnations and money from our own pocket during each trip. But I knew other schools, one in particular, that had a HUGE team and traveled every year on the interest ALONE of its endowment.

By: sho nuff

sho nuff — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:46:45 +0000

awesome post! i will spread the word about ms window snyder!
girrrrrrl, don’t sleep on family guy–it is hilarious =)

By: Lauren

Lauren — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:15:36 +0000

Fellow Baltimorian as well, although I don’t live there anymore, but its in my heart (and my accent). My grandmother was president of the Baltimore City Teacher’s Union for many years and tried desparately to fight the deterioration of the public school system. I know that looking back she never thought that the city would seem to leave its kids behind so readily. Although, why wouldn’t they? Baltimore’s downtown area has been going through a huge gentrification since the Ravens won the Super bowl, the city was making decent money off of “The WIRE”, and Baltimore is a great place to live if you work in DC.

Yet I know its hard for these kids, to look at others and see better schools, with better equipment, with better facilites and not be angry. We have to remember that children don’t ask to be born. We as adult bring them into this world and are solely responsible for them and we must fight for our children. But parent’s are so bitter and frustrated with their own lives that they can’t see how they may be affecting their children. I see it in my own family. The help must come from the system and us! My great Uncle went to Douglass and was a huge supporter of the school. He passed away last year and 30 people from his graduating High school class came to the service and we aren’t talking abouta class that graduated recently. These people had a serious connection with my uncle and loved him enough to not only stay in touch but come to share their memories of him. I don’t know that the same feeling of camaraderie is there anymore, I doubt it. Maybe its a generational thing? How many people do you keep in touch with from high?

I plan to watch the documentary- although I don’t really need to, I have cousins at City, Poly, and Pimlico High Schools- and their lack of interest in anything outside of rap and the newest sneaker tells me enough about what needs to happen.

By: afrobello

afrobello — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:11:53 +0000

Naturally BET nor TV One are going to investigate our lives. Then again, I wouldn’t expect CNN’s series to do more than gloss over reality to make white viewers comfortable.

By: Stal Herz

Stal Herz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:25:46 +0000

My mom is a teacher in Los Angeles. Her class is 100 percent Spanish Speaking and, though she teaches 4th grade, I would say 70 percent of them can’t read on that level. The schools make them teach towards the standardized tests, so that all that matters is the scores and funding.

Still, she is amazing and teaches them everything under the sun.

Not many like her though, which explains how they got to her without being able to read.

As far as progressive TV Shows, the Boondocks is the best. Shows everyone for who they are.

Love it.

Cool blog.

-Stal