May 2008 Blog Posts (3)

What is a good job? I ask my students this question when I taught at Atlanta are Technical Institute. The answers I received were $10.00 an hour, $15.00 and hour and $18.00 an hour. The answers were all about how much wage that was going to be earned. My reply to my class was this. Item 1: A good job with respect to wage involves the letter K that is regarding salary. Not an hourly wage but rather a yearly wage. 50k, 60k, 90k, meaning $50,000.00 a year or $60,000.00 a year or $90,000.00 dolla… Continue

WHAT IS SUCCESS? The dictionary says; The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted. The gaining of fame or prosperity. I don’t like those definitions. I want to tie success with Joy and Happiness. Are you a success if you achieve something desired that you thought would make you happy just to find out it really didn’t make you happy. Here some definitions from my personal on the street survey. Success is…living your life and never been arrested, handcuff, in jail, or even hara… Continue

Sports is the Enemy of MY People I see the influence of Basketball and Football on young black people. A former teacher, the seductive power sports has scares me. I was awaken to this concern with one of the educational networks ran a special on ROME. The evil emperor diverted attention from his atrocities by increasing the games in the coliseum to 180 days. Even in those days sports lulled the people to sleep. Back to our young. Dedicated Teachers when trying to get young people to focus on s… Continue