Number 1, when did young black males start having SWEET 16 birthday parties?? Maybe P. Diddy knows more about his son than everyone else or maybe this has become a cultural norm for black males.
Number 2, I don’t feel like I can relate to P. Diddy in any way financially, so it’s difficult for me to judge his actions. However, I think that buying your son a car that is about 7 times the average adult salary is a bit excessive. To quote T.I. from I Can’t Be Your Man, ballin’s all good but that shit’s just wasteful.
Number 3, P. Diddy has six kids. That’s six $300,000+ 16th birthday gifts. And how do you follow up on a $360,000 birthday gift. I guess that for his 18th birthday he’ll get him a house and for his 21st birthday he’ll get him a casino or a small island. All that times six.
With that all being said, I think that P. Diddy is trying to buy his children. I hope that after he’s done giving his children fish that he also teaches them to fish so that they are able to maintain the lifestyle that he provides for them.
Monday, June 14, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Life Is A Mile Long
John, Betty, and Duane decided to race one mile. The three lined up at the start line and right before the race began, John turned to Duane and viciously kicked him in his ankle, breaking it in several places. John then turned to Betty and shoved her on the ground and took off running. Betty got up, dusted herself off and started running behind John. Duane cringed and grabbed at his ankle for several minutes. After about 4 minutes, Duane got up and began to slowly limp towards the finish line. A few minutes later the race was over. Before the race was over, Duane had picked up his pace and was quickly limping towards the finished line, but he was still far behind the others in the race. At the end of the race, John and Betty questioned, 'Why is Duane so far behind?'
This is the story of race.
Moral of the story - Life isn’t fair.
This is the story of race.
Moral of the story - Life isn’t fair.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Am I A Failure?
My favorite video/computer game is called Civilization. I love the idea or discovering a world and trying to create the best civilization. The game is full of knowledge that I don’t really take advantage of, but just from playing the game so often, I have been exposed to a lot of historical information that I didn’t previously know about. I have combined the knowledge that I gain from playing that game with the information that I obtain from reading a textbook about society. I love this textbook so much because it addresses inequality, something that I think about often. I learned about apartheid a word that I was familiar with, but never had defined for me before. I also learned about social mobility, socialism, & capitalism, again all words & concepts that I knew of, but never had defined for me. This led to deep thought about why a socialistic society would fail and also why the current capitalist society in America fails me.
After being let go from my job, I didn’t ask any question about the reason I was chosen to be released. The reasoning was irrelevant to me because I didn’t value the opinions of the “leaders” of this school. It does however force my mind to wonder and consider areas of my professionalism that I need to improve upon. This leads me to examine other and what makes them more suitable for the job that I was released from. The reality that I was faced with at the end of my college career after being unjustly released from the NROTC program returns. Life is not fair. This is a phrase that everyone has heard, but rarely do we truly believe it. In a socialistic society it is more than obvious that life is not fair because despite the effort put forth, everyone lives the same quality of life. In our current capitalist society it becomes more apparent to me everyday that this statement holds true. The idea of capitalism is that those who work harder will receive more benefits for their labor & efforts. Although the idea is a fair one, this society is far from fair based on another quote/saying. Perception is reality.
Therefore, if it is perceived that you are working hard you will receive more. As I continue to work in the teaching profession, I realize more and more that I am alone in my mindset. I am a stickler for the rules and I believe that it is important to establish commonality amongst teachers. Every time that grades are release, I realize more and more that I stand alone in my thinking. My grades are based solely on numbers that I put into computers without emotion. Other teachers incorporate their feelings about the students and fear of the perception that they are inadequate due to their failure rate. Today another teacher sent her student to my class to take an exam. We were given strict instructions, not to allow additional time to students that left the room or reported to the room late. I didn’t allow any of the students to continue working after the bell rand, but she allow her student (that came late just as many of my students came late) to finish his exam in her room. Now when students are assessed it will appear that her students are more knowledgeable because they are given additional time. And since perception is reality, she will be looked upon as a better teacher than me because she didn’t follow the rules.
After being let go from my job, I didn’t ask any question about the reason I was chosen to be released. The reasoning was irrelevant to me because I didn’t value the opinions of the “leaders” of this school. It does however force my mind to wonder and consider areas of my professionalism that I need to improve upon. This leads me to examine other and what makes them more suitable for the job that I was released from. The reality that I was faced with at the end of my college career after being unjustly released from the NROTC program returns. Life is not fair. This is a phrase that everyone has heard, but rarely do we truly believe it. In a socialistic society it is more than obvious that life is not fair because despite the effort put forth, everyone lives the same quality of life. In our current capitalist society it becomes more apparent to me everyday that this statement holds true. The idea of capitalism is that those who work harder will receive more benefits for their labor & efforts. Although the idea is a fair one, this society is far from fair based on another quote/saying. Perception is reality.
Therefore, if it is perceived that you are working hard you will receive more. As I continue to work in the teaching profession, I realize more and more that I am alone in my mindset. I am a stickler for the rules and I believe that it is important to establish commonality amongst teachers. Every time that grades are release, I realize more and more that I stand alone in my thinking. My grades are based solely on numbers that I put into computers without emotion. Other teachers incorporate their feelings about the students and fear of the perception that they are inadequate due to their failure rate. Today another teacher sent her student to my class to take an exam. We were given strict instructions, not to allow additional time to students that left the room or reported to the room late. I didn’t allow any of the students to continue working after the bell rand, but she allow her student (that came late just as many of my students came late) to finish his exam in her room. Now when students are assessed it will appear that her students are more knowledgeable because they are given additional time. And since perception is reality, she will be looked upon as a better teacher than me because she didn’t follow the rules.
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