Mr. Aaron Lewis and Mr. Raymond Banks have both received their GED results and have passed!!
(The last time I was this proud, my nephew was potty trained)
I am proud of my part in helping them reach their infinite potential but more so proud of the fact that slowly but surely my fellow brothers have shattered the sterotypes that once shackled them. Both of these men have been involved in things that they now know were wrong paths. (I'm not going to give their past lives shine right now)They decided that the roads that they were heading down were not conducive to their success or future happiness, so instead of talking about it they decided to BE about it.
The most unfortunate thing is that there will be no excitement in the street about their most recent accomplishment. There will be no breaking story; or probably not even another word uttered about their achievement other than this forum. That truly upsets me. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired of people hightlighting and focusing on the negative aspects of our community and not our triumphs. Not things like that fact that over 20% of Temple University's students are hard working black young people. Not focusing on young black people trying to make social and cultural contributions to our society such as those artist in Philalive! I will sound the alarm and let it be heard that these men achieved something positive and I am honored to have the opportunity to have been a part of it.
FYI: [I work at a GED training center on TU Campus called the WELL Program]
We now return you to your regularly scheduled program:
Check what Swirls had to say about the matter:
Thou Art Destructive
4 comments:
Instead of talking about it, be about it. No doubt.
congrats baby...im proud of you and your students.
Def Feelin the Post
And that banner at the top is so cool.
Im bout to step my blog game skills up and blow all yall out the water. OWWWW!
congratulations lauren :)
funny, we just talked about your students a few days ago
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