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Dropout Study Aimed at BlacksWhen analyzing statistical data among race, one has to be careful when accepting what they see as true. Researchers are sure to belittle any and all results of Blacks as compared to whites and Hispanics. This is all part of the plot to lessen the value of the Black race in America....[more]
Hi, my name is Deborah Day I am the creator of the Mindful Messages Mentoring Program. Here is some information on my program. My health and life skills oriented curriculum utilizes the creative concepts of spoken word and mindfulness to reach and teach youth ages 11-18 on HIV/AIDS, STD's, Drugs, Abstinence, Safe Sex, Peer Pressure, Relationships etc. through an Africentric focus........[more]
Reading in school is critical for learning, but many students dislike reading and this attitude continues unto adulthood, which is also a critical time in life for reading. Issues in society that concern a citizen's well-being comprise magazines, newspapers, books, and other informative literature about certain issues. However, many people, including students, seem to automatically shun reading and would rather have information pumped into their minds electronically.......[more]
Regardless of what kind of information and how much of it goes into our brains, only we, as individuals, can control what portion of that information we will keep and use and what portion we will discard.....[more]
The myth of attending a white school because of white schools being safer is only a myth. There are just as many if not more thefts and violent crimes being committed by whites in suburban areas than in urban areas, where Blacks are more heavily concentrated.....[more]
Research shows that students feel increasingly unsafe during school, or traveling to and from school. A 1996 Children's Institute International Poll of American Adolescents revealed that 47 percent of all teens believed their schools were becoming more violent, 10 percent feared being shot or hurt by classmates carrying weapons to schools, and more than 20 percent were afraid to go to restrooms because these unsupervised areas were frequent sites of student victimization (National Center for Educational Statistics, 1998). Source from: http://www.mentalhealth.org/schoolviolence/
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