Making All City
Toward the end of my junior year at Weequahic High School in Newark New Jersey, I started hearing from my friends that I was going to make All City. How did they know I asked myself. In my usual mood of high esteem I was thinking that there was no way I would make the all city team. Vailburg s catcher was better than me is what crossed my mind. I make the grade No way. I told you I had high self esteem. The two best teams in the city at the time, Barringer and Vailsburg would receive the most recognition for their players. And our record did not display how really bad we were. I think I was the only player that batted over .300. Well maybe Dashell Meeks hit over 300 as well. In the last game of the season we were playing Central High School in Unterman Field. They were a poor to average team at best. An above average pitcher with speed to burn and a curveball that was, well I ll get to that curveball in a minute. I went up to bat thinking home run. I was so determined to hit a home run I remember standing closer to the plate thinking I could reach an outside pitch. Most if not all of my hits that year were singles. While I had power I had...
Students On Path To Success
Parents and teachers at Lexington Elementary School in Monroe, La., feared their school was slipping into mediocrity or worse. Attendance rates and standardized test scores were dipping. Suspensions were rising. So school administrators implemented Lions Quest, a life-skills program. After taking part in workshops, teachers worked with students on relationship skills and responsible decision-making. They set high academic expectations and coordinated service learning projects in the community. After five years, a remarkable turnabout took place. The test scores were the highest in the district, as were the attendance rates. We can see and feel the difference, said principal Lynn Hodge. Our students are more responsible. They can listen and work together. Teachers from across the nation report similarly positive results with Lions Quest. The program trains those teaching kindergarten through 12th grade to teach responsibility, conflict resolution, communication skills and the dangers of drug and alcohol use. Participating schools also receive books and materials. Lions Quest is sponsored by Lions Clubs International, the world s largest...
The Whitney Houston And Bobby Brown Divorce Teaches Us Lessons On Financial Lovemaking
Boyce Watkins Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston give Mike Tyson a run for his money in the Jack up your life in the 90s contest . Chalky lips and all, these two were the poster children for what you don t want your kids to become when they grow up. What was most ironic was that everyone thought that Bobby was corrupting Whitney, who does an amazing church girl with the raspy voice imitation. But church girls don t usually know that crack is whack , and they don t get caught hauling weed onto an airplane. Well, at least she didn t have box cutters and shaving cream; people who smoke weed don t usually have the motivation to hijack an airplane. They were once young and attractive, now they look old and tired. They were once beautiful songbirds, now they just look like jailbirds. Life is getting harsh for these two, and it could get harsher as the King of R B haha and his weed-tottin ex-babymama find themselves on the other side of a nasty divorce. Besides learning that crack is whack, we can learn other lessons from Whitney s confessions. Drugs and bad relationships have huge personal and financial consequences. As a Finance Professor who...