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Prescribed Drug Stimulants for the Sake of Education

"School-Drug Stimulants are Ritalin , Adderall , Vyvanse , and Concerta ," says Esquire  (April, 2014, D'Agostino, R.). Facts 20% of American boys have been suggested for such medication just to be a part of the traditional schooling choice. It's called normalizing the individual to fit their normal surroundings and given school system attitudes. With all the side effects information and various school choices, there has been a 37% increase since this story broke in 2003. The No Child Left Behind ACT presented by primarily females and single and/or low income mothers has caused significant changes in American education and social welfare organizations. A school policy primarily initiated by white female leaders and health care and political teaming efforts. There is a need for family behavioral therapy of such dysfunctional attitudes of striving to be of the norm or dysfunctional community attitudes (primarily Democratic citizens and welfare-state communities)...

Black Stories Told by White People

Copied without comments ( Esquire , Dec., 2013). Used for company event theme of  White American History Month (all of March). 42 (movie director) Mandela (movie director) The Slave (1936, Richard Hildreth, 1st antislavery novel published in America and inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin . Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852) Porgy and Bess (1935, George and Ira Gershwin) Cry the Beloved Country (1948, Alan Paton) The Amos 'n' Andy Show ( 1951) Hurricane (1975, Bob Dylan, chronicles the dubious murder trial and conviction of boxer Rubin Carter) The Jeffersons, et. al. (1975-1985, Norman Lear) Glory (1989, Matthew Broderick) Ballad: "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" (1993, Miss Arkansas sings the ballad for the talent portion of the Miss America pageant, Dreamgirls ) The Wire (2002-2008, David Simon) Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012, a hurricane Katrina fantasy film)

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day celebration or the Irish Mardi Gras is of Irish descent. It is the feast day of St. Patrick, a Christian missionary to Ireland in the fifth century A.D. (after Jesus' death)  It was first celebrated in the United States in 1737 in the city of Boston.  This celebration is noted in America  for its parades, wearin' o' the green, and good fellowship. The holiday is celebrated each year on March 17. The word shamrock comes from the Irish-Gaelic word "seamrog" meaning little clover. The symbol of St. Patrick's Day is the shamrock, a small three-leaved clover. It is the national flower of Ireland. Often people all over the world will wear green on this day as a reminder of the beautiful green countryside of Ireland. St. Patrick, the priest, told the people that the shamrock was like the idea of the Holy Trinity--that in the one God there are three divine Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Or is this just a legend? The ho...

List of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Part 3

Texas St. Philip's College www.alamo.edu Huston-Tillotson University www.htu.edu Jarvis Christian College www.jarvis.edu Paul Quinn College www.pqc.edu Prairie View A&M University www.pvamu.edu Southwestern Christian College www.swcc.edu Texas College www.texascollege.edu Texas Southern University www.tsu.edu Wiley College www.wileyc.edu Virginia Hampton University www.hamptonu.edu Norfolk State University www.nsu.edu St Paul's College www.saintpaulsnet.com Virginia State University www.vsu.edu Virginia Union University www.vuu.edu Virginia University of Lynchburg www.vul.edu West Virginia Bluefield State College www.bluefieldstate.edu West Virginia State University www.wvstateu.edu U.S. Virgin Islands University of the Virgin Islands www.uvi.edu

List of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Part 2

North Carolina Barber-Scotia College www.b-sc.edu Bennett College For Women www.bennett.edu Elizabeth City State University www.ecsu.edu Fayetteville State University www.uncfsu.edu Johnson C. Smith University www.jcsu.edu Livingstone College & Hood Theological Seminary www.livingstone.edu North Carolina A&T State University www.ncat.edu North Carolina Central University www.nccu.edu Shaw University www.shawuniversity.edu St Augustine's College www.st-aug.edu Winston-Salem State University www.wssu.edu Ohio Central State University www.centralstate.edu Wilberforce University www.wilberforce.edu Oklahoma Langston University www.langston.edu Pennsylvania Cheyney University www.cheyney.edu Lincoln University www.lincoln.edu South Carolina Clinton Junior College www.clintonjuniorcollege.edu Denmark Technical College www.denmarktech.edu Allen University www.allenuniversity.edu Benedict College www.benedict.edu Claflin University www....

List of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Part 1

Alabama Alabama State University www.alasu.edu Miles College www.miles.edu Oakwood University www.oakwood.edu Selma University www.selmanuniversity.org Stillman College www.stillman.edu Talladega College www.talladega.edu Tuskegee University www.tuskegee.edu Arkansas Arkansas Baptist College www.arkansasbaptist.edu Philander Smith College www.philander.edu University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff www.uapb.edu Delaware Delaware State University www.desu.edu District of Columbia Howard University www.howard.edu University of the District of Columbia www.udc.edu Florida  Bethune-Cookman University www.cookman.edu Edward Waters College www.ewc.edu Florida A&M University www.famu.edu Florida Memorial Univ-Miami Gardens www.fmuniv.edu Georgia Albany State University www.asurams.edu Clark Atlanta University www.cau.edu Ft Valley State University www.fvsu.edu Interdenominational Theological Center www.itc.edu Morehouse College www.moreho...