I will be (more than likely) the 9th grade mathematics teacher at Camden Promise Charter school (Click here for more info). I am excited because the school is really great and growing and has a great network. I hope to add my creativity to the math department there. I might also teach a Black women's writers class for a upperclassman elective. YAYAY! I can't wait but I know it will be tough but I got people praying for me so I got a Higher Power on my side.
Also I made a goal. December 21, 2010...I will be a beast. BEAST! Look for pictures...or my cameo in the next Drake video.
Flava Flav said it best...YA BOOOOOIII!!!!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Visited my New City!!
It has been choosen! I will be living and teaching in Camden, New Jersey for the next two years. I am not sure what school yet but I received job offers from two of the best schools in New Jersey: Camden Promise and LEAP Academy . Both schools have great staff, students, networks and love for education. I am excited but I realize these are the only two beacons of hope I saw in Camden. Example:
This is a city after the 1967 Riots that sparked in many African-American cities after MLK's death
This is Camden now
Not much has changed in this city after the riots it seems. The city is known for corrupt mayors, high violent crime rates, auto theft and drug abuse. It is a city that needs hope and change just like Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City..and soon Minneapolis if we don't clean up our act.
The hope and change we are looking for is in our CHILDREN thus we as a community MUST invest in them. After visiting these schools, my faith for change and in love and Education and God has been renewed. All we need is dedication. The same students that come from this neighborhood are attending Camden Pride and LEAP and 90% of Camden students and 100% of LEAP students are in or going to college. They are beating low expectations and I am so proud to be apart of their progress. I just hope I can be a good mathematics teacher that helps these youth think critcally about their world and can use the math skills I help instill in them along with their creativity and HUSTLE to change this world. We need advocates from Camden, Detroit, Chicago, etc to sit at board tables and be the voice for the hood and hopefully end the mass injustice in this world...hopefully. But I am becoming more ready for this challenge..even though my daddy is scared about me leaving....and everyone else. I got this! God is on my side!
On a low note...I really must start workin out...I went to Philly and threw down on them Cheese steaks...YUM!
This is a city after the 1967 Riots that sparked in many African-American cities after MLK's death
This is Camden now
The hope and change we are looking for is in our CHILDREN thus we as a community MUST invest in them. After visiting these schools, my faith for change and in love and Education and God has been renewed. All we need is dedication. The same students that come from this neighborhood are attending Camden Pride and LEAP and 90% of Camden students and 100% of LEAP students are in or going to college. They are beating low expectations and I am so proud to be apart of their progress. I just hope I can be a good mathematics teacher that helps these youth think critcally about their world and can use the math skills I help instill in them along with their creativity and HUSTLE to change this world. We need advocates from Camden, Detroit, Chicago, etc to sit at board tables and be the voice for the hood and hopefully end the mass injustice in this world...hopefully. But I am becoming more ready for this challenge..even though my daddy is scared about me leaving....and everyone else. I got this! God is on my side!
On a low note...I really must start workin out...I went to Philly and threw down on them Cheese steaks...YUM!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Preparation...Reflection after graduation
And so it begins...
I always imagined who I would be when I got to this point. I thought I would be in my apartment, with my car, and my golden retriever....well I'm happy where I am anyways.
These last five years have blessed me with AMAZING friends, Great opportunities, supportive families, lessons that I will never forget and now its time for me to start packing all of that up and moving to my new place...Camden, NJ/Philadelphia, PA (permanent location TBA)
I am so very excited because this is where alot of my FAVORITE artists are from...namely:
OOOOO Jesse Williams is so fine....sigh
Any who...I am very excited to be a math teacher (and hopefully REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNITY ACTIVIST) in these neck of the woods where all these beautiful people roamed. One day someone will have my pic in their blog...one day...till then..here is a pic of me at graduation (from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities..double majored in Mathematics and African American Studies [that was Jessie Williams ' major too..hehe])
mmm...HOT.....thats my bestie and my lil sis flankin my HOTness
In these next few weeks, I will be reading all of my TfA required articles, looking at inspirational videos for teachers, shopping for "professional clothes" and other things I need to move out and trying to work on my disciplinary skills because, according to students I worked with before, I am too nice....but they learning tho..SO UH!
I hope I meet Jesse Williams in Philly and he'll fall in love...I gotta start working out ..mhmm...
More to come...
This is just the beginning
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