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Do Your Students Know You Care

The reality Guru — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:00:23 +0000

“Children don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

A 15-year veteran educator has passion and tips to spare When we went down to do some professional development and student workshops in Clinton, North Carolina, we met some amazing people. One of the standouts is an educator named Tonya Hannah. [...]

Dissecting Hip-Hop and The Media

The reality Guru — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:00:59 +0000

A few months ago I posted an article titled Hip Hop In America. Hip hop is and has proven ot be very influential to our society and particularly our youth. I received an email from Flocabulary regarding their co founder Blake Harrison. He’s made a few graduation appearances and has repeatedly noted [...]

Hip Hop in America

The reality Guru — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:00:55 +0000

For many years there has been this ongoing debate over hip hop, “is hip hop and rap the same” “is hip hop ruining our culture” “hip hop is black culture”. The truth, hip hop is a culture of itself. It is self expression and creativity. Hip hop is a lifestyle, something you live. It is [...]

Rebel Music

The reality Guru — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:00:19 +0000

Often times when you hear the words Rebel Music, you think of Bob Marley and the Wailers. But there is more to it than just that. Since Bob Marley, there have been numerous artists that have taken on this role of being a Rebel and casting away the ideas of Babylon. They [...]