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Professor Spongebob
I went to a community forum recently. One of the parents in the audience emphatically argued that youth today should watch the history channel or the discovery channel instead of programs that lack educational value like Spongebob Squarepants. While channels like the history and discovery channel are explicit in their goal to provide information and [...]
What is Power?
Kanye West premiered the video for his latest single “Power.” What is your idea/definition of power? What images of power do you see in the video itself? If you don’t know what to make of the video, MTV has hooked you up with some CliffNotes. D.U.M.B. Assignments: 1. Think about a time or experience when you [...]
Tweet of the Day: August 5, 2010
“WE PROBABLY WOULDN’T WORRY ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF US IF WE COULD KNOW HOW SELDOM THEY DO.” –@HUEYBOONDOCKS
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J-E-L-L-O
On Tuesday, August 3rd 2010 Bill Cosby was a trending topic on twitter. Not because he said something funny but because it was rumored that he had passed away. Sources such as TMZ and Twitter have become the breaking news mecca [I first learned of Michael Jackson’s fatal heart attack on twitter]. Fortunately, Cosby is [...]
Inception: Now There’s An Idea.
This weekend I was one of many who went to see the Chistopher Nolan film, Inception–and helped it to remain #1 at the box office with a grand total of $193.3 million. Walking into the theatre, I had already been warned that I needed to pay “close” attention. Others were so excited that they couldn’t [...]
Ability or Disability? That is the question….
Upon first looking at the cover of the video, I knew that it had something to do with athletes that have been labeled as having disabilities. My ignorance would prove to be my doom. For almost all of the athletes, they didn’t even believe in the word “disability.” They felt that the word “disability” was [...]
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Excuses
“Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.”– George Washington Carver Growing up, we often hear the phrase, “You can do anything you set your mind to.” This simple statement propels us to dream big and accomplish great things. What happens when you set your mind on [...]
“It’s Fun To Be Fat!”
Entry Word: FAT* Function: adjective Meaning: 1 having an excess of body fat <the popular image of Santa Claus as a fat man in a red suit> Synonyms chubby, corpulent, fleshy, full, gross, obese, overweight, plump, portly, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, round, tubby Related Words beefy, bulky, chunky, heavy, heavyset, stocky, stout, thick, thickset, weighty; brawny, [...]
Motivation in the Music
“O-o-h Child / Things are gonna get easier.” Those lyrics ring true on some days more than others. So why do we not, on our Keep It Movin’ Mondays, emphasize a brighter future. Especially when this song, originally recorded in 1970, still has an uplifting message to be shared with generations since its creation. Many [...]
Tweet of the Day: August 7, 2010