WOW, this is excellent writing, this should be published somewhere and the message should be heard, have to add this to my library for sure. Michelle
Reviewed by Flying Fox Ted L Glines (Reader)
Reviewed on April 2, 2008
Spot on! The best life-long earnings go to those with the highest level educations, especially in medicine, engineering, and technology. Poverty-raised children will not have the money to pay for such tuitions, and will seldom win the grace of scholarships. We have a generation of students who are opting for the low-level degrees; things like dental hygienist, business management, or degrees in the arts. This will lead to lower middle-class life-long earnings, at best. Meanwhile, corporate America is feeling the strain as the colleges are failing to produce graduates to fill their vacant high-level positions. More and more, we are seeing Chinese and Indian names in American corporate positions. Your poem clearly states the reason why this is happening. Great write!
You touch on a topic that I have rallied against for many years. Schools put too much emphasis on sports and not enough on studies. The ones who are hurt by this are all the children. I have nothing against sports, but am and always will be an advocate of studies first.
Lovely story of a worried mother and a son who just won't give up and that's what dreams are made of...with a little faith, relentless dertermination he will make it, if, just if he never gives up. I believe in never quiting on your dreams but also being practical to make sure you have money to support yourself, while taking the beautiful journey that resides where the heart's passion is...
Still Living on my Feet is the follow up to Tichaona Chinyelu’s first book, In the Whirlwind, which was rooted in a sense of hard-hitting revolutionary black love. However, in this sophomore effort, Tichaona brings the revolutionary essence from deep
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Thanks for sharing...
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Be always safe,
Karen
Regis