Have you ever looked at a well-crafted wooden dinner table, picture frame or clock and wondered how it was created?
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I didn’t know either until I was blessed with the opportunity to work as extra help in the Department of Pharmacy. I promise, this has got to be Chicago’s biggest secret!
While I cannot speak on the pharmacy program because I am not qualified to do so, I can say that I had some super cool co-workers. Can I be honest? I thought the professors were going to have the “doctor/god complex” I experienced at other universities. They did not. Many were just as cool as the office staff, although it took a minute for some of them to get used to the new face in the department.
One of the coolest sights to behold is the diversity in gender, age and race. It’s like United Nations in that place and it’s great!
Anyway, if you or anyone you know is considering a career in pharmacy, CSU has a program close to home. For more information about the program, visit College of Pharmacy website or contact Mr. Farabee at (773) 821-2679.
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Ace Technical Charter High School needs volunteers to help 2th graders edit their college essays during on Thursday, September 18th from 8:30am-12:30pm. Volunteers will work with students one-on-one and in small groups. No training or previous experience is required, simply an enthusiastic attitude and grammatical know-how.
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Contact Lydia K. Young, Director of College and Career, ACE Tech Charter High School at 773-548-8705, x. 1512 or [email protected] for more information.
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I am reading The Mis-Education of The Negro by Dr. Carter G. Woodson for probably the 20th time and the information is as relevant today as it was in 1933 when the book was written.
First of all, many people are probably asking, “Who is Dr. Carter G. Woodson?” even though there is a library named after him on 95th and Halsted in Chicago. He is the Father of Black History. Also, he was the first black person with slave parents to receive a PhD. And he conducted extensive studies and documented the education and accomplishments of Black people in America.
Carter G. Woodson wrote:
We should not close any accredited Negro colleges and universities, but we should reconstruct the whole system.
Okay, I know that Dr. Woodson was referring to black colleges and universities in the 1930s, but this statement can easily apply to the mass school closings in Chicago’s mostly black and brown communities in 2013.
While I understand that some schools probably needed to close for various reasons, has it ever occurred to the decision makers that the ENTIRE system might be flawed? Well, at least where black and brown children are concerned.
Also, do the children of the people making these decisions attend CPS? Or, have they ever attended themselves?
Can the people making the decisions really relate to the people they are serving? Probably not. I can’t see North Shore relating to Englewood, except for charitable or exploitation purposes.
I wanted to share this for three reasons:
1. The education of black students in America has not changed much since Dr. Woodson wrote that book in 1933.
2. The ENTIRE public education system in the United States needs to be revamped.
3. The system is not going to change or improve until parents get more involved BEFORE they announce that schools are going to close or become turn-around schools.
So, what do you think?
Have you read The Mis-Education of the Negro? If you are over 30 years old and attended public school, do you think the system has changed? Why or why not? Also, what can be don differently to improve it?
Do you know any Post-9-11 veterans that are interested in a career in security, law enforcement or corrections?
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