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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Ex-Offender Epidemic
Everything in Life goes through cycles. Birth and Death, Inhale and Exhale, 12am -12pm, January- December, Shaving and Hair comes back... The list goes on and on. People make mistakes... People display bad judgement on a daily basis and the majority of them get away with minimal consequences. However there is those select few individuals who get caught and are now deemed criminals. These individuals serve their time and come out and most of them are interested in getting on the right track. Sadly they now have a huge blemish on their record which is a huge hindrance in them being able to move forward and put their life of crime behind them. Therefore naturally they go back to whatever illegal activities they were partaking in to get them arrested in the first place because it is all they know and they have been successful at it.
Now I understand some crimes or unforgivable such as robberies and murders, but at the same time if someone is arrested for drug trafficking and in an attempt to straighten things out can not find a place of employment, the natural reaction will be to go back to trafficking. Logically it makes sense. It also will make ends meet in the meantime while the search for a new job goes over the rocky roads. Which brings me back to my opening statement about cycles and cycles and more cycles.
Im not vouching or condoning anything that they are doing as right, I just feel like the employers should be less harsh on ex-offenders as far as giving them a second chance at "normal life".
I want to take this time to compliment my boss at work Tony Hudgins for his dedication to solving this issue. Not only does he see things like I do, but he also is dedicated to fixing the issue. He Looks to hire Ex-Offenders in an attempt to clean up the streets and fix this issue. Kudos to Tony
Now I understand some crimes or unforgivable such as robberies and murders, but at the same time if someone is arrested for drug trafficking and in an attempt to straighten things out can not find a place of employment, the natural reaction will be to go back to trafficking. Logically it makes sense. It also will make ends meet in the meantime while the search for a new job goes over the rocky roads. Which brings me back to my opening statement about cycles and cycles and more cycles.
Im not vouching or condoning anything that they are doing as right, I just feel like the employers should be less harsh on ex-offenders as far as giving them a second chance at "normal life".
I want to take this time to compliment my boss at work Tony Hudgins for his dedication to solving this issue. Not only does he see things like I do, but he also is dedicated to fixing the issue. He Looks to hire Ex-Offenders in an attempt to clean up the streets and fix this issue. Kudos to Tony
Friday, July 23, 2010
Working Hard... Or Hardly Working
In 2002 I enrolled in Parkway Center City as a Freshman. Up until that point in my life I had never been one to study or really apply myself. I had always been one of the bright students (I'd been a MG student since I was in like 2nd or 3rd grade)-- You know the type that student who gets in trouble alot but always gets high grades so you can only complain but so much. Throughout Middle School I was lead to believe that High School was going to be a cruel and dark world where only the strong survive
BOY WAS I WRONG
I'll never forget when the first marking period came around and my dad came home with my report card. I thought I was gonna have a couple of A's Mostly B's and a C sprinkled in there somewhere but to my surprise I brought home straight A's. In all but one marking period that year I received straight A's with the exception period being a B and straight A's. For the most part my High School career went that way... Sophomore year was my teenage rebellion year (I also figured out girls then ;]) so I think I got my first C then. Junior year went back up to straight A's (The occasional B) and I took the SATs where I received a 1050 (on the 1600 scale) the first time and an 1150 the second and final time. Senior year was most of the same thing except I had this English teacher who was really difficult. Luckily for me he tripled as my AP English, English 4, and Multicultural Literature teacher so the one time that I would have had to apply myself I didnt because the work often overlapped between the 3 courses.
I graduated with a 3.8 GPA number 4 in my graduating class. I received Most Valuable Student Honors. My family, friends everyone was proud of me. I went to Temple on a Half Scholarship with the only stipulation being maintaining at least a GPA of 3.0...
Piece of Cake right???
Wrong. My first 3 semester went by similar to my years at Parkway except I brought home 3.0s and not 4.0s. 4th Semester I made the mistake on enrolling into an 8am class which I had to withdraw from before I failed. The next few semesters after that spiraled downhill. I lost my scholarship needless to say. I still managed to graduate in 4 years with a 2.7 GPA but I never could shake that habit of not really applying myself. I remember one final I had where I had to past and it was an 100 question all open-ended final (Crazy Right... Professors are so inconsiderate). The teacher was a complete devil he gave a 200 question study guide and said half of the questions were going to be on the final. I studied non stop that entire day before the final and I memorized the ENTIRE STUDY GUIDE questions and answers. I received a B+ on the final with the only questions I answered incorrectly being the ones that I answered incorrectly on the study guide. It was then that I realized that I've always been able to make it on the minial effort required and I had taken that mindset with my to college. That was the end of sophomore year and I would have undergone a major change but I had a dreadful summer and was depressed my next two semesters (You might learn why in subsequent posts). But since things had always come so easily and so non chalant to me I was now used to minimal effort bringing maximum results
I do not stand alone in people who made it through the Philly District and struggled in college because of improper training. 60 people were in my graduating class. 59 went to college. At least half dropped out of college within two years. Of the 30 that remained maybe 5 of us graduated on time. I know a guy whose 26 years old and graduated from University City and can hardly read or write literately. How can one receive a diploma if they can not read it. How do you make it out of high school no how do you make it out of ELEMENTARY SCHOOL if you can not read. How did I manage to excel so much at my work ethic and study habits. Changes needs to happen and it needs to happen soon.
BOY WAS I WRONG
I'll never forget when the first marking period came around and my dad came home with my report card. I thought I was gonna have a couple of A's Mostly B's and a C sprinkled in there somewhere but to my surprise I brought home straight A's. In all but one marking period that year I received straight A's with the exception period being a B and straight A's. For the most part my High School career went that way... Sophomore year was my teenage rebellion year (I also figured out girls then ;]) so I think I got my first C then. Junior year went back up to straight A's (The occasional B) and I took the SATs where I received a 1050 (on the 1600 scale) the first time and an 1150 the second and final time. Senior year was most of the same thing except I had this English teacher who was really difficult. Luckily for me he tripled as my AP English, English 4, and Multicultural Literature teacher so the one time that I would have had to apply myself I didnt because the work often overlapped between the 3 courses.
I graduated with a 3.8 GPA number 4 in my graduating class. I received Most Valuable Student Honors. My family, friends everyone was proud of me. I went to Temple on a Half Scholarship with the only stipulation being maintaining at least a GPA of 3.0...
Piece of Cake right???
Wrong. My first 3 semester went by similar to my years at Parkway except I brought home 3.0s and not 4.0s. 4th Semester I made the mistake on enrolling into an 8am class which I had to withdraw from before I failed. The next few semesters after that spiraled downhill. I lost my scholarship needless to say. I still managed to graduate in 4 years with a 2.7 GPA but I never could shake that habit of not really applying myself. I remember one final I had where I had to past and it was an 100 question all open-ended final (Crazy Right... Professors are so inconsiderate). The teacher was a complete devil he gave a 200 question study guide and said half of the questions were going to be on the final. I studied non stop that entire day before the final and I memorized the ENTIRE STUDY GUIDE questions and answers. I received a B+ on the final with the only questions I answered incorrectly being the ones that I answered incorrectly on the study guide. It was then that I realized that I've always been able to make it on the minial effort required and I had taken that mindset with my to college. That was the end of sophomore year and I would have undergone a major change but I had a dreadful summer and was depressed my next two semesters (You might learn why in subsequent posts). But since things had always come so easily and so non chalant to me I was now used to minimal effort bringing maximum results
I do not stand alone in people who made it through the Philly District and struggled in college because of improper training. 60 people were in my graduating class. 59 went to college. At least half dropped out of college within two years. Of the 30 that remained maybe 5 of us graduated on time. I know a guy whose 26 years old and graduated from University City and can hardly read or write literately. How can one receive a diploma if they can not read it. How do you make it out of high school no how do you make it out of ELEMENTARY SCHOOL if you can not read. How did I manage to excel so much at my work ethic and study habits. Changes needs to happen and it needs to happen soon.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Role Models
Role Model
n. A person who serves as a model in a particular behavioral or social role for another person to emulate.
I was read somewhere that a we are lacking in role models and that's a problem with today's society. So one day I was really trying to put up a good Facebook status about how I dont think I have any role models (Thats another story not to go into under this blog) and i stumbled across the above definition. I then remembered the quote I read about the lack of role models in todays society and I was lead to completely disagree with the quote I read. Role models are all around us they are just in two separate groups-- Positive and Negative. The real word of focus should be emulate in the definition. So using the wonders of the world wide web (nice alliteration), I found a definition for emulate.
Emulate
verb. to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
See personally I believe that there is in no way a lack of role models in this city. I think there are two issues: 1. There is a lack of POSITIVE role models and 2. People do not realize that they are a role model and that they are having an impact on the lives of the poeple closest too them whether it be positive or negative. As I mentioned before I have a 1 year old son and I no longer believe that I have a role model. The person I believed to be my role model does a bunch a great things and he's a great guy, but I dont want that lifestyle to be my own so I now realize that I have to be my own role model-- I have to be that person I want to emulate not only for myself but for my son as well. I just wish more people in the city thought that way.
Until Next Time Im signing out
Catch you later
-Bizness Man
n. A person who serves as a model in a particular behavioral or social role for another person to emulate.
I was read somewhere that a we are lacking in role models and that's a problem with today's society. So one day I was really trying to put up a good Facebook status about how I dont think I have any role models (Thats another story not to go into under this blog) and i stumbled across the above definition. I then remembered the quote I read about the lack of role models in todays society and I was lead to completely disagree with the quote I read. Role models are all around us they are just in two separate groups-- Positive and Negative. The real word of focus should be emulate in the definition. So using the wonders of the world wide web (nice alliteration), I found a definition for emulate.
Emulate
verb. to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
See personally I believe that there is in no way a lack of role models in this city. I think there are two issues: 1. There is a lack of POSITIVE role models and 2. People do not realize that they are a role model and that they are having an impact on the lives of the poeple closest too them whether it be positive or negative. As I mentioned before I have a 1 year old son and I no longer believe that I have a role model. The person I believed to be my role model does a bunch a great things and he's a great guy, but I dont want that lifestyle to be my own so I now realize that I have to be my own role model-- I have to be that person I want to emulate not only for myself but for my son as well. I just wish more people in the city thought that way.
Until Next Time Im signing out
Catch you later
-Bizness Man
Monday, July 19, 2010
Public Schools: Part Two
As I continue my rip of the Philadelphia Public School System I recall another issue that has rubbed me the wrong way. This is the policy of the schools to send students home who come late or do not come in uniform. Many students are in single parent households and the mother is working feverishly throughout the day in order to be able to provide for her child. If the child is sent home then the chances of him or her going straight home are slim to none. This 7 hour window that would have normally been dedicated to learning and strengthening the education is now spent doing whatever the unstable teenage mind would like to do. What does the School District have to show for it? An automated phone call home (which comes around the same time everyday so the child can answer it before the parent knows) that says your child was absent/late today. I understand that certain things cant be helped such as funding for books and supplies etc. But why is the punishment for not wearing a stupid uniform being deprived of your education for the day. If you ask me thats completely unproportional because the school has no idea of what the situation is in that person's household. This issue can easily be rectified by doing something that doesnt deprive them of education such as a lunch detention or keeping them in a room where they have to do their schoolwork thats away from the rest of the school. This way they get punished but their education remains intact. Quite Frankly the current policy makes no sense to me.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Public Schools
Recently I saw something on the news that said the School District of Philadelphia had a 52% graduation rate. That's completely horrible and unacceptable. What makes things worst is that some schools have graduation rates as high as 99% (My high school Parkway had a 90% rate) which actually prove to be outliers meaning the real number is probably somewhere around Low 40s high 30s. Personally I grew up in the projects of Philadelphia, Graduated from the School District of Philadelphia, went on to Temple University and Graduated in 4 years with a BBA in Marketing. I have a bunch of friends with similar stories. It's not impossible nor is it difficult to finish High School. Their are many things that can possibly be the cause, but I would like to try and identify solutions
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