Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

Education is the one industry that touches all other industries. This can be said because every profession, skill, etc., needs teachers. Like every industry, education has its ups and downs, and the pattern does not necessarily fall under traditional business downturns; in fact, when the market is down, people often go back to school. Traditional educational institutions often like to consider themselves bastions of free thinking and the incubators of new ideas. However, as someone who has worked in the industry for a while now, I need to point out that educators hate change ! Curriculum changes are often done out of shear necessity and not proactively. Leadership changes (especially if the person comes from the outside) are looked on with suspicion. The “ old boys ” network still rules who gets hired, fired, and what gets swept under the rug to avoid scandal. Educators are often among the most indiscreet people, the rumor mills are terrible, despite FERPA ! The educat...

Sociopath: “ a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience”. How to Spot a Sociopath: https://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/201305/how-spot-sociopath Sometimes the simplest explanation is the one that is real, and too often we human beings are good at making excuses for other peoples’ bad behavior. Sociopaths are real, they might not even recognize (or care) what they are, and in this day of social media, we seem to be letting them into our lives all the more rapidly. Do not give up on people, but it is ok to take your time before letting someone into your life. Slow down! Thoughts from an educator Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam

Jut a reminder that the U.S. is still a very young country, and we all know young people make mistakes. If you don't believe me, may I remind you that there are still some children whose parents fought in the civil war 150 years ago, STILL ALIVE! https://news.nationalgeographic.com/…/141111-veterans-day-…/ There are still children whose PARENTS were slaves still walking this country! https://www.currentaffairs.org/20…/…/slavery-was-very-recent Food for thought.... Dr Flavius A B Akerele III The ETeam

“Social media is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration” Social: “ living and breeding in more or less organized communities especially for the purposes of cooperation and mutual benefit ” The purpose of social media was help us get more connected, to share, collaborate, etc.; especially with people who lived far away. There is nothing social about the way we see it being used today: ·          Cyber bullying ·          Hate Speech ·          Shaming These are just some of the daily things that happen on social media, and it seems like we are at the point where this kind of negativity is overtaking the positive aspect of what it was created for. What is interesting is that people feel safe behind their computer screen, they say things to people vir...