Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

 

 Not that I have failed at anything recently, but COVID has made things dificult; for all of us. My father pulled out this gem he had us learn as kids. Thanks Dad! Dr Flavius Akerele III, The ETeam Try Try Again by T. H. Palmer 'Tis a lesson you should heed, If at first you don't succeed, Try, try again; Then your courage should appear, For if you will persevere, You will conquer, never fear Try, try again; Once or twice, though you should fail, If you would at last prevail, Try, try again; If we strive, 'tis no disgrace Though we do not win the race; What should you do in the case? Try, try again If you find your task is hard, Time will bring you your reward, Try, try again All that other folks can do, Why, with patience, should not you? Only keep this rule in view: Try, try again.  

First of all, defunding is not a great term, and I bet even now some people are losing their ever-loving minds when they hear it. Please relax and listen to logic. Also, I am not using specifics here, just general information. Reforming might be a better term for now, so I will use that, along with some other Rs. 1.       Re allocation of resources and budgets needs to occur. If the police are going to be considered professionals, then they need training that reflects true professionals, and an average of 16 weeks will not do it. Police need more education, training, and psychological and drug testing before they are ever given a badge and able to interact with the public solo. Move that money from military equipment to training officers before they are sworn in; this would weed out a lot of the “bad apples” before they start, and like any true profession, this training needs to be renewed on a regular basis. 2.       Re-imaginin...

This is social media, so I am fully aware it is not really “social”. I am fully aware that some people behave differently in the online format than they do in person. However, some of you have proved to me that you believe in “selective justice”, you believe that the constitution does not protect all people just those who agree with you, and some of you so-called Christians have shown you do not believe in Christianity. George Floyd is a symbol, really, he should be a symbol for all who love freedom from oppression, and obviously many of you have never experienced “over policing”   and true fear of the police like others have had, most minorities are not criminals (different topic). I am not sure how much is true, but is possible George Floyd was a felon and did time? Yes, but guess what? He did his time and had been living a righteous life by all accounts. Does being a past felon mean you get the death penalty for a so-called crime you have not been convicted of? Doe...

·          Step one: bad communication and lack of communication ·          Step two: create cliques and surround yourself with those loyal to you. Freeze out those you arbitrarily do not like and never give credit or acknowledge any work they have done for you. It does not take much to not do this, so why do educational institutions who teach these simple things keep making the same mistakes? 

I will preface by saying I will be using the term “black”, “black people”, etc., for reference purposes only. Are you aware that there are more black people outside of the United States than within? Are you aware of the fact that there is no “black race” nor such thing as “black culture? Some of you are puzzled at this point, so let me break down a few things for you: ·          United States culture does have a huge impact on how black people around the world are perceived, but it is not representative of all black people around the world; not even close ·          Contrary to popular beliefs, skin color does not make a culture ·          Identifying oneself as “black’ is a western concept and popularized and solidified into western culture ·          Most people with black skin around the worl...

Occasionally I put out a few simple facts on social media, especially when it comes to law enforcement overreach. It is no secret I am not a fan of the double standard of police overreach and community abuse, but I try and express it a logical manner (most of the time). Anyway, I digress. How does a discussion of police overreach and victimless crimes get diverted into a discussion of illegal immigration when that had nothing to do with it? How do you believe in justice for some but not for all, especially simply because of skin color? How do you get to cherry pick who is subject to the protection of the constitution? How do you put out statistics that even a 6 th grader can prove wrong and call it fact? Memes are not a political discussion, and neither is name calling. It is very difficult to have healthy and positive discussions with people right now, and almost impossible on social media. How did we come so far with rudeness? How did we sink so low? This i...