Dr Flavius Akerele III's The E Team Education blog

  Altruism: “is the principle of unselfish concern for the welfare of others, involving behaviors that benefit others at some cost to oneself, without expecting a reward” https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altruism   Key aspects of altruism Selfless concern : defined by a focus on the well-being of others, prioritizing their needs over one's own personal interests or safety.  Lack of reward : actions motivated are performed without the expectation of any personal gain, such as money, praise, or societal pressure.  Cost to self : the act of helping others may involve a personal cost, whether it's a small sacrifice of time or a greater sacrifice.  Empathy and emotions:  often driven by emotions like empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others.  Philosophical doctrine : in philosophy, it can also refer to the ethical doctrine...

Policemen need to be perfect; this is a simple truth. Imperfection in a job that can cost people their lives, has no place. Sorry but that is absolute the truth, so if you are not hiring the best educated, the most honest people, you are doing society a disservice. If you are not instilling the “civil service” part and the “public safety” part, you are being criminal. An airline pilot that accidentally crashes planes will not be a pilot for long, a doctor or nurse that accidentally kills patients will probably be prosecuted and certainly sued. Heck, teaching is a profession where we acknowledge and embrace mistakes, teachers get vilified, hounded, sued, and prosecuted for things that would not make the news if they were not teachers. Bus drivers that crash, taxi drivers that drive drunk, train conductors that derail trains; all these people would lose their jobs and probably be in jail. How come a police officer that kills people is exempt? Police get exonerated because...

The country is fairly polarized at the moment, our tribal divisions are strong, obvious, and getting in the way of things like social justice, police reform, and poverty. These are thing that no matter what your skin color you want for your family. “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness”. Beautiful words are they not?  Despite these words, the country still pushed th...

We talk about the golden rule “treat people the way you want to be treated”, but in actuality it is wrong; and this becomes evidenced more and more each generation it seems. Simple things like: ·          If you are considerably younger than me, do not be offended if I do not invite you to use my first name ·          I do not appreciate attempts at imposing your values and ideals about what I should eat upon me, no matter how passionate you might be about them ·          If we have a discussion, I expect you to be able to clearly articulate your message with specific examples and to be able to listen to my counter arguments in calm manner without resorting to silly phrases like “agree to disagree” ·          I am very good with technology, I just do not feel it is necessary to jump on all the new untested techn...