"Now I Know"

#TMB #ReachRecords #AndyMineo #nowIknow
Now I #know it's so much #greater cause it's written in the #hand of #Christ
I even #thought a #college #education got me a #job, man
It's #funny, I even thought that #Jesus was #white, but yo

Yeah, uh, look
The older I get, the more I realize
Almost everything that I believed
In my life was a lie
It started as a child, first was Santa Claus
Then I believed that a brawl would never come between my dawgs (wrong)
My sister Mary filled me in when I was 7
Told me Hulk Hogan only existed on television (what?)
The Stone Cold Stunner and the Leg Drop?
All scripted, N.W.O and X-Pac? Dang
I used to walk up to them automatic doors
My momma told me that my finger was the power source
So I pointed with my pointer, then pow
It was open, then come to find out she was joking
Had to let it soak in, my mind as a boy
Didn't wanna believe that McGwire or Barry were on the 'roids
But uh, when I was young, I thought the world was alright
It's funny, I even thought that Jesus was white, but yo

[Hook:]
All that glitters ain't made of gold
It's the thing you've heard a million times before
It took a lot of time, now I realise
Now I know better
It's better late than never

Now I know
Over the years you get more accustomed to pain
Used to believe my dad when he said he'd come to my

Women's Business Growth in Nigeria:

#TMB #entrepreneur #grow #Africa #educate #CherieBlair #Foundation for #Women

She #discovered that

"I needed an #account

and #Remit every #money gotten."

by Mrs Udoka Nwosu #owner of #UdokaPlace

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First Take - "Lecrae interview on ESPN"

#Espn, #2016, #july, #unashamed, #lecrae, #hippop, #rap, #gospel, #interview, #education, #Christianity, 

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‘Ignore the Rule Book’

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Reimagining Secondary Education : Life and Education

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Lift Off BY DONOVAN LIVINGSTON

“Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin,
Is a great equalizer of the conditions of men.” – Horace Mann, 1848.
At the time of his remarks I couldn’t read — couldn’t write.
Any attempt to do so, punishable by death.
For generations we have known of knowledge’s infinite power.
Yet somehow, we’ve never questioned the keeper of the keys —
The guardians of information.

Unfortunately, I’ve seen more dividing and conquering
In this order of operations — a heinous miscalculation of reality.
For some, the only difference between a classroom and a plantation is time.
How many times must we be made to feel like quotas —
Like tokens in coined phrases? —
“Diversity. Inclusion”
There are days I feel like one, like only —
A lonely blossom in a briar patch of broken promises.
But I’ve always been a thorn in the side of injustice.

Disruptive. Talkative. A distraction.
With a passion that transcends the confines of my consciousness —
Beyond your curriculum, beyond your standards.
I stand here, a manifestation of love and pain,
With veins pumping revolution.
I am the strange fruit that grew too ripe for the poplar tree.
I am a DREAM Act, Dream Deferred incarnate.
I am a movement – an amalgam of memories America would care to forget
My past, alone won’t allow me to sit still.
So my body, like the mind
Cannot be contained.

As educators, rather than raising your voices
Over the rustling of our chains,
Take them off. Un-cuff us.
Unencumbered by the lumbering weight
Of poverty and privilege,
Policy and ignorance.

I was in the 7th grade, when Ms. Parker told me,
“Donovan, we can put your excess energy to good use!”
And she introduced me to the sound of my own voice.
She gave me a stage. A platform.
She told me that our stories are ladders
That make it easier for us to touch the stars.
So climb and grab them.
Keep climbing. Grab them.
Spill your emotions in the big dipper and pour out your soul.
Light up the world with your luminous allure.

To educate requires Galileo-like patience.
Today, when I look my students in the eyes, all I see are constellations.
If you take the time to connect the dots,
You can plot the true shape of their genius —
Shining in their darkest hour.

I look each of my students in the eyes,
And see the same light that aligned Orion’s Belt
And the pyramids of Giza.
I see the same twinkle
That guided Harriet to freedom.
I see them. Beneath their masks and mischief,
Exists an authentic frustration;
An enslavement to your standardized assessments.

At the core, none of us were meant to be common.
We were born to be comets,
Darting across space and time —
Leaving our mark as we crash into everything.
A crater is a reminder that something amazing happened here —
An indelible impact that shook up the world.
Are we not astronomers — looking for the next shooting star?
I teach in hopes of turning content, into rocket ships —
Tribulations into telescopes,
So a child can see their potential from right where they stand.
An injustice is telling them they are stars
Without acknowledging night that surrounds them.
Injustice is telling them education is the key
While you continue to change the locks.

Education is no equalizer —
Rather, it is the sleep that precedes the American Dream.
So wake up — wake up! Lift your voices
Until you’ve patched every hole in a child’s broken sky.
Wake up every child so they know of their celestial potential.
I’ve been a Black hole in the classroom for far too long;
Absorbing everything, without allowing my light escape.
But those days are done. I belong among the stars.
And so do you. And so do they.
Together, we can inspire galaxies of greatness
For generations to come.
No, sky is not the limit. It is only the beginning.
Lift off.

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18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai : Islam and terrorism

Malala Yousafzai was 15 when she was shot in the head by militants from the Pakistani Taliban. The youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai
is shaking her head at the statements made by U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that Muslims have found offensive. When asked by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom about the "wild things being said about Islam and Muslims," particularly Trump's call to bar Muslim entry into the United States, the 18-year-old Malala suggested that Trump should be more careful about the things he is saying.

"The more you speak about Islam and against all Muslims, the more terrorists we create," she said, according to the
Huffington Post .

"It's important that whatever politicians say, whatever the media say, they should be really, really careful about it. If your intention is to stop terrorism, do not try to blame the whole population of Muslims for it because it cannot stop terrorism. It will radicalise more terrorists," she added.

In another press interview, Malala described Trump's
comments as "tragic" and "full of hatred, full of this ideology of being discriminative towards others." If anyone understands what it feels like to be discriminated against, it is Malala. Back in 2012, the Pakistani girl almost lost her life after she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for simply going to school and promoting education for girls. Malala miraculously survived the attack and has continued to champion education since then. Malala has long been saying that education, not discrimination, is the key to stopping terrorism.

"If we want to end terrorism we need to bring quality
education so we defeat the mindset of terrorism mentality
and of hatred," said Malala.

Malala has been named as "The 100 Most Influential People in the World" by TIME magazine in the years 2013, 2014,
and 2015. She is also the author of the book "I Am Malala:
The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban."

Reference
[1] 18-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai lectures Donald Trump on Islam and terrorism by Czarina Ong, Published 17 December 2015. http://www.christiantoday.com/article/malala.yousafzai.tells.donald.trump.the.more.you.speak.about.islam.and.against.all.muslims.the.more.terrorists.we.create/73837.htm