Who is Dr. t?
An innovative and critical ethnographic thinker who incorporates differentiated instruction, cultural-based sociological theory, and student engagement awareness to promote positive social change and education. Develop and execute comprehensive educational plans in multicultural schools and a creative problem-solver who can guide students through complex academic programs by identifying goals and monitoring outcomes. Proficiency includes developing and instructing high school and college students, engaging diverse student populations, and real-world learning applications.
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What is Ethnic Studies
This course is designed to promote discussion about diversity issues within American society from a culturally-sensitive perspective. The course will focus on ethnic differences and the impact these differences continue to have on the respective populations and American society as a whole. The goal of the course is to promote enlightened perspectives about the eclectic society in which we live as well as foster a more tolerant school community. Through the use of various primary and secondary sources and ethnically rooted methodologies, students will be encouraged to form more objective opinions of a myriad of topics of concern in modern American society as it relates to issues dealing with race and gender in the 21st Century.
Ethnic Studies Course Calendar
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“History shows that it does not matter who is in power or what revolutionary forces take over the government, those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they had in the beginning . . . You would never thereby learn that Africans first domesticated the sheep, goat, and cow, developed the idea of trial by jury, produced the first stringed instruments, and gave the world its greatest boon in the discovery of iron. You would never know that prior to the Mohammedan invasion about 1000 A.D. these natives in the heart of Africa had developed powerful kingdoms which were later organized as the Songhay Empire on the order of that of the Romans and boasting of similar grandeur."
― Carter G. Woodson, The Mis-Education of the Negro
“Every time I speak I want the truth to come out. Every time I speak I want a shiver. I don’t want them to be like they know what I’m gonna say because it’s polite. I'm not saying I’m gonna rule the world or I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee you that I will spark the brain that will change the world.”
— Tupac Shakur, MTV, 1994
"You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world's problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own."
— Michelle Obama
"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better."
— Harry S. Truman
“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”
— Maya Angelou
