Monthly Archives: July 2011
Malcolm X Day Speech on Homeschooling -Samori Speaks
Here are some clips from a speech I gave on Malcolm X Day about education and homeschooling. Revolutionary Love, Samori Camara
Where is Your Hell? -Samori Speaks
Where is your heaven? Where is your hell? Heaven, for me, would be us working together to heal ourselves, heal our families, and heal our communities. Let’s help each other be the best we can be. Revolutionary Love, Samori Camara
Standardized Testing and Teacher Cheating -Samori Speaks
The cheating scandals around standardized tests should alarm Afrikan people that we need to make a firm commitment to developing a new independent system of schools or home schools based on our needs. Pay-for-performance is not working as teachers lose interest in the education process and only “teach for the test.” I do not blame…
Conditions for Growth -Samori Speaks
As we homeschool, parent, teach, or coach, we must provide the right conditions to help the student, child, or player grow while under our tutelage. Too often we place blame on the child, especially within the public fool system, without giving attention to the condition or system they learn within. We must plant the seeds…