Comments for Talking Stuff http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:59:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Sade’s Soldier of Love by Samantha Johnson http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/sades-soldier-of-love/#comment-1596 Samantha Johnson Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:59:14 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=3869#comment-1596 it's got a funk on it i love! it’s got a funk on it i love!

]]> Comment on Korean inspired cram schools by Kam http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/07/05/korean-inspired-cram-schools/#comment-1595 Kam Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:03:26 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=3455#comment-1595 The Korean and other educational systems in Asia (and in places like the Caribbean) cause this intense pressure. Imagine a system where if you didn't get into an Ivy League School you were doomed for life to hold a low paying job and to have little success. In the Caribbean where my parents are from if you don't have above a certain score on the final high school exam then you are shuttled into vocational education point blank. You won't get in to *any* college. Only those who make above a certain score are allowed in. Even before that there are tests that determine which high school you are allowed into. This is what many Asian kids are facing across Asia. This is why they are extremely focused on education. It's a sink or swim situation with little gray area in between. The upside to the American system is that everyone has a chance, but the downside is that a lot in education gets left by the wayside especially for blacks and other minorities. I'm black and if I had children I would totally send them to an Asian cram school. I think Black people should enroll their kids in them en masse but they are hard to find. You have to go to Chinatown or K-town and ask around. The Korean and other educational systems in Asia (and in places like the Caribbean) cause this intense pressure. Imagine a system where if you didn’t get into an Ivy League School you were doomed for life to hold a low paying job and to have little success. In the Caribbean where my parents are from if you don’t have above a certain score on the final high school exam then you are shuttled into vocational education point blank. You won’t get in to *any* college. Only those who make above a certain score are allowed in. Even before that there are tests that determine which high school you are allowed into. This is what many Asian kids are facing across Asia. This is why they are extremely focused on education. It’s a sink or swim situation with little gray area in between.

The upside to the American system is that everyone has a chance, but the downside is that a lot in education gets left by the wayside especially for blacks and other minorities.

I’m black and if I had children I would totally send them to an Asian cram school. I think Black people should enroll their kids in them en masse but they are hard to find. You have to go to Chinatown or K-town and ask around.

]]> Comment on Rock on, Sistahs! by Kiki Rockgarden http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/05/30/rock-on-sistahs/#comment-1587 Kiki Rockgarden Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:01:59 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=2992#comment-1587 Thank you for the wonderful shout-out, LadyRayne!!!! Thank you for the wonderful shout-out, LadyRayne!!!!

]]> Comment on Black women and their childrens names by Mark http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/black-women-and-their-childrens-names/#comment-1582 Mark Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:53:20 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/black-women-and-their-childrens-names/#comment-1582 So what culture does the name Clitoria come from anonymous? And when that girl is of age to realize what her name is referring to, when do you think she will live down the torment of her peers? I am not saying that i am against the choices we have, but c'mon, she named her Clitoria So what culture does the name Clitoria come from anonymous? And when that girl is of age to realize what her name is referring to, when do you think she will live down the torment of her peers? I am not saying that i am against the choices we have, but c’mon, she named her Clitoria

]]> Comment on Down home with the Neelys by Christine Lewis http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/down-home-with-the-neelys/#comment-1581 Christine Lewis Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:01:44 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=3076#comment-1581 The show is great with fantastic recipes, and whole new look at cooking. I only wish she could or would be nicer to Pat, she Definitely runs the kitchen, the house, everything, but it changes every season, where Gina becomes more and more demanding. The show is great with fantastic recipes, and whole new look at cooking. I only wish she could or would be nicer to Pat, she Definitely runs the kitchen, the house, everything, but it changes every season, where Gina becomes more and more demanding.

]]> Comment on RIP Michael Jackson by Key Key http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/06/28/rip-michael-jackson/#comment-1534 Key Key Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:36:45 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=3326#comment-1534 The king of pop left his memories behind, leading me through his path way. All these words i try to say in a way of kind And then all my cries just fade everyday!!!!!! I miss you M.J. and I will 4eva love you and your presence is always in my heart. The king of pop left his memories behind,
leading me through his path way.
All these words i try to say in a way of kind
And then all my cries just fade everyday!!!!!!

I miss you M.J. and I will 4eva love you and your presence is always in my heart.

]]> Comment on Sade’s Soldier of Love by Samo http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/sades-soldier-of-love/#comment-1533 Samo Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:24:32 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=3869#comment-1533 The Queen is back, only one thing worth saying-HALLELUIYAH! The Queen is back, only one thing worth saying-HALLELUIYAH!

]]> Comment on Black women and their childrens names by Bethany (A.K.A. D'Aquilla) http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/black-women-and-their-childrens-names/#comment-1532 Bethany (A.K.A. D'Aquilla) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:55:43 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/black-women-and-their-childrens-names/#comment-1532 I loved this! The German exchange student thought that we must be the most bizarre people until I explained it properly... ...which did make me think - but less about the strange names and more about what our government would have to be to make a piece of legislature like that, and also that someone from a foreign country wouldn't have to stretch that far to believe American politics would succumb to things like this. Applause for the philosophy lesson. I loved this! The German exchange student thought that we must be the most bizarre people until I explained it properly…

…which did make me think – but less about the strange names and more about what our government would have to be to make a piece of legislature like that, and also that someone from a foreign country wouldn’t have to stretch that far to believe American politics would succumb to things like this.

Applause for the philosophy lesson.

]]> Comment on Miss Showtime- Black female motorcyclist by goldie1779 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/miss-showtime-black-female-motorcyclist/#comment-1531 goldie1779 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:16:49 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=2118#comment-1531 Whatz up Sista I found your article very interesting. My blog will give you an enormous amount of rich black biker history and news. Check it out. I actually have met and know Miss Showtime. This woman has a very sweet spirit but is truly a rider. She can run circles around most men on a motorcycle. She is the truth and an icon to us black female riders. Goldie Whatz up Sista I found your article very interesting. My blog will give you an enormous amount of rich black biker history and news. Check it out. I actually have met and know Miss Showtime. This woman has a very sweet spirit but is truly a rider.
She can run circles around most men on a motorcycle. She is the truth and an icon to us black female riders.

Goldie

]]> Comment on PETA, President Obama and the fly by Chicago Translation http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/peta-president-obama-and-the-fly/#comment-1529 Chicago Translation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:45:38 +0000 http://talkinstuff.wordpress.com/?p=3269#comment-1529 For ordinary people, swatting a fly is nothing. But if its Pres. Obama doing it on national t.v. using his bare hand, with all the germs on the fly, while on an interview - uhmm, I'm speechless. For ordinary people, swatting a fly is nothing. But if its Pres. Obama doing it on national t.v. using his bare hand, with all the germs on the fly, while on an interview – uhmm, I’m speechless.

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