Toronto's First Afrocentric School Only Has 8 Students So Far!!!

Whether or not an Afrocentric school should be erected has been in issue in Toronto for quite some time now. The decision to go ahead & open one has not garnered much support. There isn't an overwhelming amount of students enrolling at the school. In fact,only 8 students have enrolled thus far!I don't think that a school can really teach culture.It doesn't matter if it's an all-black faculty teaching a curriculum from a black perspective. The parents have to instill that sense of pride into their children.I don't think segregration is the answer here. Here's more from the National Post:

"Toronto’s first Afrocentric public school has enrolled only eight students so far, a sign, according to one critic, that support for the controversial concept was never widespread.
The Toronto District School Board said there must be at least two consecutive grades of 20 students each in order for the school to open its doors in September. The JK-to-Grade-5 school will be housed in an existing elementary school in North York.
The enrollment drive kicked off three weeks ago, and board officials say they have until the end of February to meet the minimum size, although a principal is to be hired next month.
Trustee Josh Matlow (pictured), a vocal critic of the plan, maintains most black parents in Toronto want not an Afrocentric school, but a board-wide curriculum that better reflects all students."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/12/12/few-students-yet-for-afrocentric-school.aspx

Damn, Now T-Boz Is Being Swept Up In The Foreclosure Madness! Are We Approaching A Depression?

I'm not sure if I'm content just calling this a recession. No matter what we want to call it,I know that you better save every last penny! There are too many celebrities losing their homes for comfort.This Christmas season should be a lesson in frugality. Now, T-Boz,of TLC,is the next celebrity to lose her home to foreclosure. Here's more from NY Daily News:

"The latest victim of the mortgage crisis: former TLC star T-Boz.

T-Boz, a former member of the all-girl music group TLC, is losing her home due to foreclosure.

T-Boz's five-bedroom, nearly 10,000-sq. ft. Georgia home will go on the auction block in January 2009. According to public records, she defaulted on nearly $530,000 in payments, and now the state is taking it.

Other celebs including hip-hop mogul Damon Dash and songstress Aretha Franklin have also had their homes foreclosed upon."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the whole article here:
https://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/12/11/2008-12-11_recession_hitting_celebrities_too_former.html

Oprah's Weight Issues Just Prove To Me That It's All About Willpower In The End!

You can hire all the fancy celebrity trainers & go on the most expensive diet possible. If your brain isn't tuned into it, nothing's going to do it. It's not about envying skinny women & shucking the weight off. Weight is usually not the issue in most cases. As Oprah Winfrey said, eating is a drug. And why do people self-medicate in the first place? They are usually in a bad emotional place that they don't want to be in. For some people, food can give you a sense of euphoria.When I eat a slice of plain cheesecake,it feels like I have eaten manna from heaven. Even though I know that each slice brings me closer to diabetes. You don't even want to know how many calories are in just one slice! That's kind of what makes it so-o-o tempting. And I feel so satiated afterwards. When I realize that someone has wealthy as Oprah can put on 200 pounds just like anyone else, I don't feel so bad. This just proves that it's all about willpower in the end. No matter how much money you have!