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After a weekend laying in bed, sick with the flu, I am back on my feet and fulfilling my professorial duties. I am grading a discussion board assignment that I gave both of my classes about a week ago. I am not impressed at all. As a matter of fact I'm a little ticked off that some of these students would turn in work that reflects badly on them. Don't get me wrong, quite a few students did well but when the distribution is from 90's and 80's to 50's and 40's what am I supposed to think. All I can think to do is lay the smack down. We've got to fix this, This is really ticking me off.

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When it comes to vulgarities, I'm really trying to change my speech. Swear words demonstrate a lack of vocabulary to express emotions--or so I've heard. It's unattractive and not a good fit for someone with moral character. However as a learned individual we have to be honest, direct and impactful. Some words help to accomplish that better than others at the end of the day. This article was sent to me by my homie DJ LookUp. Peep his blog and his music. A young mother from Akron, Ohio was put in jail and given 3 years probation for sending her kids to a school district that they did not live so that they could receive a better education. This is upholding education apartied at its finest. Dang didn't Obama just deliver a State of the Union Address about how important education for economic recovery? I have to apologize, which I'm really not, for not listening to his speech because I know that there are more powerful people than him that are keeping the country as j...

Hopefully you've peeped my earlier blogs on Oscah. Well, gone are the days when I'll tell you about him. Now you can see for yourself. He just released a Vblog and is going to give the world an inside peek at his life as an independent artist, a husband, a student, and an all around foolish guy. When you know him like I know him you will get it. Oh yeah and there will be some great music to go along with it. Follow him on Twitter @iamsoul and make sure you peep the MADSOUL Mixtape Vol 1. That's it for now folks.

Here's a thought: How can I get my students to understand that anything I assign, put in the syllabus, or announce in class is NOT just a clever or witty suggestion nor a creative idea to be pondered? It's an assignment that I meant for you to do for a grade. Oh well, that's less papers for me to grade. Bring on the zeros. Professor Curry

I'm going to get a lot of flack for this but I really just want you all to feel me on this. As a black person in any environment where other black people are the minority, I'm going to notice and be drawn towards other black people that I may cross paths with. Whether it involves me only saying hello or progresses further than that, those moments are significant to me. As an educator, I look for opportunities to mentor young black males and help them along the path. With that said, I'm going to naturally flock or pay special attention to any black students, particularly black males, that I may have in my class. So naturally that has happened but not in the way that I would hope. I have a young black male in on of my 8 week courses. Let me preface this by saying that I have yet to sit down and speak with this student. He portrays a demeanor as though he does not want to be in my class. I get a very deliberate lack of participation when it comes to him-- mind you this is a...

The Steelers are going to the Super Bowl. How ya love that! Oscah released his MADSOUL Mixtape Vol 1 available for FREE Download while supplies last. I'm writing my first exam.I saw Marsha Ambrosius at The Park on Friday. Let's start with Marsha. Two nights before the event, I found out that Marsha Ambrosius would be performing live at The Park. There actually was not much to that night. Honestly! The room was so packed that I had to go to the 4th floor to view the band from the balcony. I had a pretty good spot for several reasons. Number one, despite how packed it was, I could still look down and see everything. Secondly I was standing in front of her VIP section where I saw her stuffing her face the whole time. I thought it was funny. It was show time and everyone pushed their way to the front. This is where it got ignorant. We had some really loud chicks push there way in front of me and my crew. We were standing right behind the camera man, giving him enough room to do wh...

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The Pittsburgh Steelers just beat the Baltimore Ravens 31-24 in the play offs now its on to the AFC Division Championship. Last Sunday I got picked to model in DC Fashion Week 2011 . Shout out to Ean Williams and Corjor International . Some of the photos from the model call were featured in Shy Magazine . I will be making an announcement concerning the modeling portion of my brand lol. Really I will, so sit tight. So, I know everyone wants to hear about my adventures as a community college instructor. I survived my first week with plenty of stories to tell. There was not a night that I did not stay up late because I was preparing to lead the class. The funny thing is, since I got hired 3 weeks before the semester I did not really plan out my semester in full. So I'm pretty much going through the book with the students and getting comfortable with the material myself. It's crazy. I kept running into technology problems in the classroom because NVCC decided to change my passwor...

An uncle uses unusual discipline to prevent nephew from portraying thug-like persona on Facebook Contractors pay close attention to your instructions, otherwise this will happen. Dang, at least Pittsburgh has a good football team.

Network was released in 1976 and funny how even then it was ahead of it's time.