12,28.14. I am moving into my new HOME in around 75 dayz. 2015. #JubileeYearContinued After that, I Promise to Show you an AMAZING Time! :) I write this to drop what I had promised the other day...why I Love the badge of RedNeck! I grew up in a small town, less than 700 people, in eastern NC, at the end of a dirt road in the swamp, on my grandfathers farm. This was during the late 60s, 70s, early 80s. Upon learning of the idealism with which the elite of our nation were launching Teach For America in 1989-90, 25 years ago, I Jumped on it! I was a poster boy for TFA, one who graduated UNC with science degrees, Biology and Chemistry, and filled a spot where no teacher wanted to go. The interesting experiment that began this movement came with many who had no clue where we were going, as Charter Corps Members. Rural NC and Georgia were two areas where TFA was piloting its teacher program that first year. Wendy Kopp had proposed going into not only inner city schools, but also the dispossessed in rural areas across the nation. It was then, and it continues to be an excellent idea!! I was selected by the group during our first summer together to share with everyone going into NC and GA the thought processes of those of my kind. lol As these ivy leaguers called us, Rural Rednecks. I stood before a group of 50 to 75 and delivered a heart-felt rendition of life in rural USA. I told them their idealism, especially when it came to multiculturalism, which was the in-reform idea of the time, would be best served internally, at first. No one that they were going to be teaching wanted to hear that stuff. We must initially have a learning curve of our own, when confronted with new environs. I know it took me a minute to understand my inner city students!! So, I let them know, and I kept up with quite a few that first year. Many came back to me later and thanked me for cluing them in on what REALLY went on!! lol I rep RedNeck best because I can articulate with the best of them the fact that it doesnt matter Where you are born, you can find an inner scholar within to cultivate, and as long as you have someone to push you along, show you the way, inspire and motivate you to do your best, then you will succeed!! Opportunities come to those who search for them!! I show those. who have it twisted that rednecks are stupid, where they are mistaken!! I Love Blowing LABELS out of the water...stereotypes...prejudices...hatreds...
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:30:13 +0000
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