March 2008

We’re All We Have

by Jose 03.31.2008

What have I learned from being an “edublogger”: 1. Make sure you have a good schedule for everything. 2. Have a good stable of blogs to read about any and everything so you keep abreast of the latest and greatest. 3. Differentiate between the personal and the professional. As far as what I believe, we [...]

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Short Notes: So Fresh

by Jose 03.30.2008

A few thoughts here and there: 1. Man, we’re still fiendin’ for Mumia to get out of jail. No justice, no peace. 2. Believe it or not, I’m excited for the baseball season to start already. Yes, the New York Giants won the NFL championship, but then I had to deal with the misery of [...]

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Re-Evolutionary

by Jose 03.27.2008

Outside of my reading material and a couple of Google searches done under “Jose Vilson,” it’s pretty hard to find any real inclinations of my deep political thought. But after reading Assata Shakur’s latest statement about turning 60 (July 2007), I feel the need to say something most of my readers know but I haven’t [...]

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No, YOU Keep The Promises

by Jose 03.25.2008

Last week, I was one of the 10,000+ participants at last week’s City Hall “Keep the Promises” protest, an event literally downcast by the rain, but nonetheless very well attended. I saw students, teachers, administrators, and other politicos swarm into one side of City Hall Park while person after person gave us a speech about [...]

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The Checkered Taxis Project

by Jose 03.24.2008

To interpolate Jeremiah Wright Jr., I’ve had too many cabs whiz by me and not pick me up. Over the last 8 months, just by informal observation, I’ve been passed over by an NYC yellow taxi cab 60% of the time (9 times out of 15, more or less). Of course, I’m basing this on [...]

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Short Notes: Please Don’t Stop The Music

by Jose 03.23.2008

Reading and reinterpreting a bunch of post-it notes I have in the cavities of my cranium: 1. The Knicks suck, and my kids have no problem reminding me. 2. Reason #1234908084 I don’t believe in charter schools anymore: there needs to be a set of checks and balances on every level of public education, from [...]

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Younger, But Not Little

by Jose 03.20.2008

I love my brother.The herb’s birthday was on St. Patrick’s Day, and yet, another year passes and I couldn’t celebrate with him personally. He’s making big moves at my alma mater, doing everything I didn’t, and hopefully excelling academically. I wish him the very best in his growth as a young man, and as a [...]

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Tell You Somethin’ (A Teacher’s Reprise)

by Jose 03.18.2008

I can’t wait, I can’t wait, I won’t wait, I don’t wanna wait I can’t wait, I can’t wait, I won’t wait, I don’t wanna wait I won’t wait til it’s too late … On Sunday, I spoke a little about how I often see myself as an inspiration to the little ones in my [...]

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To My Journal …

by Jose 03.17.2008

Let me ruminate a bit. I like being personally invited to events. I like being messaged or called out specifically by people. I like searching for my name and seeing my web site first on Google, and any references to me making up the majority of the search results on any major search engine. I [...]

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Short Notes: A Tortoise, A Hare, and The Human Condition

by Jose 03.16.2008

It isn’t that I’m a hater, because I am, but sometimes I observe things that I would just love to point out. 1. I hate when someone calls themselves The Black [insert cultural icon here]. The Black Barbie, Madonna, Al Pacino, Brad Pitt, Joe Schmoe, or whoever the hell else everyone wants to emulate really [...]

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