Prairie View A&M University, we must do better. Its a new year on our horizion and we should voice our opinions and our expectations of our new student leadership. This is my soapbox.
A quality education is not just the responsibility of the student.
Personally, I chose to go to an HBCU because of the hertiage and the legacy that goes along with attending and graduating from an HBCU. There was once a time where going to an HBCU was a prestigious thing, now, its just the cheapest way to get an OP check and maybe a degree ... maybe.
I want to personally select my HBCU and voice my ideas about the university. Before I begin, I wanna ask the inevitable question: why not become SGA president if your just gonna keep complaining. The answer is simple. SGA is a popularity contest. If platforms and change mattered, we wouldn't be in the current state that we are in as an HBCU.
1. Administrative Accountability.
Without the students the administration of PV would be completely irrelevant. They would not have a job if it was not for the students. So why do they get 100% of the say so when it comes to deciding who makes the ultimate decision about what to so with student money. By student money I mean all the money that decides what kind of student activities coming to and happening on campus. If the money is for the use of activities for the students, why cant the students vote on exactly what they want. A prime example is homecoming. Who chose Charlie Wilson. Not the student body.
2. SGA Accountability
During elections I see the candidates for election coming around to classrooms, speaking to me around campus, and voicing their "platform" adamantly. But, the day elections end, I never see the winner ever again ... unless its on facebook in the photo album depicting their trip to various hot spot around the United States. PV needs an SGA president/ vice president that is about more than being in the "in" circle, getting free room & board, and building their resume. The SGA should give a monthly review to the students via the panther that tells about what they accomplished this month and what they plan to accomplish in the next month. Doing this will give the SGA realistic deadlines and a better chance for the common students (not their fellow SGA members) to know whats going on with their campus leadership and their campus in general.
3. African American History
From the moment we step into social studies we learn history. "American" history. So, by the time we get to college we know this history whether we want to or not. So, by being an HBCU we have the perfect opportunity to learn African American History. So, I personally believe that by dropping the two mandatory U.S History classes and replacing them with the two African American History classes that PV currently offers, we would enrich our students appreciation for HBCUs, for their culture, and for their history.
Well, that's my soapbox :)
Thursday, April 22
Thursday, April 15
.x wht'd yu say?
fr the pst few days ive been wndrn wht im gnna do wit my hair ... idk yet though ... im scared of twistie thingies cause its too much wrk, but i dnt want weave cause ... i cuda kept my hair, lol.
ugh, i need inspiration ...
mk ... bye now.
ugh, i need inspiration ...
mk ... bye now.
Tuesday, April 13
.x summr reading list
fuck the african-american literary cannon
fuck all literary cannons
no one person, group of people, or committee can decide what literature is important to anybody but themselves.
i just finished reading "What Looks Like Crazy: on an ordinary day" by Pearl Cleager. Its an amazing book. Its set in the nineties but it has very modern overtones. The book touches on alot of things but that thing that I appreciate the most is the way that it describes love. It looks at love in its purest, rawest state and it absorbs it into the pores of its readers. Its awesome.
but yeah, I said fuck the cannons because I dont care about em.
Honestly, Color Purple, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Wedding, etc are so out of touch with modern day African-American literary scholars that it almost doesnt make any sense.
Dont get me mistaken though. I'm not saying that Zane is the next big African American Literary Mastermind, but I dont think that Eric Jerome Dickey (especially the Gideon Trilogy) should be critisized because he doesnt focus on issues that are inately "black".
thats just my piece
fuck all literary cannons
no one person, group of people, or committee can decide what literature is important to anybody but themselves.
i just finished reading "What Looks Like Crazy: on an ordinary day" by Pearl Cleager. Its an amazing book. Its set in the nineties but it has very modern overtones. The book touches on alot of things but that thing that I appreciate the most is the way that it describes love. It looks at love in its purest, rawest state and it absorbs it into the pores of its readers. Its awesome.
but yeah, I said fuck the cannons because I dont care about em.
Honestly, Color Purple, Their Eyes Were Watching God, The Wedding, etc are so out of touch with modern day African-American literary scholars that it almost doesnt make any sense.
Dont get me mistaken though. I'm not saying that Zane is the next big African American Literary Mastermind, but I dont think that Eric Jerome Dickey (especially the Gideon Trilogy) should be critisized because he doesnt focus on issues that are inately "black".
thats just my piece
Wednesday, April 7
My Nails
I did my nails and I thought the were pretty cute. I got alot of compliments (surprisingly) and so I thought I'd post a picture ... enjoy :)... crazii old german
Im totallii awake ... I was good and sleep for a couple hours and I just woke up with this thought on my mind. Heres my disclaimer, if you feel like it applies to you it probably doesnt. It just means your guilty of doing this to someone else.
If you went to baker high school from 2003-2007 you probably remember a crazy little physical science teacher named Betty Loadholt (3 to 5 minute warmups, lol). Anyway, she said alot of off-the-wall things that school year I had her. But one thing she said was always crazier than most. she said,
"If you see me and a six foot bear in a fight, help him, cause he's the one thats gonna need it."
For all my non=BHSers, Mrs. Loadholt was roughly four feet tall, with heels on. lol. I was always 'this lil lady is crazy' and brushed her comments off and moved on. But tonight in my subconcious sleep her comment made pure sense.
1. I am not an option. If someone gives you an ultimatum (me or ____) , pick the blank. Why? I dont like to be chosen. I like to be the only choice. I like to be set apart from the group. Plus, I dont make people chose. I dont really care what you do, just dont get me wrapped up in your tom-foolery.
1b. Those who pick because other people make them are weak. I have seen it countless times in my life. People who claim to be so strong allow someone who is just as weak as them to come into their life and make them chose who to associate themself with and who not to associate themselves with. Its hilarious really. I mean, if you think about it, its like the dumb leading the dumber. My life got a whole lot easier when I did two things. One, I released some baggage from my life (with the help of the baggages broken wheel) and I stopped listening to other peoples opinions as either right or wrong and listened to them as their opinion only.
2. The lesser looking opponent always wins. Anthony taught me to sit back and watch people before I just jump into a situation. One thing I learned by doing this is that people are unreliable, selfish, and generally unappealing to be around. Especially females. Why? Well its like this, people (females esp.) always want to be right. They are willing to lose their lives, their identity, their family, their friends, their love behind being right. Imagine if we all just listened to others opinions, respected them, gave our opinion, didnt try and make our opinion seem better than theirs, and moved on with life. Things would be dumb simple. Racism, sexism, classism, etc. would essentially be eliminated. All because people stopped trying so hard to be right and force their "rightness" on other people.
3. The better looking opponent is always the dumber one. People that pump themselves up to be the overdog end up being the underdog. Examples?
a. eight foot bear and Mrs. Loadholt. She looks weaker, until she shots the stupid bear with a rifle, then she wins.
b. Kimbo Slice and Seth Petruzelli. Kimbo was picked hands-down to win, but Seth had nothing to lose ... and he won.
So .. I agree with little Betty Loadholt
"If you see me and a six foot bear in a fight, help the bear, cause he's the one that's gonna need it".
"If you see me and a six foot bear in a fight, help him, cause he's the one thats gonna need it."
For all my non=BHSers, Mrs. Loadholt was roughly four feet tall, with heels on. lol. I was always 'this lil lady is crazy' and brushed her comments off and moved on. But tonight in my subconcious sleep her comment made pure sense.
1. I am not an option. If someone gives you an ultimatum (me or ____) , pick the blank. Why? I dont like to be chosen. I like to be the only choice. I like to be set apart from the group. Plus, I dont make people chose. I dont really care what you do, just dont get me wrapped up in your tom-foolery.
1b. Those who pick because other people make them are weak. I have seen it countless times in my life. People who claim to be so strong allow someone who is just as weak as them to come into their life and make them chose who to associate themself with and who not to associate themselves with. Its hilarious really. I mean, if you think about it, its like the dumb leading the dumber. My life got a whole lot easier when I did two things. One, I released some baggage from my life (with the help of the baggages broken wheel) and I stopped listening to other peoples opinions as either right or wrong and listened to them as their opinion only.
2. The lesser looking opponent always wins. Anthony taught me to sit back and watch people before I just jump into a situation. One thing I learned by doing this is that people are unreliable, selfish, and generally unappealing to be around. Especially females. Why? Well its like this, people (females esp.) always want to be right. They are willing to lose their lives, their identity, their family, their friends, their love behind being right. Imagine if we all just listened to others opinions, respected them, gave our opinion, didnt try and make our opinion seem better than theirs, and moved on with life. Things would be dumb simple. Racism, sexism, classism, etc. would essentially be eliminated. All because people stopped trying so hard to be right and force their "rightness" on other people.
3. The better looking opponent is always the dumber one. People that pump themselves up to be the overdog end up being the underdog. Examples?
a. eight foot bear and Mrs. Loadholt. She looks weaker, until she shots the stupid bear with a rifle, then she wins.
b. Kimbo Slice and Seth Petruzelli. Kimbo was picked hands-down to win, but Seth had nothing to lose ... and he won.
So .. I agree with little Betty Loadholt
"If you see me and a six foot bear in a fight, help the bear, cause he's the one that's gonna need it".
