I failed my ORAL PRESENTATION WHAT ....I worked so hard they dont know what they're talking bout.
I am very proud of my project; I worked extremely hard. It was superior. People said I had a wonderfully discussion but, unfortunately my hard work was not recognized during my oral presentation. I failed with an “E.” This makes me feel like a failure, as if I didn’t put any work, strength, time, or dedication in it. As if I picked the wrong topic. As if I didn’t care and wanted to fail. I was enthusiastic and did everything that I could possibly do and put this project as my top priority of all my other classes. I stayed late nights after school and rejected my other clubs and activities just to prepare for my presentation. Even though I was nervous I went in their and did the best I could have done and I still failed. I know in my heart I did all that I could do and that was what I did because I care so much about my future. So completing all other assignments is now my top priority because I refuse to fail a project that I’ve worked so hard on.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Presentations on the Way!!
Oh Lord, my presentation is tomorrow and I am going crazy! I hope that it goes well I don't want nothing less than an A +++. I have work extremely hard and I hope it shows through to the panel. I have completed 40% of my DVDs and will finish those as well as my research paper this week and next week along w/ my website. Good Luck To Me!! Praise Jesus!
Monday, March 3, 2008
Update
Last Friday, as planned I hosted the panel discussion. It went great!! 7 out of 12 of my RSVP attended and it was just enough. At least 16 students watched and about 6 teachers as well. I lasted from 4pm to 5:40 - 1hr and 40 min... tiring for a Friday but not that bad. It was video taped and will be edited this week. I have presentation practice Tuesday and I think Wednesday. I have real presentations on March 12th 8am. I completed my end product, my PowerPoint, 60% of my paper, and returned all of my books back to the library. And last I have to do my website.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Update HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!
I am coming along now. YES!!! I now have an interview set up for Friday Feb. 22 in the 9th floor conference room with Mrs. Cecile Springer. I also set up a spread sheet to help me organize my adult and student participants for my panel discussion. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Webliography
Websites
Ahmad, Zach. “Historically Black Colleges Diversify.” U-WIRE. 03/29/2005. College Sports Online, Inc. February 1, 2007. http://www.uwire.com/content/topnews032905001.html
This site just talks about the first black colleges and enrollment then. It talked about education opportunities, diversity, degrees, campus environments and teachers. I rate this site a 7 because it’s not very important but, it gave me information that I didn’t know about.
“Clark Atlanta University.” Clark Atlanta University. 2007. Clark Atlanta University. February 1, 2007. http://www.cau.edu/
http://www.cau.edu/ gives me all kinds of information from Clark Atlanta. It had academics, majors, sports, admission, contact information, financial aid, and everything else. I rate this sit a 10 because it is the only site that could give me all I need to know about Clark Atlanta University.
“Counselor’s Connection, Organizing and Conducting a College Fair.” College Board. 2007. College Board. January 29, 2007. http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/csearch/1.html?print=true
This site gives what it says, tips on conducting a college fair. It tells who, when, how to budget, invitation coordinating, and what to do on the big day. It gives a well organized informative description that is a great benefit to me because I’m going to be the one conducting the fair and since I never did one this is really useful. I rate this site a 9 because it does give good information but I still need more.
“Historically Black Colleges.” Black College Search. 2007. Black College Search. January 25, 2007 http://www.blackcollegesearch.com/
Black college search is a search engine that has lists of all Black Colleges in every state.
You click on the state of your choice and a list of schools is displayed. When you click on a school it gives you a description of the school, financial information, phone numbers, tuitions and fees, the college site and so on.
I would rate this site a 9 because it has a lot of resourceful information and it give all that I said and more. Plus this is a website that could help easily find and pick the schools that I want for the fair without any hassle.
“Howard University.” Howard University. 2007. Howard University. February 3, 2007. http://www.howard.edu/
This website gave information about the school and its programs. It gave basic information like every other school website. This website is useful to me because it has good info and contact information I need for the fair. I rate this site a 10 because it gave me what I needed.
“Morehouse College.” Morehouse College. 2007. Morehouse College. February 7, 2007. http://www.morehouse.edu/
Morehouse was a sit that I need for contact information. It also had other information that whom ever would want to go to that school needs but I just basically went to the site to get numbers so it could be part of the fair. I would rate this sit a 10 because it had the contact information I needed and it had other important information as well.
Pugh, Michael. “Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Fast Web. 2007. Fast Web, LLC. February 2, 2007. http://www.fastweb.com/printer/resources/articals/index/102462
This website talked about levels of achievement, the attention you get from professors, when black colleges came about, funding and challenges, and mission beliefs. I rate this site a 4 because it really isn’t important to me and it only gives a little piece of information.
“Spelman College.” Spelman College. 2007. Spelman College. February 7, 2007. http://www.spelman.edu/
This website tells me everything about Spelman. It gave information about academics, students, programs, majors with descriptions, administration numbers and addresses. This site helps me because I need contact information to set up the fair. I rate this sit a 10 because it is the only website besides College Board that has updated in formation about the school.
“Ten Best Historically Black Colleges.” Black Excel. Black Excel.org. January 25, 2007
http://www.blackexcel.org/10best.htm
This is just a website that lists the top ten Historically Black Colleges that were rated in Black Enterprise magazine. It gives you the college and a brief description on what and where the college is and why it was rated one of the best. It gives percentages on graduates and degrees given and average SAT scores. The website was based on a Black Excel newsletter in 1996.
I would rate this site a 7 because it gives me some good information but at the same time it only answers a few questions and gives me good but little information. And it tells me ten great schools that I could look in to.
Books
Williams, Juan “Historically Black Colleges and Universities” Carnegie Library March 8, 2007
This book was absolutely helpful for my project because, it had all kinds of information from, dates when founded, people who founded them, statistics on students, faculty, and degrees. This book was wonderful. It listed survey details, and interviews, and what students thought about them and is what people say, different rumors, true, it answered the majority of my questions, but I still need to do more research.
I rate this book a perfect 10 because it definitely had everything I needed.
Articles
Kronish, Elisa. “College Fairs.” Fast Web. 2007. Fast Web. February 3, 2007. http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/100381
This article gave me, tips on what to do when you attend a college fair. What you would expect to learn, how you should prepare, what you should bring, and what basic questions you should ask. This is good for people who’ve never attended one. I give this site a 9 because it has all the basic information for a person who’s never been to a college tour needs.
Ahmad, Zach. “Historically Black Colleges Diversify.” U-WIRE. 03/29/2005. College Sports Online, Inc. February 1, 2007. http://www.uwire.com/content/topnews032905001.html
This site just talks about the first black colleges and enrollment then. It talked about education opportunities, diversity, degrees, campus environments and teachers. I rate this site a 7 because it’s not very important but, it gave me information that I didn’t know about.
“Clark Atlanta University.” Clark Atlanta University. 2007. Clark Atlanta University. February 1, 2007. http://www.cau.edu/
http://www.cau.edu/ gives me all kinds of information from Clark Atlanta. It had academics, majors, sports, admission, contact information, financial aid, and everything else. I rate this sit a 10 because it is the only site that could give me all I need to know about Clark Atlanta University.
“Counselor’s Connection, Organizing and Conducting a College Fair.” College Board. 2007. College Board. January 29, 2007. http://www.collegeboard.com/prof/counselors/csearch/1.html?print=true
This site gives what it says, tips on conducting a college fair. It tells who, when, how to budget, invitation coordinating, and what to do on the big day. It gives a well organized informative description that is a great benefit to me because I’m going to be the one conducting the fair and since I never did one this is really useful. I rate this site a 9 because it does give good information but I still need more.
“Historically Black Colleges.” Black College Search. 2007. Black College Search. January 25, 2007 http://www.blackcollegesearch.com/
Black college search is a search engine that has lists of all Black Colleges in every state.
You click on the state of your choice and a list of schools is displayed. When you click on a school it gives you a description of the school, financial information, phone numbers, tuitions and fees, the college site and so on.
I would rate this site a 9 because it has a lot of resourceful information and it give all that I said and more. Plus this is a website that could help easily find and pick the schools that I want for the fair without any hassle.
“Howard University.” Howard University. 2007. Howard University. February 3, 2007. http://www.howard.edu/
This website gave information about the school and its programs. It gave basic information like every other school website. This website is useful to me because it has good info and contact information I need for the fair. I rate this site a 10 because it gave me what I needed.
“Morehouse College.” Morehouse College. 2007. Morehouse College. February 7, 2007. http://www.morehouse.edu/
Morehouse was a sit that I need for contact information. It also had other information that whom ever would want to go to that school needs but I just basically went to the site to get numbers so it could be part of the fair. I would rate this sit a 10 because it had the contact information I needed and it had other important information as well.
Pugh, Michael. “Historically Black Colleges and Universities.” Fast Web. 2007. Fast Web, LLC. February 2, 2007. http://www.fastweb.com/printer/resources/articals/index/102462
This website talked about levels of achievement, the attention you get from professors, when black colleges came about, funding and challenges, and mission beliefs. I rate this site a 4 because it really isn’t important to me and it only gives a little piece of information.
“Spelman College.” Spelman College. 2007. Spelman College. February 7, 2007. http://www.spelman.edu/
This website tells me everything about Spelman. It gave information about academics, students, programs, majors with descriptions, administration numbers and addresses. This site helps me because I need contact information to set up the fair. I rate this sit a 10 because it is the only website besides College Board that has updated in formation about the school.
“Ten Best Historically Black Colleges.” Black Excel. Black Excel.org. January 25, 2007
http://www.blackexcel.org/10best.htm
This is just a website that lists the top ten Historically Black Colleges that were rated in Black Enterprise magazine. It gives you the college and a brief description on what and where the college is and why it was rated one of the best. It gives percentages on graduates and degrees given and average SAT scores. The website was based on a Black Excel newsletter in 1996.
I would rate this site a 7 because it gives me some good information but at the same time it only answers a few questions and gives me good but little information. And it tells me ten great schools that I could look in to.
Books
Williams, Juan “Historically Black Colleges and Universities” Carnegie Library March 8, 2007
This book was absolutely helpful for my project because, it had all kinds of information from, dates when founded, people who founded them, statistics on students, faculty, and degrees. This book was wonderful. It listed survey details, and interviews, and what students thought about them and is what people say, different rumors, true, it answered the majority of my questions, but I still need to do more research.
I rate this book a perfect 10 because it definitely had everything I needed.
Articles
Kronish, Elisa. “College Fairs.” Fast Web. 2007. Fast Web. February 3, 2007. http://www.fastweb.com/fastweb/resources/articles/index/100381
This article gave me, tips on what to do when you attend a college fair. What you would expect to learn, how you should prepare, what you should bring, and what basic questions you should ask. This is good for people who’ve never attended one. I give this site a 9 because it has all the basic information for a person who’s never been to a college tour needs.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thesis
Many African American students decide to go to integrated colleges based on academics, majors, accreditation, higher learning, party life, and diversity, whereas other African Americans choose to attend HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges/Universities) for racial comfort, majors, party life, uniformity, and experience. But besides ethnic separation are integrated colleges and HBCUs different? Can attending a Historically Black College improve the education of an African American student better than a diverse school can? Although there have been years of efforts to desegregate schools to give African American students equal opportunities, some black students still choose to receive education at black colleges.
Todays Blog
Today I spoke with Ms. Anderson and she informed me that she could get me resources and people and Dr. Weirtheimer will help me with a panel discussion instead of having a college fair. (YES!!) I met with Mrs. Fossum and I'm now in the GREEN!! So all I need to do is finnish my rough draft of my research paper and it's all good. DUE TOMARROW!! Friday February 1st. Lastly, I have updated my websites and posted them on my blog.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Resources
Carnegie Library Books
The Education of Blacks in the South. 1860-1935 By: James D. Anderson
Black Students. Middle Class Teachers. By: Jawanza Kunjufu
Educating Black Males (Critical Lessons in Schooling. Community. And Power.) By: Ronnie Hopkins.
The Education of Blacks in the South. 1860-1935 By: James D. Anderson
Black Students. Middle Class Teachers. By: Jawanza Kunjufu
Educating Black Males (Critical Lessons in Schooling. Community. And Power.) By: Ronnie Hopkins.
Today's Blog
Today I met with Dr. Wertheimer to discuss my college fair plans and he gave me a wonderful idea about having a panel discussion instead with both successful graduates from a black college and regular college. I went to Mr. Duty's to hear instruction about video time and editing. Then for the rest of the class I had to research and start my rough draft for my research paper and also think of questions for the panel discussion.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Today's
Today I research books at libraries, postponed my meeting w/ Mrs. Fossum, will later meet w/Ms. McLean, and get books from library.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Today's Blog
Small Student discussion yesterday with people at my table. Today I went to a breast cancer presentation and talked some more about black colleges to get information.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Today's Blog
Today I looked up library books and wrote down a few so that I could get something for research. I also read some more of that A-A Male 's & college artlice & looked for answers to my essential questions.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Today's Blog
I went to blood drive presentation in the cafeteria, read more articles, met with Mrs. Fossum, switched to Klanica's room, and looked at more colleges. This weekend I hope to get in contact with some representatives. I am so far in the YELLOW and need to get in the GREEN. Plan B for my project could be get some panthlets have a few people come and talk about colleges or Plan Cm design my own informative panthlets and pass them out to advisories; but I may do that just because. I did not get to survey other classes today but...NOTE to SELF get permission from teachers first!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Today's Blog
Today I looked at HBCU's and I got emails and numbers of Administration offices for representatives. I read some of the article I read yesterday and took more notes. Yesterday after school I met with Ms. McLean in her office and asked her about my grad. project and she told me to find alumni from the colleges in Pennsylvania or closer to represent for them b/c getting them to come all the way here would be difficult.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Today's Blog
Today my side went to Klanica's room. I handed out 1o more surveys to the other side of the class and tallied them. I Read an article called "African American Men in College" by Scott Jaschik from http://www.insidehighered.com/ and I wrote a couple notes on it for my paper. From the paper and other findings I learned that 2/3 black women attend HBCU's than black men. This I find unacceptable because our black men aren't doing what they need to do to become smart and successful. Our men are locked up, dealing, and becoming more and more lazy. Our culture is forgetting how we got this freedom and these opportunities and soon we won't have anything. That is a PROBLEM! SO BLACK MEN GET ON YA JOB!! PLEASE!
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Today's Blog
Today, my side did not switch floors. I edited surveys and passed 10 out to both male, female, white and black students in my research class only. I found the African American students where more interested in the fair as I earlier predicted. I made a survey chart and tallied my results. I also had a little time to research one of my considerable HBCU's.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Today's Blog
Today, my side went to Klanica's room. I looked up a list of U.S. HBCU's and I picked out 28 considerable ones for my fair. I also tweaked and printed my essential questions, interview questions, and surveys.
Friday, January 4, 2008
First Blog
Yesterday was my B-Day!!!! 17 years old. Finally!! Today, is the third day of the second trimester and so far I have finished my revisited action plan for the next three upcoming months. I have so much to accomplish in order to make my Black college fair a success. This is going to be a frustrating journey, but I can not afford to fail.
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