This article is written by a school teacher who disagrees with a previous article about how teachers of the same ethnicity as the students "bring "something special" to the classroom." The teacher is upset when he read about the need for teachers of minority because he believes that "students pay attention and learn if you stimulate their intellect, not because you share an ethnic background with them." I found this article interesting because I didn't really give this issue much thought. Now that the school teacher mentioned it, I wonder whether having teacher of the same race would affect my learning. But in the end, I agree that the teacher's attitude matters more than his/her ethnicity.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/43264342.html
Monday, April 20, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Sliding 76ers no match for mighty Cavaliers
Last Friday, the Sixers played a match against the Cavaliers, and I had the privilege of watching this game at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia. As the title of the article suggests, the Sixers did lose, but it was a good game and an awesome experience. It is interesting that the article mentions:
"The fact that the 76ers played before their first sellout crowd of the season at the Wachovia Center - attendance was announced at 20,484 - had less to do with the struggling home team, which had lost three games in a row, than with the last scheduled appearance of the regular season by Cleveland's James, who very well might be the finest all-around basketball player on the planet"
Clearly there were innumerable fans of LeBron James present that night. The woman sitting next to my friend proved to be an avid fan, shouting out James's name every minute (at least it seemed like it). The little boy sitting in front of me wore a jersey that spelled out James. It was definitely an experience in itself watching sports fans in all their excitement. Although the trekkies show that we watched portrayed fans in a negative way, I felt differently about the sports fan that night. I simply can't imagine the game without the shoutings, the mini basketball being thrown around, the jerseys, the painted faces, the victory dance, the high-five's.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/42840942.html
"The fact that the 76ers played before their first sellout crowd of the season at the Wachovia Center - attendance was announced at 20,484 - had less to do with the struggling home team, which had lost three games in a row, than with the last scheduled appearance of the regular season by Cleveland's James, who very well might be the finest all-around basketball player on the planet"
Clearly there were innumerable fans of LeBron James present that night. The woman sitting next to my friend proved to be an avid fan, shouting out James's name every minute (at least it seemed like it). The little boy sitting in front of me wore a jersey that spelled out James. It was definitely an experience in itself watching sports fans in all their excitement. Although the trekkies show that we watched portrayed fans in a negative way, I felt differently about the sports fan that night. I simply can't imagine the game without the shoutings, the mini basketball being thrown around, the jerseys, the painted faces, the victory dance, the high-five's.
http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/42840942.html
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