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My students accuse me of being racist. It's a common response to disciplinary actions. I teach in a high school with nearly 2,000 students, about 10 of whom are white. There are maybe 4 Hispanic students. The rest (and all of my students) are black. (No, I don't use African American. My students, as...
The power bill increase is the result of a 20 percent rate hike passed down from the Tennessee Valley Authority, which supplies power to parts of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia. That's right! now that we are conserving our gas and staying home, we get...
♥ written by vu ( ) Hey, hey, hey! You might have noticed my low-output these last few weeks. You know how it is. Busy, busy, and stuff. All the news below have appeared on news.weheartmusic.com, so be sure to bookmark the website if you are a music junkie. So let's get to it: [1] BELLE &...
As I begin teaching this year, I can't help but compare the last two years with what I have experienced here in the third year. Let me also say that this year I am teaching second-semester Spanish at the University of Houston instead of in the Mississippi Delta. On paper, this would seem like I have...
New Orleans ordered evacuated ahead of Gustav Sun Aug 31, 2008 1:12am EDT By Tim Gaynor and Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the city's more than 239,000 residents to evacuate on Sunday in the face of powerful Hurricane Gustav, which he called "the mother of all...
We had the authors of Roger's Thesaurus come in yesterday to conduct a Family Story Time and also to promote their book. They did a fantastic job. They are both college kids and their books is basically self published and print-on-demand. So, I ask you, dear Vox Peoples, to please pop by their...
An (infamous) exerpt from the debate on prohibition that took place at the King Edward Hotel in Jackson Mississppi on April 4, 1952: "My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the...
Tennessee ranks high in obesity By: Emily Bregel The South still leads the nation in obesity rates, with Tennessee ranking in the top three for the heaviest population, according to the most recent government data. Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee head up the list of the nation’s most obese...
For the third year in a row, the proud state of Mississippi is the fattest state in the nation. Congratulations, guys. You're making me real proud. As today is the Fourth, I'm sure that copious amounts of beers and fried pies will be consumed throughout my fair state, doing little to alleviate the...
Photos of Oxford are up, courtesy of Servati:
Not too much happening in my bella vita these days. I've been working a lot this summer, which thankfully, is providing me with the funds I'll need to survive while enslaved within the murky, mentally draining, and dangerous depths of that which is . . . nursing school, dun dun DUN! I went on a...
From Ruth Kuhnau, Class of 2005, as her students were preparing to take the MTC 2 (a state test):
