Key to motivating children to read literature that is not junk (see my previous post: Throwing In the Towel with Reading Workshop,) is finding a relevance that connects the child to the book, educational psychology having long-ago established relevance spurs an interest in reading (obviously.)
In this anally racial-attentive US culture, what has been known [...]
–Motormanmark’s Monologue on Race. Motormanmark.com
The day before MLK Day, I attended a service in the Harlem church where my wife sings–the church where we were married. The pastor talked to the overwhelmingly Black congregation about everything but the epidemic of violence in the Black culture and community. After the service, I confronted him with it, [...]
by Mark Crane – Motormanmark.com
Today, I left my apartment with my family on our way to vote. In the hallway, I met the two old ladies from down the hall, two of the last of the dwindling Irish population that lost this West Bronx neighborhood to a mix of Latinos over the last half century.
I [...]
