Rantings of a Creole Princess

Morehouse Dress Code: Boys Will be Boys

Two years ago Morehouse (a private university) decided a dress code was needed because students of the prestigious university had lost their ever-loving-minds.  Seems the menfolk were wearing sagging pants, pajamas bottoms with t-shirts and flip flops to class.  The new administration got annoyed when some of them walked around and saw their version of the talented tenth looking more like they were scattered around a crack house waiting on Pookie to bring them their fix.

I was cool with that.

I'm the type of adult that will tell a young man to pull up his pants in public.  I always make sure I tell him in a way that doesn't embarrass him in front of others but yeah...I tell him.

And they pull up their pants.

So yeah...I was cool with that.  It's Morehouse ya know?  MOREHOUSE.  Respect the legacy.

Last week Morehouse found themselves needing to CLARIFY the dress code a bit by adding the following rules:

Room without a view...

I read a fascinating article recently about kids, technology and school.  My brain started binging, of course, and it lead me all over the net to other articles regarding.

Question...

Do YOU think children would learn better in classrooms with absolutely no technology OR do you think technology is needed in the classrooms?  No computer, no cellphones, no calculators, no iPods, no iPhones, no eBooks...

What say YOU? 

Homeschooling

Could you do it?  What would be your reasons for doing so?  What would be your reasons for not doing it?

Question...

Did you live on campus? 

What did you like about it? 

What did you dislike about it?  

If you didn't...did you feel like you missed out on anything?

Educate Your Mind!

What did you major in in college?  Do you work in the field of your major?

Going to school while working FULL TIME...

Any advice?  Tips?  Warnings? 

Did you do it?

HOW?

From Nathan Jefferson:

I am attending  Baltimore City Community College and am wondering should I transfer at thirty credits or the maximum sixty. Did anyone attend any of Maryland’s finest colleges if so which ones? Is it better to take a pre-law course or a regular course such as Sociology or Philosophy before moving on to law school? Am I too old for law school (36) will finish at the ripe old age of (43) after I get my bachelor’s degree? I always wanted to be a lawyer and am tired of dreaming about it and am going to work my ass off for it.

Online Education

"...But I am not feeling the online education thing. I think too many people are thinking that an online education is the same as sitting in a classroom and I totally disagree. I do not want online education to be considered the standard." - Babs

This was a very interesting comment.  What do you guys think.  Does online education measure up?  What about the places like the University of Phoenix?  Do you think employers believe education from these types of places aren't a REAL education?