• Discovery of Trokosi

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    Behind all good fiction stands facts. When everything seems to be going wrong within your family, what do you do? Do you all pray together? Go to counseling? Push through it? Well according to a traditional practice amongst the Ewe ethnic group, the problem and solution is identified. The problem…

  • Cursive Writing Subtracted From Schools’ Curricula

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    Please, pretty please, do not take cursive writing out of the curriculum. The world is growing more and more technologically based—true. Students will eventually cease to turn in written assignments—true. But please don’t take this skill away from the students. 40 out of the 50 U.S. states have already taken…

  • Clearing the Misconceptions of the Rastafarian

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    Am I the only one who would have defined the Rastafarian as people wearing red, green, and gold, listening to reggae, and smoking weed all day?   While these are factual descriptive elements, they are a long shot away from defining this Movement. It could be compared to a religion,…