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Mpaza S. Kapembwa of DeKalb is a 2011 Cross Keys High School graduate who now attends Williams College.
He is a Gates Millennium Scholar, Coca Cola Scholar and Dell Scholar. This is the second piece he has written for the Get Schooled blog
By Mpaza S. Kapembwa
Our method of fixing problems in education today seems to be laying all the blame on our teachers. We have grown comfortable not being responsible. At the same time, we want all of the benefits of shared responsibility without sharing in the burden. We are quick to frown when someone wakes us up from a restful sleep. A teacher reminding us of our own responsibility is akin to the alarm going off in the wee hours of the morning. Parents see their dreams not being realized in their children and they lash out at the dream snatcher — the teacher.
When President Obama visited Seoul in 2009, he asked President Lee Myung-bak about his biggest challenge in education. Myung-bak said he wished parents didn't care so much about their children's success. South Korea's students have outperformed the rest of the world for most of the last decade. It shouldn't come as a surprise being that their main problem is "over commitment" by parents to their children's education.
In 2011, Amy Chua published her best-selling book "The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," which focused on the child-rearing practices of Chinese mothers. The book recounts her strict, perhaps extreme, method of raising her children: no play dates, piano practice for hours each day, threatening to donate their toys if they rebelled. Such an attitude toward cultivating success stands in stark contrast to the most visible aspects of American education.
While Ms. Chua's methods might have been extreme, it is worth considering that American education in general needs to be a little more like a Tiger Mother. Our system values self-esteem, happiness, friendship, and feeling good above true knowledge, wisdom and understanding.
Calling for students to be more responsible for their education and for parents to cease blaming teachers won't work with politicians, policymakers, struggling students and the general public. All of these groups believe they have something to lose if they accept this premise. Struggling students are allowed to advance in our system of leaving no child behind — success is more important to the grown-ups than to the child. The general public will gladly direct the blame to teachers to avoid looking in the mirror.
Education only works when there is a certain level of synergy between the community/home students, and educators. Working together, they form a very powerful triangle. Cut one corner and it collapses. We are trying to form this triangle but only focusing on our educators. Our "solutions" are designed according to an emotional convenience. It is so much easier to work on the teacher. Working on the student causes feelings of discomfort and reflects badly on parents. Yet it can't be denied that the comforts of the blame game are wearing thin as our students are being put at a disadvantage.
One of my high school teachers told me that dodge ball was removed from schools because some kids did not have the agility to outmaneuver the ball. Our academic policy views have similar but unintended results. I fear we may be expelling learning from our schools simply because it is not pain-free for all participants.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
May 14th, 2012
4:51 am
This young black immigrant from Zambia gets it. When thousands of teachers say the same thing, they are ignored. Perhaps his thoughtful words will get through. Sad that he can never be our president. I'd sure vote for him in November.
May 14th, 2012
4:54 am
" I fear we may be expelling learning from our schools because it is not pain-free for all students."
This is exactly the problem. Learning has to be "fun" and "easy" all the time or kids don't do it. Some don't do it anyway. The stark fact is that no all learning is fun or easy. Nor should it be. But we have bought into the self esteem pundits and parents who do not want their children to be frustrated, bored, unhappy, or challenged. I am not saying it should be these things all the time. But no adult I know of has a job in which there is all fun and no struggle or frustration. These challenges allow us to succeed and learn to work through problems, not around them. Kids can't do this today because we do not allow them to. We can't or we get complaints and poor evaluations. So we have adults who can't keep jobs because tghey are used to doing only the easy and fun parts.
May 14th, 2012
5:41 am
Well-thought and -written.
May 14th, 2012
6:12 am
He is stating the obvious and what most educators commenting on this blog say on a consistent basis. When we say it, parents on this blog often say we are whining and blaming. We are stating facts. We don't need their help academically, we just need them to tell their precious ones to mind the teacher and communicate that they value education. That's it; it is that simple. In cases where the student effectively has no parent involvement or a very negative home environment, teachers and schools need to be able to provide the discipline and structure that the family lacks with firm consequences.
May 14th, 2012
6:27 am
For the past 3 years under NCLB my son, a rising freshman, has consistently been passed along despite his failure to turn in projects or homework on time, if at all. I have begged and pleaded with my county school system to hold him back. I have had knock down drag out fights with my son at home because of his attitude that he will be passed along regardless of how he does. Yet, time and again, his attitude has become fact. He is not stupid by any means, he just doesn't want to do the work, what little of it there is assigned. I guess I have a hard time reconciling this with the way it was when I was in school, corporal punishment, failing a grade, students being held back due to poor grades, dreading trips to the principals office because I knew worse awaited me at home when my parents found out. This article is right, we are expelling education from our school system, along with personal responsibility and respect.
May 14th, 2012
6:29 am
Students to be responsible for their learning? Parents to support the education process? That is crazy talk! We all know that the sole reponsibility lies with the teacher! If the child comes from a neglectful and abusive family – it is the teacher's fault. If administrators change a studen'ts grade or otherwise "socially promotes" a student who has not mastered the subject matter, it is the teacher's fault. If a child misbehaves in class (the same way they misbehave at home) it is the teacher's fault. If the child tells the teacher to go f*ck themselves, that is the teacher's fault. If the child does not come to school, and the parent allows it , that is the teacher's fault.
Everything is the teacher's fault, because we know that parents and administrators are perfect.
May 14th, 2012
6:29 am
And we also know students are perfect, too.
May 14th, 2012
6:38 am
Excellent essay. I'm very glad to get to start my work week reading this — someone besides teachers "gets it."
May 14th, 2012
6:51 am
Thank You. Perhaps if more voices like yours were heard, education would change for the better.
May 14th, 2012
6:59 am
@Maureen – would like to get this and other articles from you published in our local weekly paper. My wife is a HS teacher and many of your articles are spot on to what she (and others) run into on a daily basis. If this is possible, where would I start in making this happen?
May 14th, 2012
7:04 am
When I was in school, if I was having trouble with a subject (a 91 in algebra 1 in 8th grade, for example) it was MY doing, not my teacher's. I wasn't working hard enough, practicing enough. I would never have been allowed to say, "She didn't show us how to do this!" My parents knew that my teachers were doing their jobs, but I was falling down on mine! How different that is from now!
May 14th, 2012
7:23 am
I repsosted this because it is 100% accurate. My thoughts exactly
"I fear we may be expelling learning from our schools because it is not pain-free for all students."
This is exactly the problem. Learning has to be "fun" and "easy" all the time or kids don't do it. Some don't do it anyway. The stark fact is that no all learning is fun or easy. Nor should it be. But we have bought into the self esteem pundits and parents who do not want their children to be frustrated, bored, unhappy, or challenged. I am not saying it should be these things all the time. But no adult I know of has a job in which there is all fun and no struggle or frustration. These challenges allow us to succeed and learn to work through problems, not around them. Kids can't do this today because we do not allow them to. We can't or we get complaints and poor evaluations. So we have adults who can't keep jobs because tghey are used to doing only the easy and fun parts.
May 14th, 2012
7:25 am
Wonderful essay! Thank you for posting. I have noticed in the younger generation of parents (think those in their thirties with first and second graders) that the pendulum is starting to swing back the other way. The age of bubble-wrapped children is slowly starting to dissipate.
One thing to consider: when everyone but the students takes responsibility for failure, that means that they also get the credit for success. Doesn't everyone want children to be able to gain their OWN success and not the success of their supporting adults?
May 14th, 2012
7:36 am
"Education only works when there is a certain level of synergy between the community/home students, and educators. Working together, they form a very powerful triangle. Cut one corner and it collapses."
Most, as children, have played the game of "Gossip." Tell a person a secret, and let that person whisper the secret in the ear of another, and the other then whispers the secret in a third person's ear, etc. By the time the secret gets back to the original person, it bears no resemblance to the original secret, communicated
There has been a rumor started by a certain self-interested political group, within American society, which wishes to dismantle public education for private education for ideological reasons, as well as for personal monetary reasons. The rumor that they have maliciously, and falsely, spread to – serve their purposes – is that public school teachers are wanting. They know that they will have "cut one corner" from the public educational "triangle" by disparaging public school teachers, and they further know that the public educational system will "collapse" through the public's belief in their false rumor, spread. Afterall, if public school teachers are poor performers, overall, then public education, overall, must be, also.
Time for the general public to see what malicious untruths have been generated and spread about public school teachers, by whom, and why.
May 14th, 2012
7:39 am
CORRECTION: Not "a certain group," but "certain groups"
May 14th, 2012
7:57 am
Good post. It's a great reminder that if teachers want parents to be part of the team that the teachers must be part of the team too.When teachers decide that they indoctrinate and the parents should just shut up and provide a little discipline the system goes awry. When the administration doesn't fix issues with bad teachers, the parents check out of the triangle.
But, when the parents value education and see the teacher as a valuable and esteemed part of raising their children the system can work. When administrators take full and effectvie action to fix issues with teacher who don't hold up their side of the triangle and issues with children who disrupt the environment the systems works. When teachers value parents and thier input, don't demean their perspectives and their beliefs then the sytem can work
Or you can have the system you have now.
It may be that the decline in the function of the family has made the public education model untenable.
May 14th, 2012
8:09 am
It's funny people agree with his point about being too easy on kids and then say this poorly written, content-free essay was excellent.
May 14th, 2012
8:22 am
But wait, Maureen told us last week that she is "… always surprised when parents tell me their kids have three to four hours of homework a night given the lack of evidence that homework enhances student achievement"
This topic attracted numerous posts indicating that homework was unnecessary, punitive, or inconsistent with the learning styles of the posters' children. The discussion was initiated by a bona fide clinical psychologist who hopes to help students find their way out of "the homework trap."
Surely we are not now suggesting that students should work!? Harder!?
May 14th, 2012
8:28 am
I have seen this link posted in "get schooled" before. It is still funny, and still not safe for work:
May 14th, 2012
8:37 am
Thank you, Mr. Kapembwa, for modeling the kind of proactive dedication to one's education that so many more of your generational peers need to develop.
May 14th, 2012
8:41 am
Well said, Ms. Kapembwa. When you finish school and gets some experience, we may have to hire you on the MACE Staff! This is essentially the same message that we have been pounding since the inception of MACE in 1995. We have not vacillated one scintilla from the notion that all of the burdens for learning has been placed on the backs of the teachers and none on the backs of the students and their parents. The students should shoulder the onus for learning. A teacher can teacher a student, not learn the student just like a physician can treat a patient but not heal a patient and a lawyer can defend the accused but acquit the accused.™
I congratulate you, Ms. Kapembwa, for your prescient insights and wish you hearty successes in your endeavors in life. Keep up the good work! Perhaps with more voices like yours, the hellish and moronic blame-the-teachers-first movement will die like the old Edsel.
May 14th, 2012
9:00 am
Sorry for the typo: A teacher can teach[er] a student…
May 14th, 2012
9:13 am
What a terrific article which states factual points and not made-up terminologies from legislators, parents, or so-called "experts." As someone stated above, this responsible and intelligent young lady has also given me a smile and a brighter beginning for the week. I, too, congratulate you on your successes so far and your future endeavors. And, I see a very bright future for you. Thanks…as we all know…'education can't cure the ills of society," but if we let it, education can certainly be a hopeful beginning.
May 14th, 2012
9:20 am
"HE is a Gates Millennium Scholar"
(Dr. J started with 'Ms.', now you're piling on with 'young lady')
May 14th, 2012
9:47 am
The real driver here is the word responsibility. There has been a radical shift over the last generation to blame authority and circumstances for everything. The students fail, therefore they are victims of powerful interests – . And we have all been told repeatedly that victims can't be held responsible for outcomes. In fact victimhood has become the greatest virtue in our society.
One of the principal reason this young student has succeeded is that he and his parents had not been inculcated with the victim message. It's time to shoot the messengers of failure, the trap of "low expectations" as GB so aptly characterized it.
May 14th, 2012
9:48 am
While I cannot agree with Long time educator that students just need to "mind their teachers" (sorry, but we all know that not all teachers are great and that blind obedience ends badly) I completely agree that parents, students and schools (understood to comprise teachers, administrators and facilities) are co-equal in responsibility for effective education. Our strategies for improvement can be boiled down to funding or starving the latter of these three, and ignoring the first two on the assumption that constitutional guarantees of free education mean that parents and students cannot be held accountable.
Parents and their current students are the recipients of a huge gift from taxpayers, and it is their responsibility to make the most of that gift so that students can pay back their country with their adult labors and future students can inherit a solvent, functional school system. Right now, far too many parents and students look at school as something they are owed rather than the other way around.
Education is and must be free to the student, but not to the parent. Every parent should be required to deliver their children to school prepared to learn, which means at minimum healthy, rested, with homework done and ready to behave in a way that respects learning. In addition, every parent should be required to participate in the school for at least 20 hours per semester. In that way, the school would benefit from the assistance provided but the parents would benefit far more, as they would be able to see how their child's progress and behavior compared to others' and become familiar with the teacher and his/her methods and requirements. It is easy to blame an authority figure you don't know when your child is struggling. Having first-hand experience of one's child in comparison to their cohort and familiarity with a teacher gives a far more realistic picture and, hopefully, would drive the cooperation necessary for success.
May 14th, 2012
9:54 am
WOW…refreshing coming from a student. He is dead on accurate!!
May 14th, 2012
9:54 am
Mr. Kapembwa, please forgive my mistake, OK? Thanks! @AlreadySheared: Thanks to you too, mam…or sir. Ha!
May 14th, 2012
10:05 am
' I cannot agree with Long time educator that students just need to "mind their teachers" (sorry, but we all know that not all teachers are great and that blind obedience ends badly)'
9.5 for your baffling, but seamless non-sequitur/bs strawman combination with respect to 'mind the teacher'.
1) If a teacher has to be 'great' before students mind him or her, that will only lead us to – oops, never mind, we're already there.
2)'blind obedience ends badly' – seriously? You're concerned that teachers will use the authority they SHOULD be vested with to use 'blind obedience' to compel students to do what, exactly?? Rob liquor stores? Sell drugs? Commit crimes against humanity?
May 14th, 2012
10:15 am
This semester I tutored a college student who informed me that she should be doing better in the class because she's paying for tutoring and that I should just tell her what to punch into the calculator because she's not responsible for what she doesn't know (never mind the syllabus).
I also tutored another person who complains about the work being difficult (they like the teacher, so no complaints there), but who refuses to do extra practice until they master the material.
Neither lacks ability, both want great grades, yet neither seems able to make the quantum leap to connect their effort with their results.
I'm glad to hear that the tides are shifting for the lower elementary students, because there are some strange things happening at the higher levels.
May 14th, 2012
10:31 am
My hope is that college ends up being the rocky shore upon which these waves of edu-hooey break. If not, God help us all when legions of self-esteem-steeped slackards and dullards become the doctors and engineers of the future.
May 14th, 2012
10:41 am
Learn Chinese everyone!
May 14th, 2012
10:49 am
I totally appreciate this article. I feel that it is long over due. However, and very unfortunate that many many of the bloggers and readers will not agree. As one blogger has states:
"While I cannot agree with Long time educator that students just need to "mind their teachers" (sorry, but we all know that not all teachers are great and that blind obedience ends badly) I completely agree that parents, students and schools (understood to comprise teachers, administrators and facilities) are co-equal in responsibility for effective education."
I have said this time and time again, teachers in this country are the least respected professionals. No one ever complains about the poor attorney, doctor, nurse, etc. No one ever discredits these professionals. There is not one of these professions that would be, if it were not for a teacher(s).
I ask all of you parents, stakeholders, etc. stop blamming the teachers. We only TRY to teach what you send us. We have to only assume that you send us your BEST product. If your product is not prepared to think, learn, read, write, decode, etc. it is not the teacher's fault it is Yours and your Product's fault.
Thank you again, Maureen.
May 14th, 2012
11:18 am
@AlreadySheared: I don't know about medical schools but DO know that "self-esteem-steeped slackers and dullards" DON'T make it through Georgia Tech to become engineers. Feel very safe.
May 14th, 2012
11:19 am
Excellent essay.
May 14th, 2012
11:26 am
@William Casey:
Based on personal experience, I agree (Go Jackets).
However, as you are likely aware, Georgia is establishing a new College of Engineering @ UGA because getting into Ga Tech is just too darn hard for some students. Cross your fingers on that one.
May 14th, 2012
11:49 am
I would like to also, add to my post above. When you (parents) send your second graders to school without pencil, paper and not even at least a book bag that is on you. When little Besty, Shaqueta, Marqel, Jacq does not have the tools he/she needs to take education seriously don't blame the teacher. You have sent your child out of your home without these tools. You are who have set the poor of the poorest example for your child, not the teacher.
I have students in my second grade class who come to school without bookbags, pencil, and paper every day (this has been the entire school year). I have students who come to school on a regular basis at 9:30 and 10:30. Yet, parents expect for their child to have A's. When their child earns D's and F's they want to know why. And, I just love this remark from parents "He/She does his homework." Sooooooooooooo, homework is only 5-10% of your child's grade. Ask yourself why your child is not able to earn a grade above D's.
Just some food for thought to those who continously blame others rather than yourself and your child.
May 14th, 2012
11:51 am
@Already Sheared: Your endorsement of "mind the teacher" is far too all-encompassing for me. The whole goal of education is to produce independent thinkers; blind following of one person without question is antithetical to that.
I have had teachers tell my kids not to drink milk because it comes from tortured factory cows and will kill people, that "some damn fool is trying to kill us all with Amtrax", that the most significant thing about George Washington was that he died of syphillis and that Malcolm X is the true Father Of Our Country. This, of course, pales when compared to abusive teachers like that pervert at Miramonte Elementary in Southern California.
As in any profession, there are some great teachers, more good ones, most okay ones and a sad share of bad ones with a few sociopaths thrown in. If a teacher says or does something that my child questions, that is fine with me. I believe it can in fact demonstrate that the teacher is encouraging his or her students to think independently.
However, if my child is blaming the teacher for his or her own failure or is acting in a disruptive fashion and interrupting class time for others, I as the parent need to go see the teacher, determine the problem and make good and darn sure that my child is behaving – and questioning – appropriately.
May 14th, 2012
11:55 am
My Grand father was also a "mountain man". Born in 1866 in the Blue Ridge Mountains of VA. He never gave up telling his Children and his forty three grand children to "EDUCATE YOURSELF". No one can learn for you. No one can make you smart. It is up to you. His children, grand children and three or four generations after that have prospered. He had great respect for teachers and on more than one occasion I have heard him say, "teachers don't know everything, but they know more than you do so pay attention".
May 14th, 2012
11:58 am
"Our strategies for improvement can be boiled down to funding or starving the latter of these three, and ignoring the first two on the assumption that constitutional guarantees of free education mean that parents and students cannot be held accountable."
Shar: good analysis of the triangle in education. Perhaps if we hold all three up to the same standards of performance expected of teachers, we just might see the improvement we seek. Sure would save politicians a lot of hot air, and we all know how they enjoy their politicking!
May 14th, 2012
12:05 pm
I'm sure somebody has already decided Mpaza S. Kapembwa is a "union plant" rather than what he really is, someone with more common sense in his little finger than the overwhelming number of educrats have in their entire bodies.
May 14th, 2012
1:04 pm
@Frustrated parent
Your child refuses to do homework? What are his consequences? Must not be too bad. Like you, I too feared consequences at home if I didn't do my work. Does he have a cell phone and get to play video games? Hang out with his friends? Consequences need to be hard and meaningful.
May 14th, 2012
1:42 pm
Great article! Part of the problem with getting students to take responsibility for his/her education is that there are no meaningful consequences for not completing work, bringing materials to class, staying on task and paying attention to the teacher. 20 years ago I could give 0's for students who did not bring their school-issued textbook to class every day, but that is no longer the case.
May 14th, 2012
2:14 pm
@Hey Teacher:
You must be one of those poor teachers Shar refers to who is not necessarilly worthy of respect. You need to work on your 'great'ness – THEN all your students will take the trouble to come to class prepared, and with books.
Unfortunately, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations' nails the environment of many of today's school systems cold. Those in charge really do mean well, and taken individually many of their decisions would seem to favor students' well-being. Taken as a whole, however, the low standards that many systems have sunk to are a disaster for exactly the people said laxity is intended to assist – the students.
May 14th, 2012
4:54 pm
Frustrated Mom@ WHat is your role in your child's education? I don't understand? Are you sitting with him every night.. ensuring that he stay on task and get his work done? Are you removing television.. XBOX IPAD's and any other extra??
May 14th, 2012
6:25 pm
This is a well written article! You spoke the truth!!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!
May 14th, 2012
6:39 pm
*sigh* This hits so close to home. Today we had a review for our last big unit test (which is tomorrow.) We have had class discussions on the issues, read the chapters together, filled out the book notes together, cut and pasted the vocabulary and definition matches, watched the videos, done the projects, acted out the important terms, filled in the workbook pages, done in interactive smartboard activities, worked as teams to explore concepts and present them to the class, and (supposedly) studied over the weekend. I have posted the concepts, notes, vocabulary, and key points online for parents to access. I have sent home study guides and reviewed them in class.
Yet, when I asked questions today, several of my students just stared at me with blank expressions. They could not recognize and express some of the most important concepts that we have reviewed over and over again during class, read about, written about, and discussed. I am fed up. They refuse to take any ownership of their learning or put forth even the minimum amount of effort, and it seems I care more about their learning than they do! Nor all these necessarily my weakest students. Many of them are quite capable, they simply DO NOT CARE, and as there are no consequences, they see no point in lifting a finger to help themselves. I cannot fail them – we have no letter grades. I can only "retest" them if they do not master the material, and chances are, they will do just as poorly the second time. And when they do not show mastery of the concepts, I will be blamed for not "teaching them" well enough.
May 14th, 2012
9:22 pm
We FIRST have to call for ADULTS to be responsible. Cheating and lying teachers everywhere have set the poorest example for students to follow. NO APS teacher has a right to criticize students. LOOK AT YOURSELVES and your own profession and what you did. SHAME!
May 14th, 2012
10:17 pm
[...] Maureen Downey posts a column by a recent Cross Keys High School graduate who urges students to "be more responsible for their learning." [...]


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First, it's a one bedroom apartment in Brooklyn that got a whopping big makeover. The homeowners were having some issues in their newly constructed building with dividing the space into functional areas. So Bob and Cortney laid out a great room plan that included a dining area near that big, gorgeous window, a living room in the middle, and an office nook under the stairs. Smart. I would've stuck the desk in the window, and then stared out the window when I'm supposed to be working.
Second, their carpenter added some wood to the drywall column things to give the room some warmth and texture. Wood does that, you know. It keeps a modern space from looking too Scarface slick.
Next, in the master bedroom, Cortney had her crew wallpaper a wall and the sloped ceiling and then added rich pops of plum along the wood trim. "Ben can handle it", she said of the client, and she was right. Ben loved it. The bed the Novos selected was low and layered to look both modern and vintage. And you can lie on that bed and look at that gorgeous wallpaper, which I wish I could do since my ceilings are always boring and white.
Cortney scattered amazing, vintage, non-matching light fixtures around the apartment because it adds so much character and sparkle and because, like I've said before, amazing vintage light fixtures follow Cortney home like stray cats.
Bob took the homeowners to photographer Catherine Hall to have a portrait made. And the result was awesome. Look at that photo. It's like something from Elle Decor, like Mrs. Head of the Foundation and her international financier hedge fund husband. So funny. If this couple ever does a house tour, the lead photo should be them standing in front of this photo in the exact same pose as in the photo.
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LOVE the colors and textures and that desk is to die for - however does anyone else feel like that couch needs to move back a couple feet?
OH, and that sea foam green task light is amazing - any ideas of a source? Or something similar?
Ok, I just want to start off by saying I ADORE the Novogratz team and family! I miss 9 by Design! I guess they are going to stay put for a while in their new home-- telltale sign that the market is not what it used to be.
I really like the work station, but it's not realistic for my needs (as if I were living there). It would get cluttered really quickly. I'm sure the couple will add storage as need.
And I love the photography! This photographer does some really good portraits, especially of the children.
As much as I envy New Yorkers that can live in beautiful spaces like this, I'm still not envious of the lack of space. Heavens forbid they get a "new addition." They only have one room....the space isn't liveable for long-term-- unless they plan on it just being them for the rest of their lives. If so, that's perfect.
Does anyone know what you call that kind of blanket that is on the bed in picture #3?
@kingtiny, wholeheartedly agree.
I'm nobody. That's the joke. Nobody comes to AT to read about me. We come here to read about you. So you should make sure to leave lots of comments telling us about what your opinions are. I'm really interested in how you feel about bookshelves.
The portrait is a hoot - love it!
i watched the episode and really liked what they did with the place. there aren't any "before" pics here. the owners were out of ideas. the novogratz's focused the concept and executed it. in addition to the trim and wood panels, the walls were painted a pale blue which took the light down just a notch.
splendid job.
I think this is a very well written article~ not boring at all and with enough information for the writer to convey the design of the home in an entertaining way.
I also really like this home. I too wonder why the TV and couch are so close together but maybe everyone that lives here are extremely near sighted?
I'm not really sure who the designers are but since having seen their work here on AT, I really like their style.
And that is a beautiful couch.
what's wrong with the writing? i believe the author's statement was meant to be...how do you say?...ah, yes, sarcastic.
sheesh. some people.
I love the wood paneling over the soffit.
It doesn't look recycled or reclaimed though. Hope you guys think about using some re- in the future. Wood for that type of paneling is easily found.
I also am in love with that green lamp in the last picture.
LBro, I checked with the Novo's assistant, and she said the lamp is from ABC Home.


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COOPERSTOWN, NY – For more than a century, African Americans made history on the baseball diamond prior to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier in the major leagues.
Beginning this month, that history – in the most complete form ever assembled – will be available to a world-wide audience through one of the game's premier statistical websites.
Statistics on Negro Leagues players are now available through the Hall of Fame's website partner, www.baseball-reference.com. The website, which has become the go-to resource for baseball statistics throughout the industry, will publish biographical and statistical information on all Negro leagues players who were identified in a groundbreaking study commissioned by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum a decade ago.
"The data that forms the basis of these statistics is the result of years of tireless research by a dedicated team of historians," said Jeff Idelson, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. "We are so proud to have been able to facilitate this research, and equally pleased that our partner, baseball-reference.com, is able to make this information available to the public. This history that once was lost is now alive to help tell the story of the great African-American baseball heroes of the early 20th Century."
The Negro Leagues statistical database is the most comprehensive study on African-American Baseball ever produced, a team effort of "The Negro Leagues Researchers/Authors Group" deputized by the Hall of Fame Board of Directors in 2001 and led by Dr. Larry Hogan, Dick Clark, and Larry Lester. Major League Baseball provided the Baseball Hall of Fame with a $250,000 grant in July 2000 in order to initiate a comprehensive study on the history of African Americans in Baseball, from 1860-1960.
The research resulted in a raw narrative and bibliography of nearly 800 pages and a statistical database, which includes 3,000 day-by-day records, league leaders and all-time leaders. The research was culled from box scores from 345 newspapers of sanctioned league games played from 1920-48."There have been a number of books capturing oral histories, biographies written about players, and team histories, but few mediums tackle the statistical challenge of compiling data from the Negro Leagues," said Larry Lester. "The Negro Leagues Researchers/Authors Group was tasked with this challenge in 2001, and a decade later we present, via www.baseball-reference.com, a sampling of our findings. More data will be released, once a complete audit has been done, that will demonstrate the talent of men who played before Jackie Robinson entered the Major Leagues."
The study includes sanctioned league game box scores from almost 100 percent of games played in the 1920s, in excess of 90 percent of the box scores from games played in the 1930s and box scores from 50-70 percent of games played in the 1940s and 50s, during which time the various leagues began to disband and newspapers ceased to report game information. The end result is the most comprehensive compilation of statistics on the Negro leagues that has ever been accumulated.
The compiled statistics will be accessible at baseball-reference.com like the data from the 17,000-plus men who have played Major League Baseball. There were no formal or official statistics from the various Negro leagues, but the numbers in the database represent league-sanctioned games from 1920-54 for which there is a viable box score. Exhibition games and other related events are not included.
"This treasure trove of information on the Negro leagues fills in a major gap of the historical record of the game of baseball," said Sean Forman, the founder of baseball-reference.com. "The research provided from the study, along with the technology that allows it to be published and accessed, will result in a greater understanding of the Negro leagues, and ultimately more research on the subject."
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This is my 3rd lawnmower with a Honda engine. The Honda engines are quieter than other lawnmower engines of the same horsepower. The auto choke works very well. My Honda almost always starts on the first pull. It's powerful and the rear Smart Drive system makes cutting the lawn much easier with simple thumb pressure on the handle pads. I like the handling of this rear wheel drive mower better than my previous two Hondas that have front wheel drive. The twin blade system works well to mulch. I find that I have to slow down if my grass gets a little long so the blades can properly mulch the grass. During those times it would be nice if the lawnmower were truly a 3-in-1 cutting system. There is no side discharge capability like some other Honda models. The lawnmower is limited to bagging or mulching. Overall this is a great lawnmower and I'm very happy with it.
This warranty is limited to the following Honda Power Equipment products when distributed by American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Power Equipment Division, 4900 Marconi Drive, Alpharetta, Georgia 30005. The following warranty applies to products purchased at retail or placed in rental service on or after January 1, 2010. Applies to product from January 2010 through present.
|Hand-Held Products
|HHT Series (Limited lifetime warranty on the HHT drive cable(2))
|24 months
|12 months
|Walk Behind Mowers
|HRS and HRR Series
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|3 months
|HRX Series (Limited lifetime warranty on the HRX mower deck(3))
|60 months
|3 months
|HRC Series
|24 months
|24 months engine, 12 months other components
|FG110 and F220 Series (Limited lifetime warranty on the FG110K1for tine breakage (3))
|24 months
|12 months
|Tillers (GX engine powered, except as listed above)
|36 months
|36 months
|Snow Throwers, Snow Blowers
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|3 months
|Snow Throwers, Snow Blowers (all others except as listed above)
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|36 months
|Water Pumps
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|12 months
|Gasoline engine powered pumps (all others except as listed above)
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|36 months
|Electric submersible pumps
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|12 months
|24 months
|12 months
|Generators (all others except as listed above)
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The product must be purchased in the United States, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands from American Honda or a dealer authorized by American Honda to sell those products. This warranty applies to first retail purchaser and each subsequent owner during the applicable warranty time period, unless noted otherwise.
American Honda will repair or replace, at its option, any part that is proven to be defective in material or workmanship under normal use during the applicable warranty time period. Warranty repairs and replacements will be made without charge for parts or labor. Anything replaced under warranty becomes the property of American Honda Motor Company, Inc. All parts replaced under warranty will be considered as part of the original product, and any warranty on those parts will expire coincident with the original product warranty
You must, at your expense, take the Honda Power Equipment product, accessory, replacement part, apparel, or the power equipment on which the accessory or replacement part is installed, and proof of purchase to any Honda Power Equipment dealer in the United States, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands who is authorized to sell and/or service that product, during the dealer's normal business hours. To locate a dealer near you, visit our web site at http://PowerEquipment.Honda.com and click on Find a Dealer. If you are unable to obtain warranty service or are dissatisfied with the warranty service you receive, contact the owner of the dealership involved; normally this will resolve the problem. However, if you should require further assistance, write or call the Power Equipment Customer Relations Department of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. at the following address: American Honda Motor Co., Inc. Power Equipment Customer Relations Dept. 4900 Marconi Drive Alpharetta, GA 30005-8847 Telephone: (770) 497-6400
1. Any damage or deterioration resulting from the following:
2. Consumable parts: Honda does not warrant parts deterioration due to normal wear and tear. The following parts are not covered by this warranty unless they are needed during another repair covered under this warranty: spark plug, fuel filter, air cleaner element, clutch disc, tire, wheel bearing, recoil starter rope, cable, belt, cutter blade, oil, and grease.
3. Cleaning, adjustment, and normal periodic maintenance work (carburetor cleaning, engine oil draining, blade sharpening, belt and cable adjustments).
4. Any product that has ever been declared a total loss or sold for salvage by a financial institution or insurer
5. Auger and paddle assemblies of snow throwers, tiller tines of roto-tillers, and mower blades and mower deck housings are specifically not warranted against impact damage including, but not limited to, abrasive damage.
American Honda disclaims any responsibility for loss of time or use of the product, transportation, commercial loss, or any other incidental or consequential damage. Any implied warranties are limited to the duration of this written limited warranty. Some states do not allow limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts and/or do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, therefore the above exclusions and limitations may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights, which vary from state to state.


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The Pro Combat Rivalry collection from Nike is a limited, one-game-only series made just for your Panthers' November 26, 2010 installment of the century-old Backyard Brawl rivalry matchup against the West Virginia Mountaineers. More than a performance uniform, though, these on-field and sideline pieces were designed with the Steel City in mind, drawing specific lines between the values of the hard-knocks steel industry and your Panthers' reputation for work ethic, determination, strength and endurance. Thus, Nike forged their inspiration for the designs from a specific symbol: the blast furnaces that fire Pittsburgh's steel mills. This Players flat bill hat features a 3D embroidered school nickname offset to the side of the crown in Team Gold to represent the brilliant glow of a blast furnace over a tonal panther head design in recognition of Pitt's venerable mascot. The entire outer body of the hat is also rendered in a smoky black color, rather than traditional navy, as another nod to the steel business. Plus, contrast team color fabric under the bill and "Let's Brawl" printed on the hat's interior give this hat a lasting accent of indomitable Panthers pride!
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Hardly anyone would argue that massage is a great way to relax, relieve stress, improve their health. Particular, the exquisite pleasure – an erotic massage. Contrary to popular belief, it is multifaceted. Any erotic massage parlor offers a choice of several types of erotic massage. There are various techniques and methods of massage, which fulfill their purpose, is a special kind of tantric massage. Combining two unique areas – yoga and erotic, tantra massage can open for anyone new facets of relationships with the opposite sex.
Quiet peaceful atmosphere, properly selected music and special aromatic oils – these are the few things you want to start. And then … Tantra Yoga is the discipline of interaction sexes search for harmony and peace.
A man and a woman – is the yin and yang of the same essence, the two halves and two components of one monad, not every merger sexes leads to the formation of the whole, but only harmonious, energy-tuned merger. Feel the flow of energy, learn to recognize it in their body and the body of a partner to direct the energy in the right direction helps Tantra Yoga and Tantric massage. It should be remembered that the basis of Tantra – it is the exchange energy. The more energy is given, the more you receive, but returned from a partner energy – the energy of a very different quality.
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For some folks in our area, a trip to the doctor takes a lot of work. Sometimes people have to travel out of town, miss school and miss work. But elementary school students in Turner County don't have that problem.
In Turner County a simple trip to the doctor can be a real hassle.
"With us being a rural community we have no hospital and two doctors offices here," said June Cowart, Clinic Coordinator at Turner Co. Elementary.
Some parents have to take off work so they can take their kids a doctor which sometimes means a trip out of town
"A lot of times these parents don't have resources to go to Atlanta, Augusta but we can bring Atlanta and Augusta to Turner County," said Cowart
Thanks to Telemedicine, students at Turner County Elementary don't even have to step out the door to see the doctor.
Tift Regional Medical Center has been involved in Telemedicine for 8 years and realized how much Turner County would benefit from a system like this. Tift Regional donated the telemedicine cart last month, and so far it's been a huge success.
"The students we've seen, we've seen them for about 30 minutes then we send them back to class," said Jeff Robbins, Director of Telehealth at TRMC
It's run the same way as a doctor's office.
"We can look at their ears their nose their throat and then we have a stethoscope that's hooked up on our end and the doctors end and they can actually hear the heart beats and the breathing sounds," said Robbins.
School nurses have access to 300 physicians around the state who see a clear picture on their screen no matter where they're located.
"There are tools where we can look in their ears the doctor on the other end can see the same picture we have," said Robbins.
That means kids stay in school.
"The kid doesn't go home with sniffled and miss three or four days of school we can keep the kids in school have the medicines delivered and have kids back in class in an hour," said Cowart.
And teachers and parents don't have to miss work.
"We expect when we are done with all of our phases that school systems will come and visit Turner County and see what they've done," said Cowart.
Turner County Elementary school is the first to try out the system but they won't be the last. They plan to get a camera into the high school next.
Eventually they hope to have one of these systems in all of the schools in Turner County. They are also looking at Teledentistry as well.
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MOUNT WASHINGTON - A decision on whether to rezone property next to Pleasant Grove Elementary School will come a little later than expected.
HILLVIEW - Despite over 100 yellow-clad residents from the community, the Hillview City Council voted 4-2 to approve a rezoning change which would eventually allow a rock quarry to expand.
HUNTERS HOLLOW - As city attorney Mark Edison presented a joint resolution on a Bullitt County steering committee to combat substance abuse, Hunters Hollow mayor Linda Parker shared her insight.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Whether you call it Obamacare or the affordable health care act, employees with Bullitt County government could be calling it an early Christmas present.
MOUNT WASHINGTON - What is now a vacant lot on the corner of Highway 44 East and the Mount Washington Bypass will soon be occupied by a five-unit strip mall.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Businesses got needed approvals recently from the Bullitt County Board of Adjustments to move forward.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - The city of Shepherdsville struck up a deal with Louisville Water Co. about 10 years ago that was lauded as one of the best decisions ever made.
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BROOKS - While there are no solutions in place, the wheels are turning to find a way to make the pumps begin to fully operate at the Big Valley sewage treatment center.
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1 pound hamburger, cooked, drained, set aside
2 zucchini, sliced thin
1 onion, chopped
2 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup pasta sauce
1/2 cup uncooked instant rice
1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
Cook zucchini and onion in 1 tablespoon oil. Cook until tender; add chopped tomatoes and pasta sauce for 10 minutes on slow.
Grease a 2-quart casserole. Put half of zucchini mixture in casserole, then sprinkle uncooked rice, then spread hamburger on top of rice then rest of zucchini sauce on hamburger.
Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Uncover and put cheese on top. Bake 10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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Going on 43, Bags Are Hereditary and Have Bothered Me for Years - Plainfield, IL
I had my lower lids done 9 days ago by Dr. Will at Burt & Will Plastic Surgery in Plainfield, IL. Every time I looked in the mirror, all I saw were huge under eye bags. They run in the family. They didn't get bad until around the time I turned 40. I will be getting married in July and couldn't... READ MORE
22 Y.o. with Hollow Eye - Chicago, IL
I am interested in getting tear trough fillers, but I am a bit nervous about the healing process. I average 8-9 hours of sleep each night, have a healthy low-sodium diet, yet the hollows are persistent. I am assuming it is hereditary. I'm looking to find the best doctor in the Chicagoland area... READ MORE
52 4 Kids Which Id's Including my Husband :) -Shelby Township, Michigan
Always hated the bags under my eyes, I finally decided that it was my turn to do something for myself. I went into Angies list and Allure Medical Spa was rated 1. I went in for a consultation and meet Dr Kotlus. He took the time to explain the procedure and answered all of my questions. He even... READ MORE
Tear Trough Implants -Austin, TX
My whole life I've had eye bags. My dad has them, one of my brother's has them, my sister has them (although she has booked the same surgery I had with the same doctor, so she'll join the no bag club soon). I was constantly asked "are you tired?", "do you have bad allergies?", "have you been... READ MORE
30/f No More Genetic Bags! - Mitesh Kapadia, North Andover, MA
I cannot express how happy I am with this procedure. I am 30 female Caucasian with Lebanese heritage. I suffered since birth from deep hollow under eye bags. The year troughs were just getting deeper as I aged and I needed to so something about it. I got 2 vials of restylane injections in my... READ MORE
35 Yo Asian Male, Lower Eyelid Bag Treatment (Always Asked, "Are You Tired?") - Aliso Viejo, CA
I would always get asked at work " Are you tired?" or always get the comment "Wow, you look tired ! you musta been up late!" . It gets old REALLY fast, considering I was rarely tired and usually had a good nights rest. Comments like that pretty much shoot your entire day, and also makes you... READ MORE
Young 62 Lady Who Wanted to Look How She Feels Inside. - London, UK
Every time i looked in the mirror those horrible eye bags stared back at me, I looked tired all the time but inside i was still the young fun loving person I have always been.Having my eye bags removed is something I have wanted to do for over 20 years. What better incentive than marrying my... READ MORE
Bet You Couldn't Guess my Age!! :) - Port Jefferson, NY Eye Bag Surgery
My motivation was base on how I do value my physical appearance and work hard to maintain my self mentally, physically and spiritually. Also, my condition was genetic for fatty deposits under the eyes come from my fathers side of the family. No matter how good the rest of my skin looked and... READ MORE
30 but Needed Eye Bag Treatment - Thailand
I have hated under my eyes for as long as I remember. They made me look like an old woman and I did not feel I should of had them so early in my life the we're too prominent. Especially in poor light and when taking pictures from some angles. I was awake when procedure was being performed and I... READ MORE
52 Year Old with Beautiful Eyes but Uneven Bags Underneath. - Salinas, CA
I had a doctor who touted himself as an expert in the field of asian blepharoplasty. told me he knew exactlhy what he was doing....i asked him if he could revise a prior surgery where i had residual fat pockets under my eyes and he said he would reposition the fat pads so that it looked smoother... READ MORE
10 Yrs Have Passed - San Ramon, CA
I look exactly like my mom so at 26 I noticed the infamous bags underneath my eyes. I went in for consultation and it took me one year to get the courage. The procedure went well. I stayed in bed and iced my eyes for 2 days. I had no swelling or bruising. By the 3rd day I put makeup on and felt... READ MORE
Bye, Bye Bags! - Commerce, GA
I have always had trouble hiding the bags under my eyes. As a child I didn't realize eventually they would look like my dad's, but at 50 were well on their way. It wasn't something I could cover with make up because they protruded and at times hung down and overlapped on my cheek when I smiled... READ MORE
The Child That Was - Dallas, TX
I was born with a genetic disorder that caused me to have no bottom eyelashes. This made my eyes water, become sun sensitive & over the coarse of time made my eyes hurt. I went through this for 40... years & had developed big bags under my eyes as though I had been crying. I looked & searched... READ MORE
WonderFul Doctor and Excellent Job!! - NYC
First let me say that Dr. replied to my email asap. I request a last minute appt. and she accommodated me, especially just in time for Christmas!!!!! She is a cosmetic surgeon and knew of my concerns regarding injecting such a sensitive area. I would not trust an Esthetician injecting that... READ MORE
Lower Bleph to Get Rid of Fat Pads/puffy Eyes - Houston, TX
Decided to write this review because I used this site when doing research for my surgery and the reviews and pictures were so helpful for what to expect from a person that has actually this procedure done. The surgery was not painful at all. Other than slightly dry eyes, I had absolutely no... READ MORE
Lower Transconjunctival Procedure - United Kingdom, GB
Hi, had lower bags for years, every time walked passed a window/mirror all I could see were huge shadows beneath my eyes. Had a consultation with surgeon who was straight and to the point, told me I would still have my wrinkles and crows feet which was fine with me. The bruising (only slight)... READ MORE
Hydroquonine Saved Me from Surgery and Banished my Dark Circles! - Seal Beach, CA
I honestly have been battling dark cicles under my eyes for as long as I can remember. I have tried Restalyne, which pushed up more bluish color and creating an under eye bump even worse than my hollow eyes. I have tried Juvaderm, which also created a bump. When my dark circles became almost... READ MORE
3 Rounds with Mike Tyson - Bangkok, Thailand
I've wanted this procedure done for SO LONG, I have hereditary puffy eye bags and after years of buying creams and using home remedies, I came to the realisation that nothing would fix it (its fat under the eyes, nothing but surgery WILL fix it!) So I booked a big surgery trip to Thailand, 3... READ MORE
Restylene in Tear Troughs - Houston, TX
Previously had a local doctor inject both Radiesse in cheeks and Belotero in tear troughs to fix eye bags. Result was not satisfactory. Drove a few hours to Houston to get a second opinion and had new doctor inject Restylene. Not ONE bruise and very little swelling compared to previous... READ MORE
Be Careful of the Dr. You Choose - Melbourne, FL
I had upper and lower eyelid surgery due to droopy eyelids. It was a disaster! I had such a severe hematoma and the bruising covered my whole face, breasts and stomach. The Dr. Kept saying it would go away. My eyes were swollen shut for several days. Some bruising did subside but 3 months later... READ MORE