Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Clandestine \klan-‘des-ten\ (adj.)- done in a private place or way; done or conducted secretly
Author: MahoganyRoseGirl
Parents Make Too Many Rules?
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Ever feel as if your parents are too strict? Too many rules and chores? Why won’t they just allow you to be free? To live your own life? Let you make your own mistakes?
Parents are usually tough on their kids. Despite how you may feel they truly have your best interests at heart and only want the best for you. Continue reading “Parents Make Too Many Rules?”
Attitudes and Behavior
“Does my attitude have any effect on myself and those around me?”
That is a valid question to ask, especially if you or your friends hear that quite often from parents or other adults (teachers, etc) that you may have a bad attitude. Yet does that mean that it is a learned “behavior”?
Let’s begin with the definitions:
Attitude -is the the way you think and feel about someone or something
Behavior -is the way a person acts or behaves; the manner of conducting oneself
With those two words having separate meanings, you may think, “What do they have to do with each other and the issues that take place in school?” Continue reading “Attitudes and Behavior”
Word of the Day
Tuesday, July 19,2016
Auspicious \ó-‘spi-shus\ (adj.)-showing or suggesting that future success is likely.
Week of July 18, 2016
NIKKI GIOVANNI:
One of the most amazing poets of our time, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni, Jr. is an American poet, writer, commentator, activist, and educator. One of the world’s most well-known African-American poets, her work includes poetry anthologies, poetry recordings, and nonfiction essays, and covers topics ranging from race and social issues to children’s literature. She has won numerous awards, including the Langston Hughes Medal, the NAACP Image Award, and has been nominated for a Grammy Award, for her Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. Additionally, she has recently been named as one of Oprah Winfrey’s twenty-five “Living Legends.” Continue reading “Week of July 18, 2016”
Honorary Book- 7/18/2016
Their Eyes Were Watching God is a 1937 novel and the best known work by African-American writer Zora Neale Hurston. The novel narrates main character Janie Crawford’s “ripening from a vibrant, but voiceless, teenage girl into a woman with her finger on the trigger of her own destiny.” Set in central and southern Florida in the early 20th century, the novel was initially poorly received for its rejection of racial uplift literary prescriptions. Today, it has come to be regarded as a seminal work in both African-American literature and women’s literature. TIME included the novel in its 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923
Word of the Day
Monday, July 18,2016
Sagacious \suh-‘gay- shus\ (adj.)- having or showing an ability to understand difficult ideas and situations and to make good decisions
Quote of the Day
Monday, July 18, 2016
You don’t need to look at the sun to know it’s shining -Unknown
First blog post: ‘Your Beauty is Enough’
Monday, July 18, 2016
Hey MRGs,
Recently, I had a discussion with a young girl and her mother who told me that her daughter always scratched her face out of social media posts and doesn’t see her true beauty. It made me think of a time when I hated parts of my body or wished I had this feature compared to someone else. It took me years to realize that comparisons are not what we need to deem ourselves beautiful. Tell yourself that you are the best version of you every single day and accept you for who you are- flaws and all.
So many times there are horror stories of surgeries gone wrong or deaths from plastic surgery all because that young female didn’t look at herself and was happy with who she was on the inside.
Continue reading “First blog post: ‘Your Beauty is Enough’”
Mahogany Rose Girl 