Toggle sidebar

Issues in Education

  • HELLO AGAIN, Guest! We are back, live! We're still doing some troubleshooting and maintenance to fix a few remaining issues but everything looks stable now (except front page which we're working on over next day or two)

    Thanks for your patience and support! MUCH appreciated! --Brett (BamaNation)

    if you see any problems - please post them in the Troubleshooting board!

Emory University teaching course using Bad Bunny songs

Music made by one of the world’s most popular artists will be used to educate college students in Atlanta this fall.

Emory University is debuting a new course on Bad Bunny for its fall semester, which began on Wednesday.

The class will use the Puerto Rican artist’s recent album “Debí Tirar Más Fotos” as a springboard into a discussion on the political and socioeconomic conditions in Puerto Rico, with an emphasis on the last 30 years of U.S. colonial rule and resistance movements on the island.
Click to expand...

What the bleep has happened to higher education???
 
75thru79 said:
Emory University teaching course using Bad Bunny songs



What the bleep has happened to higher education???
Click to expand...
Curious approach, I agree, but the reality is a lot of urban music is reflective of their lives or their perspective of the world based on their live experiences.

Not my style, but there's a reason it resonates with the target audience. Some of the writers have great insight and share that through their rhymes.
 
  • Like
Reactions: jthomas666
crimsonaudio said:
Curious approach, I agree, but the reality is a lot of urban music is reflective of their lives or their perspective of the world based on their live experiences.

Not my style, but there's a reason it resonates with the target audience. Some of the writers have great insight and share that through their rhymes.
Click to expand...
I'd like to know more about the course. A course just on Bad Bunny seems a bit much; but if they were using Bad Bunny as a springboard to discuss social issues, that would be fine--just as a film studies class might look at how a given movie reflects the period in which it was made (Two good examples off the top of my head: the original Godzilla and High Noon).
 
  • Like
Reactions: crimsonaudio
crimsonaudio said:
Curious approach, I agree, but the reality is a lot of urban music is reflective of their lives or their perspective of the world based on their live experiences.

Not my style, but there's a reason it resonates with the target audience. Some of the writers have great insight and share that through their rhymes.
Click to expand...

I think it’s probably better than most useless electives offered these days.
 
  • Like
Reactions: crimsonaudio
jthomas666 said:
I'd like to know more about the course. A course just on Bad Bunny seems a bit much; but if they were using Bad Bunny as a springboard to discuss social issues, that would be fine--just as a film studies class might look at how a given movie reflects the period in which it was made (Two good examples off the top of my head: the original Godzilla and High Noon).
Click to expand...

A historical elective in public education that is growing in popularity is “history in film”. I think with the visual and technological generations electives like sociology and psychology are seeing better implementations in different courses than their traditional courses that colleges and high schools have forced down their throats for decades.
 
  • Like
Reactions: jthomas666 and crimsonaudio
81usaf92 said:
A historical elective in public education that is growing in popularity is “history in film”. I think with the visual and technological generations electives like sociology and psychology are seeing better implementations in different courses than their traditional courses that colleges and high schools have forced down their throats for decades.
Click to expand...
I'm a big fan of books that discusses the production of a film in its historical context. The aforementioned High Noon. Breakfast at Tiffany's, Network, Double Indemnity, Casablanca--it's fascinating.
 
Huckleberry said:
Do you have any recommendations?
Click to expand...
Glenn Frankel, High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic

Sam Wasson, Fifth Avenue, 5am: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and the Dawn of the Modern Woman

Alain Silver and James Ursini, From the Moment They Met It Was Murder: Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir
 
  • Like
Reactions: Huckleberry
Who knew Republican laws would affect sports

So for those who aren’t informed of the drama with high school sports in Alabama. There has been a lot of issues with rich public schools in Mobile making up fake residencies for athletes to legally transfer into. They are effectively recruiting to get around the “bonafide” move rule that forces a player to sit out a year if they transfer pub to pub. Well the governing body of public sports (AHSAA) issued a stricter enrollment enforcement that forced compliance to every school in the state. This put a lot of kids in systems they never had been in before and forced schools over capacity that don’t have the units to man the new population because kids were going to other schools while living in their district.

Well Barner Kay and the Republicans had passed their School Choice bill and found out that athletes are still ineligible to play without having a bonafide move. So now they are sueing the AHSAA for addressing recruiting in public high school sports.
 
CrimsonJazz said:
These questions literally made me laugh out loud. Imagine a grown human being unable to answer these questions without having to look them up. Any person unable to answer these should not only be ineligible to teach children, they should be ineligible to vote.
Click to expand...

Unless you teach history or civics does a teacher really need to know this?
 
Crimson1967 said:
Unless you teach history or civics does a teacher really need to know this?
Click to expand...
All people need to know this. Furthermore, children can normalize damn near anything with enough exposure. Being around grown, supposedly functional human beings and being subjected to this level of ignorance does not benefit a child.

EDIT: For some reason, the last few words of my post got cut off.
 
Last edited:
CrimsonJazz said:
All people need to know this. Furthermore, children can normalize damn near anything with enough exposure. Being around grown, supposedly functional human beings and being subjected to this level of ignorance
Click to expand...

I agree it is good to know but not directly relevant for a chemistry teacher.
 
www.news9.com

PragerU reveals full list of questions from Oklahoma's new 'America First' teacher test

Oklahoma will now require teachers from California and New York to pass a newly unveiled 34-question “America First” certification test developed with PragerU.
www.news9.com

Evidently there are only 34 multiple-choice questions on the test:

The test combines traditional civics questions with additional questions regarding gender and identity:

Cultural and identity-related content:

  1. Why is freedom of religion important to America's identity? (It protects religious choice from government control)
  2. "What is the fundamental biological distinction between males and females?" (Chromosomes and reproductive anatomy)
  3. "Which chromosome pair determines biological sex in humans?” (XX/XY)
  4. "How is a child's biological sex typically identified?" (Visual anatomical observation and chromosomes)
  5. “Why is the distinction between male and female considered important in areas like sports and privacy?” (To preserve fairness, safety, and integrity for both sexes)
  6. “What did the Supreme Court rule in the 2025 case Mahmoud v. Taylor?” (Public schools cannot require participation in LGBTQ-themed instruction without parental opt-out)
  7. "What cause is Martin Luther King Jr. best known for?" (Advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion)
  8. "What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?" (Ended slavery in the rebelling Confederate states)
  9. "What right does the Second Amendment protect?" (The right to keep and bear arms)
  10. "Which of the following are explicitly listed in the Bill of Rights?" (Freedom of speech and religion)
  11. "According to the Supreme Court cases Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) and Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925), who has the ultimate right to direct a child's education? (The parents)
Civics and history basics:

  1. “What are the first three words of the Constitution?” (We the People)
  2. “How many U.S. Senators are there?” (100)
  3. "Who were the first three U.S. presidents?" (George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson)
  4. “When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?” (July 4, 1776)
  5. “Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?” (Thomas Jefferson)
  6. "Who was President during the Great Depression and WWII?" (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  7. "How did the Cold War end?" (The Soviet Union collapsed)
  8. "What was Abraham Lincoln's primary reason for waging the Civil War?" (To preserve the Union)
  9. "In the United States, which of the following is a responsibility reserved only for citizens?" (Serve on a jury)"
  10. "What was the primary reason the colonists fought the British?" (To resist taxation without representation)
Government structure:

  1. “What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?” (The Senate and the House of Representatives)
  2. “Who signs bills into law?” (The president)
  3. “What is the highest court in the United States?” (The Supreme Court)
  4. "What is the primary responsibility of the president's Cabinet?" (Advise the president)
  5. "Why do some states have more Representatives than others?" (Representation is allocated by population)"
  6. “What is the supreme law of the United States?” (Answer: The Constitution)
Patriotic symbolism:

  1. "Who is called the "Father of our Country"? (George Washington)
  2. “What is the name of the national anthem?” (The Star-Spangled Banner)
  3. “Why are there thirteen stripes on the American flag?” (To symbolize the original colonies)
  4. “Which national holiday honors those who died while serving in the U.S. military?” (Memorial Day)
  5. "Which of the following is a phrase from the Pledge of Allegiance?" (One Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all)
Foundational ideals:

  1. “Why is freedom of religion important to America’s identity?” (It protects religious choice from government control)
  2. “From whom does the United States government derive its power?” (The people)
 
  • Like
  • Thank You
Reactions: crimsonaudio, JDCrimson and CrimsonJazz
You must log in or register to reply here.

New Posts

Advertisement

Trending content

Advertisement

Latest threads

Top Bottom
Back