education, critical race theory, sociology, poetry, art, hip-hop, jazz, electronica, reggae, cooking, jazz and african dance, books, activism, Detroit, Brooklyn, Kenya, politics, travel, hockey, hoops, baseball, anime, zines, publishing, business, wellness, fashion, school, student advocacy, anti-racism, reparations, healing, Buddhism, spirituality, consciousness, higher thinking, young adult novels, hip-hop in English classes
Music
Let's start off with this: 2Pac, Arrested Development, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Bahamadia, The Coup, Dead Prez, Invincible, the Athletic Mic League, Binary Star, Eric B and Rakim, Biz Markie, Queen Latifah, Biggie, J Dilla, Jurassic 5, Living Legends, Mystic, Hezekiah, Dave Ghetto, Res, the Fugees, Wutang, Lupe, John Legend, Kanye, Nas, Mary J, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, Outkast, Luda, M.I.A., Twista, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, krts, Anam Owili-Eger, Guilty Simpson, Aventura, Goapele, old motown and new independent joints. Turn off the radio!!
Movies
Slam!, Bamboozled, The Color Purple, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Poetic Justice, School Daze (really, all Spike Lee joints), Stand and Deliver, Juno, Brazil, Akira, Cowboy Bebop
Television
I don't really watch much TV, no time! But when I do, it's CSI, my brother's hockey games (when they're televised), sports (die-hard Pistons fan!), or old 70's shows like "Sanford and Son" or "Good Times". I'm old, but you already knew that.
Books
Soooo many to list, here's a few that ya'll might be interested in reading: "Homeboyz" by Alan Sitomer, "The General and His Labrynth" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, "crash boom love" by Juan Felipe Herrera, "House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros, "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, "Hip Hop Street Curriculum" by Jawanza Kunjufu, "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos, "Monster: The autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member" by Sanyika Shakur, "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson, "Scorpions" by Walter Dean Myers, "A People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn, more to come!
Heroes
Daisaku Ikeda (my buddhist mentor), mama and Digs, my little brother, Susan Murphy, Sekou Sundiata (my poetry mentor, RIP), Mervyn Taylor (my other poetry mentor), Saul Williams, Frida Kahlo
miss lauren 's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Friends
Hometown:
Detroit/Ann Arbor, MI.
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Buddhist
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Children:
Someday
Education:
Grad / professional school
Occupation:
English teacher extraordinaire
miss lauren 's Schools
University Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Education - English
Minor: Education - Sociology
2007 to Present
miss lauren 's Companies
Banana Kelly High School Bronx, NY US English Teacher
2008 - present
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About me: live and direct -- an U.S. Muziq invasion of BK's prom! check it out!
this is my homie, invincible and her new video, for "sledgehammer". support independent artists who are making us all think and re-shape ourselves.
Whatupdoe? This is Lauren's page to connect with her students in Detroit and the BX. I am an ELA teacher who teaches 9th grade English at Banana Kelly High School. I'm trying to get you (my students) to think for yourselves, to ask questions, to learn to express yourselves and get to know your own voice. Speak up!! (No one else will speak for you) Life is a novel and you choose the ending, what's your plot arc? What's your passion? What makes you get up in the morning? Let's figure it out.
I am back in the city after a year living and studying in the D. I miss the southwest D like crazy. I take lots of photos, mostly of graf and abandoned industrial wasteland, and I have also published my own zines for 10 years. Travel is the best experience that I've ever had, I've been as far as Eastern Africa; I aspire to go to as many places in the world as I can, in order to experience all kinds of different cultures and practices. Truly blessed with family (I have no friends, only family), I enjoy music and dancing and people who have something interesting to say.
Who I'd like to meet: My students from Detroit and the Bronx! This site is for you, to get in touch with me about assignments, your writing, and ask questions that are class related. I also want to meet other educators; it's necessary to strategize and find networks of support to keep our practice effective and aimed at what's really important -- these fabulous students of ours and their progress in life!
"you can vote however you like" by the Ron Clark Academy, Atlanta
Hey, Lauren! ^_^ Ummm... you know that poem that we're supposed to comment or whatever? What is it called? I forgot the name of it, but I thought that if maybe I looked at the names of all the poems written by [BKTwo] I would know it when I see it. However, I still don't know which one it is. So, yeah, what's the poem called and what's the assignment, exactly...? =/ Anyway, thnx in advance! =]
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