If you are going to check out a book or do some research at the brooklyn public library you’ll notice that the building is undergoing some major changes. There has been an expansion at the brooklyn public library located on grand army plaza. Continue Reading
College is a time for growth mentally as well as socially. It is very important that College is an option for young people after high school, as many fall by the wayside. The reality is that we do not know all of the answers, and that we are not those perfect people that our parents may see. Our generation, generation X is overstimulated, over-indulgent, overeating, and just over-the-top. Many kids are not graduating school on time, which made President Bush institute the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002. The Act puts pressure on individual schools for overall academic achievement, and makes sure that there are well-educated teachers in the classroom as well as updated textbooks among other things. Continue Reading
On November 3rd, CBS news anchor and correspondent Russ Mitchell was invited to speak to the young teenagers of the New York Association of Black Journalists. Anchor of both the Sunday edition of the CBS Evening News and The Early Show, Russ Mitchell grew up in St. Louis, Missouri to a loving and supportive family. Interested in politics and writing, he decided to pursue Continue Reading