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John Livingston

The Old School Board

St. Augustine High School is a Catholic, private all boys school run by the Josephite Priests and Brothers in New Orleans Louisiana. It began operations in 1951 and includes grades 8 through 12. From its inception the school was designed to educate young men from Black Catholic families in New Orleans. It is one of […]

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A Wise and Educated Man

DON’T TAKE EDUCATED PEOPLE TOO SERIOUSLY There is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. I listened on the radio to the Idaho PBS broadcast of the testimony of a President of an Idaho University before the Idaho legislature (JFAC) committee. The testimony started out with a flattering discussion that 91% of the legislators had attended […]

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Time to just take a shower?

Who are we more likely to follow, the smartest person in the room, the cleverest presenter, or the most attractive person? What makes people believe what someone else says? Is it a credential after their name or an association with an ideology or who they are associated with or represent? If a political, cultural, or […]

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The Deceit Behind STEM

For several years there has been much emphasis for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education foisted upon our youth. The question arose, why so much emphasis in these educational areas, especially at the expense of other important, and needed, educational subjects? Although any industry could be used as an example for why a […]

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