February 20, 2013 46 posts
Greg McVerry
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RT @karenmcgrane: Celebrating the tireless men and women who shorten headlines so they'll fit on your phone. http://guardiantruncationteam.tumblr.com/ #aeaatl
Greg McVerry
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RT @readywriting: Remember, tonight's #FYCchat is about community and collaboration in the #writing classroom. Join us 9pm EST. #engchat ...
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@jilloxford1500 @greg_miller33 Dont afraid tuse below grade level books. Start w fables, move onto novels with less concrete theme #engchat
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@amilcook True all matter. It comes down to where a child finds food and shelter, be that family or streets, that will be biggest #HipHopEd
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@amilcook People have been complaining about music corrupting children long before hip-hop #SignUrGettingOld #HipHopEd
Greg McVerry
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RT @MissShuganah: RT @SkighEVERYTHING: Are you a Chicago poet? Tweet your #HaikudosToChi to support @YoungChiAuthors & the movement! ...
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Any form of language, no matter how or when it is spoken is a social commentary. This is magnified by historical and critical lens #HipHopEd
Greg McVerry
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Wonder if social commentary role of hip hop declined when there was no longer need for Yo MTV Raps. Mainstream effect on message #HipHopEd
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@emilybailin @chrisemdin But we have a larger GearUp grant now. Pushing to make #HipHopEd central to the experience. Get kids into College
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@emilybailin Work in tchr prep preparing suburban youth for urban schools. 2 histories, 7 miles away, 7,000 miles apart #HipHopEd
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@JonBalcerak @daclevernerd I agree I think we are looking at social commentary through a historical lens. #BackinMyDay #HipHopEd
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@tdj6899 @emilybailin @chrisemdin Not always a fear, but simple ignorance caused by divided social classes. #HipHopEd
Greg McVerry
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RT @DrTimony: @chrisemdin True. Need to think of people more as vehicle for what culture has to say. #hiphoped
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RT @anterobot: Thinking of dbl consciousness & Kanye's nods to Malcolm X: "buy any jeans necessary" vs "no one man should have all t ...
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RT @tdj6899: Eric B. & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge): http://youtu.be/OPkWYTUiPTo #HipHopEd Is it (-) if it includes the consequences?
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@JonBalcerak @chrisemdin Can the implicit social commentary be available in situ? Does it take time or evolve with time? #HipHopEd
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@ShareefJackson @2kind_by_Design I think creation of persona and identity is not unique to any one artform. Either is marketing. #HipHopEd
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@2kind_by_Design @ShareefJackson Can it be split in two eras by celebrated vices, a time when 40's were tipped versus Cristal was sipped?
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Lucky enough to judge our Spoken Word Club Fearless Lovers of Word Open Mic Contest. Every student told tale of Agency and Justice #HipHopEd
Greg McVerry
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@u_experience Iagree. Case in point I thought at first NPR reflection on the Chronic 20th anniversary went to deep. I was wrong #HipHopEd
Greg McVerry