I’m feeling a fresh, new angle forming here at Affrodite’s Adventures. The subject of education, particularly as it pertains to the African American community. Yesterday’s post about the fellowship funds available for a Master of Arts in Management from Wake Forest University was well received. Education is something I’m also passionate about as someone who is naturally curious.
During a recent visit with one of my college friends that now lives in LA, he made the statement “you pay for what you don’t know.” I know that’s not a new concept, but it really resonated with me because it perfectly sums up the value of education.
It’s never too late to start or restart an education. There are so many resources out there. I hope to continue to share them with you as I learn of them.
In the meantime, check out the blog:
PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR COLLEGE
In our communication, the blog author shared that:
The blog has over 200 posting in scholarships, internships, fellowships, and summer programs. The blog is a college preparation infrastructure and provides information to high school students, parents, undergraduate and graduate students.
I took the following excerpt from the blog header on the actual site:
To prepare students and their parents for college success in areas of academic readiness, community service, internships, summer programs, etc. The blog is to be used as a preparation infrastructure on various areas of college topics. The audience is high school students, parents, under-graduates and graduates students.
The first couple of posts have a error with the date, but I found the content to be pretty useful at first glance.
Take a look and come back here to let me know if you found it helpful.
If you leave a comment there, make sure to say that Affrodite sent you. 
Got a great education success story or resource to share? Shoot me an email using my CONTACT page.
Since this name of this post was inspired by my college friend, Jeff, I wanted to also take a moment to share some information about his pursuits as a successful entrepreneur.
Do you live in the Los Angeles region? Need some help finding the right pieces of artwork for your home or office decor?
Finding the right pieces of artwork for your home can be very frustrating if it’s not your forte or if you don’t have the time. My buddy Jeff has a natural knack for this and runs an art consulting business. He will come to your home, help you select artwork along with the appropriate layout, order it, and deliver it to your doorstep. I would use his services myself if I lived in Los Angeles.
If you’re interested in Jeff’s art consulting services then let me know through my CONTACT page.
In his spare time (I say that and chuckle…Us self employed folks know what that really means), he is also a realtor. You may use the same CONTACT page to let me know if you would like to be connected with Jeff for his home real estate services.
Got this in an email and thought I’d post it… (source: unknown)
If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48,
America needs darn near 2 years and 3 major speeches to “get to know
you.” If you’re white and from a state not connected to the lower 48,
America needs 36 minutes and 38 seconds worth of an acceptance speech to
know you’re “one of us.”
If you get 18 million people to vote for you in a national presidential
primary, you’re a “phoney.” Get 100,000+ people to vote you governor of
the 47th most populous state in the Union, you’re “well loved.”
If your pastor rails against inequality in the United States of America,
you’re an “extremist.” If your pastor welcomes a sermon by a member of
Jews for Jesus who preaches that the killing of Jews by terrorists is a
lesson to Jews that they must convert to Christianity, you’re a
“fundamentalist.”
If you give your wife dap on stage, it’s actually a “terrorist fist
jab.” If your daughter licks her palm so that she can slick down your
youngest child’s hair on national TV it’s an “adorable moment.”
(Seriously, forget about abstinence only, teach these folks some
grooming skills).
If you’re 18, white, and get a 16 year old girl pregnant “life happens.”
If you’re 18, black, and impregnate a 16 year old girl, you’re a
“registered sex offender.”
If you’re a black man and you use a scholarship to get into college,
then work your way up to being the president of the Harvard Law Review,
you’re “uppity.” If you’re a conservative and your parents pay your way
to Hawaii Pacific University . . . you only have four more schools to
attend over the next five years before you somehow manage to graduate
(it might be five more schools over the next five years. No one has yet
verified whether or not Palin was actually ever registered at the
University of Hawaii at Hilo. But, you know how shady people are who
ever attended any kind of
school in Hawaii).
If you spend 18 months building a campaign around the theme of “Change,”
it’s just “empty rhetoric.” If one week before your party’s national
convention you SUDDENLY make your candidacy about “Change,” that’s “red
meat.”
If you’re a minority and you’re selected for a job over more qualified
candidates you’re a “token hire.”
If you’re a conservative and you’re selected for a job over more
qualified candidates you’re a “game changer.”
If you live in an Urban area and you get a girl pregnant you’re a “baby
daddy.”
If you’re the same in Alaska you’re a “teen father.” (Actually,
according to your own MySpace page you’re an F’n redneck that don’t want
any kids, but that’s too long a phrase for the evil liberal media to
take out of context and flog morning noon and night).
Black teen pregnancies? A “crisis” in black America.
White teen pregnancies? A “blessed event.”
If you grow up in Hawaii you’re “exotic.”
Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you’re the quintessential
“American story.”
Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you’re “unpatriotic.”
Name your kid Track, you’re “colorful.”
If you’re a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fulling vetting the
individual you’re “reckless.” A Republican who doesn’t fully vet is a “maverick.”
If you say that for the “first time in my adult lifetime I’m really
proud of my country” it makes you “unfit” to be First Lady.
If you are a registered member of a fringe political group that
advocates secession that makes you “First Dude.”
A DUI from twenty years ago is “old news.” A speech given without
proper citation from twenty years ago is “relevant information.”
And, finally, if you’re a man and you decide to run for office despite
your wife’s reoccurrence of cancer you’re a “questionable spouse.”
If you’re a woman and you decide to run for office despite having five
kids including a newborn with Downs Syndrome. Well, we don’t know what
that is ’cause THAT’S NOT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK!
Someone hit the nail on the head with this one! …if that’s fair to
say…
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