New Morehouse College Policy Bans Sagging

[NinjaPoodle]

*HI! Sorors BlueReign & SeriousSigma22!*

AKA_Monet, I think you hit the nail on the head.

One other thing. If it were possible, I think some schools should go back to In loco parentis.

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

AKA_Monet, I think you hit the nail on the head.

One other thing. If it were possible, I think some schools should go back to In loco parentis.

Thank you for your kind response, not trying to crash your thread.

What you are saying is from Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery"--for Tuskegee University.

I think many people who poo-poo-ed HBCU's in the 1980's & 1990's are finding that an HBCU-education is a unique learning complex that actually works for African Americans for really >100 years. That says something.

[33girl]

AKA_Monet, thanks for bringing up some points that no one else did. I don't think I realized Morehouse was that close to/in Atlanta proper. (Or more likely, I underestimated how doggone big Atlanta is.)

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by 33girl

AKA_Monet, thanks for bringing up some points that no one else did. I don't think I realized Morehouse was that close to/in Atlanta proper. (Or more likely, I underestimated how doggone big Atlanta is.)

The Atlanta University Center, that typically includes Spelman/Morehouse are located in the West End Center, off the I-20, nearby I-75. 2-3 Marta stops from Peachtree (how do I know )

I have heard that area has progressively gone downhill due to drugs & violence. While I was there, there were some students involved in serious drug trade, but the guns were not there until I was a senior. I graduated out in time.

Several social determinants are unfulfilled there.

Just like Ninjapoodle said, folks are sending their kids and copious amounts of money so that the schools will watched over these students, they would and EARN a degree the SpelHouse way. The Spelhouse Way includes appropriate dress AND appropriate behavior--i.e. etiquette--a Southern style of etiquette (religious mixed with ethnic cultural customs, rituals and behaviors).

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

Thank you for your kind response, not trying to crash your thread.

What you are saying is from Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery"--for Tuskegee University.

I'm going to pick this up and read it. Thanks!

I think many people who poo-poo-ed HBCU's in the 1980's & 1990's are finding that an HBCU-education is a unique learning complex that actually works for African Americans for really >100 years. That says something.

It speaks volumes.