Curtis+H

Curtis Harris


 * I am from Brevard N.C. and I currently teach high school English in Raliegh, N.C.
 * I am interested in spirituality and practices associated with that. and my hobbies include writing of many kinds, staying in shape, and basketball, which I played in college.
 * Not sure of all my goals yet. Ideally id love to start my own school. However, I would love to teach at the University level or overseas.Career goals
 * I would just like to share that I look forward to learning a lot through this process and working with people that have different ideas and strengths other than my own.

Phase I: "Who am I? Whats my place?" I do. I do. It helps me focus on what I can do to make the group better and not worry about other people's actions. Im an individual first. A lot of times people speak the same tired rhetoric, I hope to offer a fresh perspective. Not often do educators get to here the perspective from someone who lives in the world as and through the reality of a "Black Male" in America. Bussing students. There are huge issues surrounding what school children attend based off of financial demograohics and issues surrounding diversity. I would suggest strengthening all school so there is not such a disparity. If all schools are equally supplied and cared for then whats the issue? First, I believe we must be able to transcend them. One can not properly find solutions if they operate through bias or pre-concieved notions. When we are no longer personally effected by the world around us we can see the true problems, otherwise its personal.
 * What __really__ makes up your identity?
 * What __really__ makes up your sense of place?
 * What roles do your identity and sense of place play when you work with others in a group project?
 * What are the qualities that you bring to the GLIP conversation that will help you make a contribution to your global group?
 * What is one local problem (where you live) that you believe needs to be addressed? Suggest some steps could you take to try to solve it?
 * Finally, some problems have been around for a long time. What qualities do you think a person must have to step up and try to solve them?