Naka on Wood

Independent African Centered Education.

Great idea, long time coming but how feasible is it?

I know of a couple of places around Atlanta that seem to have that vibe, The Shrine of the Black Madonna in the West End, a lil elementary school (@ least I think it is) off Campbelton but can this really spread on a larger scale? Maybe it’s not meant to. Maybe not yet.

Maybe we’ll just keep having these little enclaves of schools that cater specifically to our culture in tiny niches until one day people see learning our true great history as not only legitimate but as a vital pursuit.

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Missed Opportunities,

simplybasic:

There are a million quotes and saying about opportunity and risk. In order to gain something, you have to take a chance. Otherwise, you’ll never get anywhere. Every person you meet is a potential something—friend, lover, confidant, partner in crime, or that long-lost sister or brother that fate forgot to give you. It’s rather daunting to think about it; there’s potential in every chance meeting, in every casual acquaintance, in every little accident that life throws your way. The trouble is, if you’re not paying attention, you might miss what might’ve been. You might miss a connection, an opportunity, a possible something.

People always says you can’t lose what you never had, but I think I’m inclined to disagree. If any opportunity isn’t seized, it is still lost. You’ve lost that potential, that maybe, that experience that might’ve been. So, yes, it’s not exactly like losing your keys. Instead, it’s like losing the phone number of someone you like, but never had the chance to call. It was there, in your grasp—that maybe—and now, it’s not.

Can we ever get back to that place? That place where something is possible? It depends, really, on the situation, the players, and a myriad of circumstance. Things change, people change, lives change. So, you might get a second chance (or a third, or a fourth), but it’s the first chance. It’s a new one; it’s different.

It could also mean we’re missing out on potential stalkers but the way you look at it sounds alot better than me.