What Communicates Better?

I have a Growing Through Africa Friends (group) on Facebook.  I started it so I could get people to comment on ideas I bring up on this blog.  Is it working?  It's hard to say.  I DO get a few comments and indications that people are reading them.  But does that mean they are reading THIS?  Am I deluding myself that anyone has time or cares to read anything I have to pontificate about?

WELLLLL,  a few of you seem to be reading this since I get a "number count" from week to week.  So, I guess when it goes to 0 I'll stop. ha!  But maybe I do this JUST FOR ME/ therapy, you know?

TOMORROW is the LAST DAY I get to be with "MY STUDENTS" at JSU.  I've truly come to love these kids.  Boy, I can't tell you how much I will miss them, but then, that's how it goes.  ONE SEMESTER WITH ONE GROUP of YOUNG PEOPLE who need instruction in a course called Speech Arts.  They finish Persuasive Speeches tomorrow and "some" will take an optional vocabulary test, which I MUST admit have stretched their teacher as well.

I gave my students 6 options of topics to research in their attempt to persuade.  Several chose the option of KONY 2012.  April 20 is supposed to be the night that volunteers put up Joseph Kony posters all over America to try to inform people who he is.  BUT Video Part 1 and 2 have probably done as much as any pictures of Kony could do.  Invisible Children have really HELPED!  And my friend James Oonyu from Uganda agrees with me!!!!!

In fact, James took time to write several of my students back who asked him specific questions about what he thought of this effort AND Invisible Children in particular.  On the FACEBOOK group, I copied and posted a lot of what he said.

Later I'll give ya'll an update on the speeches I hear tomorrow.  I have HIGH hopes that they've learned a lot.  Now, whether or not they can communicate what they've learned.  well?????


We'll see how good a teacher they've had!