EDUPEACE | The message of Mandela, seven years after
Seven years ago, precisely on Thursday, December 5, 2013, the world was jolted by the news of a colossus who...
Education
MacKenzie Scott donates $60 million to 2 CUNY schools
Mackenzie Scott has donated $60 million to two CUNY schools as part of her $4.1 billion philanthropic mission. Lehman College...
HOW TECHNOLOGY MURDERED THE SPELLING SKILLS
One of the inherent problems of the invention of the electronic media is the adverse effect on the spelling skills....
Nigeria: Landmark College rewards best BECE candidate, waives 50% school fee
Landmark College, Ikorodu, Lagos, Nigeria, has rewarded one of the candidates who got the highest number of distinctions in this...
Letter to Biden-Harris Transition Team: From NY Community Education Council District 8
December 7, 2020 Dear President-Elect Biden, Vice-President-Elect Harris, and Future First Lady Biden, The District 8 Community Education Council in...
Nigeria: Digprom launches first exhibition to expose kids to coding
Digprom, a tech organization in Ilorin, Kwara State, has launched its first exhibition to kids between the ages of 6...
The Aftermath (Ch. 1) by Lyn Coffin
The Aftermath can be purchased at Adelaide Books for a 15 percent discount using the code AUTHORSGUEST. RIDING A STRANGE...
OtherWise, or, Inclusive Terminology by James B. Nicola
An erstwhile “colored person” explains whymore recent labels do not satisfy Please don’t call me Of Color, which is assonant...
Dr. Tom by Elina Petrova
Skype session was short. They brought two truckloads of villagers wounded in a tanker explosion. “More amputations tonight.” Tom takes...
THE POETIC IMPULSE: THE ETHOS OF CREATIVITY
By DR. JERNAIL S. ANAND Poetry pervades the universe like water which is visible and at the same time, invisible....
EDUPEACE | The paradox of our time
Though he was known to many as a stand-up comedian, George Carlin (1937 -2008) was also a philosopher whose words,...
HOW ABSOLUTE ARE THE ABSOLUTE ADJECTIVES
In the use of words today, some published materials in book forms or articles are believed to be perfect in...
EDUPEACE | Socrates’ interventions, today’s implications
Socrates was a Greek philosopher who changed the course of history as the father Western thought. A scholar, teacher and...
Ecrasez L’Infant Me! or, how childish is tyranny by Dustin Pickering
The season is cold and defiant. To take the edge off, I became obsessed with the political situation in my...
When wingless angel dies by Amb. Dr. Ljubomir Mihajlovski
Dedicated to Koffi Anan’s soul When someone dies, the body goes but the soul stays. Death only shows faces glowing...
EDUPEACE | Your time, your life
In our today’s world, time travels at a dizzying speed. The mantra on many lips is that “there is no...
Within the White House
By Mutiu Olawuyi In the sacred abode of Lord’s servants, things beyond human’s sights and pants steer the land of...
Norway releases $10 million to support education in South Sudan
The government of Norway has signed an agreement worth NOK 90 million (approximately USD 10 million), to support a safe...
EDUPEACE | Good talk trumps bad talk
In his congratulatory message to the United States President-Elect, Joe Biden, and Vice President-Elect, Kamala Harris, on November 7, 2020,...
Who is Successful by Caroline Laurent
Moments of God's calm, a little emptiness, a breeze The world was shaking like the tide You say the...
EDUPEACE | Like New Zealand, Unlike France
One of the major take-home points for me from “Teaching Peace in the 21st Century Workshop” organized by Kroc Institute...
Langtivism | What: As Determiner, Pronoun and for Who Questions
What is one of those many useful words in the English language which have several functions. Of course, it is...
Heaven is Calling by Rupsingh Bhandari
If you would like to witness Your deep sea Mediating above the clouds, Basking under the golden sun, Please, pilgrimage...
GRAMMAR WORLD | PRESCRIPTIVISM AND DESCRIPTIVISM BETWEEN LEARNERS AND TEACHERS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Langue and Parole that developed into Linguistic competence and performance as stated by the linguists Ferdinand De Saussure and Noam...
EDUPEACE | #EndSARS: The disaster of disinformation
The most populous African country with over 200 million people, Nigeria witnessed unusual moments of madness last week. The tragedy...
Two Dangerous Children by Wansoo Kim
One child who likes The game of missiles and nuclear tests And the other child who takes pride in The...
LANGTIVISM | WRITERS AND THE USE OF PARALLELISM
One important stylistic device in the craft of writing is parallelism. How a writer uses parallelism determines the effectiveness of...
GRAMMAR WORLD | FAULTY PARALLELISM: AN IMPEDIMENT FOR MOST USERS
My suspicion was right when I condemned the label of some word classes as CLOSED FREE MORPHEMES. The linguistic implication...
LANGTIVISM | PERENNIAL POSER OVER THE USE OF BETWEEN AND AMONG
By RAHAMAN ONIKE The prepositions among and between have always been subjects of controversy, for many grammarians believe that between...
HOW TAUTOGOUS IS TAUTOLOGY?
By Moshood Alabi Language becomes more interesting to use when one captures a message in few words. Writing or speaking...
Politics : Let’s go to drive out the rotten river water by Wansoo Kim
Those who look at the river Folding their hands behind their back, Even if they hurl abuses, Spit, And...
EDUPEACE | The Love of Power
That the world is in a terrible state is a statement that requires no proof; it is a stark reality....
LANGTIVISM | PASSIVIZATIONS AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IN USAGE
English sentences can begin with the subject or object. This is determined by the voice a sentence takes. Voice is...
GRAMMAR WORLD | SEXISM AND LINGUISTIC SENSITIVITY IN MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE USAGE
Language is a living being. It grows, it moves, it breathes, it reproduces and dies. These features are peculiar to...
Coronavirus by Ngozi Olivia Osuoha
Fear everywhere No one is safe, Hunger creeping around Danger looming up and down. Coronavirus doing more harm Destroying lands...
The Poetic Burden by Sushant Thapa
With a soothing flow; And an imaginative glow A poem comes in between words and is Always a delight to...
Politics: The Sound of Silence by Wansoo Kim
Whenever he opens his mouth, He raises his vocal cords as much as possible Saying he is smarter, He has...
Oregon to review metrics for reopening schools
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has said she and other state leaders in the following weeks will be reviewing the metrics...
4 Alaska schools in Seward area close due to Covid-19
New COVID-19 cases confirmed in a Seward school and two Mat-Su elementary schools, combined with recent surge in cases in...
My Home by Gita Viswanath
Secrets stashed away in the folds of the clothes Like pieces of jewellery to escape a thief’s eye Vows imprinted...
EDUPEACE | The Power of Love
It is a dangerous world we live in today; one of its most defining characteristics is conflict. Everywhere one turns...
On the Hathras rape and murder of a Dalit girl by Piku Chowdhury
Purity in genitals of a minority female frame Poverty-stricken, lower caste and needs no other name Violated, mutilated, but it's...
LANGTIVISM | BETWEEN BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH
English as a universal language has several varieties but here we are concerned with the two major national varieties –...
LITERARIOBICS: DR JERNAIL SINGH ANAND’S THE NEO-POETICS
DR JERNAIL SINGH ANAND, the author of 21st Century Critical Thought which has been described as a "critical discourse which...
Destruction of the Media Empire by Dustin Pickering
SATIRICAL LINES IN IMITATION OF Destruction of the Bastille BY COLERIDGE I. As we listen to the talking heads...
EDUPEACE | Listen to Learn
Think about it, there is arguably nothing in this life that is as important as learning because every other positive...
LANGTIVISM | MAKING SENSE OF CONFUSABLE WORDS
The English Language has a huge vocabulary, that means the users have a wide choice of words at your fingertips...
LITERARIOBICS | 21ST Century Critical Thought: An Uncommon Narrative Technique
BY Dr Jernail S Anand World Literature India, an international organization, dedicated to promotion of literary culture, is coming up...
American Hollywood actress Helene Cardona receives Motivational Strips, Gujarat Sahitya Academy award
American Hollywood actress poet, Helene Cardona, has been honoured with Prashamshith Pathr Certificate of Appreciation by the world’s most active...
GRAMMAR WORLD | ARTICLE THE: THE MEANING CHANGER
Most times when we write or speak,we do not often realise the semantic implication of using or not using the...
Politics: Sorry, Politics by Wansoo Kim
Whenever I thought of you, Anger welled up And I wanted to grab you by the collar And beat you...
GRAMMAR WORLD | LINGUISTIC MURDER – “WILL” HAS ELIMINATED “SHALL”
Do I say murder, assassination, elimination or slay? Users of the English Language in the Current Grammar have done one...
LANGTIVISM | FOUR LEXICAL RULES THAT GUIDE EFFECTIVE WRITING
Out of the abundant principles guiding the usage, there are four lexical rules that are germane to effective writing. Any...
EDUPEACE | Restoring order, shaping peace together
On Tuesday, September 21, 2020, the world marked the International Day of Peace, a day devoted by the United Nations...
Fire engulfs top Ugandan university campus
A fire has engulfed the campus of one of Africa's top universities in Kampala, Uganda. Makerere University in a Facebook...
LITERARIOBICS | The Plague — The Metaphor is Dead
The Plague: The Metaphor is Dead was written by Dr Jernail Singh Anand and reviewed by Dr Harish Narang. An...
Utah provides free COVID-19 test for teachers, school staff
The state of Utah is ready to launch a new program offering free testing to all teachers and any staff...
NYS DCP offers online safety tips to begin new school year
The New York State Division of Consumer Protection (DCP) has advised parents, guardians and caregivers to review their online settings...
Who said Corona? by Tali Cohen Shabtai
Don’t get upset because I loved Our gone babies . At the end of time and the universe my dream...
EDUPEACE | Learn to listen
In discussing the paradox of our time, the late American thinker and comedian, George Carlin (1937-2008), partly put the reality...
