Comments on: Oakland’s MLK Oratorical Fest: an old contest with a new challenge

By: union Supporter-But

union Supporter-But — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:09:02 +0000

Nextset: If you read the story of Greg Mortenson you would know that he built schools that required a growing percentage of the educated would be women and girls. The business model, while philanthropic at first blush, is designed to promote business, industry, advanced medical care and education of all citizens of the villages in which he has helped build schools.

In the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, these schools are untouched by Taliban and Mujahadeen, something our entire government, military fighting power and other types of diplomacy have been unable to do with over $50 billion or more. You can’t get much more business like that simple business models that save billions of dollars, educate the masses and outperform all of the competition.

By: Jessica Stewart

Jessica Stewart — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:00:19 +0000

Congrats to Francisca! She’s an amazingly intelligent young woman, and one I’m proud to call my former math student.

I hope every one of these kids gets a few high fives at school tomorrow from their teachers!

By: Nextset

Nextset — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:54:08 +0000

I’m waiting for student selections of people who have started or operated Companies, Industries or produced innovations in manufacturing or distribution of goods & services.

Once our schools taught about industry and commerce. It seems now we focus on social workers. That is not a good thing. This kind of focus gets us – more social workers (community activists??).

Meanwhile our foreign competition studies Ford and Edison, or maybe Gates & Jobs. I’d like our schools to cover Warren Buffet, more so than the I Have A Dream crowd. Because I want a lot more Warren Buffets from OUSD students.

The Bay Area (and CA) is replete with people who came here with nothing, married or single, and made their fortune. OUSD kids aren’t being schooled in those histories much less being introduced to the local titans of commerce. They should be.

Because Ken and Barbie are.

Brave New World.