AfriGeneas Sunday Morning Brunch Chat Log - 14 January 2007
11:30 AM AfriGeneas Meeting Center
vkn -> : Mawnin'
rcs -> : good morning
vkn -> : Sent you two pieces of mail Not in sequence so I will send #1 last lol did you get?
rcs -> : I got them
vkn -> : Oh ok
rcs -> : who is lisa HICKS?
vkn -> : A member who came in looking for help BUT with no documented facts
rcs -> : ok too many o fthose
vkn -> : I suggested she send me her research and she did.
rcs -> : ok
vkn -> : well mz Vicky we be missing you
vicky -> : morning how u 2 b
vkn -> : b ok in Marietta just a bit sleepy rcs I am attempting to develop a set of standaed for helping
rcs -> : ok needs to include places
vkn -> : yes its not easy People start in 1880 to search
rcs -> : glanced at the pdf attachment----dismissed it since were no pplaces to begin to check it out further
rcs -> : yep and worry about slavery when they can't tell you about 1900
vkn -> : well that was a big hole. Idea is to help develop a search plan
vicky -> : mel was right on target with ms cindi I see:{
rcs -> : Cindi was a bit over-reactivve a tad too sensitive Thinks too much close family involvment
vicky -> : seek first to understand then to be understood if she had read the posts and saw what they posted do you think the response would have been different?
rcs -> : who knows
vicky -> : me kinda think not
rcs -> : her own skeletons in the closet were getting rattled and she lashed out
vicky -> : yep
rcs -> : posts before were innocuous so must have hit a personal nerve to get her response
vicky -> : now Lisa on the slavery forum has skeletons in her closet but I think she is genuine and has posted valuable info
rcs -> : I'd like to see more data and less "sincerity"
vicky -> : I would love to see more data also. It sure is a blessing
vkn -> : lol @ rcs
rcs -> : She sounds as if she has just discovered black folks & history at least she may be willing to share what info she has
vkn -> : well we benefit from her discovery Vicky I notice that the spammers are getting past the filters bur thanc goodness for most recent message thingy they are detectablr eight away
vicky -> : right vkn
rcs -> : of course most people have never discovered history
vicky -> : all of J's posts are held up lol in moderation
vkn -> : true
vicky -> : right rcs only one or two have gone thru. since I started this search, I have learned so much history. Did not realize it was so interesting when I was younger
vkn -> : it is the best having a sleep attack will talk later
vicky -> : then the books had a small piece on GW Carver and BT Washington and thats it
rcs -> : had to seek ooout other books and common sense
vicky -> : learned about Daniel Boone though lol
rcs -> : and he brought his slaves,,,so all the excitement he done they done
vicky -> : never said nothing in those books that he had slaves. learned all this stuff much much later my books said nada about Crispus Attus( spelling) but now granddaughters books have it
rcs -> : They still focus on a few individuals....but then there is very little white history in the history books either just the Walt Disney version of the settling of America
vicky -> : thats why when I went to Dallas to the library I spent the whole day reading the books on Tx. State specific stuff in all libraries. Very few Tx books in the Historical library here. I need to win the lottery so I can travel when I please just to visit these areas lol
rcs -> : History is so much more complex than can be easily presented to 8th graders
vicky -> : I agree
rcs -> : and most people don't study much history beyond that snatches of sterotypes from TV & movies
vicky -> : yes
rcs -> : even ROOTS capturing Kunte Kinte while cutting a tree for a drum or exploring the political war level of capturing slaves in numbers sufficient to feed the slave trade
vicky -> : I hear ya. One at a time did not get it huh
rcs -> : has always happened all over the world that way but that gives a trickle not a flood
vicky -> : Have you always lived in Mo?
rcs -> : Illinois, Taiwan, Minnesota
vicky -> : Taiwan huh! My cousin lives there now and has been for the last 6 yrs
rcs -> : I was there 1976-1979
vicky -> : she just sighed another contract to teach there for another 5 years
rcs -> : ok where does she teach
vicky -> : American School of Taipaii
rcs -> : that could be very nice like me when I applied tehre they did not I was alreaady incountry so was offered 1/2 salary of people they were bringing in
vicky -> : oh wow! thats not nice I applied there as an Enl\glish teacher for all the internationals I was teaching at a Chinese Ubiversity at the time
vicky -> : She loves living there and from what she says the money is great
rcs -> : the money IS probably great when compared to the local living especially
vicky -> : have you ever thought about reapplying lately? Or are you retired
rcs -> : not seriously.....but may retire out of country in 10 years and consider it then
vicky -> : k
rcs -> : haven't taght ESL for 10 years Still work with kids three evenings a week but mostly fractions and algebra and grammar
vicky -> : thats wonderful rcs
rcs -> : and regular school stufff keeps the head fresh only one 8th grade kid now,,,the rest older need to get some little people back in my schedule
vicky -> : my granddaughters school has a tutoring program after school from t-t but half the time the teachers dont show:{ They always call meetings for the teachers and the kids get left out
rcs -> : I work at a private (pay for it) tutoring place one - to - one tutoring
vicky -> : well kiddo I have to run now. I will chat with you later. have a great rest of the day
rcs -> : bye
vicky -> : I always enjoy you bye
rcs -> : I'm going to SAM's
vicky -> : lol cs -> : excitement?!?!
vicky -> : hahahaha bye
rcs -> : bye