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Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Florence Price Violin Concerto No. 2 (A Lost Voice, Found At Last)

The following is a sampling of work by Florence Price, a brilliant African-American classical composer who would have been completely lost to history if not for an accidental find of some of her compositions in a rundown home she once owned. Read her fascinating story in STEADY by Dan Rather and then enjoy one of her compositions.

https://steady.substack.com/p/a-rediscovered-american-voice?utm_source=substack&publication_id=247881&post_id=132695889&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false

https://youtu.be/jMRTUl-rNkc

Words of Wisdom From Bill Gates

Excerpts from Inc.

Bill Gates Says the Path to Lifelong Success and Happiness Comes Down to 4 Simple Choices

Four memorable lessons about achieving success from Bill Gates.

Bill Gates on embracing your uniqueness

Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world ... if you do so, you are insulting yourself.

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On failure and learning from mistakes

Gates once said:

It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

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On taking personal responsibility for your life

Gates said:

If you are born poor, it's not your mistake. But if you die poor, it's your mistake.

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On avoiding the trap of complacency

Gates said:

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/bill-gates-says-path-to-lifelong-success-happiness-comes-down-to-4-simple-choices.html

8 simple Japanese habits that will make your life so much better!!

https://youtu.be/04wZNnjdURE

Monday, July 3, 2023

Hilarious moment stubborn boy tries to fight anesthesia before finally f...

https://youtu.be/cGuT-DP9gTI

Saturday, July 1, 2023

Tamia Potter: Black Woman Neurosurgeon

From TeenVogue -

Tamia Potter Is One of the Only Black Women Neurosurgeons in the U.S.

Only 0.6% of neurosurgeons in the country are Black women.

BY ADAIRA LANDRY

Tamia in the operating room STEPHONX PHOTOGRAPHY

Tamia Potter will soon become the first Black woman neurosurgery resident at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, an institution founded nearly 150 years ago. This achievement is even more remarkable given that, as of 2019, only 0.6% of neurosurgeons in the United States were Black women. Potter is on the brink of breaking a barrier, yet her origin story provides insight into just how much distance a Black woman must travel to succeed.

Potter was born and raised in Crawfordville, Florida, a small town where front doors are rarely locked and neighbors feel like family. And as a child — when she wasn’t outside mud bogging on an ATV or eating fresh food from her grandparent’s farm — she studied the human body. Inspired by her mother, a nurse, Potter developed an early, insatiable curiosity for anatomy and science. During high school, Potter became a nursing assistant and cared for patients in nursing homes suffering from dementia. While in college she was able to observe neurosurgery in the operating room, a moment that truly inspired her path. Potter would go on to complete medical school at Case Western Reserve University with plans to become a neurosurgeon herself.

Teen Vogue explored her journey — full of sacrifice, insecurity, and mentorship — into one of the most competitive and time intensive specialties in medicine.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/tamia-potter-black-women-neurosurgeon

Hello Again!

Hello Folks,

It's been so long since I've posted; I forgot my address, login, and everything!

So much has happened.

I retired as a K-8 principal after 24 years in education. Returning after COVID was exhausting.

I moved from Sacramento to Houston. The cost of living is so much cheaper in Texas.

I purchased a home sight unseen that I absolutely love and have had so much fun making into a home.

I discovered I needed back surgery. Had it. Thank God it was successful, and I'm recovering from that nicely.

I've missed you.

But I've had mixed emotions being in my office. This is where I lived when I worked remotely and I hated it. If I never have to Zoom again, I'm OK with that.

I know it's silly, but I still avoid this room.

Anyway, I'm back.

If anyone is interested in continuing to FollowFaye, I'll be posting more than once a year from now on. Promise.

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Trevor Noah: The 60 Minutes Interview

https://youtu.be/8_gyL3o6dIs

White Guy Orders in Chinese at Drive Thru, But When He Pulls Up…

https://youtu.be/g6z4R64RMqo

A Ballin' Doctor!

An excerpt from Black Enterprise -

COLLEGE BASKETBALL STAR BECOMES FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO EARN DOCTORATE IN BIOCHEMISTRY AT FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

By Jeroslyn Johnson

FIU

Chantrall Frazier made her way through college as a star player on the women’s basketball team. But she’s leaving the school having made history in another area.

As part of Florida International University’s 2022 graduating class, Frazier became the first Black woman at the university to earn her Ph.D. in biochemistry. Frazier brought her passion for biochemistry to the school after obtaining her bachelor’s degree at the HBCU–Savannah State University.

Through her groundbreaking research, Frazier received departmental funding and funding from the Dubai Police. The Florida Education McKnight Fellow and Florida AGEP Pathways Alliance (FL-AGEP) scholar’s work helped to pave a lane for collaborations with the FIU research community. She also created optimized protocols for examining human odor profiles to understand the odors that attract mosquitos.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/college-basketball-star-becomes-first-black-woman-to-earn-doctorate-in-biochemistry-at-florida-university/