Episodes

  • Dear Hannah: LEarning (A Tribute to Lemon Street's Lewis C. Scott (2-10-2022))
    Feb 6 2025

    (Marietta, GA) Lemon Street High School's Mr. Lewis Clyde Scott taught many students ... several of whom became teachers. He has transferred his wealth (his knowledge) in ways that have personally inspired me ... without my ever having met him. I have met many of his students. Their lives and stories have told me the kind of teacher and influence he is. On 2-10-2022, I presented some of them to the public ... and they will present Mr. Scott to you from their experiences.

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    35 mins
  • Dear Hannah: LEarning (TheSeeSayShow - Hugh Grogan)
    Feb 5 2025

    The "SeeSayShow" is a short "class monologue" that shares stories powered by "real-world" LEarning. I teach my classes in a building that used to be an annex to the former segregated high school for Cobb County Blacks. Today's episode shares a story about the first Black city councilman in our city (a graduate of the segregated high school), and how a lawsuit helped to facilitate his election. I am using a "quiz bowl" gameshow shtick to engage the students.

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    20 mins
  • Dear Hannah: Fight The Good Fight (Truth, Grace & The School Board Race)
    Feb 4 2025

    Dear Hannah - Truth without grace is mean. Grace without truth is meaningless. Purpose describes what we want & need to do. Ambition describes who & what we want to be. Purpose is more important than ambition. However, humans are imperfect, conflicting blends of purpose and ambition. Who & what we think we are - and who & what we want to be - sometimes hinders what we want & need to do. Our litany of global issues must be addressed locally and long-term with creativity, strategy, synergy, and power. Power is the ability to produce efficient work - through wise and skillful use of resources, interests, communication, and expertise. Ladies and gentlemen, the easiest way to see whether I am being led by purpose or ambition is to review my work. I have to check my outputs and inputs - my achievements and activities - and my processes. See, I cannot mistake activity for achievement ...

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    47 mins
  • Dear Hannah: LEarning (TheSeeSayShow - MLK 2.0 (Letter To Harry Belafonte))
    Feb 3 2025

    MLK's letter writing practice was strategic. It probably helped him remember who he was meeting, who they were, and what their encounters and meetings produced. These letters were probably his KnowledgeBase, and helped him to make moves.

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    12 mins
  • Dear Hannah: Mission Statement Part 1 Episode 8 (HAB) (4m43sec)
    Feb 2 2025

    Let me show you something ... We have a daughter. Her name is Hannah Adelle. She studies, therefore she thinks. She thinks, therefore she is. Her name means "graceful and noble". She is a lover. She loves her parents. She loves #LEarning. She #LEarns by studying her interests ...

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    5 mins
  • Dear Hannah: Mission Statement Part 1 Episode 7 (Math) (14m54sec)
    Feb 1 2025

    (NOTE: It's not all about math with me ... I introduce StandupStorytelling and #TheSeeSayShow here) Let me show you something ... I love math. I love to do math. I also love to LEarn what math *does*. Math can be a little strange, though. Its oddities can confuse and irritate me. One such oddity is math's exclusive, alienating, almost "elitist" terminology, language, and "personality" ... and math's equally exclusive teaching style ...

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    15 mins
  • Dear Hannah: Mission Statement Part 1 Episode 6 (CRT) (7m20sec)
    Jan 31 2025

    Let me show you something ... Let's define a few key terms again ... for the first time. "Doctrine" is a "system of authoritative beliefs". "Indoctrination" is "teaching an authoritative system of beliefs". A "discipled indoctrinator" is one who has been indoctrinated in a way that teaches them how to indoctrinate others. "Discipled indoctrinators" defend and protect the ideas that shaped their learning. They do so by portraying efforts to expose, unlearn and relearn their indoctrination ... as indoctrination ...

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    7 mins
  • Dear Hannah: Mission Statement Part 1 Episode 5 (HQB) (6m10sec)
    Jan 30 2025

    Let me show me you something ... I am a game designer, and have discovered that they are a great way to share information. Many years ago, I wrote one called “NOW YOU KNOW (History Quiz Bowl)”. It shares the stories of ordinary people who inspired me with their work … in a “Jeopardy”-styled format. The Lewis C. Scott photo that I just shared is from a "Lemon Street Stories" category used on a “NOW YOU KNOW (History Quiz Bowl)” episode. The photo of Thomas Nast displayed now is from an early episode ...

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    6 mins