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Modern Day Tin Whistle Legend – Mary Bergin

Widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s finest whistle players ever, she has been described as one of the iconic performers in our time. Mary Bergin is a musician of such startling virtuosity that one could claim she almost single handedly launched the humble Irish tin whistle as a first-tier instrument onto the stage of modern day traditional Irish music.

Her name invariably springs to the lips of modern day traditional Irish musicians when they speak about their greatest musical influences, players like Joanie Madden, Fintan Vallely, Grey Larsen, Sean Ryan, and Vinnie Kilduff.

In Madden’s own words, ‘Mary Bergin… is what every whistle player should aspire to – pure trad’.

And according to Grey Larsen:

‘Bergin has a beautifully lean, pure, and economical style that allows her to play with great agility, drive, and speed, all with apparent ease.’

Thanks to her ‘infinitely melodic, perfectly ornamented, vigorous playing’ she can take her place in the Living Legends Hall of Fame.

Any whistle player or teacher worth their salt will cite Mary Bergin as a leading influencer of the modern Irish whistling style and consequently the holy grail of traditional Irish whistle playing.

In fact, her influence has served as a catalyst for an Irish tin whistle revolution.

She plays the whistle ‘left handed’ with the right hand covering the upper tone holes, like a lot of leading Irish whistle players.

Contents

Mary’s Early Years

Legendary Influences

Feadóga Stáin

Mary’s Brief Absence from the Scene

Dordán

Gradam Ceoil TG4

The Irish Tin Whistle Tutorial

Feadóga Stáin 3

Mary’s Early Years

Born in Shankill, south county Dublin in 1949 to musician parents, Bergin was exposed to traditional Irish music from a young age and took up the tin whistle at the age of 7. Her mother played violin, classical and traditional, and her father played the melodeon. Leading musicians of the time including Elizabeth Crotty, Paddy Hill and Kathleen Harrington often called to the house and music was a constant feature of the young musician’s life.

Mary started competing in Oireachtas na Gaeilge music competitions and it was there she first heard the whistle playing of a relatively young Willie Clancy, an experience that was to inform and inspire her playing for years to come, “ … he had long hair at that stage – but I was very influenced by him.”

Mary and her sister, renowned harpist, the late Antoinette McKenna, progressed to playing at pub sessions in Blackrock in the late 1960s where she met the blind whistler, Terry Horan and fiddlers Joe Liddy, Kathleen Nesbitt and John Dwyre. She then went on to discover her very first Fleadh Ceoil, sessions in Church Street and The Pipers’ Club and from that point on she was well and truly hooked, as she herself puts it, “We ate and slept and drank music.”

Legendary Influences

Her extraordinarily soulful playing enhanced by formidable technique was beginning to get her noticed, and she went on to perform at Comhaltas Concert Tours in the UK and the US alongside brilliant fellow trad musicians such as Liam Óg O’Flynn, Matt Molloy, Seamus Begley, Joe Burke and James Kelly. Comhaltas Concert Tours first started in 1972 when the first official North American Tour took place. The Tour of Britain was introduced in 1973 and the Tour of Ireland then followed in 1980.

In the early 70s she met Alec Finn in The Brazen Head pub, Dublin. He introduced her to Spiddal in Co. Galway where Finn was in the process of forming the legendary traditional Irish group, Dé Danann with Frankie Gavin, Charlie Piggott and Ringo McDonagh. She went on to co-found the Green Linnet Céilí Band and also played with Dé Danann and Ceoltóirí Laigheann.

Feadóga Stáin

‘… to me, in any form of music it’s the rhythm that’s the most important thing … When I look back on myself as a younger musician I would have sought out a lot of the older players. They mightn’t have been technically brilliant, or had the most amazing ornamentation, but they had something special – and it’s the rhythm.’

This understanding of what brought joy to both the player and the listener was to propel Bergin to high musical acclaim in 1979 with the release of her first album, the standard setting and an instant classic of the genre, Feadóga Stáin, a spectacular feat considering the difficulty women experienced in the male-dominated world of traditional Irish music and the perceived ordinariness of the humble tin whistle.

The album was critically acclaimed by anyone who was anyone in the trad music sphere. Renowned flute player, researcher and teacher Fintan Vallely proclaimed the “sparkling brilliance” of Bergin’s playing. Critic and music journalist, Mic Moroney, called it an album of “unparalleled discipline and metronomic groove making it one of the uncontested bedrock albums of Irish traditional music”.

The album stunned many players including a young Joanie Madden, an up and coming whistle and flute player at the time, who tells of when she first heard the album and asked what was the instrument. “That’s Mary Bergin playing the whistle,’ he said. And I said, ‘No, no, I play the whistle, that’s not a whistle – it can’t do that.’ Then I realized my God, it is the whistle.”

Mary’s Brief Absence from the Scene

In the early 80’s, Mary became a mother but she was also dealing with a marriage breakdown, so she took a step back from performance and she was rarely seen in the ensuing years, although she did contribute to Dé Dannan’s Anthem released in 1985.

“I faded off the scene in a way because I wasn’t in a position to travel, and I’d lost heart in playing because my life was on a bit of a downer”

Her long awaited second solo album Feadóga Stáin 2, released in 1992, is described as an “Everest for musicians, with tunes that grab the heart” and for many, both albums are a desert island pick as the only traditional Irish music albums they’ll ever need! Mary is accompanied by a sensational line up including, Kathleen Loughnane on harp, Dearbhaill Standún on fiddle, Joe McKenna on uilleann pipes, her late sister, Antoinette McKenna on harp, the late Alec Finn on bouzouki and guitar, Johnny Ringo McDonagh on bodhrán, Johnny Campbell on bass guitar and Tom Stephens on guitar.

Dordán

The scope of Mary Bergin’s influence on the world of modern traditional Irish music is all the more extraordinary considering her discography amounts to a total of six albums, two solo and four with the stunning Dordán group which she founded with fiddler Dearbhaill Standún and harpist Kathleen Loughnane, in 1990.

The award-winning Dordán, an Irish group specialising in traditional Irish and Baroque music, released four critically acclaimed and award-winning albums including the Irish traditional music Christmas album, The Night Before … A Celtic Christmas (released in 1997) which is an absolute must have for anyone wishing to create the ultimate Celtic Christmas music soundtrack.

Gradam Ceoil TG4

In 2000 Bergin was awarded Traditional Musician of the Year for her life’s work in the world of traditional Irish music, she was the first female traditional Irish musician to receive this award and one of only four women ever to win.

The Irish Tin Whistle Tutorial

She has also released probably the most highly regarded tin whistle tutorial ever produced, Fintan Vallely describes it as a “landmark” publication, “for it is rare that the compiler would be both an accomplished performer and equally-accredited teacher”. Presented in three volumes, it is a must-read for students wishing to master the traditional Irish whistle technique and can be purchased directly from Bergin’s website. Mary tells me that she is working on the third volume as I write!

Feadóga Stáin 3

Although Bergin has yet to release Feadóga Stáin 3, she assured Mic Moroney way back in 1999 that a promise had been made to that effect. Will the 2020s finally see a third solo album by Mary Bergin? It will surely rank as an unparalleled Irish whistle trilogy!

Sources:

The Irish Times 2013 ,The Irish Times 1999 ,The Irish Times 2011

Irish America

“Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle” By GREY E. LARSEN

Living Tradition

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G-Eazy Name-Dropped Lana Del Rey In His New Song, And It's Pretty Shady

Last month, Sean “Sticks” Larkin confirmed in a New York Times interview that his relationship with Lana Del Rey is officially over.

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Shortly before that interview came out, Lana posted a picture of a voice memo on Instagram titled “If this is the end…I want a boyfriend.” She has since deleted the post, so maybe she was…

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foryourart · 6 years

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Ana Victoria Jiménez (Mexican, b. 1941), from the series Cuaderno de tareas (Assignment book), 1978-81Four sets of ten black-and-white photographs. 25 sheets: 10 × 6 1/2 in. (25.4 × 16.5 cm); 15 sheets: 6 1/2 × 10 in. (16.5 × 25.4 cm). Courtesy of Ana Victoria Jiménez. ©the artist. Image courtesy of the Hammer Museum.

PLAN ForYourArt: December 7–13

Thursday, December 7

Winter Soiree, The Music Center (Downtown), 5:30pm. $2,500.

Family 1st Thursday: Installation Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 5:30–7:30pm.

Artist and scholar walkthroughs: Angela Lopez Ruiz, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 6pm.

Sculpture to Wear !ndelible, Kopeikin Galllery (Culver City), 6–9pm.

Paul Brach Lecture Series: Wizard Apprentice (Tieraney Carter), CalArts (Valencia), 6pm.

Graphic Design T-Shirt Show, CalArts (Valencia), 6–11pm.

David Alan Harvey: Capturing Cuba, Annenberg Space for Photography (Century City), 6:30–8pm.

GEORGE BALANCHINE'S THE NUTCRACKER, The Music Center (Downtown), 6:30pm. Through December 10.

Talk: Curator Walkthrough of "A Universal History of Infamy" with Rita Gonzalez, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7pm.

CraftNight: Papercraft A Holiday Workshop, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile), 7–9pm. $10.

at land’s edge presents Jimena Sarno, Southern California Library (South L.A.), 7–9pm.

Felipe Dulzaides and John Loomis on Havana's National Art Schools, LAMAG (East Hollywood), 7pm.

Rodney Bingenheimer "Santa's Got a GTO Vol. 2" LP and Gearhead Magazine Release Party, La Luz de Jesus Gallery (Los Feliz), 7–10pm.

ALTERNATE ENDINGS, RADICAL BEGINNINGS, MOCA Grand Avenue (Downtown), 7–9pm.

In Conversation: Lok Siu and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, California African American Museum (Downtown), 7pm.

SCREENINGS Part of the series The Contenders 2017: Get Out, and Q&A with Jordan Peele, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Reading Series, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 7:30–9:30pm.

Crotty Lecture - Christian Origins in Early Modern Europe: The Birth of a New Kind of History, The Huntington (San Marino), 7:30pm.

CalArts Winter Dance, CalArts (Valencia), 8:30pm. Also December 8.

Jazz Ensemble Concert, CalArts (Valencia), 10pm.

Friday, December 8

Conference: Globalizing the Protestant Reformations, The Huntington (San Marino), 8:30am.

Indigenous Knowledge and the Making of the Colonial Latin America, Getty Center (Brentwood), 9:30am–5pm.

Deconstructing Allusion II: Featuring Greg Miller, JoAnne Artman Gallery (Laguna Beach), 11am–5pm.

Little Masters of Imagine Studio, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock (Eagle Rock), 5–9pm.

ARTIST APPEARANCE: THOMAS DEMAND, Palm Springs Art Museum (Palm Springs), 5:30pm.

Your Mouth A Constellation, JOAN (Mid-City), 7pm; performance, 7:30pm.

REGGAE ON THE BORDER: THE POSSIBILITIES OF A FRONTERA SOUNDSCAPE, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 7pm.

Film: An Evening With . . . Sam Esmail, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 7:30pm.

REMATCH by Simone Forti & Carmela Hermann Dietrich, Highways Performance Space (Santa Monica), 8:30pm. $20–25. Also December 9.

Bennie Maupin plays The Jewel and The Lotus (1974, ECM), REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. $15–25.

Desert Soul Club, Mod Soul Funk Party, Tonga Hut (Palm Springs), 9pm–1am.

WINDS FROM FUSANG: MEXICO AND CHINA IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, USC Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena).

Saturday, December 9

Quiet Mornings: Art x Mindfulness, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Downtown), 9:30am.

Lecture: Herbert Cole on Mothers and Children in the Arts of Africa, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 11am.

A Step Back In Time, The Perfect Exposure Gallery (Koreatown), 11am–4pm. Continues December 10.

Holiday Sale, White Lodge (Highland Park), 11am–4pm.

HOLIDAY BAZAAR SHOPPING EVENT, THERE-THERE GALLERY (Hollywood), 12–5pm.

L.A. Makers Pop-Up, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) (Hollywood), 12–7pm.

Holiday Marketplace, Self Help Graphics & Art (Downtown), 12–5pm.

Quema Del Diablo Music and Arts Festival, Joshua Tree Retreat Center / Center of Mentalphysics (Joshua Tree), 12pm.

Sun and Shadow: Imagining Los Angeles and Mexico City, ca. 1950, lecture by architectural historian Keith Eggener, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

The Art Of Creative Manifestation And Entrepreneurialism, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 1–4pm. $24–30.

Queer Werkout with Nicola Bullock and Sarah Bouars, Pieter (Lincoln Heights), 1–3pm. $15–20.

MFA Open Studios, UC Riverside (Riverside), 1–5pm.

PST: Video Art in Latin America – Curator Walk Through and Screening, LAXART (Hollywood), 2pm; screening, 3:30pm.

Gingerbread House Workshop, Laguna Art Museum (Laguna Beach), 2–4pm. $10.

Around the Table: Recipes and Stories from The Lark SB, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 2pm.

Artist talk: Katie Crown: Watercolors and Joan Wynn: Alive, TAG Gallery (Santa Monica), 3pm.

M E G A P H O T O B O O K S A T U R D A Y!, Arcana Books on the Arts (Culver City), 3–7pm.

37th Annual Black Doll Show, William Grant Still Arts Center (West Adams), 3–6pm.

Michael Queenland, Kristina Kite Gallery (Mid-City), 3–5pm.

1ST CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY GALA, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 3–6pm.

plant spirit meditation ceremony with tea infusions, Five Car Garage (Santa Monica), 4–5pm.

Terry Leness: Sunshine Muse and Jennifer Bain: A Palimpsest of Time and Place, Lia Skidmore Contemporary Art (Santa Monica), 4–6pm.

Brass Ensemble Concert, CalArts (Valencia), 4–6pm.

Betty Sheinbaum: An Artist, TAG Gallery (Santa Monica), 5–8pm.

Graduate Open Studios, UCLA Graduate Studios (Culver City), 5–8pm.

There is Only One Paul R. Williams, WUHO - Woodbury University Hollywood Outpost (Hollywood), 6pm.

Holiday Echo Park Craft Fair, Mack Sennett Studios (Silver Lake), 6–9pm. Also December 10.

THE ARTYSSEY, Skid Row History Museum & Archive (Downtown), 6–8pm.

SOUTHLAND ENSEMBLE FLUXUS : CONSTRUCTION, Automata (Chinatown), 8pm. $15.

Lou Harrison, Music of the Pacific, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. $15–25.

Experimental Futures: Alex Wand, Cari Stevens, Molly Allis, Justin Asher, Human Hemingway, OOLA, Pieter (Linoln Heights), 8:30–10pm.

Sunday, December 10

Getting Real With Money, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 10am–1pm. Also December 17.

CREATE: A Comedy of Hands/Una comedia de manos, ESMoA (El Segundo), 10am–1pm.

HANUKKAH FESTIVAL LA/LA, Skirball Cultural Center (Brentwood), 11am–4pm.

Nutcracker: The Motion Picture and Where the Wild Things Are, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 11am.

THERE-THERE AND FORYOURART CERAMICS SUNDAY, there-there (Hollywood), 11am–3pm.

COMMUNITY HOLIDAY FESTIVAL, Museum of Latin American Art (Long Beach), 11am–5pm.

Holiday & Cookie Time, 356 Mission (Downtown), 12–5pm.

Tow Truck Towing a Tow Truck, haphazard/ as-is.la (Downtown), 1–5pm.

Performance and Open House, Side Street Projects (Altadena), 1–4pm.

Upcycled Instrument-Making Workshop with Guillermo Galindo and JR Thomason A CraftLab Family Workshop!, Craft and Folk Art Museum (Miracle Mile), 1:30–3:30pm. $5–7.

Studio Sunday on the Front Steps, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara), 1:30–4:30pm.

Free The Voice!, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 2pm. $32–40.

Lecture - Cochineal in the History of Art and Global Trade, The Huntington (San Marino), 2:30pm.

Talk: The Thirtieth Annual Michele and Peter Berton Memorial Lecture on Japanese Art: Bachelors' Passions and Ladies' Crazes: The Gender of Japanism, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 3:30pm.

Performing Wellness With Deborah Seabrook, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 8–10pm. $10–20.

Guitars @ CalArts, CalArts (Valencia), 8–10pm.

Studio: Fall 2017, REDCAT (Downtown), 8:30pm. Through December 11.

El Segundo Holiday Parade, various locations (El Segundo).

Monday, December 11

Holiday Music: Vox Feminae, The Huntington (San Marino), 1–2pm.

SCREENINGS Part of the series The Contenders 2017: Lady Bird, and Q&A with Greta Gerwig, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Neighborhoods For All: Tenants’ Rights, Community Participation, & Housing Justice, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 7:30–9:30pm.

Tuesday, December 12

Finding Form and Robert Polidori: 20 Photographs of the Getty Museum, 1997, Getty Center (Brentwood), 10am–5:30pm.

Film: Nocturne, LACMA (Miracle Mile), 1pm.

LAND Annual Holiday Moveable Feast, Carmencita (Hollywood), 6–9pm. $75.

SCREENINGS Part of the series The Contenders 2017: The Big Sick, and Q&A with Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon, and Michael Showalter, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

Wednesday, December 13

Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Mensageiro Dois Mundos, Fowler Museum (Westwood), 7–9pm.

Community Generated Safety—How it works in Gladys Park and Holiday Party, Skid Row History Museum & Archive (Downtown), 7pm.

In Conversation: Thelma Golden and Gary Simmons, California African American Museum (Downtown), 7pm.

How To Have Hard Conversations: Step 2, Constructive Conflict Communication at Work, Home and Everywhere In Between, Women’s Center for Creative Work (Frogtown), 7–10pm. $16–20.

SCREENINGS Part of the series The Contenders 2017: The Florida Project, and Q&A with Willem Dafoe and Sean Baker, Hammer Museum (Westwood), 7:30pm.

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Britney Spears debuts brunette hair during date night with boyfriend Sam Asghari

Britney Spears is rocking a brand new ‘do!

On Sunday, an eyewitness noticed Spears having dinner with her boyfriend, Sam Asghari, at Cecconi’s, an Italian eating place in West Hollywood.

The eyewitness famous that Spears seemed informal for her date night and was once carrying new brunette hair, a white, midriff-baring blouse, a abdominal ring and tight denims.

“She seemed super happy, smiling and laughing a lot,” the eyewitness stated, including that Spears “was with two security guards.”

Dustin Honeycutt

The Spears sighting got here simply days after the 37-year-old singer took to Instagram to lament faux those that have been in her lifestyles.

“Living in LA is such a trip !!! It can be lonely at times. You never know who to trust, and some people can be fake,” she wrote on Instagram. “I have a very small circle of friends, and simply do what makes me happy!!! It breaks my heart to see the comments on my posts sometimes …. So I simply choose not to look anymore … let the clever haters do what they do best …. hate!!!”

Asghari supported Spears within the feedback phase, writing, “Winners don’t hate or bully, losers (haters) only do because they don’t have what you have (which is the best heart in the world) .”

As for her dating with Asghari, a supply informed ET in June that the couple likes “to keep things relaxed and simple” when spending time with each and every different and Spears’ sons, Sean, 13, and Jayden, 12, whom she stocks with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

“Sam is really in love with Britney. He will always be there to help in any way he can. He’s her protector,” the supply stated. “… For Britney, being a mother is the most important part of her life. She is the most content whenever she is around her boys. Sam is also very involved with the kids’ lives. The boys appreciate it when they all spend time together as a family.”

“Her kids love when Sam is around,” the supply added. “They have from the beginning of the relationship. He gets along with all of them very well.”

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JULY 22: Britney Spears and Sam Asghari attend the Los Angeles premiere of “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” at TCL Chinese Theatre on July 22, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo via David Crotty/Patrick McMullan by the use of Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JULY 22: Britney Spears and Sam Asghari attend Sony Pictures’ “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo via Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JULY 22: Britney Spears and Sam Asghari attend Sony Pictures’ “Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood” Los Angeles Premiere on July 22, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo via Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)

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monalisaliveshere · 4 years

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“I got all my boyhood in vanilla winter waves around the kitchen stove.” – Jack Kerouac

Yesterday was March 1. Spring is just 17 days away. Yet, except for cold air, it hasn’t looked very wintery around here. Fortunately, my fifth and sixth grade art students can create winter from memory and their imaginations.

Baby Yoda’s Christmas by Sean Lewinsky

My drawing is Baby Yoda’s Christmas. He is warm next to his campfire and has 3 big presents. He is enjoying his time by eating cookies. Baby Yoda is inside of a mouse hole for his house. I started out by drawing presents because at first I just wanted to fill my page with Christmas stuff. I wanted to draw Baby Yoda and ended up giving him a little home. I thought it would be funny to make him be in a mouse hole. I am extremely happy on how this came out and hope I draw this good in the future. If I did it again I would not change anything because I love it the way it is. – Sean Lewinsky

We started our third term on January 23. This is the day when the middle school students switch electives and I receive nine new classes. We always start by making folders to hold artwork and works in progress throughout our two terms together.

The folders are made by folding an 18″ x 24″ sheet of 60 lb. drawing paper in half to 12″ x 18″. Students then measure and draw a 10″ square, centered on the front page. This term’s theme or prompt was “Draw something winter” with the added instruction, “whatever that means to you”. As you’ll see below, the kids had no trouble coming up with winter memories and experiences and depicting them in colored pencil.

All of these artworks plus many, many more are on display on our online Artsonia gallery and each is accompanied by an artist statement like the one about Baby Yoda’s Christmas above. You can see them here: Winter Scenes

Sean Lewinsky

Anna LaBastie

Fady Ghobrial

Nick Loo

Greyson Blalock

Sam Crotty

Alyssa Burdzel

Tiffany Constancio

Ana Tengler

Bridget LaRue

Brady Gibbons

Ben Moon

Madeline Olson

Luciana Pereira

Kaylyn Taylor

Kevin Ruddock

Cillian Scott

Will Cudmore

Riley Collura

Tyler Vance

Connor Miller

Irelyn Bradley

Kate McCobb

Thomas Garefalakis

Sydney Darragh

Orianna Murphy

Winter Scenes "I got all my boyhood in vanilla winter waves around the kitchen stove." - Jack Kerouac…

#Artsonia #creativity #drawing #MiscoeHill #mursd #mursdvisualart

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fatous · 4 years

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Racism and Education

Education is an important tool in our society. It shapes us as individuals, and is oftentimes necessary for a lot of opportunities. Unfortunately, not everyone has the chance to receive the same education. There are racial disparities present in the educational system as well, and these have harmful effects. Kristen Weir, while examining the racial inequality states, “For decades, black students in the United States have lagged behind their white peers in academic achievement. In 2014, the high school graduation rate for white students was 87 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. For black students, the rate was 73 percent. Test scores show a similar racial gap” (Weir, 2016, p.42). Home environments do play a role in explaining the gap between white and black students, but it should be noted that treatment of black students by administrators has been gaining more attention. Black students are more likely to face disciplinary actions like expulsion or suspension. They also are less likely for recommendation to gifted programs, and teachers will expect less from them, compared to their white counterparts. A lot of the time, however, these treatments aren’t intentional; they’re instead a result of the implicit biases that come into play when teachers interact with their students (Weir, 2016, p.42). Weir uses a variety of studies to highlight the disparities in the system. For example, “Using national data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Sean Nicholson-Crotty, PhD, at Indiana University, and colleagues found black students were 54 percent less likely than white students to be recommended for gifted-education programs, after adjusting for factors such as students' standardized test scores” (Weir, 2016, p.42, as cited from Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2016). This really isn’t fair, and it’s unfortunate that in a lot of cases, the odds are stacked against minorities due to biases. It’s an endless cycle. And yet the disparities become even more apparent when regarding discipline. Black students are almost 4 times as likely to get an out of school suspension than their white counterparts. It should be noted this isn’t only because African American students are disruptive - this particular study took into account factors like achievement and socioeconomic status, and black students were still being punished. (Weir, 2016, p.42). Education isn’t something to take lightly - and everyone should have equal access to it. But I think that this can really only be effectively done through the people who are in the system, since they have most power and ability to change it. One way is to offer better support for teachers by encouraging them to increase engagement in the classroom, which lowers the chance that teachers might turn to discipline. Adding more diversity in terms of administration could go a long way in making sure that students are treated fairly. Principals also need support in terms of fixing the racial issues that affect their schools (Weir, 2016, p.42). It’s clear that in all of these examples, the teachers and administrators are willing to address these problems and attempt to solve them. We need a lot more participation from administrative officials, however, to really make a change and allow all students to be treated fairly.

Weir, K. (2016, November). Inequality at school. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/monitor/2016/11/cover-inequality-school.

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How Race Intersects with the Education System

Racial disparities continue to intersect with the education system of today. A great deal of Black students experience an entirely different education than that of White students. In a journal titled Inequality at School, Kiersten Weir reports several of the dissimilarities between Black and White students in schools. There are obvious differences in the ways teachers and administration treat Black students as opposed to White students in schools. Teachers are not as likely to recognize Black students for their academic achievements as they are White students. Weir provides a statistic from Sean Nicholson-Crotty, PhD. and colleagues’ Early Childhood Longitudinal Study,stating that Black students were 54 percent less likely than White students to be recommended for gifted-education programs. This finding was concluded after adjustments for factors such as the standardized tests scores of students. However, based on Nicholson-Crotty’s findings, it was three times more likely for a Black student to be referred for the gifted programs if their teacher was Black rather than White (Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 2016). Aside from the recognition of excellence in students, or lack thereof, teachers’ expectations for certain students also contributes to educational racial differences. With a statistic from a study by Seth Gershenson, Phd., included in Weir’s journal, this theory is concluded. According to Gershenson “when Black and White teachers evaluate the same Black student, White teachers are 12 percent less likely to predict the student will finish high school, and 30 percent less likely to predict the student will graduate from college” (Economics of Education Review, 2016). There are racial disparities in regard to disciplinary action taken in schools, as well. Black students are more susceptible to disciplinary action than White students in the United States, putting them at a higher risk for life outcomes that are negative, such as criminal justice system involvement (Riddle, Sinclair, 2019). Racism in schools contributes majorly to the “achievement gap”, a sociological issue that focuses on the educational disparities between White students and minority/ disadvantaged students (Abramson, 2018). More steps should be taken to close the achievement gap. Potential changes could include ensuring all students a higher-quality education early on in life, perhaps starting in preschool, and giving all students the opportunity to have high quality teachers. These changes would give all students an equal opportunity to succeed (Porter, 2019).

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Clarissa (Introduction)

Daddy - A hardworking breadwinner and proud papa of a perfectly normal and well-adjusted American family. Just ask them.

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SCRUM’S THE WORD – CHAMPIONS CUP FINAL SPECIAL

Come on, pull on.

Come on, get stuck. It starts with La Rochelle and Clermont in the Challenge Cup on Friday night, which – if they bring their yellow armies to the show – can be an amazing spectacle of color and skill.

Then it is the turn of the blue and black bulldozers to hit each other, well, black and blue on Saturday the Saracens and Leinster meet in the final of the Champions Cup.

Stop drooling at the back, it's unpleasant. Just read Scrum & # 39; s the Word yeah?

This is your guide for the weekend and more. Go there.

St James & Park in Newcastle United will host the European rugby final this weekend "

Park will host both European rugby finals this weekend "

St James & Park in Newcastle United will host the two European Rugby Finals this weekend

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Well, then.

Here we have Saracens – four domestic and two European titles since 2010 – against Leinster – four national and four European titles since 2008.

Solid then. Leinster could win a record fifth European Cup, Sarries could be the first English team to win three of these crowns.

Interestingly, Saracens players played 325 minutes more than the squadrons this season – but not

Scrums that Sarries says are obscured, but as if to prove how much talent there is in this competition, view our combined XV!

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The players of Saracens have played 325 minutes more per man in the squadrons this season

Apart from James Lowe (who could eventually play for Ireland) and Sean O & # 39 Brien (who goes to London Irish) who may not be too far away for Lions XV in 2021 …

15 Alex Goode (Saracens) 14 Liam Williams) 13 Garry Ringrose (Leinster) 12 Owen Farrell (Saracens) 11 James Lowe (Leinster) 10 Johnny Sexton (Leinster) 9 Luke McGrath (Leinster) 1 Mako Vunipola (Saracens) 2 Jamie George (Saracens) 3 Tadhg Furlong Maro Itoje (Saracens) 5 James Ryan (Leinster) 6 Michael Rhodes (Saracens) 7 Sean O & # 39; Brien (Leinster) 8 Billy Vunipola (Saracens)

In short, if you are none of ide teams support, let's hope for a belter to match some of the amazing football this week.

Rugby's turn to step up. This competition should define a decade.

GOODE IN FANTASY LAND

Alex Goode can win a lot this season.

Saracens have two types – one to & # 39; pull & # 39; style system, another is the classic type where transfers are used

The rest of the team was happy in the design (the Jackson Wray team is even called Everyone vs Goode) when Goode was the last to choose … but the full-back went to Liverpool & # 39; s Sadio Mane.

Sadio Mane has proven this season to be an inspired fantasy contest by Alex Goode

Sadio Mane has proven to be an inspired fantasy football player from Alex Goode this season

With 20 goals and two assists, Mane has accumulated 216 Fantasy Premier League points behind Mo Salah this season ( 256), Eden Hazard (237) and Raheem Sterling (229).

A clever coup for Goode, who played a child for Ipswich, and someone who is likely to spend a few pounds on spending the late summer drink of Saracens.

& # 39; People don't seem to like it. I won, & he said.

& # 39; Maybe I am a little too smug. I'm not smart. I don't have a family, which probably helps you get started! "

SARRIES MR WHIPPY-IED UP They always do things differently, from Saracens.

Ironically the idea of bringing the truck in came from the nutritionists .. but the kit-

Clermont is not the Challenge Cup team. probably winning on Friday, after having had a terrible season last year and entering the second-class competition, but if you look at their back line for the La Rochelle game, you simply fall in.

Morgan Parra, Camille Lopez, Alivereti Raka, Wesley Fofana, George Moala, Damian Penaud, Isaia Toeava

Oh, and Pato Yato, Greig Laidlaw and Tim Nanai-Williams are on the couch. Terrifying.

Clermont is not a challenge

Clermont is not a Challenge Cup team and will probably win the competition on Friday night Cup team and will probably win the competition on Friday evening "

Clermont is not a Challenge Cup team and will probably win the competition win on Friday evening

JOINT CARE

Scenario! You have a ticket for Anfield on Tuesday evening. Liverpool is leading 3-0 against Lionel Messi & # 39; s Barcelona and stares at a horrible Champions League-exit in the face.

You are a fan of Liverpool, but your work has a lot to offer where you really should be. It's a big black tie and you even host the thing.

So what are you doing?

Well, of course if you are Danny Care, you stay on the Stoop to participate in Harlequins & # 39; end of the season awards night

It is clear that Liverpool has no chance to make one of the biggest comebacks ever by scoring four without answering the Catalans and making the final …

Do you think the Danny Cipriani saga will end? Of course not.

The Fly half of Gloucester was named the Player of the Rugby Players & Players Player of the Year this week and would – if the judges are healthy – take the double place in the Premiership Rugby prizes on May 22.

Still does not play for England.

We have heard all the reasons why he was chosen and they will all reappear in the next few months – but let's just add some interesting information to the mix.

Safe to say – at least true.

Safe to say – at least true. Jones is worried – there is a striking club that he keeps coming back to.

Gloucester star Danny Cipriani cleans up in the prize season, but cannot earn a call from England "

Gloucester star Danny Cipriani cleans up in the prize season, but cannot earn a call in England

Most viewed teams by English coaches this year:

1 Gloucester, Bath, Exeter – 15, 2 Harlequins – 13, Saracens – 12, 4 Northampton – 11, 5 Leicester – 7 Sale – 7, 7 Bristol, Wasps – 6, 8 Worcester, Newcastle – 4.

Totals of Eddie Jones: 1 Gloucester – 8, 2 Harlequins – 6, 3 Northampton, Bath, Saracens – 5, 4 Worcester, Leicester, Wasps – 4, Bristol, Sale, Exeter – 3, 6 Newcastle – 2

When you put those numbers in black and white, d It seems like a strange obsession, and yes, it might be a convenient location to go to, and he might happen to the opposition or other players (answers to that on a postcard), but when Jones goes to Gloucester in eight of the fifteen weeks and two.

Kieran Read (Toyota Verblitz), Ben Smith (Pau), Waisake Naholo (London-Irish) , Ryan Crotty (Kubota Spears) and Kubota Spears.

This is a list of New Zealanders leaving New Zealand next year.

Owen Franks (Northampton), Nehe Milner-Skudder (Toulon), Liam Squire (TT Docomo Red Hurricanes), Matt Proctor (Northampton), Jeff Toomaga-Allen (Wasps), Jackson Hemopo (DynaBoars), Luke Whitelock Melani Nanai (Worcester)

Add this to these already outside Kiwiland: Jerome Kaino (Toulouse), Liam Messam (Toulon), Victor Vito (La Rochelle), Aaron Cruden (Montpellier), Julian Savea (Toulon), Charlie Faumuina (Toulouse), Malakai Fekitoa (Wasps), Lima Sopoaga (Wasps), John Afoa (Bristol), Steven Luatua Piutau (Bristol), Ben Franks (Northampton), Francis Saili (Harlequins), Tawera Kerr-Barlow (La Rochelle) ), George Moala (Clermont), Charlie Ngatai (Lyon), Tamanivalu Arrow (Bordeaux), Colin Slade (Pau).

Ok, some of them are a thing of the past, but that is thousands of caps worth of overseas experiences now. The All Blacks do not choose players who play abroad.

How long will that take?

So James Haskell is retired

So James Haskell is retired.

In the midst of the testimonials, one gesture would mean more than most, we are embarrassed because he desperately wants to do a final hurray in Japan with England, and a shame for the game because it will miss him.

The Barbarians must invite Haskell to play for them on June 2.

One of the things Haskell wrote in his statement in which he announced that he would leave the game after the end of this season was that he regretted that he never had the chance to play for the iconic side.

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Unfortunately, Haskell & # 39; s dodgy teen means he is not fit to play, but as the flanker

And if Haskell is selected, god will help the social media channels of everyone and the bars of Soho.

] Come on Pat Lam, do the right thing. Haskell deserves a dear goodbye. ] – Leinster has never lost a European Cup final, winning the Heineken / Champions Cup in 2009, 2012 and 2018 and the Challenge Cup in 2013.

5 – Johnny Sexton, Cian Healy and Devin Toner were able to achieve their fifth European victory Both Saracens and Leinster have scored 32 attempts to go to the final.

[2] – European Cup wins as captain for Brad Barritt – Martin Johnson (Leicester), Fabien Pelous (Munster), Lawrence Dallaglio (Wasps), Jonny Wilkinson, current coach, has won it three times as a skipper.

Johnny Sexton (photo), Cian Healy and Devin Toner could win their fifth European Cup "

), Cian Healy and Devin Toner could win their fifth European Cup.

Johnny Sexton (photo), Cian Healy and Devin Toner were able to win their fifth European Cup

0 – Saracens have never had Leinster in Europe The teams played four times and the English lost them all

2 – Challenge Cup titles won by Clermont – in 1999 and 2007 – so another victory and they would end up right away with Harlequins as the most successful team in the competition.

15 – Several sides have won the Challenge Cup and seven have won it from the Top 14. This is the first all-French final since Biarritz defeated Toulon in 2012.

EUROPEAN WEDSTRI JDGIDSEN

CLERMONT v LA ROCHELLE St James & Park Friday 7:45 PM LIVE BT Sport 2 from 7:00 PM

Clermont: Toeava; Penaud, Moala, Fofana, Raka; Lopez, Parra (c); Ulugia, Kakabadze, Zirakashvili, Jedrasiak, Yato, Laidlaw, Nanai-Williams, Naqalevu,

Replacements: Ulugia, Kakabadze, Zirakashvili, Jedrasiak, Yato, Laidlaw, Nanai-Williams,

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La Rochelle: Rattez; Retiere, Doumayrou, Aguillon, Andreu; West, Kerr-Barlow;

Replacements: Bourgarit, Pelo, Joly, Jolmes, Kieft, Bales, Sinzelle, Botia

Prediction: Clermont

SARACENS v LEINSTER St James & Park Saturday 5:00 PM LIVE BT Sport 2 from 4 PM and channel 4 from 4:30 PM

Leinster: R Kearney; Larmour, Ringrose, Henshaw, Lowe; Sexton (capt), McGrath; Healy, Cronin, Furlong, Toner, Ryan, Fardy, O & # 39; Brien, Conan

Replacements: Tracy, J McGrath, Bent, Ruddock, Deegan, O & # 39; Sullivan, R Byrne, O & # 39; Loughlin.

Saracens: Goode; Williams, Lozowski, Barritt (c), Maitland; Farrell, Spencer;

Replacements: Gray, Barrington, Koch, Isiekwe, Burger, Wigglesworth, Tompkins, Strettle

Forecast: Saracens

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