Race Street Ramp DIY Teachers

-
My backyard in San Jose had two backyards.  One with a garage and a small patio and then a yard way out back that had a garden and some apricot trees.  We hadn't gardened in years and I had just started skating.  This is the story of how a group of skater kids with nothing created a place for others skaters to skate and hang out.  We created our own scene and didn't wait for others to do it for us.



We had been hitting Paul's ramp downtown, but he just had to tear it down.





"Hey, they had to tear down Paul's ramp!"

"We need to build a ramp!"

"Can we build one at your place?"

"You have that extra backyard!"

"I don't know--let me ask my mom!"


"Hey Mom, can we build a skateboard ramp in the backyard?"


She looked at me like I was crazy and said,  "I don't want someone to get hurt and sue us.  We could lose the house!"

"Ah, c'mon ma!  We don't have anywhere to skate and I'll be around the house more!"

She thought about it and said,  "You know--I want you around the house!  Go ahead and built that thing, but make sure nobody you don't know goes back there!"





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Twitter for Organizations

-
Twitter for Organizations Right now you're probably thinking, "Oh, no, not ANOTHER Twitter® tutorial!" Well, yes, this IS a Twitter® tutorial, but we're going to dig a little deeper. We'll cover the basics, then move on to organizational uses and searching. I'm hoping to impart some ideas and enthusiasm to friends in the library community as well as anyone else who might benefit. This tutorial takes for granted that the reader is already familiar with Twitter® and has a user account. For those who are not, and don't, a cheat sheet follows. The site address is http://Twitter.com/ . Sign up for an account. Why use Twitter® at all? Twitter® creates a constant stream of updates from important sources. Twitter® is like RSS on steroids, or like having multiple (both local and international) television news reports open all at once, or like having your best friend’s opinions in combination with world famous experts' opinions—all available for questions a...
Read more

Librarians With Spines is Available here!

-
Image
Librarians with Spines can be a useful classroom teaching tool for LIS. It is unique and has a broad range of topics from a diverse group of authors! Yago, Autumn and I would like to thank the authors and the gofundme contributors for making this project possible! LWS TOC LWS TOC
Read more

The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace

-
Image
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace hit upon almost all the intellectual struggles I have with education as a scholar of color.  This doesn't mean every person of color will relate to this book, and it doesn't mean that White people can't relate to the book either. It is really a book anyone should read, but the themes covered: Alienation from the dominant culture in an educational institution Bifurcating one's life to handle a life in two worlds What does success mean?        are themes that many people of color in academia can relate to specifically.   Robert Peace was a brilliant Science student, who earned a full scholarship to Yale University.  He graduated and seemed to have everything going for him. This book tells the story of his family background, his upbringing, his education, his post-education decisions and his untimely death.  Rob's story is told from his White-upper middle class roommat...
Read more