Calcasieu Parish

Willie Bester is a mixed media artist who was born near Cape Town in 1956 and grew up as a mixed race, or coloured person, during the times of Apartheid (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). He displayed elements of his artistic abilities during his childhood, and soon grew up to put his negativity about his segregated surroundings into artwork (“Willie Bester (1956 – ).”). One of his most powerful works is titled “Forced Removals”, which showcases the displacement of people due to segregation. The…

Data, Data, Data! Educators collect data daily, weekly, monthly and even yearly. As English teachers, we administer both formative and summative assessments throughout the year. The results of these assessments are then gathered, and analyzed in combination with the state mandated standardized test, finally giving us data that is vital to the building of curriculum and units used in the classroom. At Washington-Marion Magnet High School, where I currently teach, the data is an important factor…