I have not been able to work on my dissertation the last few weeks because I have been traveling and growing my speaking business.

My goal was to submit my first draft of my introduction on Monday night (3/16). I did not make it. I do feel however that I made progress and that I am progressing. This week I incorporated the CNN special from last year. I think my next step is to somehow include proof that others feel that the way to go is to teach young black males how to succeed in spite of their circumstances since thos are gettint worse. Right now I am having to make a tough decision. I have a lot going on and I think I need to cut back some and really focus on my dissertation as I am ready to get it done and make real progress during the week. I am going to ponder this for the rest of the week and discuss it with my wife. I hope to have something for you to take a look at next week. I worked on my paper for 3 hours last night and I would like to work on it more tonight but it seems I end up not being able to get back to my work for another week. It is very frustrating.

Hello Everyone,

Seems like a rough week for all. I did not get any writing done as I have been sick. Hard to focus. But I did some reading instead and discovered a report that I will try to fit into my introduction. It is called: "Public Education and the Black Male Student". It is published by the Schott Foundation for Education. I am still feeling sick but my goal is to get my first cut done this week.

Margaret I have attached in case you want to take a look.