"Humanity in the Black...Understanding the Strategy of Risk Producing Machines."

Format

Individual Presentation

First Presenter's Institution

Georgia Southern University

Second Presenter's Institution

NA

Third Presenter's Institution

NA

Fourth Presenter's Institution

NA

Fifth Presenter's Institution

NA

Location

Session 4 (Scarbrough 3)

Strand #1

Social & Emotional Skills

Strand #2

Mental & Physical Health

Relevance

Humanity in the Black...Understanding the Strategy of Risk Producing Machines relates to social and emotional health by investigating the various distractions, barriers, and pipelines to prison that many young people are faced with. Participants will examine how these entities affect the self-respect and self-love students need in order to maintain their focus during their academic journey. This presentation will examine words used to categorize and label students for the purpose of the dehumanizing machine.

Once the risk producing machines are identified, students will be able to understand the purpose of the distractions weaponized against them and effectively create a personal code of conduct that will counter the assault on their humanity. This code of conduct will support the strand of mental and physical health because the stress level raised by confusion and disrespect produced by the machine will decrease tremendously due to student awareness of the traps set in schools systems and surrounding environments. Students will understand that self-respect and self-love play a very important role of their human development. The code of conduct provided at this presentation will equip them with the tools to protect their passions while simultaneously building their futures.

Brief Program Description

This presentation will inform participants on the importance of thought, speech, and action required to increase the academic and social health of students who may be considered at risk in their academic settings. The systems educators are exposed to often handicap their ability to support students in the most effective manner. Words are tools that are used to either build a future for a student, or break them down to obedient products of society. The key concepts of this presentation include:

Self-Respect

Self-Discpline

Clear Communication

Courage

Summary

Mr. Pugh will challenge and entertain you with a thought-provoking critique of the “mind games” played 
in academic settings suggesting inadequacies in students. Participants will learn how society has consistently informed students of the importance of a “good” education, so they would be accepted in 
the general public. What many don’t realize is that “school is a sport” that is directly related to our self-worth as a human being, and many people develop a thought process that often mimics societal norms
 and expectations. After this presentation, participants will be able to understand the difference between school and education and identify ways to empower themselves through everyday life challenges inside and outside of the school setting.

Evidence

Evidence of this investigation will be posted at a later date.

Biographical Sketch

Mr. Pugh graduated from Georgia Southern in 2006 with his Bachelor’s in Broadcasting and Production, and his Master’s in Counselor Education in 2008. Mr. Pugh is a consultant, educator, and counselor, that advocates for students, teachers, parents, and administrators. His experience in diversity training, teaching, and mentoring has assisted him in his development as an educator and an advocate for people navigating through life. He has a strong passion for learning how to become a better person on a daily basis by learning in front of his audience and using clear communication to foster a healthy environment. His strengths include but are not limited to advising, mentoring, programming, public speaking, conference planning, teaching, and personal development training. His interests include radio hosting, and performing comedy. Mr. Pugh is interested in research that creates solutions for issues that people face in various communities. He is specifically interested teaching people how to overcome mistreatment in an academic setting.

Keyword Descriptors

Humanity Self-Respect Self-Discipline Codified Response

Presentation Year

March 2019

Start Date

3-5-2019 8:30 AM

End Date

3-5-2019 9:45 AM

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"Humanity in the Black...Understanding the Strategy of Risk Producing Machines."

Session 4 (Scarbrough 3)

This presentation will inform participants on the importance of thought, speech, and action required to increase the academic and social health of students who may be considered at risk in their academic settings. The systems educators are exposed to often handicap their ability to support students in the most effective manner. Words are tools that are used to either build a future for a student, or break them down to obedient products of society. The key concepts of this presentation include:

Self-Respect

Self-Discpline

Clear Communication

Courage