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04/15/2007 Archived Entry: "CBZ's Adeyinka Makinde on the American School Curriculum"
CBZ's Adeyinka Makinde on the American School Curriculum
By Adeyinka Makinde
An article of mine written six years ago is making an appearance in a series of English language textbooks geared towards developing the critical thinking skills of senior High School students preparing to enter College (i.e. University).
A gentleman by the name of John Brassil, an author and head of the English Language department of a High School in Maine got in touch in January of this year to seek permission to use my essay. I gladly consented to this. Mr. Brassil has antecedents with connections to boxing. His father boxed for Harvard University and his grandfather refereed a number of professional contests in the 1930s including bouts involving Primo Carnera.
The article is entitled 'Pug of Ages: Weep for Me.' It's an essay I wrote which explored the economic, social and cultural issues typically associated with boxing.
It is featured in two books. The first book reproduces 'substantial' extracts of the essay while the second book reproduces the essay in its entirity.
Book One:
Writing the Synthesis Essay by Brassil et al (Just published by Peoples Education, NJ, USA)
http://www.peoplescollegeprep.com/public/browsebooks.php?bookid=599&catid=10&subcatid=55
Book Two:
English Language: Analysis, Argument, Synthesis by Brassil et al (To be published in July 2007)
http://www.peoplescollegeprep.com/public/browsebooks.php?bookid=694&catid=&subcatid=
I am happy to say that my essay appears alongside the works of Joyce Carol Oates; a distinguished author/ Novelist & English language professor who wrote the classic 'On Boxing' and William Hazlitt who wrote the classic essay 'The Fight' in 1822. Pretty distinguished company!
