The basic fact that students are not making adequate progress is a reflection of the top-down policy failure by MNPS and the Board of Ed.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 2/9/2010
After receiving 5 letters of rejection from jobs that require nothing more than a GED or a high school diploma, I went to the TN career center. That didn;t go so well...
By Elyssa Durant | Published 2/9/2010
In my work, I can feel strong, and I can feel whole, I can feel beautiful, I find myself needing something, anything, who is capable of diverting my attention from realities I would rather not see.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 7/23/2009
You cannot apply basic economic theory and free market principles to health care. Health care is fundamentally different and should be considered a public good.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/3/2009
This material was apparently so offensive that it was removed from the publishers site without warning. Of all the thingas I've written, THIS offends people?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/3/2009
This may contain some important information. Or maybe not. You decide.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 5/4/2009
Lifetime Ban. Where did it go? Wanna preserve twistory... help fight copy right infringement!
By Elyssa Durant | Published 5/4/2009
Career in Crisis: Complete Confusion
By Elyssa Durant | Published 5/4/2009
I find it so hard to believe that after all this time people find it easier to speak around me and actrually think that is in my best interests? Sorry, but no. Don't you realize, I am home?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 3/29/2009
By Elyssa Durant | Published 3/27/2009
I write these words mostly for myself, as they clearly reflect the ways that I have tried not to define myself through and by my relationships with others, since I believe that reality and identity is something that comes from within.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 3/23/2009
DMHT: Trained in TAPS (Therapeutic Assault Prevention System) and was certified on October 15, 2004 through the Tennessee Department of Children's Services. HIPPA
By Elyssa Durant | Published 3/19/2009
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By Elyssa Durant | Published 3/19/2009
Shortly after the 9?11, I began to question my purpose in this life. Had I been just a few miles closer, and heading west that day instead of east on the LIE, I would have driven right been at Ground Zero.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 3/19/2009
By Elyssa Durant | Published 2/9/2009
I'm am not perfect, and I will always struggle with my obsession to find just The Write Words, but I'm guessing it is probably good enough.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 2/3/2009
If MNPS is found to be in violation, MNPS stands to lose as much as 67 million dollars in federal funding.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/29/2009
This is your official call to action. Be the change. Act locally. Go to
www.volunteernashville.com and tell me what you are doing to make a better Nashville for all of us! $44 or 44?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/15/2009
Yes, the food was good. The food was fantastic. I was full inside because Carol Ann did not just feed my tummy, she fed my spirit, and she fed my soul.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/4/2009
Help become the person I was meant to be. Try to the see the person I could become. I have so much to contribute, but few resources get there. I believe I deserve more out of life than this, and I think that if you knew me, you would think so too.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 12/16/2008
"We're often asked how we plan to take this unique moment in history - when a grassroots movement for change elected a president - and turn it into a force that can build stronger communities, block by block." -The Obama-Biden Transition Project
By Elyssa Durant | Published 12/12/2008
There is legitimate role and public desire for government regulation of the health care industry. It has become obvious that the federal government must intervene in order to protect natural law rights, the social contract, and, the US Constitution.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 12/12/2008
Who has the authority and expertise to make decisions about the quality of life and who decides who shall live and who shall die? What makes one life more valuable to society and worthy of medical expenditures?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 12/3/2008
Should hopitals adopt a uniform policy to address the treatment of children with advance directives refusing medical treatment? How can we know when to accept medical decisions as ones made independent of parental influence and church authority?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 12/3/2008
It would be naïve to think someone hasn't already thought about the potential "benefits" of cloning, and how it might expedite the evolutionary process of Social Darwinism.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 12/3/2008
Maybe others have taken this path before me-- or maybe someday, someone might inadvertently wander into this sanctuary I call home. A place where nothing seems as it but exactly the way it is supposed to be.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 12/3/2008
America claims to be dedicated to equal opportunity, yet equality is not sufficient in urban communities. These kids need more. We need to think about equity, not equality. It is not enough to hide them away. These are visions we should never forget.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 11/28/2008
I have been staring at that the computer screen so long it beginning to morph into strange little dots in my peripheral vision.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/19/2008
It keeps me up at night, and allows me to avoid the day. My life is not unexamined, and my thought patterns may be far from typical, but the things I have learned along the way are by far the most intriguing and most unique.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/14/2008
I think it is more about the anonymity. Someplace you can be yourself, and never worry about being judged for being different. In the city, I can disappear. I can peruse the streets at 3am and still find things to do. If not to do, then things to see.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/14/2008
The massive number of people being dis-enrolled or limited in their access to medical care and other social services will no doubt create significant anxiety, confusion, and chaos for everyone involved in the social service and health care industries.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/13/2008
Here We Go Again: TennCare Changes Benefits Without Notice. TennCare providers, beneficiaries and advocates are once again unaware of the new changes in the pharmacy program that went into effect on October 1, 2008.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/13/2008
My mind has information overload. My life has information overload. My brain is full! I want a sanity checker!!!! I need a sanity checker! Where can I find a "sanity checker" to guide me through the rest of my life???
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/13/2008
I wasted a ton of money at the Grad School at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and almost as much at an elite Ivy League institution. I learned one thing: No one ever taught me how to be poor.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/13/2008
There is much to be done right here, right now. Do we accept the indignation of indigence and poverty with indifference? Or do we act?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/12/2008
Largely driven by pharmaceutical conglomerates, a psychiatric diagnosis can be every bit a trendy as a new pair of jeans. Psychiatric diagnoses appear to be driven by the latest and greatest pharmaceutical discovery.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/7/2008
A comprehensive directory to constituent services regarding health care concerns including Social Security, Disability, and Veterans Affairs. In compliance with The Privacy Act of 1974, Release Forms are available.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 10/6/2008
We live in a country that rallies together when faced with domestic and international crises. Other domestic problems tend to be chronic in nature and often slip under the radar. The battle lines have been drawn and we lost.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 9/1/2008
In the distance, I see two police officers. I run to them believing they will help me find a way out of the madness. Believing they will bring me to safety.. Shelter from the storm. Free from the madness. Free from the violence. Free from this sea of unfamiliar faces...
By Elyssa Durant | Published 8/27/2008
The high rate of student mobility in Metro (approximately 40% per year) is further complicated by the constant shifting of school personnel.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 7/12/2008
If MNPS truly wants a better-qualified staff, then Metro needs to take a closer look at the methods used to recruit, retain, and reward qualified teachers.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 7/10/2008
Discusses the advantages of pre natal diagnosis and the value of being aware of potential complications before birth. Examines "quality of l;ifew" issues and definitions.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 7/10/2008
Multiple fetal reduction is a medical procedure performed on women carrying multiple live fetuses after in vitro fertilization (IVF).
By Elyssa Durant | Published 7/10/2008
Obtaining a graduate degree from the Ivy League was the worst investment I ever made. Not many people are willing to work for free, but I am one of them. Mostly because I cannot find a real job. All I need is a chance!
By Elyssa Durant | Published 7/8/2008
Who'd a thunk it? That loneliness can become a family in it's own right? It is always there and it is always familiar. Who would have thought that solitude could become our greatest companion and that strangers would be our very best friends.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/12/2008
Given the official release of performance data by MNPS officials, will less curious readers place too much attention to such bogus data and misconstrue this information making voluntary, de-facto desegregation even more prevalent in Nashville, Tennessee?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/9/2008
Testimony Given to the Governor's Roundtable on TennCare 1999 regarding sudden changes to Grier. Footnotes and signature file added on June 8, 2008 for Historical Reference.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/8/2008
The Nashville City Paper previously reported that African-American students were out-performed by their white counterparts on the ACT (Metro ACT scores drop; Tennessee reaches new high, 2007).
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/8/2008
The Bell Curve Wars Savage Inequalities There Are No Children Here
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/8/2008
Behavioral disruptions prompted school administrators to pull the most effective teachers out of the classroom to enforce school policy while their classrooms remained empty or were covered by floating substitute teachers.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/7/2008
This document was created in response to an online forum concerning the TennCare Budget Crisis by Elyssa Durant, Welfare Recipient. Yes, ANOTHER healthcare crisis in Tennesseee- 2008.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/6/2008
Prepared for Congressman Jim Cooper at Vanderbilt University, Owen (Graduate School of Business) for a presentation on Health Care Policy & Management. Discusses strategies for equitable healthcare in a changing marketplace.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 6/6/2008
Hoarding and Collecting is a most prevalent in people with a primary diagnosis of Obsessive Compulasive Disorder. Some collect cats; others collect newspapers-- as for me? I collect information!
By Elyssa Durant | Published 5/21/2008
What arguments can be presented for against the use of school vouchers for parochial schools? How is the issue of school vouchers for sectarian institutions different or similar from issues surrounding prayer in school?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 5/12/2008
What is "real?" Something we can touch? Something we can feel? Someone we can love?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 4/22/2008
Do you really want to know what happens to children in state custody once they turn 18? This article addresses the problems associated with transitioning youth out of Child Services and into adulthood.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/23/2008
What happens to my written works that I have so carefully created? Do they just float around in cyberspace forever? Are my words now immortal? Does that make me grandiose or paranoid?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/16/2008
Modern technology has given us the capability to correct genetic abnormalities and imperfections, yet on the other, we must ask ourselves if this capability gives us the right to manipulate the evolutionary development of future generations.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/16/2008
You Know You Have OCD When...
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/16/2008
Anyone forced to make a decision about the quality of one's life is faced with an awesome responsibility that inherently demands some sort of value judgment in when considering life's options.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/15/2008
An interview with Stand for Children in Nashville, Tennessee.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/10/2008
Added security measures in urban classrooms changes the school environment. For some students, school is a mere extension of the violent communities in which they live.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/10/2008
Individuals diagnosed with the AIDS virus are frequently isolated and alienated by friends and loved ones. By implementing mandatory AIDS testing to health care workers and/or patients, we would only be propelling discriminatory practices among HIV patients.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/7/2008
OCD, PTSD, Good Fences, Good Neighbors, Good Friends, Psychology, Sociology
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/7/2008
Do the long term outcomes of school choice and voucher programs exacerbate the inequality between the rich and the poor?
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/7/2008
How will the theft of ALL personal information from the Davidson County Election Commission affect voter regsitration, voter turn-out, and voter "apathy" in the upcoming election? Will people still register to vote bbefore tomorrow's deadline? (Nashville, TN)
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/6/2008
Twenty questions that keep me up at night....
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/5/2008
Financial incentives to deny health care to beneficiaries in managed care organizations. Why this does NOT work for persons with chronic illness and diseases. HIV, AIDS, and mental illness discussed.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/2/2008
This paper discusses the major historical efforts to legislate organ transplantation in the United States. In addition to discussing the problems found within the current system of voluntary donation, this paper will provide an overview of three alternative approaches.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/2/2008
Why have so many people encountered so many random barriers to health care in addition to those obstacles strategically placed in the system? Medicaid is in fact an entitlement program.
By Elyssa Durant | Published 1/2/2008
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