Pres. Obama and Prime Minister Portia Simpson at STONE LOVE DANCE in JAMAICA dancing to Montego Bay
#BarackObamainJamaica #ObamainJamaica Wednesday, April 08, 2015 | 7:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — United States President Barack Obama arrived in the island a short while ago at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
This historic visit marks the second to the island by a sitting US president. The first saw Ronald Reagan arriving in 1982, with yesterday marking the 33rd anniversary of his visit.
Obama, who arrived on Air Force One, is expected to travel on the Marine One helicopter to the Jamaica Defence Force’s headquarters, Up Park Camp.
He is then expected to travel in the presidential limousine, The Beast, to a hotel where he is expected to stay ahead of tomorrow’s activities.
President Obama will engage in a number of activities tomorrow, including bilateral talks with the Jamaican Government and with Caricom heads of government, a youth forum at the University of the West Indies, and a wreath laying at the Cenotaph in National Heroes Park in honour of the Jamaicans who fought and died in World War I and II.
He will leave Jamaica tomorrow evening for Panama to attend the Seventh Summit of the Americas.
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller headed the delegation of officials who greeted President Obama on his arrival.
NOTE: This is a spoof.....For Fun ONLY.
VIDEO: Cool It, Chronixx, Advises Lisa Hanna After 'Waste Man' Post
Culture Minister, Lisa Hanna, has advised reggae artiste, Chronixx, to moderate his comments as he seeks to address the impassioned issue of the criminal record for national hero Marcus Garvey.
Chronixx has been receiving public backlash for his ‘waste man’ Instagram post that coincided with the visit of US president Barack Obama.
The post has since been removed.
HERE’S WHAT CHRONIXX HAD POSTED:
"This man ... Still have criminal record on the United States and we glorifying some waste man! This man was hunted and imprisoned by our Jamaican government ... who some years later, paved a peaceful and safe path for the US president to address is a ... "race of good for nothing's". That's why black faces don't mean anything to rasta anymore”
"This man ... Still have criminal record on the United States and we glorifying some waste man! This man was hunted and imprisoned by our Jamaican government ... who some years later, paved a peaceful and safe path for the US president to address is a ... "race of good for nothing's". That's why black faces don't mean anything to rasta anymore”
CLARENDON, JAMAICA (SHOCKING) : 28 y-o Mother, Rhea Ricketts Shot Dead Allegedly By Three-Year-Old Son In Clarendon
The Clarendon police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a 28-year-old woman allegedly by her three-year-old son.
The incident happened sometime around 3 o'clock in the quiet rural community of Nairne Castle in James Hill, Clarendon, shattering the usual Saturday afternoon solitude.
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The deceased, identified as Rhea Ricketts otherwise called 'Lucky', was pronounced dead at the Spaldings Hospital in Manchester. She had one bullet wound to the forehead.
Ricketts lived in Spanish Town, St Catherine but was in Clarendon to pick up the three-year-old child and his one-year-old brother after spending the Easter holidays with their grandmother. The police say the firearm used in the shooting belongs to the child's father who is a cop based in St Catherine. It's reported that the father, having worked last night, was taking a nap after transporting Ricketts to Clarendon to pick up the children.
He had reportedly placed the gun underneath his pillow before he went off to sleep. Meanwhile, Junior Ricketts, the elder brother of the deceased said he was on his way to the house when he saw a family member overwhelmed with tears. He said he enquired what was wrong and was told that Rhea had been shot by the three-year-old boy. more
1985 was the Year : 30 Years Of Sleng Teng - King Jammy Recalls Impact Of Digital Breakthrough....The title track, done by Wayne Smith (who died on February 17, 2014), became so intertwined with the singer, that he became known as Wayne 'Sleng Teng' Smith.
As producer and sound system operator, Lloyd 'King Jammy' James dug into his memories at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, on Thursday, April 2. He eventually - and inevitably - came to the Sleng Teng riddim.
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| Lloyd 'King Jammy' James |
He spoke as part of a series organised by the UWI's Department of Literatures in English, whose Professor Carolyn Cooper did hosting duties. Credited as the country's first computerised beat and a turning point in the production of Jamaican popular music, after speaking about the creation of the Sleng Teng, James added almost casually, "that was 30 years ago".
The title of the all-Sleng Teng riddim album, 1985 Master Hits, Sleng Teng Extravaganza, confirms the anniversary.
Landmark Beat
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| Noel Davey with the Casio keyboard used in making the Sleng Teng rhythm |
The title track, done by Wayne Smith (who died on February 17, 2014), became so intertwined with the singer, that he became known as Wayne 'Sleng Teng' Smith. He had been associated with James before the beat was made, as the producer said that he recorded artistes like Smith and John Wayne before making a return trip to England in 1979 to shop his music.
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| Wayne "Sleng Teng' Smith |
It was in the following decade that Smith, along with keyboard player Noel Davey, approached James with what was developed into the landmark beat. "Wayne Smith and Noel Davey came to me and say Jammy, we have a riddim a play on the Casio (MT-40 keyboard) and it sound wicked." James listened with his producer's ear. "They start to play the riddim. I say it no have no melody. Is just a fast drum beat ... . I slow the tempo down ... . I say play the piano part," Jammy said. With the adjustments made, James told them, "we going into the studio to record this now." more
Barack Had A Blast! - Ackee And Salt Fish, Jerk Chicken Among Local Dishes That The US President Enjoyed.....JAMAICA NOW: Barack on the rock! ... What Obama visit really means ... Bus conductor arrested
His appreciation for Bob Marley music and Red Stripe Beer is well known, and he proved during his short visit that he is comfortable with the Jamaican Patois. But a little-known fact about United States President Barack Obama is that he really loves Jamaican food.
According to US Ambassador to Jamaica Luis G. Moreno, the president was given a sampling of 12 of Jamaica's more famous dishes on his first night in the island. Although Moreno is not sure exactly what the president ate, it is believed that ackee and salt fish, jerk chicken and fried plantains were on the menu.
"He had prepared for him a sampling of Jamaican cuisine the first night he was here, which the chef at the hotel prepared," Moreno said in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Gleaner. "The plates were completely clean when they came to pick up the dishes, so he must have enjoyed it immensely," added Moreno.
Obama, who stayed at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel during his nearly 24-hour stop in the island, was very impressed with the meals and conveyed his appreciation to the chef. "I don't know exactly what the chef did, although I did speak with him and he told me that the feedback that he got was excellent," noted Moreno.
SERIOUS BUSINESS
The US president was in the island for some serious business, including bilateral talks with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and discussions with 14 Heads of Government from the Caribbean Community, but made time to visit the Bob Marley Museum in St Andrew less than two hours after disembarking Air Force One at the Norman Manley International Airport. more
50-YEAR THAW : THEY MEET... Raul Castro Delivers Stunning Defense Of President In Speech... 'I Apologize To Obama'... Calls For Reopening Of Embassies...Barack Obama And Cuba President Raul Castro Make History With First Sit-Down Meeting
The Huffington Post | By Igor Bobic Email Posted: 04/11/2015 4:23 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Barack Obama sat down with Cuban President Raul Castro on Saturday, the first substantial meeting between the countries' leaders in more than 50 years.
According to a White House pool report from the Summit of the Americas in Panama City, Obama and Castro, the brother of former Cuban President Fidel Castro, met in a small room in the convention center, and were seated next to each other in "the same set up as when world leaders are hosted in the Oval Office."
"This is obviously an historic meeting," Obama said. After 50 years of U.S. embargo toward Cuba, "it was time for us to try something new, that it was important for us to engage more directly with the Cuban government and the Cuban people. And as a consequence, I think we are now in a position to move on a path towards the future, and leave behind some of the circumstances of the past that have made it so difficult, I think, for our countries to communicate." Following Obama's remarks, Raul Castro said the two nations could have differences "with respect of the ideas of the others."
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Poll: Americans Back Iran Deal, Don't Want Congress To Crush It ....Americans United for Change found that 61 percent of the country favor the deal, while 34 percent oppose it....And perhaps more importantly, 65 percent of voters don't want Congress to block the deal, compared with 30 percent who do.
The Huffington Post | By Michael McAuliff Email Posted: 04/10/2015 8:27 am EDT
WASHINGTON -- Americans mostly approve of the outline of the Iran nuclear deal and don't want Congress to block it, according to a poll released Friday.
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The survey by Hart Research on behalf of the Democratically aligned Americans United for Change found that 61 percent of the country favor the deal, while 34 percent oppose it.
And perhaps more importantly, 65 percent of voters don't want Congress to block the deal, compared with 30 percent who do.
The poll, done this week of 806 voters, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
It also reveals a partisan divide on the issue, with Republican voters being the only ones who oppose the deal -- 52 to 41 percent -- and who are split on whether Congress should interfere, with 48 percent saying to block it and 47 percent wanting the lawmakers to let it advance.
For its questions, the survey largely adopts the descriptions of the United States government, although Iranians have characterized some points differently.
Still, in a measure of the strength of the opinions, 57 percent of respondents said they agreed with supporters of the deal and 38 percent said they agreed with opponents when the positions were cast like this: more
IN JAMAICA: 29-y-o Damion Ewin charged with 14-y-o schoolgirl's Kayalicia Simpson murder
Thursday, April 09, 2015 | 8:21 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The bus conductor who was implicated in the death of 14-year-old Kayalicia Simpson was formally charged with murder by the St Thomas Police on Wednesday, April 8.
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In custody is 29-year-old Damion Ewin of Newland Housing Scheme, Yallahs, in the parish.
Ewin has also been charged with committing sexual offences in the same matter.
On Tuesday, March 3, relatives found Kayalicia's body with multiple chop wounds to the head and neck and summoned the police. The post-mortem examination revealed that Kaylacia was also pregnant.
Ewin is expected to appear before the Yallahs Resident Magistrate's Court on Wednesday, April, 15. more
Officer Michael Slager's Mother: 'My Life Will Never Be The Same Again' (VIDEO)
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The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell Email Posted: 04/09/2015 6:59 pm EDT
The mother of the South Carolina police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man says her life will "never be the same again."
In an interview with ABC News, Karen Sharpe, the mother of North Charleston Officer Michael Slager, said she doesn't want to think about how long her son will be in jail should he be convicted of murder. He was charged on Tuesday after he was seen on video fatally shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott.
"I'm not gonna worry. I'm not gonna think about that right now," Sharpe said through tears in the interview (above). "What will happen will happen, and that's the way it'll be. I can only hope that it's not forever. I just have to let it be and hope God takes care of everybody involved.
"Not only my family but the Scott's family -- because I know they're grieving just like I'm grieving. So, I want them to know that," she added.
She said she hadn't seen the video of the shooting, claiming that she's "in denial."
She said her son, whose wife is expecting a baby, "loved being a police officer" and "would not do something purposeful" and not be able to help his wife during her pregnancy.
Slager has yet to enter a plea in his murder case. New evidence continues to be made public, including dashboard footage from Slager's patrol vehicle and audio of the suspect's initial calls to dispatch. more
Dear Obama by Poochie Good Gal Brown....Very Funny
Dear Obama by Poochie Good Gal Brown....very funny
Posted by Bring Back Our JAMAICA, #BBOJ on Friday, April 10, 2015
KINGSTON, Jamaica: President Obama's unannounced visit to the Bob Marley Museum
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015 | 9:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – United States President Barack Obama makes a late night visit to the Bob Marley Museum after he landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston Wednesday evening.
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| U.S. President Barack Obama, right, visits the Bob Marley Museum with tour guide Natasha Clark, left, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 in Kingston, Jamaica. |
The museum is reported to attract some 35,000 visitors per year. And President Obama has now been added to that list.
Bob Marley became a superstar in the 1970s, a fruitful period for roots-reggae. He lived at what became the museum in May 11, 1986.
He died of cancer in May 1981 at age 36. more
GoFundMe Shuts Down Campaign For Officer Charged With Murder Of Walter Scott
The Huffington Post | By Jessica Dickerson Email Posted: 04/08/2015 5:27 pm EDT
A fundraising page dedicated to South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was shut down by GoFundMe on Wednesday.
Slager was charged with the murder of 50-year-old Walter Scott after video surfacedof him shooting at the unarmed man eight times. GoFundMe’s public relations manager, Kelsea Little, told The Huffington Post that the page's removal was "due to a violation of our terms and conditions.”
However, Little said GoFundMe was unable to discuss the details of the campaign with anyone other than the organizer because of "privacy concerns.”
One source of outside financial support for the Slager family will be North Charleston. In a press conference Wednesday, Mayor Keith Summey confirmed that the town would continue to pay for the medical insurance of the officer’s wife, who is eight months pregnant, until the birth of the child.
Comparisons have been drawn between the shooting of Scott and Ferguson, Missouri, teen Michael Brown, including the online fundraising for the officer involved in the shooting in response to protests against police brutality.
Controversy swirled around the establishment of two GoFundMe pages that raised money for Darren Wilson, the officer responsible for the fatal shooting of Brown in July. Combined, they had raised nearly half a million dollars before they disappeared from the Internet late August. more
Hope, scepticism as Obama lands in Jamaica : JAMAICANS yesterday expressed mixed feelings about whether the current visit of United States President Barack Obama to Jamaica will be the start of a chain of positive developments for the island and the wider region.
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com Thursday, April 09, 2015
JAMAICANS yesterday expressed mixed feelings about whether the current visit of United States President Barack Obama to Jamaica will be the start of a chain of positive developments for the island and the wider region.
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| (L-R) FISHER... the fact that him choose to come here, we are very happy. HUSSEY... not a lot can be done in the short space of time. BAYLE... with such a short visit, we are not going to see a lot of changes (PHOTOS: KARL MCLARTY) |
Obama touched down at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) at minutes to eight last night, marking the second visit of a sitting US president to Jamaica.
"We know that the visit is going to be short, but the fact that him choose to come here, we are very happy," remarked Neville Fisher, a farmer in Caymanas Bay, St Catherine.
"This is history in the making," another man interjected.
But others were more sceptical.
"I believe that, with such a short visit, we are not going to see a lot of changes," said Christian Bayle, who was conducting business in Half-Way-Tree, the capital of St Andrew.
Gisele Hussey, who was seen on South Camp Road, shared similar sentiments.
"I believe that not a lot can be done in the short space of time. I believe it may fast-track some roadworks," Hussey quipped.
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| Soldiers man a section of Oxford Road, in the vicinity of the National Housing Trust in St Andrew, yesterday. (PHOTO: MICHAEL GORDON) |
Marcia Henry agreed. "I believe the time is too short to bring about the changes many people were hoping for," she told the Jamaica Observer.
Henry made the comment as members of the Jamaica Defence Force carried out last-minute preparations to beautify the surroundings of Up Park Camp, which was expected to be the president's first stop after leaving NMIA.
Further away, near New Kingston, a large contingent of police and soldiers were seen monitoring areas such as Knutsford and other areas of New Kingston, where businesses were forced to shutter early as a result of access
CRUCIAL ARTICLE: President Obama Visits Jamaica, but What Is His Government Doing to Jamaica's Economy? The Caribbean island nation, probably best known for dominating the sport of sprinting, has had declining living standards for the past 20 years. Per capita GDP has fallen by an average of 0.3 percent annually over the past two decades, making Jamaica the worst-performing economy in the hemisphere over this long haul....Does Jamaica need debt cancellation assistance or better fiscal managment? What do you think?
Posted: 04/08/2015 1:54 pm EDT Mark Weisbrot Huffington Post
The international media isn't paying much attention to President Obama's trip to Jamaica this week, but maybe they should. The country has become a terrible example of what can happen when creditors, led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), are able to impose harsh austerity on a trapped nation in an attempt to collect on an uncollectable debt. Since the U.S. Treasury Department decides what the IMF does in the Western Hemisphere, President Obama himself can claim responsibility for this crushing economic failure.
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| Barack Obama-Jamaica I Cry For You |
The Caribbean island nation, probably best known for dominating the sport of sprinting, has had declining living standards for the past 20 years. Per capita GDP has fallen by an average of 0.3 percent annually over the past two decades, making Jamaica the worst-performing economy in the hemisphere over this long haul. And this measures only average living standards; it is much worse at the bottom, where poverty has more than doubled since 2007, and where unemployment is currently over 14 percent, higher than it stood during the world recession. (More detail can be found here.)
But the worst part, and the part where Washington bears the most responsibility, is the country's future prospects. It is currently under an IMF agreement that requires the government to run annual primary budget surpluses -- revenue minus spending, excluding interest payments -- of 7.5 percent. This is the worst such burden in the world. For comparison, Greece was projected to run a primary budget surplus of 3 percent this year, and about 4.5 percent thereafter -- and this is so unsustainable that it is causing a political crisis as well as a widespread belief that it can't possibly happen.
How can something so much worse be done to Jamaica? Besides the obvious fact that Jamaica is much poorer and also over 90-percent Black, it mostly boils down to the creditors' cartel, headed by the IMF, which is calling the shots. This used to be the situation faced by most of the Western Hemisphere south of the U.S., but in the past 15 years the vast majority of the region has gotten loose from the IMF and Washington's grip, winning Latin America's "second independence." Jamaica is an extreme example of what happens to those who were not fortunate enough to get away.
The fiscal austerity that this cartel has imposed would be enough to throw even the U.S. economy into recession, with budget tightening of 5 percent of GDP between 2012 and 2015. Even at the IMF executive board, which must approve the four-year agreement that the country is operating under, about 25 percent of the directors were worried that excessive austerity could threaten Jamaica's "fragile recovery and social cohesion." more
Hope, scepticism as Obama lands in Jamaica : JAMAICANS yesterday expressed mixed feelings about whether the current visit of United States President Barack Obama to Jamaica will be the start of a chain of positive developments for the island and the wider region.
BY KIMMO MATTHEWS Observer staff reporter matthewsk@jamaicaobserver.com Thursday, April 09, 2015
JAMAICANS yesterday expressed mixed feelings about whether the current visit of United States President Barack Obama to Jamaica will be the start of a chain of positive developments for the island and the wider region.
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| (L-R) FISHER... the fact that him choose to come here, we are very happy. HUSSEY... not a lot can be done in the short space of time. BAYLE... with such a short visit, we are not going to see a lot of changes (PHOTOS: KARL MCLARTY) |
Obama touched down at the Norman Manley International Airport (NMIA) at minutes to eight last night, marking the second visit of a sitting US president to Jamaica.
"We know that the visit is going to be short, but the fact that him choose to come here, we are very happy," remarked Neville Fisher, a farmer in Caymanas Bay, St Catherine.
"This is history in the making," another man interjected.
But others were more sceptical.
"I believe that, with such a short visit, we are not going to see a lot of changes," said Christian Bayle, who was conducting business in Half-Way-Tree, the capital of St Andrew.
Gisele Hussey, who was seen on South Camp Road, shared similar sentiments.
"I believe that not a lot can be done in the short space of time. I believe it may fast-track some roadworks," Hussey quipped.
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| Soldiers man a section of Oxford Road, in the vicinity of the National Housing Trust in St Andrew, yesterday. (PHOTO: MICHAEL GORDON) |
Marcia Henry agreed. "I believe the time is too short to bring about the changes many people were hoping for," she told the Jamaica Observer.
Henry made the comment as members of the Jamaica Defence Force carried out last-minute preparations to beautify the surroundings of Up Park Camp, which was expected to be the president's first stop after leaving NMIA.
Further away, near New Kingston, a large contingent of police and soldiers were seen monitoring areas such as Knutsford and other areas of New Kingston, where businesses were forced to shutter early as a result of access restrictions to the area. more
KINGSTON, Jamaica : President Barack Obama is in Jamaica....This historic visit marks the second to the island by a sitting US president. The first saw Ronald Reagan arriving in 1982...President Obama will engage in a number of activities tomorrow, including bilateral talks with the Jamaican Government and with Caricom heads of government, a youth forum at the University of the West Indies
Wednesday, April 08, 2015 | 7:31 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica — United States President Barack Obama arrived in the island a short while ago at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
This historic visit marks the second to the island by a sitting US president. The first saw Ronald Reagan arriving in 1982, with yesterday marking the 33rd anniversary of his visit.
Obama, who arrived on Air Force One, is expected to travel on the Marine One helicopter to the Jamaica Defence Force’s headquarters, Up Park Camp.
He is then expected to travel in the presidential limousine, The Beast, to a hotel where he is expected to stay ahead of tomorrow’s activities.
President Obama will engage in a number of activities tomorrow, including bilateral talks with the Jamaican Government and with Caricom heads of government, a youth forum at the University of the West Indies, and a wreath laying at the Cenotaph in National Heroes Park in honour of the Jamaicans who fought and died in World War I and II.
He will leave Jamaica tomorrow evening for Panama to attend the Seventh Summit of the Americas.
Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller headed the delegation of officials who greeted President Obama on his arrival.
More information later.
KINGSTON, Jamaica: President Obama visits Bob Marley Museum
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| Pres. Barack Obama at Bob Marleys Museum |
Wednesday, April 08, 2015 | 9:46 PM
KINGSTON, Jamaica – United States President Barack Obama makes a late night visit to the Bob Marley Museum after he landed at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston Wednesday evening.
The Hope Road facility, which has been in operation for nearly 30 years, recently reopened it's doors after some structural upgrade.
The museum is reported to attract some 35,000 visitors per year. And President Obama has now been added to that list.
Bob Marley became a superstar in the 1970s, a fruitful period for roots-reggae. He lived at what became the museum in May 11, 1986.
He died of cancer in May 1981 at age 36. more
WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO: Video Shows Officer Michael Slager Shooting Unarmed Black Man In The Back In South Carolina
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| Killer Police stands over victim |
The Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell Email Posted: 04/07/2015 7:08 pm EDT
A white South Carolina police officer was arrested and charged with murder Tuesday after video showed him fatally shooting a fleeing, unarmed black man in the back.
North Charleston Police Officer Michael T. Slager, 33, can be seen shooting 50-year-old Walter Scott after a confrontation on Saturday, according to The Post and Courier. Slager chases Scott and shoots at him eight times in the video recorded by a passerby and obtained by The New York Times.
Scott died there, though it wasn't clear if he died immediately.
The graphic video raises questions about Slager's original assertion that he used his gun because he felt endangered. more
Harold Ekeh 17 y-o, Got Into All 8 Ivy League Schools wants to be a Neurosurgeon., is a senior at Elmont Memorial High School in Long Island, New York, has a GPA of over 100, he got a 2270 (out of 2400) on the SAT, and – oh yeah – he's been accepted to all 13 colleges he applied to, including all eight Ivy League schools, as well as Johns Hopkins and MIT. His Humble Response Will Inspire You. (WATCH THE VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | By Katie Sola Email Posted: 04/07/2015 12:51 pm EDT
When Harold Ekeh was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools, he didn't boast about his amazing feat. Instead, he thanked his teachers and parents.
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| Harold Ekeh |
The Nigerian-American teen came to the United States at the age of eight. His family lives in Elmont, New York, where Ekeh attends Elmont Memorial High School.
Ekeh isn't your average high school senior. He scored a 2270 on the SAT, according to Patch, and was a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search. He's editor-in-chief of the school newspaper, and vice-president of the Model United Nations.
Feeling inadequate yet? Ekeh was also the homecoming king. He told Yahoo he hopes to become a neurosurgeon, a field he became interested in after his grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
First, he has the pleasure of choosing between Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Yale.
According to New York Magazine, Ekeh was also accepted to MIT, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and SUNY Stony Brook.
Ekeh told Fox News Insider that he wrote his admissions essay about how his parents' resilience and determination to succeed in America inspired him.
"You can accomplish great things if you work hard and persevere," he told Newsday.TO VIEW VIDEO CLICK more
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