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Israelin Shockness

Biography

I have spent several years as an educator working with students from kindergarten to university and as a former columnist for a weekly community newspaper. As a volunteer with non-profit organizations servicing children and youth, parents and the marginalized, I have held different positions as community worker and as board member. I have had the opportunity to speak to adolescent and young adult male prison inmates in their institution on a personal level, and learned a great deal from them, as I did from my students and from the many different individuals and groups that I have met along the way. From my graduate studies, I learned about research, anti-racist education, and community relations.

As a person of colour, I have firsthand experience on the many micro-aggressions that are part of daily living of non-white peoples in our society. Fortunately, I have been able to rise above these and share with students and colleagues, white and non-white alike, how these micro-aggressions, which are so embedded in our society, can cause severe harm to all of us. What I have discovered is that greater respect for ourselves and for each other and deliberate efforts to eradicate implicit bias and disrespect are necessary tools for more harmonious and equitable living and for the realization of social justice.

Books by Israelin Shockness

Be Kind to Others (children's book) by Israelin Shockness
BE KIND TO OTHERS: TJ CAT AND THE SUPERHEROES COMMUNITY PLAN is the fourth book in the series, TJ Cat and the Superheroes. In this story, over the holidays, Ellie Elephant discovers not all little animals had a good time at Christmas. At school, Ellie tells her friends. TJ Cat and the Superheroes think of how they can help. With the help of their par3nes and their teacher, Miss Cheval, TJ Cat and the superheroes show that little ones could have good ideas and accomplish big things.
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Fiction > Children
A Surprise Gift (children's book) by Israelin Shockness
A SURPRISE GIFT: TJ CAT AND THE SUPERHEROES is the third book in the series, TJ Cat and the Superheroes. In this story, TJ Cat and the superheroes are beginning to read and are taking an interest in community news. When TJ Cat and Una Unicorn saw the news about other little animals in need, they shared it with their other classmates in the Superhero Club and they decided to help.
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Fiction > Children
LET’S GET A RIDE by Israelin Shockness. School Bus, Story. Book cover
LET’S GET A RIDE: TJ CAT AND THE SUPERHEROES is the second story book in the series, TJ Cat and the Superheroes. In this story, TJ Cat and some of his superhero friends, while on the school bus, observe two new little animals a long distance away from their school. “They’ll be late,” they thought. At school, TJ Cat and the superheroes discover the little animals don’t have a ride to school. They come up with a plan to help the new little animals get to school.
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Fiction > Children
TJ CAT'S FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL (book) by Israelin Shockness
TJ CAT’S FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL: HOW TJ CAT AND PUPPY D BECAME FRIENDS is the first book in the series, TJ Cat and the Superheroes. In this first story, TJ Cat is anxious about his first day at school. TJ CAT wondered, will the other little animals like him? What about his teacher? She may not like him at all. But TJ Cat soon finds out school can be fun. He not only makes friends on his first day at school, but his class becomes the superhero class.
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Fiction > Children
Some English Quick Tips by Israelin Shockness. 30+ Ways to Correct Most Common Errors in Writing and Grammar. Book cover
This book, SOME ENGLISH QUICK TIPS – 30+ Ways for Older Teens and Young Adults to Correct Most Common Errors in Writing, Grammar and Spelling, provides a good guide to some of the more common and prolific errors young people make in their writing, which affect the way that graded in college and university. This book also works for those who are out of school, and who must write grammatically correct to communicate workmates and employers.
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Non Fiction > Personal Development
Leadership Beyond the Job by Israelin Shockness. Develop Effective Leadership Skills. Book cover
LEADERSHIP BEYOND THE JOB – 30 Ways for Older Teens and Young Adults to Develop Effective Leadership Skills is intended as a guide to effective leadership skills that would help young people develop a mindset for success. This book is based on the idea that many in our society define leadership in terms that are often akin to bullying, taking advantage of others, being the one that could force others to do what they want.
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Non Fiction > Personal Development
Preventing Dropout and Overcoming School Failure by Israelin Shockness. Book cover
On a difficult day at school, or when trying to balance school, work and home, you may find that the decision to drop out of school may appear to be the right thing to do. But the truth is, staying in school often makes more sense. Fear of failing, being intimidated by the system, or thinking that education really wouldn’t make a difference to your life chances are thoughts that often lead to young people dropping out of school.
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Non Fiction > Personal Development
Developing Emotional Intelligence by Israelin Shockness. Book cover
Emotional Intelligence, the ability to understand and manage emotions, is about getting along with others. Understanding more about emotional intelligence could be the answer to many concerns that young people have. For example, some young people often lament: “No one cares about me”; “People are always picking on me”; “My parents don’t understand me”; “I don’t know why my friends treat me that way”.
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Non Fiction > Personal Development
Welcoming Responsibilities by Israelin Shockness. Book cover
Growing up can be a very stressful experience for some older teens and young adults. Issues relating to independence and autonomy loom high, while issues pertaining to making the right impression, being accepted as part of a group, and knowing what their responsibilities are as emerging adults can be serious concerns for themselves and family members.
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Non Fiction > Personal Development
Respect is Only Human by Israelin Shockness. Book cover
Respect is Only Human: A Response to Disrespect and Implicit Bias takes a look at our society, embedded with social injustice, revealed in racial, ethnic, religious and other discrimination, and even with hatred that threatens to destroy our very humanity, if left unchecked. This book also shows how implicit or unconscious bias, unknowingly fostered in us from our early lives, underlies social injustice and unfairness.
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Non Fiction > Personal Development