Biography

Cornelius suffered from the lack of parental love. He joined a gang to gain acceptance and experienced more than his share of physical and mental abuse. The horrific treatment by the adults in his life played a large part in the bad life choices made. His gang membership alienated many adults in his life. They misunderstood and often punished him unfairly. He tried repeatedly to prove his intelligence and natural gifted talents, but met with disapproval and discouragement. For the most part, his life was one of searching for acceptance, recognition and respect.

Cornelius L. Barker is presently a much sought-after lecturer for school and community groups on the subject of current cognitive and behavioral trends exhibited by today's youth. He served as a classroom teacher and as administrator in both elementary and secondary schools. He has visited over 25 states thus far and has visibly touched the hearts and minds of over 475,000 students, parents, teachers, PTAs and more.

In his retirement, he works with juveniles and young adults in an urban prison system using his extensive experience in research and lecture with that population to reach, teach and motivate his students to embrace education as a catalyst for restored hope and adoption of an altered perspective, and hopefully, a changed life.

RENOWNED CO-AUTHOR OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:

• Writing Meaningful Teacher Evaluations - Right Now!
• Writing Meaningful Evaluations for Non-Instructional Staff - Right Now!
• Writing Year-End Teacher Improvement Plans - Right Now!
• Mathletics (CORWIN PRESS,INC.)
• And Yet He Lived?
• And Yet He Lived - Composition Workbook
• Government By The Children For The Children
• Professor Eli and The Bible Bunch
• A Little Eden (CORDET BOOKS, INC.)
• Democracy In The Classroom (CARLTON PRESS, INC.)

All of these books were co-authored with Claudette J. Searchwell, MA.

Presentations Include the following:

• "Listening With Your Eyes"
  Regaining the pulse of your child with solutions to a better relationship.
• "For Ladies Only"
  An inside look at the pressures that confront our young ladies today.
• "The Wall"
  Conquering Obstacles.
• "The Choice: Stupidity vs. Dignity"
  Children making choices that will affect their lives.
• "Let There Be Peace"
  There is a choice...the inner realities of gang involvement.
• "Daddy or Father"
  Parents/guardians living up to their responsibilities.
• "And Yet He Lived"
  A Fact-based lecture about a child's journey through poverty and pain.
• "The Life of a Jock"
  The academic and athletic pressures on and off the court.

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