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Sorry Folks, Education is Not Institutional But Rather Individual
Certainly, for a child or youth, what to learn and how it is be taught should be left up to the adult, the child being too inexperienced and young to know better. But if a child is to learn, spending at least the required twelve years in school in America, why this “education”? For one, [...]
Education Reform: What Works, What Doesn’t and What’s Missing
One of the main issues regarding education reform is the extent of what that really means. In order to understand the full thrust of the problem, one has to understand the playing field first and foremost. The term “No child left behind” is often bandied about by politicians when talking reform. But can that federal [...]
Colleges Have Their Own Best Interest in Mind Not Your Child’s
What exactly does “colleges” mean? Here we’re not talking about faculty or staff but those who make the decisions. They are trustees (board members) and presidents. And this is a problem. Why? Because they do not live lives similar to that of students, faculty, or staff. Most live in comparative luxury looking to better their [...]
Why is the Majority of Your College Education a Waste of Time
Education today, to a great degree, is wasting time, money, and effort-the time and effort of the student and, to a great degree, the parents’ money. Let’s begin by dispelling the myth that teachers (for now let’s talk primary and secondary) are all that and a bag of chips. Teachers are not only given too [...]
You May Not Care About Your Success But the Rest of the World Does
Some say that distraction is the tool of the devil or that which gets us off track from doing great things in our lives not only for ourselves but for others. Now some may not believe in the devil and some may believe that they are happy and don’t need change. Not believing in the [...]
What Is Your College Student’s Focus?: MySpace, Email, Texting, and Computer Games
Back in the day when I was a big-college-professor on campus, as I walked through the basement computer lab of a particular college library week after week, semester after semester, year after year, on the way to teach, I noticed one thing, that most students were not working but playing. For some time I had [...]
An Objective Analysis of the Arbitrary Nature of Opinions and Mores is Essential to Your Success
What are perceived as “standards” or “the way things are done” is oftentimes set arbitrarily based only on that which benefits the individual or group who sets them. And equally as often, they are set to perpetuate the individual’s / group’s weaknesses and fears.
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