Tag: education
Random Thoughts on My Non-Random Google Feed – 10/13/2023
Here are my thoughts on three articles that my smartphone’s Google algorithm fed me on Wednesday, October 11. 1. Teachers of recently arrived immigrant students to get help under new law According to this article, a teacher named Jenna Hewitt King is having a lot of trouble teaching kids who don’t speak English. And apparently,…
Education in a Nutshell
Do at least five math problems. Read at least one page of a book. Write at least one sentence. Watch at least one YouTube video on any of the following subjects: Discipline/Willpower Habits Learning Diet Exercise Psychology Philosophy Personal Finance History/biographies of famous people Freedom/Libocracy Spend at least a half hour honing a skill that…
Schooling Versus Education
Years ago, I used to mock myself for being unmarried and broke. “Never hath God given a man so much,” I would derisively scold myself, “and seen so little come of it.” And one of the prime causes of my abject futility in life was my “education.” Here’s the skinny on my formal education: I…
New York State and Crony Socialism
Don’t ask me why, but my high-powered brain turned toward education this week, and I decided to compare my birth state to my adoptive state. Check out the following tables: New York spends a lot more than North Carolina on public education—$14,663 more per pupil, to be precise. But New York doesn’t allocate its education…
The Real Culture War
Up until I was 40 years old (I’m 55 now), I floundered financially. I wasn’t a basket case. I was able to pay my bills. But I was using debt to live beyond my means and acquire the superficial symbols of success—a car, a condo, a host of electronic equipment, and a bunch of credit…