The first baby monitor was produced by the Zenith Radio Corporation and was introduced in 1937. It was the tragic kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son that helped push the invention.
Homer was a famous Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is credited with this great insight and that is he said that life is all about the journey, not the destination. Around 3,000 years later, people still quote him. Amazing!
The sport "Polo," was invented around the 5th century B.C. Wrestling, running, and javelin, were all invented before polo.
President Joe Biden is spending about $1 trillion in an effort to battle climate change, but it does not appear to be resonating with voters, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The money comes primarily from the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, which contains provisions for tax credits, grants, and loans for clean energy. There are many crucial topics according to voters (i.e. economy, education, immigration, military readiness, etc.), and climate change is nowhere among them, yet the Biden Administration is spending over $1 trillion dollars on it. They're insane. I don't know if it will happen, but there's a lot of buzz, including from the CIA, that certain power grids in the U.S. will be attacked (shut down). This includes Los Angeles and New York. If you don't own a generator, it might be time to ponder it a little to see if it's the right fit for you based on where you live; larger cities being the most vulnerable. People who own electric cars, will be in real trouble when the grids start coming down.
I’m not saying that brick and mortar colleges and universities will be extinct, but I am saying they should be put on an “endangered” list. For something to survive it must provide value and quite frankly its value is fading fast. I do realize there’s a correlation between how much money people make if they go to college or not, but the gap is narrowing because of the rising costs of education. This means the investment in a college education isn’t providing the return it once did. Besides increasing costs for an education, another reason colleges are losing their value is due to so many students opting for the easier courses these institutions offer. I’m not saying it isn’t important anymore to go to college but there are some things everyone should think about.
Many degrees have little application for either the private or public sector. In some cases, if a student does get a job in his or her field it isn’t one that can realistically provide them with a living, so they end up moving on to another occupation. These students’ parents might have spent $200,000 getting their child a degree in something that only opens the door for an interview. Of course, all the other job candidates would have degrees as well so it becomes an issue of whether or not your child could quickly jump into the job and start making a positive difference. If he or she took a light course load they might be in trouble. The fact is when a college student gets their degree in an area that doesn’t have much business potential (i.e. art, dance, history, classic literature, music, etc.), he or she will very unlikely work in their desired field. Someone who gets their degree in music has a tough road ahead because most of the jobs available to them are very few and low paying. A student who gets a degree in political science (even if she moves on to law school) will initially have some very low paying jobs before their career will hopefully take off. Plus, at the same time they’re trying to pay down their college debt. A large number of students drop out within the first two years for a variety of reasons, many times financial. One more example, if a student gets his degree in history (it’s one of my favorite subjects), making a living off the degree will be very difficult. The problem is that a student coming out of college might get a job in the school system but once again they are generally low paying jobs that they often leave due to low salaries and lack of appreciation. To have a decent shot at becoming a professor and making more money, the student would need to obtain his doctorate in history (which means more debt). Then they must contend with the fact that job openings for teaching in colleges and universities that pay well are few and far between. Colleges are struggling because their students spend four years in school yet would have a very difficult time passing an exam that employers come up with so they can figure out whether the job candidate has the skills they’re looking for. All that time is spent studying and they can’t take it with them to the marketplace. One of the primary reasons for this is that students didn’t learn hands-on applications to the real world, so the information doesn’t stick. Most companies use Microsoft Office products so being an expert in these areas (especially Excel), would give them an edge over the competition. Excel is being taught in pretty much every learning institution including community colleges. Online learning has become popular, so some college professors post their lessons on-line and then coordinate tests sometimes on-site sometimes via the internet. One of the problems with this is that many students don’t learn well on-line and I’m one of them. I don’t know why this is the case because I love to watch presentations on-line (www.ted.com) where professionals come in and talk about all kinds of topics but for some reason, I have a tough time following an on-line college course. I’d be much better off in class listening and watching my instructors because they give better clues as to what part of the material being learned is the most important. Next, I’m going to cover a great option to overcome the devaluing of a university degree and that is for a student to attend a technical college (I’m including community colleges as well). Technical colleges are more closely tied to the business community and what their needs are. These colleges better project where the jobs are headed so they can offer the courses necessary to fill the marketplace’s needs. They’re better at caring for the students after they graduate and use their ties in the business community to help their students find employment. Universities often just churn and burn their students because they have too many students to make a dent in helping them after they graduate. Many universities reach a point where they don’t think they have anything to learn; they get pious about their institution. They look on themselves as consultants to the business community when it should be just the opposite. This creates a big problem because unlike what technical colleges are doing, universities are terrible at being in touch with businesses’ wants and needs. They're usually very good at collecting donations and marketing their college but these things don’t end up enhancing the quality of their students’ education and keeping costs down for them. Technical colleges are leaner and meaner. They often have great instructors who don’t have the lucrative salaries that university professors have. Their instructors usually aren’t academic but instead have worked in the real world. At one time I managed a college intern program at work and every student told me they wish their professors had real world experiences to share. Community college instructors are great at hands-on training in areas that require it (i.e. computer programming, electrical engineering, graphic design, etc.); basically, less talk from them and more action. This type of teaching is much more effective towards learning. Plus, when you respect your instructor, you’re much more inclined to perform better in class. Once again, I’m not saying a college education isn’t important and I know of many colleges and universities that are fantastic and don't fit the profiles I'm mentioning above. What I am saying is that maybe a four-year degree isn’t for everyone and that some students who attend community colleges or technical institutes might have a better shot at getting a job sometimes than the millions of college-educated young adults who are competing with other people with the very same resume. I’m also saying that colleges/universities should take a hard look at their bureaucracy because student costs can’t continue to go up like they have. I think they should bring in more instructors/professors with real world experience so the students would respect them more and enjoy learning more. I think universities should do away with professor tenure because it makes zero sense. All it does is give a professor a lucrative salary to teach less. Students don’t deserve to attend a course based on the premise that an Ivy League professor is going to teach the class when they end up with their professor’s assistant teaching and advising them. These tenured professors are usually off writing articles for trade magazines or writing books to pat their own and the school’s ego. I’ve attended a community college, a technical college, and a university. In my case I learned more from the smaller institutes, and I enjoyed the classes more. The bottom line is that I think we should take a good look at advanced degrees and figure out what we need to do to churn out students who can compete in a global economy. We don’t need a bunch of kids with ideological views but instead kids who can immediately contribute to the marketplace. We don’t need our kids to think they are losers for not attending universities and instead support the fact that for some young people attending community colleges and technical institutes could help them achieve just as big of dreams as those students attending four-year colleges and could possibly get there even faster. My focus was on college education, but the fact is the best thing we can do for our children is tell them the truth about the real world and that some things they might want to get a degree in won’t help them in it. You’re paying for the degree you should want a good return on your investment and that is to have your child positioned to get a leg up in the marketplace but what’s most important is their character because as Abraham Lincoln said: “Ability may get you to the top, but it takes good character to keep you there.” Sharks, unlike most fish, need to constantly keep swimming or they'll sink. They're not good floaters.
On Friday, democrats and the mainstream media were rejoicing in the monthly job figures as it showed a lot of new jobs. What did they leave out? Well, according to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (Biden's own administration), part-time jobs were up 691,000 while full-time jobs were down around 6,000. In other words, the growth was due to part-time jobs which completely changes the impact on our economy. The other thing is that a large number of new jobs were filled by illegal immigrants. We've got around 10 million of them who need jobs. Scary. Anyhow, this post is a PSA to counter even more lies by some on the left. Tracking their deception is a full-time job for me.
Well, apparently Hunter's legal team has spent time with the White House counsel, and it was them who got Hunter to dodge the subpoena. Could you imagine if Trump's children used White House attorneys paid for by our tax dollars?! They'd be livid! Harrison Ford (Hans Solo), David Prowse (Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) circa 1977.
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