Weak. Powerless. Fool. You are you. Ever since humans existed, everyone always varied in opinion when it comes to their social views. Some may be positive, in which they readily accept others, while some may be negative, in which they reject someone who doesn’t match the opinions they have. That’s completely normal. People have different
Educational education by prepared preparers
What is one of the universal truths that govern society as of now? What is one of the things that we truly need? Of course, the answer should be in the clear for everyone: We need to have education. That’s why since childhood, we go to school. We need to give our brains knowledge. We
The great outdoors
Research shows that the average American adult spends 93% of their life indoors or in a vehicle. And Brits aren’t exactly embracing the great outdoors either, at 92%. Nowadays, even children aren’t much better, as 1 in 2 kids worldwide spends less than an hour a day outside – half as much as prison inmates.
What happens when powerful people get complete freedom?
I agree: there is no bigger test of integrity, moral courage, principles, ethics or values than giving a man – or woman – power and seeing what they do with it. The controversial sport of bullfighting is an excellent place to start when it comes to discussing power, so let’s meet the first ever professional
Questioning Normality
Meet Henry. Henry is a middle-aged man. He is married and has two wonderful daughters. He owns a house in the suburbs and has a steady job. Since he works in education, he enjoys long holidays each year: time he spends camping with his family. Some people might say he’s got it all. He leads
To Be Normal Or Not?
“Alright boy, wear a smile and be a good kid.” That was what my mom said to me as she dropped me off at school one day. It may seem like a simple instruction, but the ambiguity embedded in her statement only ended up creating confusion in my young head. I thought about what she
To Be Yourself
We all live in a society that influences almost every ounce of our behavior, a society that encourages us and judges us at the same time. It’s almost as if we are the participants of a reality show and society is the judge. We all realize at some point during our lives that in the
POWER
“Nearly all men can with stand adversity, but if you want to test a men’s character, give him “power” Abraham Lincoln. Do you agree? I agree with him totally First and foremost, in life man withstands adversity regardless of the task and nature of the environment he lives in. Men are one of the creatures
One plus two equals… Huh?
‘In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.’ – Fran Lebowitz. What if randomly and out of the blue, a person was overheard saying that, “In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as addition.” Of course, they would be ridiculed and scoffed at. Similarly, even though
Education and the injustice of preparing students for working life
I love Mathematics. I love Statistics. I love Quantitative Analysis. Mostly, I love Accounting and Finance; my core courses. If I were a student in the sciences, I know I’d also love Physics. I love conundrums, anything that gets your wits to the edge and your mind entangled with reasoning. I love all these. Although
You are really, really, really, really, really normal. And so am I.
There is a girl I wish I could have spent a little more time with. Someone from my past. I remember a holiday I took with her, the two of us were swimming with a shoal of fish in the shallows of an island while light rain beat down on the surface. The water was
The Downside
Steve Jobs, known for his internationally acclaimed technologically based Apple products, stated “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And more important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” Mr. Jobs was regarded as an innovative entrepreneur whose own inspirational journey to the top is reflected in
“It is better to be without logic than to be without feelings.” – Charlotte Bronte
This quote is pinned to one of the display boards at my school. I came across it during one of our lunch breaks and was immediately struck by the truth of it. She had poured into words what I had been feeling for a long time since high school. And this is what I feel
Two Paths Diverge in the Halls of the Little Red School House – Which One Should We Take?
Do we take the path of broadening the mind or do we take the path of preparing students for working life? Consider what broadening the mind and preparing for working life really means. What does broadening the mind mean? It means to expand your way of thinking so that you are able to accept other
If Bill Has 17 Peaches, How Many Of My Classmates Are Still Starving?
For the third day in a row, our college algebra teacher drones on about the functions of a graphing calculator. He hesitates as he moves from step to step, as if any of us are paying careful attention to the dozens of ways to solve for the invaluable solution of ‘x’, using a machine that
The Education Role
Let’s begin with establishing a couple of definitions: Education – the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/education?s=t Broaden – to increase something such as your knowledge, experience, or range of activities http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/broaden My
Navigating Falsehoods and the Human Condition
Abraham Lincoln never said the following: “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” Robert G. Ingersoll, a forgotten thinker of the very highest order, never said them either, but he outlined a much similar notion in an 1884 essay on the subject of Abraham
Changing World
Education has always been a big issue for the nation, even since before the establishment of the Constitution. The national government set up support for public education almost immediately after the war for independence. The Confederation Congress passed a set of bills called the Northwest Ordinances. It could be said that these ordinances set up
Broadening the mind, freeing the spirit
Modern western industrialized society said education should be aimed towards holding down a job and the pursuit of a career. I will not argue the acquisition of a skill for a liveable livelihood, but education limited to just that is parlous. There was a time when education was a broadening of the mind and a
Preparing students for working life – Are we missing something?
There is much written about preparing students for working life and the various approaches, considerations and delivery – or lack thereof – that educational institutes have in place. The delivery and quality of careers services across the world are continually under scrutiny and it seems there are few places that get it right. Numerous