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A World without Strangers
It’s simple. Get yourself to JFK Airport in New York City. Board a Qatar Airlines A-350 and fly 11 hours to Doha, the capital of Qatar and site of one of the world’s finest airports. After a couple of hours attempting to avoid the high-priced shops and restaurants in the terminal, take your seat on […]
AOFL
AMERICA AMERICA AMERICA OFF-LINE!!! OFF-LINE!!! OFF-LINE!!! Back Story and Introduction: The original version of this essay incredibly stretches back more than fifteen years, with a refresh halfway between then and 2017. At inception, historians will recall that AOL was top dog in the unfolding world […]
Curiosity Project
Phase One: I sent the open-ended questions below to a half-dozen students. *How does Google affect your level of curiosity? *Describe what it is in life that you are most curious about; how do you satisfy that curiosity? *Is curiosity purely an individual endeavor or can it be stimulated through group discussions? *Which geographical area […]
What If?
he American economy has been improving for about eight years, reported unemployment — ignoring the different ways to interpret this data point — is at an acceptable level, and inflation is surprisingly low: historically, sharp growth in the money supply has led to higher inflation. Yet, more than half of all people were reportedly unhappy […]
Perception and Reality
When you look at a Russian nesting doll, you can describe it perfectly. Then the outer doll is removed, and with it, your prior accuracy. When you hold the kaleidoscope to your eye, you can easily describe what you see. Then you twist the cylinder and the picture is totally different even as the material […]
The Great (?!) Diversion
Whether playing three card monte with a sidewalk shark or watching the magician levitate an elephant in front of your eyes or attempting to outwit the stock market, the key is what you do not see. The perpetrators of the misconception rely on you to be focused elsewhere, either directly or indirectly. What is happening […]
Who Am I?
This is not a guessing game, or a made for social media streaming event. This is really … real! I am crying inside, and sometimes outside, trying to figure out who this Latina is, who I am! OK, my given name is Patricia, which can throw people off guard. After all, it does not immediately […]
The Proactive Student
(I am not sure where the thoughts below came from exactly – and they are not in any particular order: probably the answer is that there were multiple sources, including the writer thankfully.) The high school student who is on a path to success is one who is proactive. The people with whom they interact […]
Long-term Money Transfers
Follow the trail: taxpayers, through the Federal Direct Loan program, lend money to higher education students, who then turn it over to colleges, who pay their professors and staff. Upon graduation, students repay the taxpayers. Through the multiple years involved in this process, the only category stressed by the financial schematic is that of students. […]
Concerning College Students
The young people who are the main characters in this modest essay are verbal, articulate in a somewhat narrowly defined way, with energy and positive personalities. Within their cohort, they are seen as high-achieving, blessed with attractive combinations of talent and grit. With the help of non-profit organizations and EOP or similar programs, each committed […]