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May all beings be happy.

2012-02-18T07:46:00.001-08:00

Of course happiness stems from two sources: joy and peace. Joy is shorter lived than peace. Protect your purse, but don't sell your soul.

Germany hasn't learned anything applicable to Greece

2012-02-17T20:29:00.000-08:00

Free our Free Markets:

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How Do Kids Learn?

2012-02-16T10:39:00.000-08:00

Secret: when I was a little kid visiting my uncle in Minnesota, I use to imitate the sounds of his farm animals in the privacy of his spacious barn -- it was a captive audience, particularly the milking cows.

Each cow had his/her head loosely locked in place, right in front a a bail of hay. I walked in the paved trail in front of each of my 21 "teachers." Each just stared at me why they chewed -- the lower jaws had the same oval motion. Now and then each of them would "Mrrrrrrrrrrrr."

I tried it. They were determined for me to get it right -- "Mrrrrrrrrrrr."

We repeated this process endlessly that summer; it was a lot of fun.

They wouldn't give up on me. We did it over and over until I sounded like a cow.

This was my first foreign language class.

Motivation, Use of Relevant senses, Repetition.

Do we want the Fox Guarding the Chicken Coop?

2012-02-12T07:07:00.001-08:00

End of America's Middle Class Now a Startling Reality
By Aaron DeHoog, Financial Publisher, Newsmax and Moneynews

"I walked away from millions of dollars," explains Tom Hutchinson, a former UBS Financial Adviser who went renegade after being sickened by Wall Street deception.

"According to the Federal Reserve data, the wealthiest 1% of Americans now have a greater net worth than the bottom 90% combined .

Vote for Obama.

Why kids learn is the question?

2012-02-09T18:57:00.000-08:00

Sociological (macro) research is irrelevant to the specific classroom that teachers teach.

If your examples are irrelevant, so is your material. Teachers need to know the audience in terms of interest and do a little research -- listen to some Latino music, Rihanna, Read a little Albert Pulos biography Name drop some of that info and tie it into your micro-management duties.

Skip the Sociological research -- check your common sense. Do your own investigation about your specific student's interest. Sociology always validates the obvious. You have hearing, seeing, smelling, touching in the context of fast and slow speed. That's all you need to know.

You need specific student information concerning interests and incorporate those in your curriculum.

You could use several teacher aides and a list of Tutors.

Flood the Zone - NYTimes.com

2012-02-07T09:14:00.000-08:00

Flood the Zone - NYTimes.com:

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David Brooks is right on with this view.

My NYtimes Ron Paul take:

2012-02-06T20:15:00.001-08:00

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Austin, TX

I would not vote for Ron Paul: we certainly can't expect him to take advice during a time of Presidential crisis.

I do admire his generosity to the poor as a medical doctor: It shows personal human compassion, but he does have a naive belief in others for extensions to Blacks, Hispanics and other minorities in need, despite grim American history.

He is depicted as a "Self Made Man" but for his duplication of parental values.

I can only conclude that his volumes of reading in economics is an educational mystery.

Finally, He is not alone in the "Self-Made" delusion. Millions of Americans believe they made it without an influential teacher in their lives.

Job Deficit more important than Budget deficit

2012-02-05T11:04:00.001-08:00

www.robertreich.org

A little Albert Einstein Wisdom for Education Administrators

2012-02-04T16:39:00.001-08:00

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Students like adults are different.

Department of Education

2012-02-01T07:22:00.001-08:00

Education: when macro-analysis supersedes micro-analysis (experienced teachers), probability analysis becomes delusional plausibility.

Capitalism needs Stimulus

2012-02-01T07:12:00.001-08:00

When economic theory ignores economic history, probability analysis becomes mere plausibility. Yes, the lessons of the Great Depression is that stimulus works. Let's hope that we can avoid the war that came with it.

My NPR post

2012-01-25T10:00:00.001-08:00

Ozzie Banicki (Oz7com) wrote:

Best line in Obama's State of the Union speech, "I am an Abraham Lincoln Democrat." Conversely,the Republican Rebuttal was crystallized by, "It's a Math problem." Go figure.

One guy is talking about human needs for all Americans and the other is not empathizing with that situation -- it's a math problem.

Yes, classic lines were followed. The haves and the struggling haves have different needs. The Independents will decide in the long run. I'm hoping they come from religions that value compassion and pragmatism, not just Macro-economics.

It's the little clues in the speech that count.

2012-01-25T08:40:00.000-08:00

Obama said in his State of the Union Address, "I am an Abraham Lincoln Democrat." Then we realized that he was speaking about the needs of all Americans -- Democrats, Republicans and others.

The Republican Rebuttal was about a "Math Problem." Go Figure.

At-Will Employment - Overview

2012-01-18T08:14:00.000-08:00

At-Will Employment - Overview:

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Very Important Information to young workers, especially teachers and professors. Various State Right to Work Laws and At Will Laws could cause you great harm.

Presidential Candidates without Compassion

2012-01-02T10:42:00.000-08:00

Presidential Candidates who are mere Accountants without signs of Compassion can't be trusted; for they are mere thieves awaiting opportunity.

Compassion is not to be confused with pity. Pity is sorrow without action, or the desire for action. Pity is a form of superiority. The arrogant man shows pity to accent his superiority and replace action with inaction, justifying his pity by loathing the observed condition and justifying his inaction.

No, character in the highest office in the land requires Compassion, not pity. Compassion is virtue, not a weakness. Tyrants of the world are the dogs that attract the fleas. They are not clean and deserving to be the leader of good people. The dog that bites to defend is better than the dog that bites passersby, or the weak dog because he can. Pick a man of Compassion.

The Homeless & Reaganomics History Gives Insight to the "New Republican" Economic Outcomes.

2011-12-30T06:26:00.000-08:00

http://goo.gl/qd3Aa

Should the U.S. President have had CEO Experience?

2011-12-18T18:58:00.000-08:00

A CEO's principal responsibility is to maximize the PROFITS of his shareholders (not necessarily create jobs). Job creation may in fact create overhead that diminishes profits in some cases. In those cases, the goal is to reduce jobs, add duties and perhaps replace some with computers.

Experience shows: curriculum flexibility maintains teacher enthusiasm.

2011-12-13T13:51:00.000-08:00

My forty years of experience in adaptation paid dividends -- enthusiasm maintained.

Having been a full-time professor of Speech and Director of Intercollegiate Speech and Debate at Community Colleges and Universities in Florida, Ohio, Mississippi and Texas for thirty six years (plus four years of adjunct), I gained enormous insight into Darwin's most famous principle: "If you can't adapt, you won't survive."

My position is simple: the current push for rigidly control of teachers will prove to be counterproductive in the long run. Why? Enthusiasm is contagious. If you squelch a creative teacher, you squelch the kid

Adam Smith on "Conspiracy" in Wealth of Nations

2011-12-07T11:47:00.000-08:00

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices. It is impossible, indeed, to prevent such meetings, by any law which either could be executed, or would be consistent with liberty and justice. But though the law cannot hinder people of the same trade from sometimes assembling together, it ought to do nothing to facilitate such assemblies, much less to render them necessary.

Smith, Adam (2008-11-27). The Wealth of Nations (An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations) (mobi) (Kindle Locations 2015-2018). MobileReference. Kindle Edition.

Yes, Barack Obama is a Good President for Even Republicans

2011-12-04T08:42:00.001-08:00

I think we got one thing settled: Barack Obama is an American Citizen.

There was so much confusion during tough times that we really weren't thinking clearly as a nation. Name calling and scapegoating become natural during times of stress. We're thinking more clearly now.

We realize that he is the answer to terrorists in the world. He did it with the use of Drones, tiny little airplanes that we use to play with when we were kids. They are nearly undetectable, and they are deadly.

It's true; they can be used against the President by sophisticated enemy of the future, but that's the nature of Ronald Reagan's plan isn't it? Star Wars. But rather than circling the country with sophisticated towers as planed and nearly executed by President Bush II, we have an offense that cuts the head of the snake.

We are learning that Barack Obama actually has helped the environment with gas reducing directives in the near future: it is a counter to those days when foreign cars put out of business (My home town, Flint, Michigan).

"Yes, we can" is turning out to be slowly realized.

Our economic woes was created by deregulating the banking industry. Republican leaders like the T-Party won't admit that. They are blind to cause-effect analysis. But we know better, that's why we elected Barack Obama. Federal Government has its place in all nations, not just the United States of America. We're beginning to realize the value of checks and balances that our forefathers so neatly created.

"Honest Abe", a Republican, has a disciple -- Barack Obama. Sure he is Black with a foreign name, but he is a good man. We have a lot of foreign names in America. That''s why we proudly call America the "Melting Pot."

All previous foreigners were worried about losing their jobs to immigrants. Controlling our borders does not mean sealing out borders with huge electronic towers or barbed wire fences. We have reasonable options -- regulating employers just might be that option, just like we need to regulate outsourcing, which is another form of immigration control that only Federal Governance can manage.

Checks and Balances is the key.

Capitalism vs Democracy

2011-11-25T10:25:00.001-08:00

If Capitalism were the government, Democracy would be oppressed -- think about your greatest oppressor of your expressions -- your employer.

Someone has to preserve the 1st Amendment: without it there is no America.

Public Speaking & Decision-Making courses need to be taught by Rhetoricians.

2011-11-19T09:54:00.000-08:00

Communication Departments across America have dummy-downed Public Speaking and Small Group Communication courses while accenting Interpersonal Communication (Sociology) and consensus building in Small Group Communication. The latter was a decision-making course dealing with conflict. Now it has accented consensus (group-think).

More and more we find Sociology and Psychology theory replacing skills in negotiation, issue spotting and critical thinking as a group.

There should have been an elimination of the PhD. degree in Speech Communication and making the terminal degree a Masters in Fine Arts. Non-speech bachelor degree professionals were able to skip giving speeches and study theory, resulting in speech professors with no more practical experience in giving speeches than the students they teach. This is unconscionable!

Show Me a Country without Compassion and I'll show you a Country without Character.

2011-11-09T06:17:00.000-08:00

Character begins with making choices (Finding the mean between the deficient and the excessive).

Entitlements in America includes the belief that some have which makes them entitled to the excessive. It's a form of arrogance based on ego delusion -- the gods favor them, they made it on their skills.

Some of those skills include, "business is business and religion is religion." Somehow, when it comes to justifying the excessive, "business is religion."

It's understandable to think that way: controlling or pleasures is harder than controlling our anger, as many wise men have observed. The middle-way checks all that thinking. Instead of chasing joy, give peace a chance. Compassion for others is a necessary ingredient for lasting happiness. Here on earth.

In most religions, it is a necessary ingredient for the long haul -- happiness after death. I am speaking of heaven, and I am speaking of reincarnation. You choose.

Great grades and Great standardized test scores is not likely enough.

2011-11-01T22:26:00.000-07:00

The future of university admission standards will change when supply and demand changes.

Those rascals in the Ivy Tower will need to change their admission standards in order to choose who to admit. It makes sense. How many national debate awards have you won? Were you the editor of the school newspaper? Did you rank nationally in Chess? What inventions did you advance in the National Science Competition? Did you work while in high school?

The list goes on.

Either we build more Harvard Universities or we create more competitive standards of admission.

I've seen a significant growth of tutors in the past year in coffee shops in Houston and Austin. Your competition for entry into great universities is already escalating their efforts. While you are worried if you teacher is great, others have already solved the problem.

Oh, is your child socially well rounded?

Education: fixed on 'absolute Truth.'

2011-10-01T12:12:00.000-07:00

Students of Math and Science are judged by discovering the right answer -- truth is absolute. Students of particular Religions are judged by right answers -- truth is absolute. Students of Arts are judged by applying assigned criteria -- truth is absolute. Students of Social Science are judged by discovering right answers based on probabilities -- truth is sort of absolute. Students of Arts are judged by application of criteria -- truth is absolute.

So, which one of these educations teaches truth is relative? Which one these educations teach tolerance?