Changes in the American Education System
The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education from Itself I have a strong suspicion that the author of this book Professor Glenn Reynolds will not be the keynote speaker anytime soon at any of the national teacher conventions. And if you take a history class in the Italian Renaissance, you might […]
Floyd Norman: Walt Disney’s First African American Animator
Aptitudes, Skill And Knowledge Floyd Norman admits he was very fortunate to have grown up in the community of Santa Barbara, California in the era before the second World War where he had access to all the cultural amenities that allowed him to learn and hone his craft as an artist. If you saw Mr. […]
The World of Black Athletes: Money, Race, & Critical Thinking
Editor’s note: several other posts and pages including this one have an error message in the views count total. The correct total is 166 views…not 66, per 12/18/24 t admin stats. Which famous athlete is credited with integrating sports yet found it difficult to make a living because of racism? Muhammad Ali Satchel Page […]
Backlist Book Review
Find New Business Ideas in Old Books One of many tips listed in Speak and Grow Rich by Lilly Walters & Dottie Walters, 1997. The authors write that many people overlook backlist titles, which is a mistake because they often contain a great source of ideas, practices or concepts that be rediscovered and reintroduced… Ironically, this […]
Hollywood Films & Business Themes
Filmmakers Are An Entrepreneurial Bunch. Their movies often weave story lines illustrating the public’s fascination with becoming their own boss. If you had to quickly list entrepreneurial-oriented films Michael Douglas in Wall Street, Justin Timberlake in Social Networking, or Decaprio in Howard Hughes might come to mind…or not. But the themes are easily found in all […]
Fish Flops Supports Wildlife Organization
Fish Art Contest Contest open to public, private and home schooled students k-12 Top winners will receive merchandise from teenager Madison Nicole’s line of colorful aquatic footwear. Press Release Describes contest http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/newsmedia/releases/?req=20140108a Texas.gov Education, Art & Conservation http://www.tpwd.texas.gov/spdest/visitorcenters/tffc/education/fish_art/ Views: 26
Mystery of the U.S. President
Thinking Critically Consider, “the only president measured tested subjective with high ideaphoria and inductive reasoning and low structural visualization. His educational background was not in law,” according to Margaret Broadley in Your Natural Gifts How would you make an educated guess as to which president the author meant? Hint: All clients of JOCRF are confidential, […]
Lawyers Become Entrepreneurs
Considering leaving the legal profession? Four Profiles…Excerpt from Running from the Law: Why good lawyers are getting out of the legal profession. According to business journals, the niche bank is often used to describe the successful City National Bank. A CEO with a law degree heads the firm. Music mogul Clive Davis and the […]
Why So Many Students and Others Dislike Research Tasks
Avoiding Research Pain 805-words…Summary + Tips Earlier last year, I re-read Finding Facts Fast by academic librarian Alden Todd, who wrote about students who lacked interest and attention to detail when handling their research assignments for various classes. Reviewing Todd’s story, written in 1992, I realized his account isn’t limited to students, and I wondered for the first […]
How a Dream Inspired Words to a Hit Song
Illustration by the Colorist Casey Klahn New School Color thecolorist.blogspot.com Wildfire Aspiring entrepreneurs who literally dreamt their way into a successful business have been featured in earlier posts. Here’s an intriguing story I discovered last week about the business of music. Asleep on his friend’s floor after a grueling collaborative session in the late 1960’s, […]