Education
- Written by: Deborah Baron
- Category: Education
You never know who you will affect.
Recently I was reading an interview of Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner, on the website, ‘Achievement Academy’ and I read this sentence: “I had really good teachers in high school. Probably I connected the best with an English teacher that I had my junior year in high school, Miss Sanchez, Jan Sanchez -- God bless her.” I was amazed! This very same Ms. Sanchez was also my high school English/Humanities teacher. She is also one of my most memorable teachers along with her Humanities partner, Mr. Bill Rice and my junior year English teacher, Miss Mussey. Many times over the years I have wished I could tell them, “Thank you for what you did for me.” I was a late bloomer when it came to following my passion because I could never figure what exactly my passion was, or rather, I was afraid to admit it but I kept thinking, what would my answer be if I ever met them again?
- Written by: Donald Wesling
- Category: Education
Whether we are outlining a scholarly book or article, an opinion piece or a personal story, all our writing is pulled out of our guts. That's why writing is hard. Getting started is always painful: the self-confrontation under a single lamp, the possibility of messing up tone or logic, the knowledge somebody's out there judging us.
Read more: What Instructors are Looking For in College Writing
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: Education
A few years ago, when Richard Ybarra was undergoing the extensive interview process that eventually would result in his being appointed as Executive Director of the San Diego Braille Institute, he was beset with a bit of anxiety. The discomfiture was not due to concern about being selected; rather, he was torn as to whether he should accept the position, if offered. Ybarra already had enjoyed a successful career in non-profit organization management and, at the time, was being considered for a position that would have been more lucrative than the Braille offer. The struggle was between the pocket and the heart. The heart won.
Read more: RICHARD YBARRA BRINGS VISION TO THE BRAILLE INSTITUTE
- Written by: Deborah Baron
- Category: Education
Perhaps you are a student or perhaps your child is a student. It has probably not escaped you that college tuition is expensive and many students have large student loans to pay back. According to Mark Kantrowitz of Edvisors, “the average class of 2015 graduate with student-loan debt will have to pay back a little more than $35,000, according to an analysis of government data.” In 1993 that figure was $5000. If the economy were booming and jobs were plentiful that figure would not seem so large, “With a good, well-paying job I can handle this monthly student loan payment.” I have acquaintances who think that college tuition is as expensive as when we went to college in the 1970’s. It isn’t. Tuition has increased at an exponential rate while income has not kept pace. Tuition rates increased 225% over the last three decades. There are many, many places to read about the disparity between current average income and current average tuition. This is not going to be an article about that. This is going to be about, me, convincing you, that the student debt problem is not, ‘someone else’s problem’.
- Written by: Curtis W. Long
- Category: Education
Transportation is the movement of people or things from one point to another. Animal power in transportation was replaced by machine power. Education is the transfer of information to people. Although we seem not fully aware of it as yet, the transfer of information by traditional means has been replaced by the computer.
