I became deeply interested in the stock market back some 60 years ago.
Our class was given $ 1000 (no, not in real money) and we were to buy and sell stocks- even options (puts and calls)- over the course of a few months. The ones who had the most money at the end of the program would win an award.
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As I am sure you know, I am a life-long technologist. OK. Maybe only since I was six- but that’s pretty much life-long. And, I’ve been trained in the scientific method. Which means one must develop a hypothesis- and try to prove it wrong. If one can’t, it provides validity to the scenario one considered.
Continue reading Just the facts, ma’am…
I have lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia for some 40 years now. And, over the past decade, the educational budget has been cut and cut and cut. Oh, it’s not just the Commonwealth. Michigan, California, New York… I could go on. Overall, our 50 states have averaged a 23% drop in funding from the Great Recession through 2013- and the precipitous drop is only accelerating. It used to be that these states all provided outstanding college education and experiences to the students of their states. But, not anymore.
Continue reading It’s important. REALLY!