Serious advice requested on helping my GF find a new career…
So here’s the situation, my GF is a bit of a free spirit. Graduated about 6 years ago with a bachelors in political science from UNC Chapel Hill and decided to pursue her true passion, which was fashion and design. So she went to Parsons Fashion Institute in NYC and got a degree in fashion [...]
"you dropped a $150,000 on an education you coulda got for a $1.50 in late chahges.."
…at the public library." After watching the clip I posted below, it begged a few questions. Is organized education not unlike organized religion? Are we giving people a leg to stand on, or lifelong dependence on a guru? Are we creating a caste system? Is universal schooling and a school with four walls what our [...]
Is it so that human beings cannot be thought without language?
A few days ago at lunch some of my classmates were talking about the differences between a human and a pigeon. One said that humans are superior in learning, because they have languages. The other one argued that language is not necessary for learning things. I said that even pigeons have some sort of communication [...]
How to get an employee to quit.
Without going into too much mind numbing detail…(really) I have an employee that was offered my position before I was offered. She was never qualified, but was offered out of desperation. After I applied (after she was offered), I was obviously better qualified, her offer was rescinded, I was offered and accepted. Ever since she [...]
tax question – repayment to employer
While I was overseas in Iraq, I opted to have my company keep me on the payroll so I don’t lose my health insurance and for investment opportunity. Now that I’m back in the states they have been taking deductions out of my current paycheck until the debt is repaid. So essentially, I’m getting taxed [...]
Girl found my wallet; now won’t give it back
On Friday of last week I dropped my wallet on campus. Some girl found it, called me at home, and offered to meet me on campus the same day to give it back. Unfortunately I had just pulled an all-nighter in the library and was far too exhausted to safely drive an hour back to [...]
A Glossary of Scientific Terms
Hypothesis – An idea or notion about some process which needs to be tested. Model – Similar to a hypothesis, this is where we construct a view of what we think is occurring, such as the Bohr Model of the atom. Models need to be able to explain the data that we know, but it [...]