About four months ago Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida and brother to and son of past Presidents of the United States of America, kicked off the contest for the 2016 presidential election by announcing that he was interested in the job. Mr. Bush is still not an officially declared candidate, but a half-dozen other Republicans are, and also two Democrats -- Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
What does all this activity starting a year-and-a-half or more before the election mean for the typical voter?
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Reporting for duty, Captain!
Chief Science Officer on a starship. That would be my career goal if I were starting my college education now. If somebody were to ask me about what would be a worthy career goal as a way of selecting courses for college study, that's what I would say: Aspire to be the Chief Science Officer on board a starship. That should really stimulate the conversation. Let the imagination run wild!
So what if science isn't for everybody? (Not to mention traveling on a starship; more on that later.) There are some who would say that college isn't for everybody. Respectfully, I disagree on that last one, and I would restate the proposition in this way: College has something for everybody.
In front of me is a list of over sixty vocational goals that can benefit from college education. Here's a sampling: accounting; advertising; architecture; aviation maintenance; business; child development; construction trades; computer science; culinary arts; creative writing; engineering; geography; health science; horticulture; interior design; journalism; medicine; music; nursing; physical sciences; pre-law; psychology; sociology; teaching; theater.
So what if science isn't for everybody? (Not to mention traveling on a starship; more on that later.) There are some who would say that college isn't for everybody. Respectfully, I disagree on that last one, and I would restate the proposition in this way: College has something for everybody.
In front of me is a list of over sixty vocational goals that can benefit from college education. Here's a sampling: accounting; advertising; architecture; aviation maintenance; business; child development; construction trades; computer science; culinary arts; creative writing; engineering; geography; health science; horticulture; interior design; journalism; medicine; music; nursing; physical sciences; pre-law; psychology; sociology; teaching; theater.
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