Lazy children are not allowed to fail: Behold the result
The schooling system in Canada scares me, and a professor explains what they had to go through when teaching the products of this environment.
Can you imagine your diploma or education determining the rest of your life?
Here in Canada or the U.S. we’re pretty darn lucky. Once we get into college (U.S.) or university (Canada), we can work reasonably hard, obtain a diploma, fight other newly m
I really don’t care what my kids will do as a profession when they’re older
…as long as it isn’t illegal or otherwise salacious, I’m okay with pretty much any profession. (No leaders of mafias, strippers, or drug dealers please.) Why? Bec
Why my child will be saving for his own education fund even before he turns one
I already wrote a post on why I am NOT saving for my son’s future education but I didn’t mention the most crucial part: He’s going to start saving (right now befo
Do your damn job as a parent
I have a parent and many relatives as teachers and professors, and I know plenty of teachers, so when I read this on Garth’s post called Little Monsters about how one parent
No skill jobs are the worst on all fronts, not just in pay
Low-paying, minimum wage jobs which a large percentage of people who work in hate with a passion, are also low-skilled jobs that aren’t required to have an education to perf
Why I won’t be paying for my children’s college education
… increased parental financial investment actually decreases GPA, though it does increase the odds of graduation within five years. … these findings suggest that studen
When should you go back for your MBA if you have a business school degree?
I’ve had plenty of friends go back to get their MBAs. I think I might be one of the few out of my business school who HASN’T gone back to get a post-graduate degree at
Western education is going down the toilet
So in a follow-up to my post about how we should stop seeing it as a bad thing to fail, I thought I’d share some observations I’ve had over the years of watching my mot
Who needs a college education anyway?
99% of us do, unless you have a crystal ball. For every SINGLE story we hear about of successful entrepreneurs who became millionaire/billionaires without a college degree from McD