Showing posts with label Personal Observations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Observations. Show all posts
Thursday, May 15, 2014

GUESS FIRST! Which State produces almost half of all rice grown in the US?? Ok, now you can read on...

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After attending my daughters graduation from Texas A&M (economics!!) we drove from College Station to our home in the Columbus, Ohio are...
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Nice graph showing the change in how we communicate and get information since 1900. We REALLY don't talk to each other anymore...

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Technology is rapidly changing the way we spend time communicating with each other and how we connect to the outside world. It shows time ...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Need a reason to personally fret about the situation in Egypt? Check gas prices in the next few days...

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WSJ: Crude Jumps 4.3% on Egypt Protests  ""Egypt produces roughly 673,000 barrels a day, according to the Joint Oil Data Initiativ...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

There is hope that going forward US aid to developing countries will, well, actually help them develop...See how within...

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The manner in which the US conducts and administers foreign aid is open to lots of criticism.  I believe some good has come from it over tim...
Monday, January 17, 2011

"Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign""---this is SO true on the UT--Austin campus...What is up with the Anarchist-Bicyclist influence on Campus?

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I have been at the University of Texas--Austin for the past 3 days with students participating in a Model United Nations competition.  The c...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Ten things to know if you are a procrastinator---don't put it off---read this now! :)

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Yes, I am a procrastinator...Not all this applies to me, but if I am honest with myself I would say a good portion of it does.  I like numbe...
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Saturday, January 8, 2011

AP curriculum is changing for some subjects but not economics---see why here...Nice NYTIMES article that will surely spur debated amongst AP teachers...

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I am happy to see AP Economics is not going to change...No real need to---Here is an old economics joke that explains why:  ""An...

I am a closet Chinese mother...Very good article on parenting differences across cultural lines...

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WSJ: Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior : Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV, no computer games and hours of music practice create happy kid...
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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Abandoned building stripped of all that is valuable, except for one thing...can you guess what it is?

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This is a photo of an abandoned library in the city of Detroit...MOST buildings like this would be stripped of all its useful/salvageable co...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

What South Korean students are doing on Christmas Break vs. What American students are doing....

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"What did you learn over Christmas Break?" South Korean student answer: "How to dominate the world!" South Korean ...
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Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Christmas is the deadliest Holiday of the year! Be careful out there....

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Be careful out there!! Looking at the graphic, it is amazing to see the change in deaths over Christmas/New Year break...Am I too morbid? ...

My letter to the NYTIMES regarding an Op-Ed piece by Larry David---Just like George, he presents only half the story

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A letter I sent to the NY TIMES regarding an opinion piece (see below) by Larry David (co-creator of "Seinfeld:") ""I ...
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

All I want for Christmas is for students to properly label their graphs...Really, that is all I want...

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  Chartporn   All I want for Christmas is for students to properly label their graphs...Really, that is all I want...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

I LOVE Millionaires and Billionaires!! And you do too, but don't really know it...

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Here is a thought experiment for you...When you wake up in the morning and until you go to sleep at night, keep a diary (or mental note) of ...
Saturday, December 11, 2010

Keller ISD Survey on when students should start making college plans...I COMPLETELY disagree with the most popular choice!!

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Poll is on the homepage for Keller ISD and open to anyone who goes to it, so it is by NO means scientific.  I find the results interesting ...
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Thursday, December 2, 2010

How would YOU do on this test administered to 8th Graders in 1895...yes, that's right, 1895...I would have dropped out in 5th grade.

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This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 from Salina, KS. USA. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smoky Valley Ge...
Sunday, November 28, 2010

Media interpretation of the Same Pentagon report---Match the headline with the paper---

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Here are two headlines from the Wall Street Journal and the NY Times reporting on the SAME pentagon report on the SAME day...Can you guess...
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