I would guess most people do not know what it takes to pay off a student loan. Many of them are quite large. And over time a newly hatched employee just out of college will be paying a lot more than in the past. I do not believe the payment is proportional to the past […]
I lived in Tennessee from 1958, when my parents moved to Oak Ridge, until 1977 when I moved to Chapel Hill NC to start grad school. While these might be considered my “formative years,” I don’t consider myself a Tennessean. Judged by number of years spent in a state, I’m Missourian, since I lived in […]
My wife and I did our PhDs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It took us five years after we finished undergrad. “Typically, the philosophy department at Boston University funds PhD candidates for up to seven years. Grippo, who uses they/them pronouns, started PhD coursework in 2019, and as of September, still […]
There is a personal interest here. I had studied architectural design in high school as my main interest. Some of my plates did win mentions. I could design a house. My designs were black and white. An artist, I am not. We went through wood shop, house framing. and drafting in high school. There were […]
Some of what people favor is ok until they are impacted by increased taxes, spending cuts, and reducing programs. Suggestions politicians and political interests are looking over. Some are unlikely to ever pass Congress. Although, whacking Medicaid recipients was largely supported by Republicans and Tru_p. Eleven to fifteen million citizens will lose coverage. “Americans Favor […]
Years ago, I was course director for a first-year medical school course on genetics and molecular biology. I was and am still an enthusiast for problem-based learning (PBL). Together with an MD colleague, I wrote up a case on hereditary deafness. It was through this process that I learned about deaf culture and the conflicts […]
The high school my wife and I attended in East Tennessee back in the early 70s offered both home ec and shop. She took home ec, but I didn’t take shop. Shop was power tools and home ec was domestic skills like cooking and sewing. The Boston Globe just published an article that reminded me […]
If you have some time, review the American University Poll. Some of it is rather superficial (my opinion). It does cover quite a bit of territory. Think about some of what you would like in a president? Tough, intellectual, political, neighbor next door . . . Mostly, I believe we are still stuck in the […]
The result of the governmental cuts to employees in the Department of Education has resulted in many students having loans unable to contact the department in a timely basis. The action of the DE is to place them in a delinquent status. Few can afford to pay for a college or technical school education. What […]
This is a rambling commentary pulling from an Angry Bear writer and two articles. I believe I have it all in order. Most recently Joel discussed Academia with an eye on colleges, “The end of the golden age for academia.” As he points out: “Recent months have brought terminations of 120 staff members at Boston […]