Tag Archives: Google

Google Doesn’t Teach You to Think

I saw a great cartoon that said, “Respect your parents. They passed school without Google.” At first I laughed, thinking it was so funny, and then I stopped laughing because I realized how true it is. Teachers, nowadays, are telling their students that it’s not important to memorize anything because they can just Google it. This is so sad, particularly because it deprives a child of learning how to think and how to develop his mind. I’m seeing more and …

You May Not Have a Job in Five Years

I wonder how long it will be before humans are completely taken over by technology and rendered obsolete. It’s not an idle question. Take a look at all the occupations that have shuttered their doors and gone out of business. The first thing that comes to mind is the medical field. We used to see zillions of doctors in private practice. No more. Now we see them being offered a truckload of money to sell their practice to hospitals and …

Knowing When to Give Up

There’s a fine line between knowing when to give up and knowing when to keep trying until you succeed. I was taught that if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. And if you still don’t succeed, keep trying until you do. And, for most of my life, that’s the axiom I’ve lived by. I might have to walk away from something for a while and then go back to it and try again, to see if I …

I Want Learning to Be Fun Again

I was talking to a very dear friend and we were discussing the pros and cons about the way education has changed in the last thirty years. In our day, we relied on dictionaries and encyclopedias for our information. And we really could rely on them being accurate. Nowadays, we look up information on Google and Wikipedia and, due to the number of inaccuracies, we can’t be sure if our data is correct. One of my greatest pleasures in life …

Whose Advice Do You Take?

Long before the Internet became a staple in households, people went to their parents, doctors, clergymen, hairdressers, and bartenders for different kinds of advice. Nowadays, we can also add the Internet and YouTube as some of our advisors. But, does the Internet really qualify as an advisor? With all the information that’s out there, I would have thought so but, from conversations with a lot of people, I’m inclined to think that this mammoth information highway is at the bottom …

Getting a Fake ID

It used to be that if you wanted to get a fake ID, you’d have to know someone connected to the underworld. It was always a matter of knowing someone who knew someone who knew someone. Just for the hell of it, I did a Google search to see if that was still true. I discovered that the Internet really is the Super Highway of Information. There were umpteen zillion businesses, out in the open, advertising how to get a …

I Could Write a Book

There have been so many times when I’ve asked someone about their relationships, the people in their life, a time in their life, or a situation, that I hear the words, “I could write a book about that” and when I ask why they don’t, they give all kinds of excuses for why they don’t or why they haven’t. The excuses range from not having enough time, not being good at writing, not being good at grammar, not, not, not …

Millennials Are Getting a Bad Rap

I just read an interesting article that says that millennials do not consider themselves adults. It goes on to say that they become unglued if their parents don’t keep track of their schedules and they have trouble balancing school, socializing, homework, and laundry. Since when do millennials corner the market on having difficulty balancing housework and doing their homework or keeping track of their schedules? In my day, men walked away from those tasks, leaving it up to their wives …

Starting Your Business on a Shoestring

Not that long ago, if you wanted to start a business, the cost was so prohibitive that you had to go to a venture capitalist and agree to give them a sizable percentage of your business in addition to the repayment of your loan. Times have changed. Nowadays, many companies get their start in a basement or a bedroom. Armed with a computer and Google they can eliminate the middleman and go directly to different suppliers. With the use of …

The Attention Span of a College Student

From the early days of ancient Greece and Rome, on through the centuries, the popular method of teaching was to fill the lecture hall with large numbers of students. The professor would stand in front of the class and deliver a lecture; the students would take notes and there would be exams given with no makeup dates allowed for missed exams. There was a time when teachers commanded a lot of respect for their knowledge, and their classes were filled …