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Why Vocational and Career Education Are Important

There are three major reasons why every school district should offer strong vocational learning opportunities:

1. Vocational competence is critical to the economic health of our nation.

2. A significant number of students, both college-bound and non-college-bound, are experiential learners who will learn academic skills best from developing them in a career or application context.

3. Delaying the career or application context until after grade 12 lowers motivation and learning achievement for many experiential learners.

Consider these characteristics of experiential learners:

1. They are often as or even more capable of complex learning than traditional learners.

2. They learn academic…

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Fresher: Find your first job

April & May, the months where students come out fresh from Colleges and Universities, few may have already planned for further studies but most of them would aim to find a job and start their career. For all those fresher who want the career to kick start, first and foremost you have to prepare a winning CV/Resume that helps you get the interview call. The next stage is to perform well in your interview that will get your first job. All Fresher should remember to be a successful candidate you have to work hard and be…

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Musicians by nature are emotionally connected to the world in profound ways. They are able to see and feel things in a way that is unique to their views. Because of their strong emotional connection to the world they are drawn to helping others and making the world we live in a better place. To understand why the creative culture gets involved with certain causes, here are five key reasons that drive their passions.

Raising Visibility
Many musicians support a cause because they want to elevate awareness in society. Bono is one of the best examples of this. AIDS awareness and prevention…

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Introduction

What follows is the text of a webinar I conducted on the subject of worksite wellness.

I’ve noticed a huge amount of information available on administrative matters, on recruiting employees, motivating them, coaching them, certifying the staff, measuring return on investment (ROI), assessing risks, reforming bad habits, coordinating this and getting support for that—and even connecting the mind with the body. Well, what will they think of next? All of this is, of course, well and good and quite appropriate, especially that last part about uniting the body with the brain. But, something’s missing. Whatever might that be?

I think it’s a…

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Getting an Edge Over the Other Police Applicants 

If you’re aiming at a career in law enforcement, then you’ll need to brush up on your examination skills. Not only will you face an oral exam to test how you respond under pressure and what your reactions might be when faced with specific situations, but you’ll need to pass a written exam too. 

The job market is notoriously competitive, so if you want to be considered as the best candidate to be accepted into the police force, it’s important you give yourself an edge over the other applicants. 

Preparing For the Police Written Exam 

Did…

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We all use Energy for transportation, heating/cooling, and perhaps recreation.   And, at times there is much conversation about Peak Oil and high energy prices.  So we should all be dialed in to the issues and investment themes associated with energy.

Steve Forbes likes to say “ more financial education, and the resulting financial literacy and empowerment, will open our eyes to alternative investment opportunities and be the key to a recovery from this financial crisis.”

In that spirit, I am going to use this article to briefly introduce the Peak Oil concept as part of drilling down (no pun intended) on the…

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Human Development Index and Gender Development Index of India

The human development index (HDI) compiled by the UNDP, is a summary measure of a country’s human development. It measures the average achievements in a country in three basic dimensions:

•  a long and healthy life, as measured by life expectancy at birth;

•  access to knowledge, as measured by the adult literacy rate and the combined gross enrolment (sic) ratio in education; and

•  a decent standard of living, as measured by GDP per capita in purchasing power parity(PPP) US dollars.

These three dimensions are standardized to values between 0 and 1, and the simple…

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The other night I was attending a seminar on “The Conspiracy For Your Money” and one of the topics discussed was fiat currency and the debasing or devaluing of the currency that is causing the value of the US Dollar to shrink.

 

In a previous article titled “Decades of Debt and Dollar Doubts”, the challenges being experienced at all levels of the economy related to King Dollar and the large government debt that is being generated beyond any reasonable understanding, were introduced.  Due to the growing debt and the resulting decrease in the value of the US Dollar, many are having…

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Our country is unfortunately slipping down in the deep ditch of unemployment, poverty, extremely pathetic medical facilities, unimaginably low literacy rate and above all facing the growing menace of terrorism. The compound impact of these problems is blowing the nerves of every Pakistani. Completely locked in mental tension due to ugly situation around us, seeing towards our Government shows that our President, Prime Minister and his unlimited Cabinet is quite happy about the situation. The ruling party and toothless opposition of Sharif Brothers is laughing at our helplessness because they have not missed a single opportunity to make money even…

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As a movement educator, with an MA from Teachers College Columbia University, many people think that I teach children and adults how to dance.  That is the furthest thing from the truth.  What I do is educate parents and teachers about the importance of movement and how to pass this knowledge and movement possibilities on to children.  At first I usually get the head nodding from adults; yes, they agree physical exercise is important, but I am not sure they understand why.  They know for themselves about the health benefits of exercise, getting the heart rate up, keeping the muscles…