The following is the executive summary of an upcoming proposal.
Executive Summary
The educated man in the 19th Century was expected to have excellent skills in handwriting arithmetic, spelling, and memory. Therefore 19th Century Education concentrated on teaching those skills to prepare the student for the 19th Century workplace. We automated those skills using 20th Century technology.
But traditional education continues to call these 19th Century skills as “basic”. …
Bullying is the use of force or coercion to abuse or intimidate others. The behavior can be habitual and involve an imbalance of social or physical power. It can include verbal harassement or threat, physical asault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of class, race, religion, gender,…
Where to be born in 2013 Nov 21st 2012 |From The World In 2013 print edition
Warren Buffett, probably the world’s most successful investor, has said that anything good that happened to him could be traced back to the fact that he was born in the right country, the United States, at the right…
Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it’s breaking When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by If you smile through your fear and sorrow Smile and maybe tomorrow You’ll see the sun come shining through for you
Light up your face with gladness Hide every trace of sadness Although a tear may be ever so near That’s the time you…
As our world is becoming more complex we do urge the need for new and innovative ideas for a better, brighter and sustainable future. Out there, there are a lot of good and honorable efforts to make a difference for those who need it! One interesting initiative is by Marcos Antonio and his famous global art project named "Impressions Of Humanity" - highlighting the…
all is about how we do choose to see things, to interprete and so on .... Much might seem illusive for someone but can be very real for someone else! I also think .... it might be about "Limited nonations" - Since I think even "nobodies" might be somebodies in one or an other context! Walls and walls .... The biggest walls are those (sometimes such kind of…
Shared from a friend having a conversation with his 2 adorable kids:
As we all know what love is, and most of us have felt the feeling i asked my kids today what they know and think about love. Very quickly we got into a logical reasoning about it and it occurred to me that we, people don't know what it is …
Here is what happened...
I asked, "Does a stone have feelings?" Tanya (6yrs) answered "No, its just a stone, it can't have feelings" I stupidly…
According to a study conducted by University of North Carolina, tender hugs reduce blood pressure which is one of the main risk factors to heart disease.
The study showed that hugs increases levels of the hormone oxytocin, sometimes referred to as the “love hormone”, which is best known for its roles…