I was a rebel while in school. I wasn’t the ill-mannered brute beating up smaller kids, and I wasn’t the obnoxious snot-nosed brat who swore at teachers because Daddy and Mommy hadn’t taught any manners, I was simply the type who challenged authority. Of course my tantrums made no logical sense, and I had an intense resistance to backing [...]
May 24, 2012 By 23 Comments
The “Strawberry Generation”
It’s clear that the education system is broken. From primary school all the way through the university system, it’s just not working. The problem isn’t just the quality of the state-sponsored education being doled out these days, it runs much, much deeper than that. It’s a change in the social fabric, culture and morality; it’s [...]
May 22, 2012 By 2 Comments
A Trillion Dollars in Purchasing Power
That’s the estimated amount of purchasing power hispanics in North America have at their disposal. Impressive, and too big to be ignored! A reader of ours recently attended the Geeks on a Plane (GOAP) event in South America. I asked him to come back to me with some thoughts on the event, and any opportunities [...]
May 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Jailbreaking Education with David Blake
One of my pet passions is education. This stems from having experienced a range of different education mediums, coupled with an intense desire to provide my own children with the best education possible. It’s a topic that should be on everyone’s radar simply because education should NEVER be something one acquires for a brief period [...]
March 27, 2012 By 1 Comment
Investing in Education
Investing involves more than simply allocating money towards a particular venture. It also involves what we do with our time, which is arguably our greatest resource. In today’s world Mark and I see a fair amount of futility involved in going to University immediately out of secondary school, and even less reason to do so [...]
March 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Why I Bought my Son a Second-Hand Piece of Furniture
It’s easy to consume. Flick on the TV and you’ll find no end to the plethora of items that you could spend your money on. Shopping is a national sport in most Western nations, and with the wonders of the Internet people don’t even have to get up off their juicy junk-food-fed rumps to participate. [...]
