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Originally Posted by HowardCohodas
I believe you to be completely wrong here. I know quite a few people who have made many life decisions where maximizing the money they would earn was nowhere near the top of their decision making criteria. I include myself in this list.
Quality of life and living my values far outrank money in my life choices. I don't have a lot of money and I'm not a Hell's Angel. Go figure.
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IME it is really hard to be completely wrong about anything, I should know because I've tried*. My reason For Living says I've come "pretty damn close" a few times.
If quality of life and living your values (ie. living the way you want) is your standard of measure then then you have to ask yourself, "And how do I pay for that life style?"
Money is the universal solvent of humanity. It's how we measure ourselves against each other. (Unless you are a Monk. but I bet even they have their own gold standard -- prayers answered, miracles instigated, private cell with a window?)
In education there is a theory that people are inclined to learn in a variety of ways. Musically, kinstetically (sp), spatially, categorically, some others. Quite frankly I think the theory (it's like 30 or 40 years old now) is a load of crap. It has become the excuse of all excuses to explain the student failures caused by a refusal to do the classwork and homework. (before you go all ", MY COW,MY COW, what have you done to my cow?" I will say that the various learning styles are great teaching techniques -- Do they remember when I sing? Damn straight cuz they know I might do it again.) But there are two categories that I do care about mathematical and verbal. Because: that is what the SAT cares about and the SAT is what Universities care about. and because the ability to communicate effectively and to accurately manipulate numbers is what the majority get paid to do.
The other reason I dislike the theory is that it has never been tested in a scientific manner. The author has yet to come up with a way to isolate a variable.
//the Hell's Angels got their start in Fontana California which, by happy coincidence, is where I got my first classroom.
* okay, MAYBE the Hasselhoff thread was "completely wrong.