A Discussion: Diddy’s son gets a scholarship

from: The K104 Morning Show

Sean “P. Diddy” Combs son Justin Combs has received a $54,000 merit-based scholarship to UCLA, where he’ll play football. Some say the family should return the scholarship and Diddy should pay for his son’s education and taxpayer money should go to students with greater financial need. Other say Justin Combs earned the scholarship through his grades and athletic ability, and deserves to keep it. What do you think he should do?

Many have already commented on the page itself so please check that out, but we think we should also have a discussion here, and to start off I will say this:

“I realize that just because his dad is a douche bag, doesn’t mean he should be punished, he did earn it….”

Morehouse Study on HBCU Graduate Performance Success!

 

 http://hbcubuzz.com/hbcu-grads-outperform-black-graduates-of-predominately-white-institutions-pwi/

 My brother ran across this article & study last night. As HBCU grads, this information was very exciting for the both of us. My brother is a two-time HBCU grad and I completed my undergraduate studies at an HBCU as well. Take a look for yourself & feel free to comment.

 

 

 

 

College Majors with the highest starting salaries

 

From theworkbuzz.com

College majors with the highest starting salaries

 
 

College students pick their major for any number of reasons — interest in a particular field of study, ability to get a job post-graduation, amount of education or training needed and more. Another factor students often consider is how much they might earn once they enter the workforce. While it’s hard to imagine that any student would actively seek a low-paying major, some students may weigh salary more heavily than others when deciding on a degree.

According to the most recent salary survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the average starting salary for a Class of 2012 graduate is $44,442. To break it down further, here’s a list of the highest-paying bachelor’s degrees within common academic disciplines. Also included is the percent change in starting salaries from the Class of 2011 to the Class of 2012, along with examples of occupations that graduates within each major might pursue.

Business*
Highest-paying academic major: Economics (business/managerial)
Median starting salary: $54,800
Percent increase from 2011: 5.6
Example occupations: Financial manager, accountant/auditor, management analyst

Communications
Highest-paying academic major: Advertising
Median starting salary: $44,700
Percent increase from 2011: 2.5
Example occupations: Author, public-relations specialist, advertising or promotions manager

Computer sciences
Highest-paying academic major: Computer science
Median starting salary: $58,300
Percent increase from 2011: 4.3
Example occupations: Postsecondary teacher, computer programmer, computer support specialist

Education
Highest-paying academic major: Special education
Median starting salary: $42,200
Percent increase from 2011: 2.2
Example occupations: Special education teacher, elementary or middle-school teacher

Engineering
Highest-paying academic major: Computer engineering
Median starting salary: $67,800
Percent increase from 2011: 0.6
Example occupation: Computer software engineer

Health sciences
Highest-paying academic major: Nursing
Median starting salary: $48,400
Percent increase from 2011: 0.6
Example occupation: Registered nurse

Humanities and social sciences
Highest-paying academic major: Political science/government
Median starting salary: $38,400
Percent increase from 2011: 1.3
Example occupations: Social worker, paralegal or legal assistant, labor-relations specialist

Sciences
Highest-paying academic major: Construction science/management
Median starting salary: $54,700
Percent increase from 2011: 1.9
Example occupations: Construction manager, civil engineer

*All data/information from the NACE April 2012 Salary Survey. Only certain starting salaries were available at the time the survey was conducted, so not all majors were factored into the starting salary comparisons.

I ran across this article that had some surprsining

 information regarding college majors and starting

salaries. I would have never guessed that both

communications and education would be on the

list…as someone who has a degree in both of these

areas, it is good to see them represented!

Democratic “Welfare Queens” : “I want the Obama Bucks”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST8i2QmrXeY

I recently watched last week’s episode of the Bill Maher show. In an effort to be “fair” to both the liberals and conservatives, Maher dedicated two of his shows to interviewing constituents and discussing their opinions and information shared.

I posted the link above for your view. I am very interested to know what other people think about this entire “Welfare Queens” discussion….To be continued!

Not quite computer literate

I believe that by emphasizing the ease of use, companies like Microsoft have sucked all the reasons that a normal person would have to actually understand how to compute. Every one has one but very few actually know that they have an incredibly powerful tool. One that people 20 years ago could not even imagine.
I’m writing this post on a veritable supercomputer.

http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/has-microsoft-ruined-computer-education-51242

The fear is that this I’d another reason why there is a continually widening information gap. Access to knowledge I’d unprecedented but without the knowledge on how to extract it, it might as well be in a vault. It is a new barrier like being able to read.

live from the field!

Criminalizing our Youth: An Educational Perspective

http://m.yahoo.com/w/ygo-frontpage/lp/story/us/2259837/coke.bp%3B_ylt=A2KL8xO74Z9PPGYAix0p89w4%3B_ylu=X3oDMTFzMTQ3NWs4BGNwb3MDNARjc2VjA21vYmlsZS10ZARpbnRsA3VzBHBrZwNpZC0yMjU5ODM3BHBvcwMxBHNsawN0aHVtYg–?ref_w=frontdoors&view=today&.tsrc=yahoo&.intl=us&.lang=en

This information is rather sad, but not surprising at all. Our states build public elementary schools and prisons using the same statistics, so it is no wonder that law enforcement has been so heavily utilized in “behavior modification” and/or “student discipline”. In my opinion, we have failed at this technique just like the penal system has failed at true “rehabilitation” of inmates. Our public schools are out of control and it is starting at the lowest levels. 6 year old students being apprehended at schools for behavior that can not be controlled or mitigated by administration is absolutely ridiculous. There is a part of me that a few years ago would have said “call the police on those bad kids and show them how it works in the real world” but now I wonder, what kind of example does this really set? What kinds of lessons are truly taught using this approach? Parents, teachers, principles, the community must all work together to resolve these issues. Our young boys especially, are just being primed for going to prison later in life. Our juvenile justice system is at an all time high with young people, just look at the stats from this article. We must look back and pinpoint exactly where it is that we went wrong, and start creating and implementing solutions now. It has to be a joint effort; parents must be involved in the disciplining of their children just as much as the school officials who have their kids/students for 40 hours a week. One cannot leave it up to the other. I can remember having security guards at school and the occasional police when there was a serious fight or disturbance, but not to the extent with which students are seeing the presence of law enforcement and being introduced to its practices now. In some way, we still have a responsibility to protect them while teaching them the differences between right and wrong, good, and unacceptable. This is just another issue that is severely plaguing the public school system where “our” children end up in overrepresented numbers as compared to private schools, and because of this a solution must come. One of my college professor’s once told me, that one of the most dangerous things that ever happened to minority students at public schools was the introduction of a culture and practice of disrespect for administration fueled by questioning authority that eventually spilled over into home-life where parents are once again younger than they were 20 years ago, but have different values and allow their children to be disrespectful as well……So the question is, where do we go from here?