My usual March trip had to be postponed to the fall and I didn’t have any major projects to work on, so no big galleries this month. But I still got out regularly looking for some nice images.
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Fighting Among Themselves
For most of his decade in office, the governor of Texas has been trying to get a school voucher program passed in the state legislature. Despite having a heavily Republican majority, the bill has never landed on his desk.
Let’s Be Careful Out There
A rather stunning statistic from a recent segment of Planet Money’s The Indicator podcast caught my attention.
The presenter cited a new report from the Federal Trade Commission saying that Americans lost $12.5 billion to fraud last year. “And that’s a 25% increase from the previous year.”
Meaningless Questions
For some reason, adults like to ask young kids “What do you want to be when you grow up?”. I suppose most are expecting an answer like astronaut or fireman. More likely today they would get a response like TikToker, influencer, or reality TV star.
Instead of that meaningless question, maybe ask them something more complex: What do you find interesting? What problems in the world would you like to help solve? Which of your talents would you like to work on building?
Who (or What) Is In Charge Here?
Remember, not too long ago, when we were told that every student must learn to code? It was an imperative to save the future, our economy, and society in general. Or something like that.