http://www.bipolarnation.com Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:32:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's been a good four years or so since I started BipolarNation.com, which means this blog has been with me for the same approximate amount of time I was in college. I can still remember checking the web site statistics in the school computer labs, hoping to see the advertising ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/03/09/shutting-down-bipolarnation/ Teachers aren't paid enough, we hear. If we really want to invest in education, we'll recruit an "army of teachers" and provide incentive for quality professionals to want to become teachers. If we really want to invest in our kids, we'll make sure there are low student-to-teacher ratios and that ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/02/24/low-pay-running-the-math-on-public-school-teachers/ Let me ask you something, blogger to reader: did your public school help you adequately prepare for and land your current job? If you're like many people, the answer is no. Some people study Business Administration and end up working in retail. Some people study Pre-Med and end up working in ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/02/18/what-they-don%e2%80%99t-teach-you-in-public-school-lesson/ Many people spend decades of their lives in public schools with too little to show for it. They've learned how to "BS" papers, maybe, and have some knowledge that they otherwise wouldn't have had, but which marketable skills or life skills do many of these students graduate with? Only the ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/02/12/what-they-don%e2%80%99t-teach-you-in-public-school-lesson-1/ Ronald Reagan was deservedly known as "the Great Communicator," a politician with quick wit, an authentic smile, and the ability to deliver his message with the force and substance that can only be backed by the exact optimism he espoused. In communication circles, this is known as "congruity." Barack Obama is ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/02/01/the-myth-of-obama-the-orator/ Some two and a half years ago I wrote my list of the best and worst Presidents of all time, ranking them from #1 to #41 (I only counted Grover Cleveland once and George W. Bush was still president). In 2010, with me four and a half years wiser by my ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/01/27/presidential-rankings-2-0-which-presidents-were-the-best/ Note: I think it would just be plain wrong to write about a trivial issue like this without mentioning the Haiti earthquake yet. So I'd like to recommend you donate to Catholic Relief Services. Now, to the post: "No matter how I look at this I am in the wrong. And I've ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/01/25/why-jay-leno-and-nbc-are-in-the-wrong/ Any kindergartner, even if not taught it, knows that school stinks. But adults don't realize it. That's because many adults keep on insisting we have this thing they call the Department of Education - wouldn't you know it, education is too important to be left in the hands of a ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/01/19/how-to-improve-education-for-25-of-the-cost/ In the NFL, there's this thing called "The Rooney Rule."  It refers to a rule that stipulates every team looking to hire a head coach must at least interview one minority for the job.  (You know, not to patronize them or anything.) It doesn't take a genius to figure out that ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/01/12/the-rooney-rule/ Your job stinks. At least that's what most of you are saying according to a report that says just 45% of people are satisfied with their jobs. If you're counting, that's down from 61.1% in 1987, when this particular survey started. So what's up? I'm guessing that with ... http://www.bipolarnation.com/2010/01/07/how-to-not-hate-your-job/