Public Education Reform in America: Teaching Methods?

In America, we spend billions of dollars on education in America and it seems that we still have failing schools and failing students.

What we need to do is go back to teaching methods that were successful in the old days.  We also need to change our public school curriculum to what worked in the past.  In other words, we need to go back to the basics of education with today's technology of course.  This is reading, writing and arithmetic.  Wait until high school to teach computers.

Yes.  Right now, we have a curriculum that demands students to be like the Japanese and not America.  Can America be like Japan?  In some ways economically yes.

Government Budget and Spending Reform

At this point in American history, we have to take bold and structural changes to our budget and government.

Why don't we consolidate the Department of Veterans Affairs with the Department of Defense.  We could do that.  Why not?

I also think we need to consolidate the other Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, HUD and the rest.  The new department would be called the Department of Homeland Services.  This would eliminate a lot of Bureaucracy in the government.

Healthcare Coverage Reform in America

With Medicaid costs rising we need to reform healthcare coverage in America for the uninsured and underinsured.

I propose a reform system that shifts taxation to sales.  We could have a 6% national sales tax and get rid of the marriage penalty and the Medicare payroll tax.  Then get rid of Medicare and Medicaid as we know it to help balance the budget and reduce the deficit.

With these changes, we could have one healthcare program that helps the underinsured and uninsured.  Then we could make it a monthly premium system which could financially stabilize the government and keep coverage.

This program would only be for people who are unemployed, disabled, retired, uninsured or underinsured.  This would make the budget smaller and less complicated.

If their disabled or unemployed we could deduct $30 out of their welfare check to pay the monthly premium.  It would make healthcare funding more solvent and reduce the deficit.

Job Interview tips today

Job interviews are tough today.  It can be frustrating for you.

If you're done with school, bring your school projects to show your skills.  If you have a website, bring a printout to the interview.  This will show your competence.

If you don't have a website, develop a personal website with your prospects.  Then print it out and bring to interviews.  This will show initiative.

Always ask what the next step is.  This will show that you want the job.

Bring your college transcript to show your credentials.

Make sure your online work is all professional including your social media.

Finally, develop and keep a portfolio notebook with all the printouts I said.

Rectenna: pollution free energy source

 A rectenna is a wireless source of energy.

It doesn't create pollution like oil and gas does.  It is limited but it can recharge devices like solar chargers, batteries and other rechargeable devices.

A rectenna works by taking in electromagnetic waves from the the ski.  Then it creates electricity.

It doesn't require wiring.  But it does need diodes.

If we could develop more powerful rectennas, it could be a great source of power.

American foreign policy

 Our foreign policy should lead by example.  Remember, America has nuclear weapons too. 

Before we judge Iran and other countries, let's take a look in the mirror.

We have to come to leaders with a constructive attitude.  We have to look at our own culture before we look at other countries.

Remember, American culture is very immoral because of adultery, swearing, abortion and other things.

When we assess and meet with foreign leaders, we have to remember our faults as well.

Real Welfare reform in America

In the United States there are different welfare programs to help people.  There is unemployment insurance, Public Assistance and SSI.

Why don't we just consolidate these programs together and allow people to collect income that they need.  If a person is looking for work in some form, let there be one welfare program called Universal National Income.  People can collect this program as long as they're unemployed looking for work.  If they're disabled in some way, then they can collect this program as long as their unemployed to find another job.  If their disability is too great, they could collect it for life if they need it.

The thing is it will always be there only if you need it.  This is because traditional unemployment insurance is only good for 6 months.

The universal income program could be a state and federal program together.

Retirement income should remain a separate program for the elderly retired.  That is not included in my discussion.

I am on SSI because of my mental and physical disabilities.  But if I work longer for a year and over the limit to receive SSI, my SSI case is closed.   Then if I needed later in my senior years, I wouldn't be able to receive it.

The main idea is to have Universal Income Program to support people who don't have enough income to live.  It can also be there for unemployed persons as long as their unemployed.

Education in America: My perceptions

 Education in America was once the best in the world.  Now it is one of the worst in the world.  Why is this?  In my opinion, it is because of all the mandates and politics behind it.  It is because we abandoned the basics and filled the education agenda or curriculum with loopholes.

I feel we need to go back to what worked in the past.  Go back to the old system.  School is way too stressful for kids today.  Go back to the basic subjects.  Don't teach computers in 1st grade.  Teach computers in middle school years.

We force feed our students too much.  Teach what works and go from there.  Teach Reading, Writing and Math first.

Your Birthday: What does that mean

Your birthday is just for you to enjoy.  However, it's also a time to look at where you are at as far as your life is concerned.  It's a time to think about your religious faith in God.  What are you doing so far in your life at this point.  Some of you say I work and raise a family.  That's good.  But do you know Christ.  Do you have a good relationship with him.  Do you pray.

What are your expectations for you on the rest of your life.  The reason being is because we don't live forever on earth.  Where do we go when we die.

It's scary, but God knows you want to be a good person and you try to live a good life. It's just that I'm scared of death.  What does my life mean to others.

Always remember that we all know we celebrate Christ's birthday on December 25.  That's a very good time to take our life seriously and how we relate to God.

WorldProfit: A leading Web Design, Hosting and Traffic Exchange Company

WorldProfit was established in 1994 by a 3 people to help create online business opportunities for businesses.  They have a free associate program that allows you to use free traffic exchange tools.  There's also some web traffic tools that charge a reasonable amount of money.

These traffic exchanges vary from banners, text ads, solo ads, safelists and much more.  There's probably close to 120 different tools to use.

There is also a silver package program that costs $99.95 per month.  However, you can buy the Power Traffic Program for just $77 and get the whole silver package for the first month free.  Just try it.  You'll be glad you did.  

With the silver package program, you get absolutely all the tools that Worldprofit has including a ready to built website.   This ready to built website includes an AI support technician to answer questions to your visitors.  It also includes a live Business Center with human agents that can close deals for you and make you money.

They also give you free associates to talk to about using the system.

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Indecency on the Internet like predators and scammers

Around 2001, an online group called Perverted Justice was formed to hunt down sex predators and bring them to justice.  Perverted Justice is a group of people trying to protect minors from sexual predators.  They pretend to be minors online and catch predators by talking sex with them.  They caught a lot of sexual predators online.

A lot of people become angry with this because Perverted Justice caught some people who normally wouldn't commit the crime to commit the crime.  This was questioned.

Perverted Justice fired some of its employees because they felt Perverted Justice was doing wrong things.  This has brought Perverted justice into question.  I support Perverted Justice because there's a lot of minors being sexually abused every day.  This problem will not go away.

However because they put it on TV, many people felt warned about it.  This is because they do it so other people don't get themselves in that situation.

But I also feel that Perverted Justice should go after real predators like corporate sex offenders.

This is a good movement.

Internet Age: Solutions providers vs. Service Providers

In todays world of 2025 the computer field has changed computer services.  Most IT companies had to reinvent themselves that don't write just custom software.  Most applications are now online services rather than desktop and client server programs.

Online applications have become different where you use the application with a login account and pay to use the service.  In other words, software applications have been placed on the internet.

I worked for a solutions provider that wrote custom software applications in Oracle, FoxPro and Visual Basic.  Today, they developed a US customs clearance application where users to use all the time.  This has provided a growing income stream for many IT companies.

Another example is an IT company offering advertising services all the time for users who pay.  This has become the norm for most information technology companies.

Is America really that great. Or are we just an average nation.

Is America really the greatest nation in the world?  That's debatable because of our immoral culture.

Everyone wants guns.  Our value system broke down since the 1960s and the Vietnam War.

In America today sin is so widespread.  John Paul II was right.  America is a culture of death.  Sexual immorality is so rampant in America which is why abortion is so problematic.

Unmarried couples are living together and having children out of wedlock.  The reason for this is because American children and youngsters have been exposed to so much bad TV and internet.  The internet has badly changed our culture.

 Bring back prayer in public schools.

Password Security: How to Create a Good Password

Password security is extremely important when you are on the web.  It helps prevent a lot of instances of identity theft.  Online security starts with you.

When you create a password, it has to be memorable and unguessable.  First of all, you don't want a sequence of any characters like "`7428939e32hkjfnfn".  It has to be crazy but something you can remember so you don't have to refer to your list of passwords.

You want a password like "Sobazo78&&".  It has to be something that sounds like a word but isn't a real English word.  It can also be something like "wotowang".  It has to be something you can remember but also crazy.

Remember password security is something that starts with you and your passwords.  Good luck with your online endeavors.

The Good and the Evil of the Internet

    The Internet has really altered our society.  We have vastly changed the way we communicate in the world because of the internet.  Our society has changed in many good ways.  We have faster ways to study online and research.  The 21st century has been the century of electronics.  Social media sites offer a great way to exchange with friends and loved ones. It has become a new way to market and sell goods and services. It has also brought more prosperity to several countries because of the advances of the internet.  That means there is somewhat less poverty in the world.  But the internet has also brought evil and vulnerability to our earth.

    The internet has made our world more susceptible to terrorism because it has allowed terrorists to network with each other much faster.  That is the unfortunate thing about going online.  It's made our young people and children targets of sexual abuse.  Online pornography has been a major problem in our land which has altered and poisoned our society.

    The internet has given hackers more avenues to commit fraud and theft which has disrupted our prosperity and peace throughout the world.  It has cost people millions of dollars because it has led to a dramatic increase in identify theft.

    Overall, there are good and evil sides of the internet.   Technology advances and theft insurance have fought against it.  It's just a matter of staying ahead in the race against online evil.  Think of it this way.  Dr Albert Einsteen's research let to good and evil applications of atomic energy.  Technology can be used either responsibly or irresponsibly.  It's just a matter of conquering and controlling online evil.  The battle between the good and evil of technology will always exist.

    

Artificial Intelligence and its Results

Artificial Intelligence, also known as AI, is a type of intelligent computing.  It is said to create and kill jobs in business.  It will create more computer jobs in the future.  Artificial intelligence has emerged mostly in the 2020s.

Artificial Intelligence is vastly used in robotics, computer security, communication and more.

Another application of Artificial Intelligence is the most popular site Google.

AI uses natural language like English to carry out instructions for the users.

The Future of Abortion

 Millions of people across America are against abortion or for abortion.   But the truth is that there are already a number of restrictions against abortion.   Some states have already banned it.  Even though I am pro-life, I do not believe in a nationwide ban.  It belongs to the states.  The states are already making their own decisions.  That is the future of abortion in America.

One World Under God, Not Just One Nation.

The future depends more on world unity and not just nationalistic pride.  America is too nationalistic and not enough with international unity.  Being a superpower, we think of our nation as God's nation and I think that's wrong.  We are the United States of Earth, not just the United States of America.  We need to get less involved with protecting other nations and start looking at our country in the mirror.  We have to look beyond our nation's borders.

We have to become a nation of humility.  There's a term known as ethnocentrism.  That means you believe your country is better than everybody else.  In order for humanity to get better, we have to think internationalistic in order to fight of problems such as pollution, disease, hunger and homelessness.

However, there are signs that things are improving.  There is less poverty in the world than there was since the 1980s.  More markets are emerging around the world.  Ozone depletion is less of a problem now than the 1990s.

Buffalo Focuses Too Much on the Past

When NY Governor Andrew Cuomo passed the Buffalo Billion spending package to aid Buffalo, he immediately said to them, "Get out of the past."  Plain and simple.  Instead, Buffalo spent $900,000,000 on Tesla.  All that money could have been used a lot for civic improvements like water system repairs, demolition and more infrastructure.  Buffalo needs infrastructure and improvements very badly. Businesses would then come to Buffalo if Buffalo fixed all the fundamentals in the city.  The Buffalo Billion should have been mostly spent on infrastructure like bridges, tunnels, bike lanes and more.  Then spend the rest of the money for pro-business tax cuts to aid companies in the city.

The overall point is that Buffalo, New York needs progress and lifeblood not history and nostalgia.

The Evolution of Business

Businesses get smarter over time.  Many years ago, HSBC Bank USA had a main server that went out of commission.  Millions of people including me lost access to our accounts.  Some customers stayed with the bank while others left.  I decided to stay with the bank because companies get smarter as time goes on.  I believe strongly in the evolution of businesses.

Most companies correct their mistakes with better systems or better ways of doing things.  Learning from the past is part of business.