On Regular Person Apprentice

I don't know if apprenticeships are the best solution for American high schools--and they are definitely incongruous with a lot of our cultural beliefs about what success is and how to achieve it--but there I've read quite a few articles and studies that indicate vocational training is effective in helping reduce high school drop out rates for lower-income students. Vocational training does not necessarily have to be blue-collar work oriented either, as cuminafterall points out.

Posted on April 22, 2013 at 12:30 pm 0

On The Y Generation's "Culture of Transparency"

@angela I am Gen Y and have to look at many people's salaries as part of my work. I do not enjoy it one bit.

Posted on April 18, 2013 at 11:29 am 0

On How Reddit Thinks You Should Do Money

@Cup of T If your logged into your Google account in both places it won't! Megano! is right that you can clear your cookies/history on your browser for the same effect.

Posted on April 16, 2013 at 10:22 am 0

On I Just Spent 73 Minutes Scrolling Through 'The Rich Kids of Instagram'

Meh. Other than the puppy most of that didn't hold much appeal for me. Like I think I care even less about money after viewing this.

Posted on April 11, 2013 at 10:14 am 0

On Stolen Cheese

@Brunhilde Your friend is part of the reason I have to interact with another human just to pick up a new set of razors. May all his hairs be ingrown.

Posted on April 2, 2013 at 4:31 pm 0

On Saving Our Pets

@blueblazes The stop treatment number can be a good reference point for just how much treatment a pet is getting through its life and reflect on whether it's a quality vs. quantity issue for the animal, as you say.

Posted on March 26, 2013 at 1:14 pm 0

On The 11 People Who Work At Every Starbucks

"The Super Happy Teen" is an absolutely spot on description of a girl I knew in high school who worked at Starbucks, as well as several people I worked with at Ben and Jerry's. Do the Starbucks you've worked in happen to all be in small to mid-sized Southern cities?

Posted on March 26, 2013 at 10:56 am 1

On Clip Vs. Twist

I break clips on the first re-closure almost every time I encounter one. Boo clips.

Posted on March 14, 2013 at 9:52 am 0

On Driving a Cab: The Best Working Class Job There Is?

"Visitors to the London Olympics can be assured of one thing – their cab driver will know where they are going thanks to a rigorous test that takes years to master." That is certainly different from the cab drivers in DC.... Is there a separate link to the cab driver profiles or am I just missing something though? I'm very curious about them.

Posted on March 5, 2013 at 1:57 pm 0

On A Whisk for Everyone

@stuffisthings A "food incubator" is term for this type of business model, not kitchen equipment. Union Kitchen is food incubator, it doesn't have a food incubator.

Posted on March 5, 2013 at 12:37 pm 0