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by Powers Investments Management, LLC January 30, 2023
FINANCIAL LITERACY

IN SOME U.S. CITIES, A CHILD HAS BETTER ODDS OF GOING TO PRISON OR BEING MURDERED THAN CLIMBING TO THE MIDDLE CLASS!

About 70% of U.S. Congress People are millionaires.  Most members of Congress, in my opinion, deliver little value to society, but they get wealthy and enamored with power.  They care about one thing -getting reelected, which requires money.  The Teachers’ Unions donate millions of dollars to Democrat politicians.  The unions demand zero support for charter schools.   That is the nasty reality of America’s education system. 

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC January 16, 2023
FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS

PART 7B: SUBSTANTIVE WRITING: WHAT HABITS DO CRITICAL THINKERS USE WHEN READING AND WRITING? – CRITICAL THINKING SERIES

So much of our so-called writing today is limited to 280 characters or less.  Writing is difficult and requires a great deal of practice.  Most of us have learned to write through trial and error.  Rarely does anyone take a writing course.  Hopefully, the following will provide you with several fresh ideas to enhance your writing skills.

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC January 9, 2023
FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS

WHAT HABITS DO CRITICAL THINKERS USE WHEN READING AND WRITING? PART 7A – CRITICAL THINKING SERIES

In this column, we will consider the habits Critical Thinkers use when reading an article or a book and the application of substantive writing.  I will cover the interrelationships between reading and writing and discuss Drs. Richard Paul and Linda Elder’s explanation of Close Reading and Substantive Writing presented in their Critical Thinking - Learn the Tools the Best Thinkers Use.

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by Powers Investments Management, LLC December 5, 2022
FINANCIAL LITERACY , MENTORS

WHAT {DO YOU, AS A} CRITICAL THINKER, DO TO LEARN? – PART 6A – CRITICAL THINKING SERIES

In this column we will explore ways to improve learning, how the best students learn, the organizing concept and logic behind a topic, thinking within the logic of a subject, making a course/work project work for you, important activities for successful learning, deciphering the logic of an article and book, and learning how to evaluate an author’s reasoning.

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