A Roadmap to Retirement: Steps We Took That Secured Our Future
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FINANCIAL LITERACY
Charting Your Financial Future: How to Escape the Vicious Cycle of Student Debt and Low Income {With – Agnes Powers}
Colleges started getting expensive when society started pushing “college for everyone,” and student loans became easy to obtain. I don’t believe that everyone should go to college. Colleges would not be so expensive if fewer people borrowed outrageous amounts to attend college.
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One root cause of minorities scoring lower in college admittance exams is the time different racial groups spend studying.
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FINANCIAL LITERACY
WHAT STAGE ARE YOU IN CRITICAL THINKING DEVELOPMENT? – FINAL CRITICAL THINKING SERIES – PART 10
As previously noted, most of us take our day-to-day thinking for granted and spend little time working on improving our thinking processes. Adjusting our thinking habits is a long-term process that occurs over years, not weeks or months.
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WEALTH BUILDING POWERS
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO DEAL WITH YOUR IRRATIONAL MIND? – CRITICAL THINKING SERIES – PART NINE (9)
History is replete with examples of individuals in both the private and public sectors making irrational decisions that have led to serious unintended consequences.
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FINANCIAL LITERACY , INVESTMENTS
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A FAIR-MINDED CRITICAL THINKER? – CRITICAL THINKING SERIES – PART 8
In this column, we will consider the attributes of a Fair-minded Critical Thinker and what one needs to consider to avoid thinking in a self-centered fashio
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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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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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FINANCIAL LITERACY , MENTORS
WHAT DO YOU AS A CRITICAL THINKER DO TO LEARN – PART 6B – CRITICAL THINKING SERIES
n this column we will explore a means by which you can conduct a self-assessment and begin the process of improving your ability to learn as a student and as an employee.
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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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