Special Focus on Higher Education (Part II): Brain Bites are “now and then” morsels regarding trends, statistics, and interesting ephemera in personal economics. These tasty tidbits help maintain your edge over an unpredictable future. Think of them as cerebral snacks for the hungry mind!
The term “social pecking order” does not refer to the items on a KFC menu. Rather, it is a distribution, or list, of social classes. Among sociologists, however, there is considerable disagreement regarding how best to define a social class.
Graduating from a highly selective school may not matter as much as you think when it comes to feelings of well-being in life. Much more important is what you do in school and how you experience it, no matter what type of school you attend.
Special Focus on Higher Education (Part I): Brain Bites are “now and then” updates regarding trends, statistics, and interesting info‑bites in personal economics. These tasty tidbits help maintain your edge over an unpredictable future. Think of them as cerebral snacks for the hungry mind!
Contrary to what many believe, that you go to college is far more important than where you go. What matters most to employers are the skills you have learned and how they can be used to solve problems. Increasingly employers are saying, “Got skills? Prove it!”
An economic bubble signifies a situation when some prices (say, of stocks or houses) rise far above their actual value. Generally, they occur because long periods of prosperity and increasing value of investments lead to increasing speculation using borrowed money.
The bandwagon effect can be seen at almost all levels of human interaction. It is the reliance upon the behavior or beliefs of those around—and similar—to you as a guide to what is correct to do or believe.
What is the big attraction to place for young persons? Job growth? Low cost of living? Maybe the culture or sunny weather? Nope.
Brain Bites are “now and then” updates regarding trends, statistics, and interesting info‑bites in personal economics. These tasty tidbits help maintain your edge over an unpredictable future. Think of them as cerebral snacks for the hungry mind!
When we make our life-choices, our perceptions don’t necessarily represent reality. Since we are never sure of the long-term outcomes, this introduces risk.
