Archive for the 'Education' Category

A Thorny Legal Issue

I’ve been interested in law ever since I took a philosophy class on political theory in college.  It’s not the great laws that interest me-you know, thou shalt not kill stuff.  It’s the little laws on the fringes.  For example, where I live, there’s a sales tax: fair enough.  But food is not taxed, since [...]

Online Degrees A New Way of Learning

I find the idea of getting a degree online very appealing. We all need more flexibility these days, and many people who might not otherwise be able to take academic courses due to their schedules and locations can now choose from a host of schools that offer online degrees.  As distance learning has become increasingly [...]

Train to be a Hacker

The old phrase “it takes a crook to catch a crook” applies to the modern day IT world.  There are individuals in the world whose specialize in exploiting system vulnerabilities either for profit or pleasure.  These individuals are known as hackers.  If you are a hacker did you know that you can train to become [...]

Why a Single Parent Would Pursue an Associates Degree

Working men and women who find themselves raising children alone may feel that they have no choice but to stay at their current job, even if it is unfulfilling or doesn’t pay enough to make ends meet.
What they don’t realize is that an aa degree can greatly increase their ability to make great money doing [...]

Who Still Needs School Supply Lists?

The beginning of the school year has already come and gone and the semester is now underway. However, you may find that you didn’t get everything that you needed to get through the rest of the year without purchasing additional items. You might need to make a school supply list and to do a second [...]