A few decades ago, when a child entered the hallowed halls of higher learning, it was the mark of accomplishment. Most people acknowledged that the student was intelligent and his college diploma would open doors to whatever field he wanted to enter. They also assumed that his earning capacity would be much greater than those who didn’t graduate from college. Of course, that was in the days before Bill Gates blew that kind of thinking out of the water when he left Harvard in his sophomore year to start a company called Microsoft, with Paul Allen.
In the old days, students who weren’t at the top of their class couldn’t have gotten into an Ivy League school unless their family was influential enough to pull strings and/or who had enough money to fund a chair at a university. Nowadays, there are still some parents who are pulling strings and buying college diplomas for their children but it’s hardly necessary anymore. Today you just have to have a decent SAT score and a decent GPA score or even go to a community college for a semester or two and then transfer to a high ranking college. The bar has lowered so much that it makes one wonder what a college diploma means today.
I have had professors tell me that colleges have become a popularity contest. The teachers who don’t assign homework and who give easy tests are the ones who have the largest class enrollments. One of the professors at an Ivy League school even wrote an article in a magazine stating as much. The college Deans tell the teachers that they must lower their standards because students won’t sign up for their classes and if they don’t have a full enrollment, the school will have to close its doors.
A college teacher told me his Dean won’t let him give any student less than a B grade, even if the student has failed all his tests and been absent for most of the semester. This is partly because students won’t sign up to take his classes if he has a reputation for giving homework and low grades, and partly because the administration is afraid of lawsuits.
Our expectations of life seem to have gotten higher and our willingness to work hard seems to have gotten lower. I remember when taking an Honors class meant something really special. You didn’t get extra credit on your transcripts but you did get an “H” next to the subjects so that everyone knew you excelled at those subjects. It was definitely a “feel good” moment when your family and friends acknowledged it. It also motivated you to study more and work harder to be at the top of your class.
Today’s students take the attitude that if they aren’t getting extra credit for an Honors class they don’t want to take it because it means having to work very hard for no tangible reward and they don’t count the “H” next to the subject as a tangible reward. It’s too bad because the Honors classes give a student that competitive edge in business and socially. No one asks you if you took those classes. It just shows up in the way you think and in what you accomplish in life. That isn’t to say that someone who didn’t get into an Honors class can’t think outside the box but it gives the others an easier time to get ahead in life because they are more accustomed to working hard and competing to get to the top. Again, it’s not mandatory for success but it’s easier. It also means that your college diploma will mean more to you because you worked so hard to earn it.
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Connie H. Deutsch is an internationally known business consultant and personal advisor who has a keen understanding of human nature and is a natural problem-solver. She is known throughout the world for helping clients find solutions to problems that are often complex and systemic in nature and part of a corporation’s culture or an individual’s pattern of behavior. Connie’s depth of experience lends itself to both corporate consulting and individual counseling. Perhaps Connie is best known for her “homework” assignments which serve as virtual road maps for moving clients through problems into living solutions.
In addition to her consulting and counseling practice, Connie has hosted her own weekly radio show, been a weekly guest on a morning radio show, has done guest spots on numerous radio shows around the country, and has appeared as a guest on a cable television show. Connie wrote a weekly newspaper Advice Column for sixteen years and has been invited to speak at local colleges and given lectures around the country. She also wrote the scripts for a weekly financial show on cable television.
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My yellow gourami bit my blue gourami (one is female and one is male). I removed the male and now I need to know how I can fix the bite wound on the female? It doesn’t look bad, just a pink round wound but I really don’t want her to end up getting an infection. I also rearranged the tank and I am thinking about keeping him out for a few weeks and then reintroducing them. I know that one is a male and one is a female so I don’t want no comments that they could both be males. How can I make it so that there is no more fighting as I cannot get another tank right at this moment. I want to add that they are both in a 30 gallon tank.
I also wanted to add that when I bought them originally they were both in the same tank at the store and seemed to live peacefully together. Would getting another gourami help?
To treat the female I would make sure that the water quality as at an absolute optimum. That means that you ought to change water more often until the wound has healed. If you see any signs of fungus, you need to buy a good anti fungal medication. Your local pet store should have some available.
The way to prevent something similar from happening again is to provide enough hiding places for the female to allow her to stay out of sight of the male. I do this using live plants. At least some of these have to reach all the way to the surface, as this will allow the female to go for air without being noticed and subsequently chased by the male.
No need to get another gourami if you follow the advice above, but if you do, buying another female would be the best solution. If two of them decide to begin breeding at some point, they may gang up on the 3rd one leaving you with pretty much the same problem you’re having right now.
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