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Unemployment Rate by Schooling > Articles by: Robert Hamill

Author: Robert Hamill

Unemployment Rate by Schooling
Economic Policy Education

Unemployment Rate by Schooling

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The K-12 curriculum should have a prime goal of skills to succeed in the workplace.

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High School Graduation Rate
Daily Life Economic Policy Education

High School Graduation Rate

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People regularly shake their heads and say only 80% of students graduate high school. The truth is 10 years after, the completion rate is 97%.

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Wilde Lake – Book Snapshot

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Enjoyed Laura Lippman

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Trump and the Constitution
Constitution

Trump and the Constitution

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The president's job is to execute policy, not to deny individual rights. Trump doesn't accept that his electoral majority does not invalidate the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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Rate of Evolution, Rate of Mutation
Science Surprising

Rate of Evolution, Rate of Mutation

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I always thought the rate of evolution was equal to the rate of mutation, but that's not right.

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Knowledge. Facts, Explanations, Predictions

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There are Facts. There are explanations which unite facts under a theory. There are predictions in which we try to forecast the future based on facts, theories, and a belief on how things will continue…

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Increments of tiny things can add up to something large
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Increments of tiny things can add up to something large

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Significant changes do occur although daily or even yearly the incremental changes are barely noticeable.

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Neuron Cascade and Indeterminacy
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Neuron Cascade and Indeterminacy

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... indeterminacy, at the neural level. Different inputs can result in the same output. This is the Almost Gate of the neural threshold

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Types and Sources of Knowledge
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Types and Sources of Knowledge

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What do you know for sure? Knowledge. Immediate, Secondary, and Authority

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Fallacy of Composition
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Fallacy of Composition

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It’s easy to overlook, if everyone makes the same choice, the entire system changes.

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I worked in software design for thirty years, until I retired in 2010. Before that, there was a stint in the Marines, a job as a stock clerk for a data processing shop, and then college under the GI Bill. In the work force, I got trained in programming, moved up to tech analysis, and after night school at Johns Hopkins APL, shifted into software architecture and data warehousing. During those years, married with a growing family, I stuffed my ideas and projects into folders and file cabinets—for when I retired. Now, these years.

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I also post on the mind’s working. I’ve been a Mensan since 1973, studying the mind as an interested observer. Visit the Mental Construction site. How does neural characteristics of the brain affect our thinking? Mainly by abstraction, similarity, and association driving the non-logical aspects of our mind.

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Tabulators separate ballots into piles for each presidential candidate during a recount in Dane County (Wis.) on December 1, 2016 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Getty)