Monday Matters #29

Latest and Greatest

In the world of business, nothing effects it more than the latest and greatest. Currently, one of the most sought out items in the world are smartphones. There is an extreme high market for them because companies, such as Apple and Android are always coming out with something new. This is why news around smartphones is huge and always in the news, hence the last four post. To me it seems very interesting how impacted the business world is by something so small.I feel like I would like to pursue somewhere in the business world and maybe I could create the latest and greatest invention.

Monday Matter #28

The Critical Smartphone Issue That Manufacturers Ignore

With the immense demand for the latest and greatest smartphone in today's society, companies are always trying to update their newest release, whether it be faster RAM, better signals, cooler features, etc. they seem to be ignoring one thing; battery life. In this editorial Ewan Spence  brings up the issue  on how phones used to work compared to how they do now. Back then, smartphones would last an upward of forty hours and now eighteen is impressive. This is because smartphone designers always try to make the newer phone thinner and sleeker than the previous model. However, in doing this, the first action taken is decreasing the battery size. Therefore, Spence proposes to increase the size of the battery, because 2 to 3 mm are worth the extra battery life.

Monday Matters #27

Expensive Galaxy S6 Fights iPhone 6 To Save Samsung

In recent news, Samsung has just launched their newest smartphone, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. Ewan Spence, the author of this article, gives his opinion on how this phone can save Samsung. the main reasoning behind this is the new Samsung phone's price. The phone is priced at around $50 higher than the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Spence believes that Samsung is now going to be able to make a higher profit, which is desperately needed after the last profit decrease due to the launch of the iPhone 6. In my opinion, this move by Samsung to raise the price is not smart. Since the beginning, Samsung has not been able to come close to Apple's latest devices and I feel by raising the price, the company is only going to give possible buyers even more reason to choose the iPhone over the Galaxy.

Monday Matters #26

Apples Newest Move

In recent Apple news, the company has just released the iOS 8.2 software and it is a big one. The main focus of the new update is brought around Apple newest release, the Apple Watch. The 8.2 software allows compatibility to the new watch and updates to its medical center. The watch allows one to check heart rate, calories burned, steps, etc. IOS 8.2 also comes with a number of bug fixes, including stopping the phone/tablet from connecting to unwanted wifi signals, which drain the devices battery.

Monday Matters #25

The World's Newest Billionaires

According to the recent Forbes billionaires list, 2014 was a record setting year for newcomers into the billionaire class, 290. America had came in second, right behind China. However, among the most famous of these people was Michael Jordan. With his iconic shoe brand and purchasing of the Charlotte Hornets, it came as no shock that he would make this list. The youngest of these new elitists are Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegel, the founders of Snapchat. The popular app is now worth over $19 billion.

Monday Matters #24

Obama's Plan is Not the Plan

After reading arguments by Jayson Boyers and Michael Horn, I have come to agree with both of them that Obama's free education reform is not a good idea. I agree with Horn in that this nation does not need to add on to the immense debt we already face, with billions of dollars it would to achieve this program. Also, Boyer has a good point in saying that community college is not always a great option to begin with. Obama is not going to see the increased employment rates, he would like to see. If Obama wants to lower unemployment in the US he needs to work on lower college tuition as a whole and working with industry to supply college graduates with jobs after college.

Monday Matters #23

Boyers v. Horn

In these Boyers and Horn are both giving their opinions on Obama's new education reform. This reform being if students are able to maintain a certain GPA throughout their high school years, they will be able to receive free college tuition at a community college. However, both writers feel this plan if flawed, but for different reasons. Jason Boyers discusses that college is not a guarantee for success and gives fact to back that up. He feels that if Obama wants to get employment out of these community college graduates, he needs to work with industry. Michael B. Horn feels it is a good plan, however, too many problems arise as a result, such as, a piling up of debt and over populated community colleges. He feels Obama needs to just work on making all college more affordable as a whole.

Monday Matters #22

Obama, Free Community College May Not Work

In this opinion piece, written by Michael B. Horn from CNN, he gives his opinion on why Obamas free community college proposal will not work. He says that there are too many problems with the reform. One being the piling up of debt, but also over crowd the already populated community colleges. Obama believes that by sending more people to college, you are boosting the employment rate and bring more people to the middle class. However, in reality, community college is not the best place for that. Horn proposes that Obama needs not to make college open, but more affordable as a whole, similar to Jayson Boyers idea.

Monday Matters #21

Free community college? For Obama's plan to succeed business must be part of the equation

In this opinion piece written by Jayson Boyers, he discusses the problem with Obama's new free education reform. His proposal is that if students are able to put in the work they will receive free education at the next level, leading to less unemployment, higher wages, and better working class. Although good for publicity, Boyers states, this is not realistic. College is not a guarantee for success. Therefore, if if Obama really wants these goals accomplished then he is going to need to work with industry. This is the only way the free education reform will be a guarantee for success and motivate students to get good grades to get this free education.

Monday Matters #20

Jonathan Kozol: Education in America (6 of 6)

In Johnathan Kozol's sixth video he discusses his personal experience in education. He mentions that it was not until he saw how poor education was in the black community, that he began to become political. He, also adds that during his first teaching job, he was fired for giving the students a poem by Langston Hughes. The school did not want to teach about black history. Overall, his point was that we need to learn what we want to learn and what is beneficial to us. It is up to our parents to mold into good students to want to learn and want to succeed. 

Monday Matters #19

Finding Your Element

In this post by Sir Ken Robinson, he discusses the importance of finding your element in the world. People should not go to their job day in and day out waiting for it to end. This problem, however, has become far too common in today's society. People need to be able to find their element and enjoy the work they do. Finding your element is not always the easiest, but everyone has theirs. It may take some searching, but it will be worth it when they are enjoying the life they live.

Monday Matters #18

For Friends of Catholic Schools

In this article Diana Ravitch gives her opinion on Catholic schools. She admits that she appreciates Catholic schools and their morality-based method. However, she does agree that they should not be funded by the taxpayers. However, it is not fair that charter schools receive this funding either, because they are taking over the Catholic schools. They should not compare themselves to the Catholic schools, because they have no tuition and that puts the Catholic schools in danger.

Monday Matters #17

Danger of College Debt

In this cartoon (college-loan-debt1.jpg), the illustrator is exemplifying the problem of college tuition. After students graduate college, often times, they are faced with huge debt. The picture shows a massive student labeled as college loan debt that is going to be sleeping over the student. This is very dangerous, like college debt. The massive student also says that he will be his roommate for the next 30 years, which is often how long it takes a student to pay off the debt. These are clearly all the problems of the extreme prices of tuition.

Monday Matters #16

Problems in Education

These three articles discuss the current problem in education and how they are to be solved. Fawn Johnson discusses the problem in early education. She stresses the importance of getting children into a good education system at an early age. Erenfreund and Theil talk from the Washington Post about current problems at the college level. Ehrenfreund brings up that colleges are sending letters urging thousands of college students to enroll at their school, but then deny them acceptance to lower their acceptance rate. These applications all cost the students money which could add to the huge debt of college brought up by Peter Theil. This brings up the question, whether or not college is worth going into huge debt for.