Kids seem interested in business. Whether spending part of the day with Mom at her job, learning how to work in a larger company, or wanting to help Dad with his small business, kids are interested in business.
My oldest has been hounding me to help her start a business. Not yet eleven years old, I suspect that the business will be more work for Dad than for her. Yet, I want to cultivate that desire to work, to earn, to succeed.
I have not yet fully explored this site, but it seems interesting. As I am able to explore it further, and possibly get my tweenager involved, I will report results.
Funny story - My oldest loves to dance, and told us she'd like to work at the dance studio. Of course we encouraged her - nice way to earn your way through college! That's when our youngest popped up and said "I want to own the studio!" Bless her little pea-pickin' heart (name that entertainer).
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Daddy, How Do You Make a Car?
My youngest always has another easy-to-answer question! With her talent for math, and her interest in how things work, I suspect we may have a budding engineer.
Anyway, I've shown her a variety of YouTube videos on modern manufacture, some older newsreels (they tend heavily toward a pro-labor movement emphasis, not so much the actual assembly), and the like.
Here is an interesting video about manufacture for the 1939 World's Fair - animation, color, and 3-D effects. Must have wowed them in '39!
Anyway, I've shown her a variety of YouTube videos on modern manufacture, some older newsreels (they tend heavily toward a pro-labor movement emphasis, not so much the actual assembly), and the like.
Here is an interesting video about manufacture for the 1939 World's Fair - animation, color, and 3-D effects. Must have wowed them in '39!
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Very Neat Visual Illusions - the Breaking Curveball
The top winners of a contest sponsored by the Neural Correlate Society are presented on the American Institute of Physics web site - including a stunning visual demonstrating baseball's "Breaking Curve"!
When I would hear announcers talk about the breaking curve ball, I knew that the ball could not suddenly change direction in mid course. Not being a player, I didn't understand what the pitcher was throwing, or what the batter was seeing. This illusion explains both quite nicely.
Another illusion I found interesting was one of a face made to look more feminine or more masculine by controlling contrast. As a sometime photographer, the idea intrigues me - it may explain a lot of the images we see in advertising, and the blurring of genders through Photoshopped images.
When I would hear announcers talk about the breaking curve ball, I knew that the ball could not suddenly change direction in mid course. Not being a player, I didn't understand what the pitcher was throwing, or what the batter was seeing. This illusion explains both quite nicely.
Another illusion I found interesting was one of a face made to look more feminine or more masculine by controlling contrast. As a sometime photographer, the idea intrigues me - it may explain a lot of the images we see in advertising, and the blurring of genders through Photoshopped images.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Voucher Programs Work - so Shut Them Down!
Not everyone can homeschool; vouchers are an alternative. This war on successful voucher programs may extend to homeschoolers in the future.
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