Learning about human behavior

You can learn a lot about who people are just by watching how they act.

  Can you anticipate how someone will behave?

Imagine you could understand how behavior effects the way people act and react.

would that change the way you look at the world and those in the world?

The answer would have to be a big giant yes.

 

Human behavior is often very predictable, the problem is that reaction is also predictable.

When you consider the way that human nature and human behavior work you can be prepared for just about any kind of situation.

The funny thing is that in order to be in a position to benefit from intuitive processing you must be able to prevent conditioning behavior, which basically means that when a subject begins to interact with you and they attempt to manipulate, manage and influence your reaction to their behavior, you must be able to stop your own reaction and develop your own methods of interacting with the subject.

The most significant issue effecting educators and even field interviewers, is that human desire to compete.

Competition is one of the things that can really devalue your relationships, it goes back to child hood and the methods that we learned to use as children to try to get what we wanted in the only way that our limited minds and psychology could understand.

The funny thing here is that in many instances, adults have a very difficult time engaging in this kind of bad behavior for many very interesting reasons.

 

 

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Posted by Reading Books - May 17, 2013 at 12:34 pm

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reading is it now obsolete

Digital publishing is becoming the most powerful distribution option available.

 

What would you do to get into digital publishing and how do you think it would work?

Find out what it takes to get started and how easy it might actually be to become a published author.

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Posted by Reading Books - May 17, 2013 at 10:41 am

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Starbucks CEO too big for Britches?

Well, you know what they say when your mouth overloads your, …

Ok, well lets say that another way, when your a regular Joe when you say something stupid that creates a problem for the people you work for usually you get fired, but apparently that does not go for the CEO of Starbucks.

imagine that a ceo that is as dumb as this, (allegedly)

imagine that a ceo that is as dumb as this, (allegedly)

So, lets have some fun an offer has come up on AFS, to support a great Coffee company that does good work and does not do the things that starbucks does, (again allegedly)

Have a quick look you might find some interesting information.

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Posted by Reading Books - March 27, 2013 at 3:28 pm

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Kindle books becoming more popular

Imagine for a moment that you are in the future some 20 years from now, the year is 2033 books are prized antiques, if you have one your considered either rich or eccentric.

The kindle is more popular than any other reading device though there are many out there.

Books are now published entirely in digital format because the cost of paper is so expensive that you can no longer publish a book in print.

It might seem like a science fiction story, but the truth may be something that even fiction cannot adequately communicate.

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Posted by Reading Books - March 27, 2013 at 7:42 am

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The Death and Life of the Great American School System

We have been aware that our Education system is broken, yet for the most part we just sit back and do nothing, Washing has done nothing to fix this problem, each president be they republician or democrat, say that they will do this or that and “Finally Fix the Education Problem” 

But they have all failed, some have had more interest than others but all in all they have all failed. 

Imagine if we were to create a better way to educate, rather than yet another library that no one visits. 

 

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education

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A passionate plea to preserve and renew public education, The Death and Life of the Great American School System is a radical change of heart from one of America’s best-known education experts.

Diane Ravitch—former assistant secretary of education and a leader in the drive to create a national curriculum—examines her career in education reform and repudiates positions that she once staunchly advocated. Drawing on over forty years of research and experience, Ravitch critiques today’s most popular ideas for restructuring schools, including privatization, standardized testing, punitive accountability, and the feckless multiplication of charter schools. She shows conclusively why the business model is not an appropriate way to improve schools. Using examples from major cities like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and San Diego, Ravitch makes the case that public education today is in peril.

Ravitch includes clear prescriptions for improving America’s schools:
  • leave decisions about schools to educators, not politicians or businessmen
  • devise a truly national curriculum that sets out what children in every grade should be learning
  • expect charter schools to educate the kids who need help the most, not to compete with public schools
  • pay teachers a fair wage for their work, not “merit pay” based on deeply flawed and unreliable test scores
  • encourage family involvement in education from an early age

The Death and Life of the Great American School System is more than just an analysis of the state of play of the American education system. It is a must-read for any stakeholder in the future of American schooling.

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Posted by books - December 29, 2012 at 2:11 pm

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American ingenuity

We are what we are because of human determination, we know this is the truth so when you hear that your achievements are worthless because your success is the result of socialism, you know that your dealing with someone that is confused about the history of our nation.

 

In times past from the first moment of the birth of our nation we have been a people of great challenge, when times became tough Americans rose up to meet that challenge with their minds, their bodies, and their blood.

It has been this way since that time when a hand full of brave men crafted the Constitution which would endure them many long years into the future.

 

Since that time Americans have been called upon to give great sacrifice so that others might survive and even live in peace, this has come at a great cost for many the ultimate cost of all.

 

During the many wars and conflicts men have bravely given everything so that we might be free to live the dream they only briefly had but they died in freedom and for freedom.

 

When they came out of the belly of the beast on the beaches, the water ran red with the blood of American men, who found no excuse but bravely became the fodder for guns so that we might on this day and every day in the future live life free from the rule of fools and evil men.

 

They ran screaming, knowing that many of them would never see home again.

 

They ran, knowing that on this day everything was at issue and not one of them ran as cowards.

 

They gave blood, they gave everything, even as men before them have done and even today somewhere in this world an American is giving everything so you can sleep late.

 

An American somewhere has given everything so that your child could go to school and learn about what it is to be an American.

 

If you find yourself standing idly by as someone is robbed or murdered, think about those men and what they did, if you are unable to fight, call someone who can fight, call 911, yell scream and do what you can while staying safe.

 

Freedom is contagious, it is something that we can all have and give at the same time.

 

When someone tells you that you cannot do something because it might offend someone else, remind them of the men on D day that gave everything so that people even in ignorance might do the right thing and find the way to becoming an American.

 

We can do no less than those who have come before us because should we fail we are not just failing our own families, but we are also shaming the names and the blood that those brave men in the past who have fought for you but also those that have even today given and laid down their lives for freedoms sake.

 

Never forget that this is who we are, no one man or one woman or one senator or one congressman or one judge can change that.

 

We are the People and We are Free.

 

 

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Posted by Reading Books - November 6, 2012 at 1:22 am

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Nature and the things that go bump in the night.

The dark of night can bring to mind many things we only think of when we sleep…

Have you ever been awakened in the dark of night wondering what had woken you up/

I know your probably wondering about that, but there really are things that go bump in the night and sometimes your up late and you hear something that does not quite sound right.

 

Who knows for sure but what you might be hearing that thing that no one speaks of in the shadows of the night.

 

Most of the time its just our imaginations.

But everyone once in a while it pays to keep an eye peeled for that thing that you might not see…

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Posted by Reading Books - November 6, 2012 at 12:56 am

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Books for Christmas

Give the gift that will light up your mind…

The best gift is one that the reader can take along with them everwhere they go long after the excitement of a toy is lost and cast aside a book can give so much more.

Imagination.

Innovation.

Creativity.

Careers.

 

This year make a huge difference in the life of the person your giving a gift to.

Give them the imagination to go with a college career.

Give them so much more than just another thing to forget or discard.

 

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Posted by Reading Books - November 5, 2012 at 2:50 pm

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What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time.

What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades. Optimum Learning. Minimum Time.

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Starting from the premise that successful students are not necessarily any more brilliant than their less successful peers, but have simply mastered the art of efficient learning, Adam Robinson introduces high school and college students to an innovative approach that can help them achieve top grades while discovering the joy of true learning. Line drawings.

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Posted by books - November 5, 2012 at 12:45 pm

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Vacu Vin Stainless Steel Wine Saver Gift Set

Vacu Vin Stainless Steel Wine Saver Gift Set

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The Wine Saver is a vacuum pump which extracts the air from an opened bottle and reseals it with a reusable rubber stopper. It slows down the oxidation process and keeps the wine fresh for 7 to 10 days

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  • Stainless steel vacuum pump, 2 reusable rubber stoppers, and 2 crystal-like pourers
  • Extracts air from opened bottles to slow down the oxidation process and keep wine fresh for 7 to 10 days
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  • Vacuum pump measures 5 by 3 inches

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