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College Planning/Funding Seminar for Parents

<< thoughts by POPS at 6:19 PM on Tuesday, December 08, 2009 >>
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Parents: Check out this free seminar on Saturday, 12/12, in Waltham by the homie Javin Jones. There's no better time than the present to invest in your child's future. Holla.
-POPS

College Funding
Your College Savings Goals Are Within Reach
presented by Christopher Javin Jones, Financial Advisor

Join us for a special educational workshop where you'll learn about:
  • Current and future college costs
  • Sources of college funds
  • Financial aid, scholarships, and loans
  • 529 Plans and Coverdell Education Savings Accounts
  • Investment options for college savings
One financial goal that most parents share is a college education for their children. With college costs increasing at a faster rate than general inflation, saving for college can be a daunting task. You can, however, pursue this important financial goal by establishing a college fund and taking action today.

When: Saturday, December 12th from 9 AM to 11 AM

Where: Strategic Financial Partners, 800 South Street, Suite 505, Waltham, MA 02453

Reserve your seat today via phone {781-788-4682} or email {CJones3 AT sfp-ma.com}

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Millions of Children Left Behind

<< thoughts by POPS at 1:38 PM on Monday, March 16, 2009 >>
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I'll be the first to readily admit that I have quickly become a fan - groupie even- of Sir Ken Robinson. The man is ill.

In a very intriguing article for the Huffington Post, he continues to spell out some very formidable suggestion for what we must do to drastically change the face of education as we know it in order to achieve sustainability and greater gains.

The ideas he offers aren't really that far-fetched actually. They are more matter-of-factly than anything, yet the beauty is in their simplicity and the mammoth complexity with which everything would have to change in order to see such change come to fruition.
"The present system was designed for 19th century industrialism and it's overheating in a dangerous way. Reforming education isn't enough. The real task is transformation."
Just yesterday, I went to the Young, Gifted, & Black show and enjoyed it just like I have the previous ones I've attended. Some of the artists I have seen grow up over the last 3-4 years into very well-rounded performers (and adults as well). Their words continually challenge me to perfect my diction, be on top of my wordplay game, and confront the skeletal stories that beg to be told. These poets are my spiritual mentors who speak to me through stanzas and prose unlike what any normal slang is supposed to sound, taste, smell, and feel like. And in that same vein, it is their creative will and genius that has to rise to the surface in order for the status quo to continually get challenged.
"...the current systems of public education were never designed to develop everyone's talents. They were intended to promote certain types of ability in the interests of the industrial economies they served."
One sister quipped: "but these standardized tests are not made to consider students who do not have multiple choices." Moving beyond acronyms, standards, and pedagogy are merely first steps. If not for the children (seeds), who will purify the water we pollute to water them? How do you think innovation can rise to the surface?

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