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Speaker 1: Clotting versus not clotting. Part of the reasons for my wife’s complications is that she had difficulty clotting. They had to do general anesthesia during the emergency c-section because her blood was not clotting. After receiving several units of blood, three units of blood, additionally she also received a unit of her own blood during the procedure. They needed that to get her clotting settings back. A few days later at the hospital they did notice, after insisting that we have an ultrasound to talk about the swelling in her legs, to discover...
Read MoreEp-115-Amazing-School-Principal
Edwin: Hello, everyone. It’s Edwin, from Wake Up Learn. Hope all is going well.Today’s story is about an extraordinary, amazing New Jersey principal, named Akbar Cook, who noticed that a lot of his students were being bullied for dirty clothes, and not having resources for cleaning their clothes. Some were homeless, you know, just lots of hard circumstances. He took a straight forward solution, and opened up a laundry in the school … have five washers and dryers in the school, and allows the kids to wash their clothes. Since then, kids that were 85% absent, now come to...
Read MoreMotivation versus Technology
The next topic I’ll call You Have Everything You Need, or Motivation Versus Technology. In all my years of working with students trying to teach technology and teach other subjects, many often lament about the lack of certain resources, whether it’s older computers or new technology, new programs, no robot equipment. All that helps, but if the student isn’t motivated it’ll just sit there. I’ve noticed that where I’ve seen students leave technology sitting there and play with the magic markers, which are obviously low-tech in comparison. So it’s always...
Read MoreDo you having hiring Myopia?
A condition that many employers often suffer from is hiring myopia. That is, a nearsightedness when it comes to hiring employees. They often just think of employees for near and short term goals. They search for key words and look for some latest technology skill that the employee has, without considering the whole employee. This may work for short term contracts but is detrimental to hiring full time employees. The average time that someone looks at a resume is probably 6 to 10 seconds, some say it’s as high as 40, but that’s after the initial 6 to 10 seconds glance catches...
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