by Jeff Ritter | Jul 23, 2020 | Gap Years, New Education Models, Skill Building
I don’t want to be the first one to say that Boost by Kaplan looks like indoctrination to the corporate-speak, drone world of yesterday’s mega corporations – you know, the ones ruining the world? – but maybe I will be. If I was 17, 18, or 33,...
by Jeff Ritter | Jul 1, 2020 | Career Exploration, Skill Building
Did you get your footnotes in order today? Find you quotes and make sure they are indented carefully? How about an opening sentence that grabs the reader? Make sure you use the word ‘plethora’ too – people will think you are smart. Writing for a...
by Jeff Ritter | Jun 25, 2020 | Skill Building
Ok, I’ve been around the block a few times, not my first rodeo, etc. etc. If you, or someone, would track my movements and activities during a typical day, week, or month, they’d find I am reading almost any time I am not in the shower. I read almost...
by Jeff Ritter | Jun 21, 2020 | Skill Building
Actual learning brings about actual change and growth. Seems obvious. Especially if you have seen little kids grow up. But this doesn’t stop as you get older, but it can stagnate, or slow down. Finding the time, the money, the method that works best are all...
by Jeff Ritter | Jun 21, 2020 | Career Exploration, Skill Building
I have been holding in my impulse to laugh for a few years now when parents ask me, “what kind of job will my kid get after college?” Four years from now? Who can know? Four years today is an eternity in terms of development. I just heard a former student...
by Jeff Saporito | Jun 20, 2020 | Career Exploration, Gap Years, Skill Building
“What do you want to do for a living?” Worst question in the world, right? What job do you want? Who knows? Odds are, you don’t. Odds are, a lot of people in their 30s and 40s still don’t have an answer to that question. The thing is –...