Documentary Waiting for ‘Superman’ Tells A Sad Story On American Education
I just finished watching Waiting for ‘Superman’. I’d read good things about the documentary, but I had no idea that it would touch me the way that it did. I have always believed that if you want to change the world the way to do it is through education. Educated individuals don’t cause war, they don’t stay in poverty, go to jail or raise dysfunctional families at the levels of those that aren’t educated. The problems of the financial meltdown, high unemployment rates and worldwide conflict is mostly the fault of uneducated ignorance. The revolution in Tunisia was started by an educated individual setting himself on fire because of the injustices put upon him and his nation. Tunisia is actually a fairly well educated nation because of state...
Tornado T-3000: Who Wants To Play Foosball?
Last week was a very exciting week! Not only did I get engaged, but we also got a brand new Tornado T-3000 foosball table at work. Yes, I do get a little excited about a game of Foosball. The T-3000 is the rolls royce of Foosball tables! Back a decade ago we had an old metal French table in the fraternity house in college where we used to play games late into the night. Since then I’ve been hooked. When I first started at HubSpot foosball was a big deal. I mean we created a March Madness Foosball tournament with sixteen teams. There was only like 60 people at HubSpot back in those days. Foosball slowly died off to be replaced by competitive Ping Pong before making a huge comeback that should probably mostly be credited to Andy Pitre. This...
Book Review: Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Growing up I loved to read fiction, especially fantasy novels. I don’t know what happened but over the last five years it seems like the only thing I truly enjoy more is a great work of non-fiction loaded with explanations, facts and lessons learned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond fits at the top of the list of must reads. When my friend Yoav Shapira first mentioned this book it sounded exactly like something right in the middle of this sweet spot. Afterall, this book is the winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction! Guns, Germs, and Steel tells the story of mankind over the last 11,000 years. This is the story of the domestication of man. If you have ever wondered why the ancient people of the...
Engaged: How It Happened and Lessons Learned
So for anyone who lives under a rock or simply doesn’t read Facebook/Twitter I got engaged last night! It was months in the planning and Heather was none the wiser throughout the experience. It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post, but it feels like it’s time and this seems like a good story to tell. Also me being the teacher that I am it feels like I might be able to give some guys some advice about how to do this important moment in their lives the right way. Well, all this is simply my opinion and sometimes I’m full of it, but it might make an interesting enough story. Picking The Right Ring I am very much a traditionalist who likes to keep things simple. When I first went looking at wedding rings, completely unbeknown to Heather,...
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