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                            Look At It T
                            Look At It This Way
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                            Look At It This Whis Waayy
                            We make some of our greatest gains
                                 When we see old things
                                       In new ways
                            Contact Dr. Mason by email at DrSBMason@aol.com.
                             by Dr. Steve Mason                                                              43

                                                                                        Member L.A. County Bar Association  ~  FINRA Arbitrator
                             SCHOOL DAZE
                                                                                                         California State Bar Since 1975
          When WW2 ended, millions of men  gone up just as relevance had gone            Celebrating Super Lawyer status for 13 years 2007 through 2019
        were suddenly demobilized out of the  down and that has resulted in a 25 year-
        army and back into civilian life. As a  old with no experience, $50K in debt
        result, the labor force was suddenly  and a degree in Gender Studies. Clearly,
        besieged by mobs looking for work. To  the idea of a good education is ready for
        absorb this influx, the government  revision.
        came up with a plan to put former
        soldiers on hold by paying them to go  Look At It This Way                         A Sense of Purpose:  Join a Service Group
        to school.
                                             Today we have an educational system       If you are looking for a way to give back, support women’s issues and have an
          The GI Bill seemed like a great  that runs the gamut from make believe           opportunity to develop worthwhile friendships, please contact us.
        opportunity and indeed it was. First  to world class. However, for the       SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL is comprised of profes-
        generation college graduates were able  majority, it’s nothing about which to  sional women who have agreed to work together serving  their
        to move up the socioeconomic ladder  write home...assuming you can write.  community.  Motto: “To improve the lives of women and girls
        and become part of the American Way.  Comparing the US to other countries
        Interestingly enough, the public was  we’re 24th in literacy putting us behind  in local communities and throughout the world.” We welcome
        already primed to see a good education  Poland and Ireland. And this ho-hum  interest from women in Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, and La
        as the royal road to a good job even  showing doesn’t come cheap. Teachers  Mirada, please contact us at 1-949-795-2776 for more details.
        though it was mostly an illusion. It  make somewhere between $62K in AL
        came out of an earlier time when   and $81K in NY for approximately 180,
        Hollywood films showed Mickey      5.5 hour days. The total bill for K-12 was  Check out the website at www.soropmist.org to learn more about
        Rooney wearing a raccoon coat and  $536 billion during 2004-05...exceeding  all programs and other locations.  Collaboration is fun and we have
        living in a big house with his father,  that for national defense.        more power when we choose to work together. Think about the
        the judge. In truth, such a scion would                                      difference you can make in the world that surrounds you.
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        he did or didn’t study.            Pestalozzi’s pedagogy, scrap costly brick
                                           and mortar buildings, eliminate
          The fallacy is that a good education  teachers and provide serious, teachable  ENTERTAINMENT FOR
        leads to a good job. In truth, an  students with programmed study units     RETIREMENT HOMES &
        education teaches one how to live. It  on-line? Take the educational system
        does not teach one how to make a   out of the welfare business. Babysitting      SENIOR CENTERS
        living. That’s what training does.  and providing perhaps a third of total      ~Michael Sherman~
        Doctors and lawyers, auto mechanics  nutrition for some kids may be well and          ~Comedian
        and computer programmers are       good but it has nothing to do with
        trained. Reading Beowulf has nothing  education. Isn’t it time to move into the     ~ Impressionist
        to do with it. It’s the basis for the  21st Century?                                    ~ Singer
        joke: Four years ago I couldn’t spell
        Engineer and now I are one.                                                     www.michaelsherman.biz
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          And yet, by the second half of the          to our                            or email                            323-654-6505
        20th Century, the college diploma had                                           tributes@peoplepc.com
        become the middle-class equivalent of  Not Born Yesterday!
        a union card. It added a little maturity  Columnists
        and suggested a willingness to work in                                          COMMUNITY EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
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        trait that potential employers                                                                                 16th Street
        especially value in potential      Dr. Steve Mason – Look at it this way  Computer workshops                     Costs: donations encouraged and
        employees.                         Jan Fowler – Senior Moments
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          So by the start of the 21st Century, a  Marilee Stefenhagen – Seniors in Action  ~OPEN TO THE PUBLIC           Address: 1850 E. 17th St. #103,
        college degree was seen as essential  Melinda Myers – Gardening Guru      ~Practical hands on learning and                          Santa Ana, CA 92705
        baggage for anyone just starting out in  Morna Martell – Theater Reviews  experience inter-generational          Website: youthonthemove.net
        life despite already being a third of the  Ronnie Greenberg – Travel      ~Fun event with snacks               Email:  iehof2015@gmail.com
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