The podcast, “On the Media” explains the history of DEI which started at Harvard in the 1930s and how DEI under Trump administration is being attacked.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/harvard-and-the-battle-over-higher-ed

I dropped out of high school at 16. I hated school.. I got a GED at 16 and worked two jobs and took a semester of community college (I needed 15 college credits to enlist in active duty) and I joined the army (hence active duty). I got out broke, out of a horribly abusive relationship, and was lost.

I knew I wanted to go to college, but had no money to do so.

I started working, and I worked non stop.. I worked two jobs, got my own place, and bought a car.

I decided at 22 I was going to finish college, and I started out in community college.

I originally wanted to study Kinesiology, but I decided to pick something a bit more realistic. I knew I was going to have to work full time

I decided to find something I could use anywhere Not be tied down to a complicated, expensive program that would be a pain in the butt go through. I fell in love with economics and that’s what I currently am majoring in. A realistic but useable degree, I enjoy it, and I could use it to go into many different roles. I really fell in love with things like agriculture, energy sector, and transportation infrastructure, and I’ll probably take my degree into one of those departments, either working for the state or government.

I decided to first learn a trade. get my foot in the door start working. Build financial stability. Build a skill. Learn. Grow. Establish connections.

I’m 25. I’m working on my bachelors of science in Economics. I work at a grain facility and I enjoy it, although it’s not forever.

I’ve learned to love a hard days work, and I truly love and enjoy a day where I can accomplish something that makes the life of someone else a little better.

Is 25 too old to finish my degree? Should I of picked a different route? I feel like I’m doing well, but I feel behind. I’m not making the money I want to make, I’m not doing anything wrong but I yet I feel behind!

Any advice? Am I too old to learn and grow? I’d be so much further ahead, had I had money and connections to begin. I was 21, broke, and had to recover from a bad relationship and broken family life growing up.

I don’t mean to make excuses, but I feel that my life just wasn’t set up for me to ever obtain an education , and yet I fought tooth and nail to Obtain it.

Is that the world telling me to give up, or should I keep going?

On April 3, 2025, U.S. Representative Jared Huffman and Senator Chris Van Hollen reintroduced the IDEA Full Funding Act. This bipartisan legislation aims to ensure the federal government meets its commitment to fund 40% of the average per-pupil expenditure for special education, a promise that has remained unfulfilled since the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was enacted in 1975. The act proposes regular, mandatory increases in IDEA spending to achieve full funding.

https://huffman.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/04/03/2025/huffman-van-hollen-reintroduce-bicameral-legislation-to-fully-fund-special-education?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Which educational figure do you hold in high regard?

ME: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren

[Sorry for bad English, I'm not a native speaker]

Title says it. I'm still studying, but I get be a substitute teacher sometimes. I thought it's gonna be easy, because students tend to listen more to young teachers. Which is kind of true. I think I know how to talk to them, but not how to teach them. Students always say history is useless and that they don't need to know what happend. Like "whatever it just happend, we don't care" ("My" students are at the age of 12-15). I wish they could see history the way I do. It's fascinating and no matter what I tell them, they aren't interested. I've tried telling them that we need to know history for better future and to kinda feel empathy to history figures. Like "what could lead them to do this?" and "what would you do, if you were in their situation?". And I always ask them, what they think could happen next. I want them to understand it. I want them to see connections between history events. But I'm afraid they don't want to be interested. I really don't want to call them lazy, I really don't, and I think it's the teachers fault for not making class interested, but I think I've tried almost everything. What else could I do? What do you do? And if you're around the age of 12-16 or more, what does your teacher do, to make history interesting and what would you want them to do?

Hey folks! I’m exploring different degree programs and would love to see what other colleges are offering. If you don’t mind, could you please share your course curriculum or handouts for your major? It’d really help me understand how different programs are structured. Big thanks in advance!

I'm running for America's best teacher and I've made it to the wildcard round (just before finals). I need to be in first place by tomorrow to move to the next round. Voting is free and only takes a second, and on top of that, right now it's 2-for-1 votes. If I win, I will receive $25,000 which I am using to buy music instruments for students in my school. https://americasfavteacher.org/2025/robert-lucia

Thank you!