Published in ILLUMINATION·PinnedMember-onlyAmericans Have Never Lived in a DemocracyThe biggest myth in U.S. history is taught in the classroom and preached by Congress people and that needs to stop — Fires in the street. People protesting for equality. Men in black uniforms kidnap protesters in unmarked vans. Members of the press arrested for standing with the crowd. Those who cross borders to seek asylum are without food or water. Many die in detention centers. As Childish Gambino put it, “This is…Education5 min read
Aug 14Member-onlyWhy Aren’t School Supplies Recyclable?How can we teach kids to recycle if markers are single-use? — I run through Expo markers pretty frequently. I love to tell stories while teaching in my classroom, and drawing pictures helps students to visualize the story I’m telling. Drawing images on the whiteboard helps keep them engaged, as opposed to showing them a picture on PowerPoint. …Education3 min read
Aug 7Member-onlyShould you bother getting an MBA? There’s not much point in wasting…Business1 min readPhoto by Toa Heftiba on UnsplashShould you bother getting an MBA? There’s not much point in wasting…----
Jul 21Member-onlyForget Wattpad — Publish Your Fiction Stories on Amazon InsteadYou’ll get paid per chapter instead of per book — I’ve published my fiction content on this platform before. Unfortunately, it got lost in the abyss of self-help and programming content that floods this platform. I started to remove it and began creating a collection so I could publish it as a whole book on Amazon in the hopes I…Books3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Jul 18Member-onlyYou Don’t Need a Master’s Degree to be SuccessfulYou have more affordable options available — This summer, I had to make a difficult choice: did I want to continue my Master’s in Business Administration? I decided to drop. This is the second time I’ve dropped out of a Master’s program. All is not lost, though. I realized the path I have been seeking is the…Education6 min read
Jul 15Member-onlyHow to Become a Millionaire by Spending Your MoneyIt’s the only way to maximize gains — Let’s be real. Saving your money in the bank does nothing for you. The CPI for June 2022 came in at 9.1%. Inflation is killing your savings account as prices increase and the value of the dollar decreases. Investing in stocks isn’t attractive right now, as the stock market has…Business4 min read
Jul 14Member-onlyThree Tech Stocks I’m Buying In This Bear MarketThey have the potential to grow significantly long-term — I began investing in March of 2018. Since then, I’ve read several finance books on becoming a millionaire and I invest 30% of my paycheck into the stock market every month. Among the gains and losses made, these are the three stocks I’ve held onto for the past four years…Finance3 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION·Jul 5Member-onlyShould you publish your short stories and novels on Kindle Vella? Kindle…Writing1 min readPhoto by Perfecto Capucine on UnsplashShould you publish your short stories and novels on Kindle Vella? Kindle…----
Published in Politically Speaking·Jul 5Member-onlyWhy Aren’t Democratic Candidates Campaigning On Economic Policies?The midterms are only a few months away, after all — With midterm elections only a few months away, Democrats have to fasten their seat belts. If they don’t begin informing the public on what policies they will be passing upon winning the midterms, they won’t win the election. They can’t rely on Republicans not showing up to the polls or…Politics5 min read
Published in ILLUMINATION-Curated·Jun 23Member-onlyWhy The U.S. Government Is Actually Anti-FamilyChildren and mothers have suffered for too long — During WWII, men between 18–24 went overseas to fight Nazis. Men preferred to work in a foreign country than to work in the factories that created the weapons they were using abroad in the first place. This created a labor problem. The U.S. became desperate to fill those factory jobs…Politics5 min read
