The Benghazi city of Libya in Africa is considered as the second biggest city in the country. Located on the eastern border of the Gulf of Sirte, Benghazi is reputed as a significant commercial center of the region. Its beautiful location near the sea makes it a fashionable attraction for locals and appeal tourists equally and making them keen to book the cheap flights to Benghazi. The city is quite modern in its overall ambience, having been all but destroyed during World War II, the spots and marks of that destruction can be still largely in the neighborhoods of the city even if one can still enjoy the lively and fashionable local markets, and it acts as a good start from which to travel around the neighboring Green Mountain area, as well as several Roman ruin places next to the coast. Let's take the flights to Benghazi and discover the undiscovered beauty of Benghazi.
During past times, Benghazi used to be the capital of Libya along with Tripoli and this has originated main advancements in the development of the city. In the recent times, Benghazi is now the capital of the district of Cyrenaica and races with Tripoli in a lot of business phases that also draw lots of business person to take the flights to Benghazi for newer trading openings.
At night, the city of Benghazi can be cherished more because of its multicolored lights lit on wider avenues and boulevards. The city buildings have striking lights that add color to the dark night sky. While touring the city through the flights to Benghazi, you can be captivated with their greener parks. The most famed one is the Al-Bosco which is a zoological garden park. 23 July Park is also advisable to visit since it is a well facilitated beautiful park. Furthermore, if you desire to observe the city's bright lights at night, then, don't miss the Al Da'waa al-Islamiya which is a government building. The building is very splendid to view while it competes with the stars in showing off its vivid radiant beauty. The Juliana Bridge also has the same bright beauty sharp by its indication on the river. So, take now the flights to Benghazi and have pleasure with the all inviting beauty of the city. Besides, if you want to spectator the historical past of the city showed through their architecture, then arrange your tour in the Green Old Downtown.
By : awais minhas
Tuesday, 31 July 2012
Friday, 27 July 2012
Distance Education: Education Through Distance Learning
Learning is a lifelong process. Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. As we grow so does our need to know more. To aid this learning through life, we have many options, thanks to the world turning into a global village. Moreover, with competition being the buzzword today, the mantra for survival is the right career decisions made at the right time!
Distance Education is increasingly becoming popular all over the world due as it has many benefits. The main benefit of it is that a people can continue education while continuing their work.
Essentially, the need of the hour today is a one-stop shop for all your queries pertaining to education. Distance Education brings the opportunity to study all over the world. There are many refurbished websites that caters to the ever-changing needs of students, parents and academicians.
Students can enroll for various courses and they do not need to attend regular classes. Today, with advanced technology, you don’t need to visit the institute at all, just enroll for courses available in internet. There are many courses and features that you can enroll for like:-
Executive MBA: Extensive information on executive education, management studies, trends, and courses available.
Distance Learning: Distance learning courses, universities, concepts, purpose, benefits, etc.
Toolkit: Mind enhancers, communication skills, perfect resume, interview guide, and more!
Study Abroad: Unlike other websites dedicated to education, here, all information on study abroad is classified country wise, so whether you are looking for info for study in UK or study in Singapore, you know where to click!
While enhancing your career, distance education is the decent options to obtain best education, many people require the education to give them the knowledge, believability, and expertness to effect positive change in today’s society.
Distance Education is a comprehensive education and open learning programs, means you study in your own time anywhere. So whether it is choosing the right career path, seeking admission in colleges, funding education or looking for professional advice.
Needless to say, Distance Education is a boon to students, parents and academicians, more like anyone who is interested in lifelong learning!
Submitted By: → Ekta Sharma
Distance Education is increasingly becoming popular all over the world due as it has many benefits. The main benefit of it is that a people can continue education while continuing their work.
Essentially, the need of the hour today is a one-stop shop for all your queries pertaining to education. Distance Education brings the opportunity to study all over the world. There are many refurbished websites that caters to the ever-changing needs of students, parents and academicians.
Students can enroll for various courses and they do not need to attend regular classes. Today, with advanced technology, you don’t need to visit the institute at all, just enroll for courses available in internet. There are many courses and features that you can enroll for like:-
Executive MBA: Extensive information on executive education, management studies, trends, and courses available.
Distance Learning: Distance learning courses, universities, concepts, purpose, benefits, etc.
Toolkit: Mind enhancers, communication skills, perfect resume, interview guide, and more!
Study Abroad: Unlike other websites dedicated to education, here, all information on study abroad is classified country wise, so whether you are looking for info for study in UK or study in Singapore, you know where to click!
While enhancing your career, distance education is the decent options to obtain best education, many people require the education to give them the knowledge, believability, and expertness to effect positive change in today’s society.
Distance Education is a comprehensive education and open learning programs, means you study in your own time anywhere. So whether it is choosing the right career path, seeking admission in colleges, funding education or looking for professional advice.
Needless to say, Distance Education is a boon to students, parents and academicians, more like anyone who is interested in lifelong learning!
Submitted By: → Ekta Sharma
Wednesday, 25 July 2012
how to travel the world cheap
'Man must treat the beasts of this land as his brothers.
What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
Man would die from a great loneliness of spirit.
For whatever happens to the beasts,
also happens to the man.
All things are connected.'
Chief Seattle
Speech of 1854
Most people are now aware that we have some serious environmental issues facing us in the next few decades. The recent tsunami in Indonesia was a tragic reminder of the fragile balance of nature. There is nothing much we can do to stop these kind of events happening, except to install early warning systems. But global warming can be stopped or slowed down if and when we stop using fossil fuels and turn to renewable energy sources. The technology is being developed or already exists; wind and wave power, hydrogen fuel and nuclear fusion.
What can never be reversed if we let it happen is the loss of the diversity of life on our small, green and blue planet. The list of endangered species is growing all the time. Environmental awareness has been a long time coming. In a way we are the victims of our own success, at least in the West. Population growth makes it ever more difficult to preserve the wilderness areas which are so necessary for the survival of wildlife.
'When I was a boy in Scotland, I was fond of everything that was wild...
I loved to wander in the fields to hear the birds sing,
and along the shore to gaze and wonder at the shells and the seaweeds,
eels and crabs in the pools when the tide was low;
and best of all to watch the waves in awful storms thundering
on the black headlands and craggy ruins of old Dunbar Castle'.
John Muir
The first modern environmentalists, in a general way, were probably Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau, but the man who made a deep and practical impact was a Scot named John Muir. He was born in 1838 in Dunbar, not very far from where I was born, and he left Scotland for California at the age of twenty-eight. He called himself a 'poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and ornithologist-naturalist'. Today he is known as the father of America's national parks. On August 5th, 2004, former President Bill Clinton said of him, "One of the Americans who inspired Theodore Roosevelt to conserve our national forests was the naturalist John Muir, who once said, 'Everybody needs beauty as well as bread - places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul'. In today's fast-paced, high-tech world, Muir's words are even more compelling".
Another influential writer was Henry Beston. In 1928, after spending a year in a small wooden house on the Great Outer Beach of Cape Cod, he wrote an inspiring little book called 'The Outermost House', which contained the following passage:
'We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves.
And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.
They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth'.
The Outermost House
Henry Beston
My own special interest is the wolf, that most misunderstood of all animals. Down the ages wolves have been the subject of much fear, hatred and mis-information and yet, of all the larger predators it is the least harmful to people. In a way, we know more about the character of wolves than we do about our closest relatives - the great apes - because their descendants are all around us, lolling about in front of the fire, or digging holes in the garden.
And yet the wolf has been hunted and persecuted almost to the edge of extinction. There have been no wolves in Britain for 300 years. The last one was probably killed at Helmsdale, some 40 miles north of where I live in the Scottish Highlands.
That the Vikings had a respect for the strength and sagacity of wolves is evidenced by the names given to ancient Nordic kings - Beowulf, Beadowulf, Wulfstan, etc. Even ealier is the legend of Romulus and Remus. The twins were found abandoned on the banks of the Tiber by a she-wolf, who fed them with her milk. When they grew up, Romulus built the city of Rome on the spot where the wolf had found them. Although no evidence to support the story has come down to us, there are plenty of authenticated stories of similar incidents, including three from Lucknow in India dated from 1844, 1954 and 1976.
One man who was centuries ahead of his time as a protector of animals was the Italian priest who became the patron saint of animals and the environment. Francis of Assisi was very much a lone voice, at one point pleading with the people of Gubbio to feed the notorious wolf which had been ravaging their flocks. His insight was all the more profound considering the relentless cruelty with which 'Brother Wolf', as Saint Francis called him, has been persecuted in the past fifteen hundred years.
In Anglo-Saxon times January was set aside especially for hunting wolves. It was known as wolfmonat or wolf month. Medieval folk-lore is full of stories about devil-wolves with dripping jaws and evil, slitty eyes. There are woodcuts of wolves with cloven hooves, carrying off little children, and there are children's stories like Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf, and various tales about were-wolves.
The subject of all these stories must indeed be a ferocious animal, but in fact there is no authenticated instance of anyone being attacked by a wolf. I don't say it couldn't happen; I just say you're more likely to be struck by lightning.
That it is possible for people and wolves to live in the same world has been demonstrated by the various wolf programs on-going in north-west Montana, the Yellowstone area, Central Idaho and North Carolina. There is also a scheme, backed by Greenpeace and various politicians to re-instate the wolf in certain areas of the Scottish Highlands. In the U.S. ranchers are being re-imbursed for any livestock losses - which are surprisingly light - by an organisation called Defenders of Wildlife. This is what they say on their website:
'Some of the nation's most prominent biologists have estimated that protecting habitat for wide-ranging predators such as wolves will conserve 90% or more of overall biological diversity. Because wolves can require home ranges of several hundred square miles, their conservation can help to preserve a host of other species making use of the same habitat.'
It was the 'Defenders' organisation which led the successful fight to restore the gray wolf to it's former habitat in Yellowstone Park, and they are currently battling against recent legislation in Alaska to allow the 'hunting' of wolves from light aircraft and snowmobiles. This degrading and inhumane practice was banned in 1972 until last year, and ignores the weight of scientific thinking. It has received widespread public opposition. Alaskans have voted against aircraft assisted wolf hunting twice; in 1996 and 2000.
Killing wild wolves is supposed to boost the numbers of caribou and moose for the benefit of hunters, but biologists say that the larger prey species elude wolves 97% of the time, and that by eliminating sick and old animals, predation actually strengthens the gene pool.
Richard Fiennes, the distinguished U.K. scientist and biologist has summed up the case for the wolf as follows:
'The wolf appears to retain a respect for human beings, and is reluctant to attack them. Not so man, who now fears and abominates the wolf and does all in his power to destroy him. Alas, he fails to recognize in the wolf's descendants, whom he has domesticated, the great virtues and loveable characters of the ancestral wolf. If wolves must become extinct in some areas, let us yet give what honour is due to him where we can.
The old traditions of this gentle creature's savagery and ferocity linger on, and man's hand is against him, even when he does no harm. There are still enormous regions of the world, in America and Russia, where he can be left unmolested; let him so remain.'
The Order of Wolves
Richard Fiennes
When I look at my dogs, I see a wolf,
and when I look at a wolf, I see my dogs.
By : Samantha Gorukr
What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
Man would die from a great loneliness of spirit.
For whatever happens to the beasts,
also happens to the man.
All things are connected.'
Chief Seattle
Speech of 1854
Most people are now aware that we have some serious environmental issues facing us in the next few decades. The recent tsunami in Indonesia was a tragic reminder of the fragile balance of nature. There is nothing much we can do to stop these kind of events happening, except to install early warning systems. But global warming can be stopped or slowed down if and when we stop using fossil fuels and turn to renewable energy sources. The technology is being developed or already exists; wind and wave power, hydrogen fuel and nuclear fusion.
What can never be reversed if we let it happen is the loss of the diversity of life on our small, green and blue planet. The list of endangered species is growing all the time. Environmental awareness has been a long time coming. In a way we are the victims of our own success, at least in the West. Population growth makes it ever more difficult to preserve the wilderness areas which are so necessary for the survival of wildlife.
'When I was a boy in Scotland, I was fond of everything that was wild...
I loved to wander in the fields to hear the birds sing,
and along the shore to gaze and wonder at the shells and the seaweeds,
eels and crabs in the pools when the tide was low;
and best of all to watch the waves in awful storms thundering
on the black headlands and craggy ruins of old Dunbar Castle'.
John Muir
The first modern environmentalists, in a general way, were probably Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry Thoreau, but the man who made a deep and practical impact was a Scot named John Muir. He was born in 1838 in Dunbar, not very far from where I was born, and he left Scotland for California at the age of twenty-eight. He called himself a 'poetico-trampo-geologist-botanist and ornithologist-naturalist'. Today he is known as the father of America's national parks. On August 5th, 2004, former President Bill Clinton said of him, "One of the Americans who inspired Theodore Roosevelt to conserve our national forests was the naturalist John Muir, who once said, 'Everybody needs beauty as well as bread - places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul'. In today's fast-paced, high-tech world, Muir's words are even more compelling".
Another influential writer was Henry Beston. In 1928, after spending a year in a small wooden house on the Great Outer Beach of Cape Cod, he wrote an inspiring little book called 'The Outermost House', which contained the following passage:
'We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves.
And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear.
They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth'.
The Outermost House
Henry Beston
My own special interest is the wolf, that most misunderstood of all animals. Down the ages wolves have been the subject of much fear, hatred and mis-information and yet, of all the larger predators it is the least harmful to people. In a way, we know more about the character of wolves than we do about our closest relatives - the great apes - because their descendants are all around us, lolling about in front of the fire, or digging holes in the garden.
And yet the wolf has been hunted and persecuted almost to the edge of extinction. There have been no wolves in Britain for 300 years. The last one was probably killed at Helmsdale, some 40 miles north of where I live in the Scottish Highlands.
That the Vikings had a respect for the strength and sagacity of wolves is evidenced by the names given to ancient Nordic kings - Beowulf, Beadowulf, Wulfstan, etc. Even ealier is the legend of Romulus and Remus. The twins were found abandoned on the banks of the Tiber by a she-wolf, who fed them with her milk. When they grew up, Romulus built the city of Rome on the spot where the wolf had found them. Although no evidence to support the story has come down to us, there are plenty of authenticated stories of similar incidents, including three from Lucknow in India dated from 1844, 1954 and 1976.
One man who was centuries ahead of his time as a protector of animals was the Italian priest who became the patron saint of animals and the environment. Francis of Assisi was very much a lone voice, at one point pleading with the people of Gubbio to feed the notorious wolf which had been ravaging their flocks. His insight was all the more profound considering the relentless cruelty with which 'Brother Wolf', as Saint Francis called him, has been persecuted in the past fifteen hundred years.
In Anglo-Saxon times January was set aside especially for hunting wolves. It was known as wolfmonat or wolf month. Medieval folk-lore is full of stories about devil-wolves with dripping jaws and evil, slitty eyes. There are woodcuts of wolves with cloven hooves, carrying off little children, and there are children's stories like Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf, and various tales about were-wolves.
The subject of all these stories must indeed be a ferocious animal, but in fact there is no authenticated instance of anyone being attacked by a wolf. I don't say it couldn't happen; I just say you're more likely to be struck by lightning.
That it is possible for people and wolves to live in the same world has been demonstrated by the various wolf programs on-going in north-west Montana, the Yellowstone area, Central Idaho and North Carolina. There is also a scheme, backed by Greenpeace and various politicians to re-instate the wolf in certain areas of the Scottish Highlands. In the U.S. ranchers are being re-imbursed for any livestock losses - which are surprisingly light - by an organisation called Defenders of Wildlife. This is what they say on their website:
'Some of the nation's most prominent biologists have estimated that protecting habitat for wide-ranging predators such as wolves will conserve 90% or more of overall biological diversity. Because wolves can require home ranges of several hundred square miles, their conservation can help to preserve a host of other species making use of the same habitat.'
It was the 'Defenders' organisation which led the successful fight to restore the gray wolf to it's former habitat in Yellowstone Park, and they are currently battling against recent legislation in Alaska to allow the 'hunting' of wolves from light aircraft and snowmobiles. This degrading and inhumane practice was banned in 1972 until last year, and ignores the weight of scientific thinking. It has received widespread public opposition. Alaskans have voted against aircraft assisted wolf hunting twice; in 1996 and 2000.
Killing wild wolves is supposed to boost the numbers of caribou and moose for the benefit of hunters, but biologists say that the larger prey species elude wolves 97% of the time, and that by eliminating sick and old animals, predation actually strengthens the gene pool.
Richard Fiennes, the distinguished U.K. scientist and biologist has summed up the case for the wolf as follows:
'The wolf appears to retain a respect for human beings, and is reluctant to attack them. Not so man, who now fears and abominates the wolf and does all in his power to destroy him. Alas, he fails to recognize in the wolf's descendants, whom he has domesticated, the great virtues and loveable characters of the ancestral wolf. If wolves must become extinct in some areas, let us yet give what honour is due to him where we can.
The old traditions of this gentle creature's savagery and ferocity linger on, and man's hand is against him, even when he does no harm. There are still enormous regions of the world, in America and Russia, where he can be left unmolested; let him so remain.'
The Order of Wolves
Richard Fiennes
When I look at my dogs, I see a wolf,
and when I look at a wolf, I see my dogs.
By : Samantha Gorukr
Friday, 20 July 2012
State of the Education Nation / a Report From Improve-Education
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Education in the US remains curiously schizoid.
On the one hand, the official experts tell us they know what they’re doing, and public education is getting better and better.
At the same time, most statistics tell a different story. All the favored theories and techniques appear to work irresistibly to dumb down the schools.
FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS: FIVE MAJOR POSITIVE FORCES IN EDUCATION
1) There is a great public hunger for better education, for knowledge and content, for superior results. Despite all the difficulties and obstacles, most parents clearly want more for their children educationally. This is a huge positive.
2) There is great public pressure for diversity and choice, that is, vouchers, charter schools, private schools, homeschooling and internet learning. It’s vital that this pressure he kept up. A charter school, etc. is not automatically a great school; but it can be a public investigation of new ways of doing thing. People can see for themselves what works best.
3) Another big plus is the boom in new technological possibilities -- the web, videos, projectors, interactive whiteboard, social media, television programs, movies, a flood of books. There is no excuse now for boring courses or dull teaching. You can easily assemble a packet of great photographs, websites and other materials to teach any subject in a memorable way.
4) Most Americans seem keenly aware that our prominence in the world is threatened. Our students do not compete well against foreign students. There is a greater seriousness throughout the culture. One refrain commonly heard is: “Where are the adults? Why can’t we have grown-ups in the top positions?” The Education Establishment refuses to bring gravitas to education....The public now has the gravitas, and wants more of it in their public officials.
5) A lot of money flows into education.
These five factors are all we need for a huge renaissance in education, were it not for the many countervailing forces.
--------------------
SIX MAJOR NEGATIVE FORCES IN EDUCATION:
1) IDEOLOGICALLY RIGID--The Education Establishment (this phrase refers to the policy-makers at the top) have been set in their ways for 75 years. They believe in progressive education and the collectivist or equalized classroom. Their minds are full of politically correct opinions, rarely reexamined. Apparently, nobody can be promoted in this profession unless they have bought in to all these unfortunate tendencies. So now we have a self-perpetuating monolith incapable of self-reform.
2) HOSTILITY TO BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS--For one example, the 1960s witnessed a dreadful new pedagogy known as New Math. It bombed but came back in the many curricula called Reform Math. The real goal always seems to be to make kids helpless with numbers and dependent on calculators; all of this bad teaching is now being rolled forward into so-called Core Standards which the federal government is pressuring the states to embrace. Read the prose at corestandards.org and you will be convinced that these self-proclaimed experts are simply not serious about teaching little children to do arithmetic. All of this illustrates a pattern: the Education Establishment somehow finds an inferior way to teach each subject. New Math was actually an anti-math curriculum. Similarly, Whole Word, forced into classrooms for the past 75 years, has caused 50,000,000 functional illiterates. It is an anti-reading curriculum. Typically, public schools are anti-fact, anti-memorization, and anti-precision. The general name for the broader pattern is dumbing-down.
3) SOFT TESTING--Another development consists of authentic assessment, portfolios, performances, projects--a whole juggernaut of what might be called soft or pseudo-testing. Basically, our top educators don’t want to teach very much; and then they want to design tests that will make a student’s limited knowledge seem acceptable. Nobody knows nothing; everybody gets at least a B. This pattern is proliferating throughout our educational system.
4) LIBERAL IDEOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS--Another noteworthy development is something called “social justice.” Socialist educators who take themselves very seriously strive to be “change agents.” They want schools to be courses in the higher socialism. Some of their websites argue that children should be taught the important civil rights events and holidays, and that’s it. Unless a piece of knowledge is part of a liberal narrative, it’s considered useless and irrelevant.
5) TOO MUCH POWER--These people have ever more money and clout. The NEA gets billions of dollars in dues and supports the political candidates who will support its agenda. Department of Education has gotten billions from Obama, and this money was used to compromise the states. So what we see happening in general -- concentration of power in DC--is also happening more and more in education. Bad ideas will be harder than ever to reverse. The federal government will write every clunker into law. Instead of serving the local citizens, public schools will function as federal outposts.
6) FINALLY, EDUCATION IS A MONEY MACHINE--”Quackery in the Public Schools,” published in l951, pointed out that education is the only field where the practitioners have to go back for more courses, unlike architects, lawyers, etc. Teachers are always made to go back: this keeps the professors busy. Furthermore, the National Education Association collects billions of dollars in dues and uses the money as noted to manipulate the country’s politics. Perversely, every bad idea adopted by the Education Establishment creates millions of children who need remedial help, a billion dollar industry by itself. So there’s a disincentive to do a better job. Now there is more and more federal money flowing into higher education. Only one thing must be guaranteed, a steady flow of so-called high school graduates. These students will get grants, scholarships, etc. from the government. College professors will be paid to continue their left-wing indoctrination. There is relentless pressure on high schools to kick kids up to college, no matter how ignorant they are. Notice again the giant incentive NOT to improve education.
Summing up: So many great possibilities. But the actuality is sort of sad and shabby. It’s as if we’re watching an addict, promising constantly to move to a higher level but never able to pull it off.
Rules of thumb: Don’t give the Education Establishment any more money; don’t give them any more power. Starve the blob whenever possible. Don’t assume they are competent or trustworthy. The historical record suggests neither. Indeed, any time the Education Establishment strongly endorses an idea, be very afraid of it. If they constantly agitate against something, assume it’s probably the smart choice.
The Big Picture: John Dewey and all the other early educators were avowed Socialists and they injected a lot of far-left political ideology into education. They judged ideas and methods in political terms--would their ideology be advanced? This approach often meant that the students and education itself were retarded. That’s the imbalance that needs to be corrected.
(For a further statement of the problems, see “56: Top 10 Worst Ideas In Education” on the writer's site Improve-Education.org.)
(Let’s get America talking about education. Contact Bruce Price on Improve-Education.org for an interview. Or use his many free articles available on Isnare.com.)
Submitted By: → Bruce Deitrick Price
Education in the US remains curiously schizoid.
On the one hand, the official experts tell us they know what they’re doing, and public education is getting better and better.
At the same time, most statistics tell a different story. All the favored theories and techniques appear to work irresistibly to dumb down the schools.
FIRST, THE GOOD NEWS: FIVE MAJOR POSITIVE FORCES IN EDUCATION
1) There is a great public hunger for better education, for knowledge and content, for superior results. Despite all the difficulties and obstacles, most parents clearly want more for their children educationally. This is a huge positive.
2) There is great public pressure for diversity and choice, that is, vouchers, charter schools, private schools, homeschooling and internet learning. It’s vital that this pressure he kept up. A charter school, etc. is not automatically a great school; but it can be a public investigation of new ways of doing thing. People can see for themselves what works best.
3) Another big plus is the boom in new technological possibilities -- the web, videos, projectors, interactive whiteboard, social media, television programs, movies, a flood of books. There is no excuse now for boring courses or dull teaching. You can easily assemble a packet of great photographs, websites and other materials to teach any subject in a memorable way.
4) Most Americans seem keenly aware that our prominence in the world is threatened. Our students do not compete well against foreign students. There is a greater seriousness throughout the culture. One refrain commonly heard is: “Where are the adults? Why can’t we have grown-ups in the top positions?” The Education Establishment refuses to bring gravitas to education....The public now has the gravitas, and wants more of it in their public officials.
5) A lot of money flows into education.
These five factors are all we need for a huge renaissance in education, were it not for the many countervailing forces.
--------------------
SIX MAJOR NEGATIVE FORCES IN EDUCATION:
1) IDEOLOGICALLY RIGID--The Education Establishment (this phrase refers to the policy-makers at the top) have been set in their ways for 75 years. They believe in progressive education and the collectivist or equalized classroom. Their minds are full of politically correct opinions, rarely reexamined. Apparently, nobody can be promoted in this profession unless they have bought in to all these unfortunate tendencies. So now we have a self-perpetuating monolith incapable of self-reform.
2) HOSTILITY TO BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS--For one example, the 1960s witnessed a dreadful new pedagogy known as New Math. It bombed but came back in the many curricula called Reform Math. The real goal always seems to be to make kids helpless with numbers and dependent on calculators; all of this bad teaching is now being rolled forward into so-called Core Standards which the federal government is pressuring the states to embrace. Read the prose at corestandards.org and you will be convinced that these self-proclaimed experts are simply not serious about teaching little children to do arithmetic. All of this illustrates a pattern: the Education Establishment somehow finds an inferior way to teach each subject. New Math was actually an anti-math curriculum. Similarly, Whole Word, forced into classrooms for the past 75 years, has caused 50,000,000 functional illiterates. It is an anti-reading curriculum. Typically, public schools are anti-fact, anti-memorization, and anti-precision. The general name for the broader pattern is dumbing-down.
3) SOFT TESTING--Another development consists of authentic assessment, portfolios, performances, projects--a whole juggernaut of what might be called soft or pseudo-testing. Basically, our top educators don’t want to teach very much; and then they want to design tests that will make a student’s limited knowledge seem acceptable. Nobody knows nothing; everybody gets at least a B. This pattern is proliferating throughout our educational system.
4) LIBERAL IDEOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS--Another noteworthy development is something called “social justice.” Socialist educators who take themselves very seriously strive to be “change agents.” They want schools to be courses in the higher socialism. Some of their websites argue that children should be taught the important civil rights events and holidays, and that’s it. Unless a piece of knowledge is part of a liberal narrative, it’s considered useless and irrelevant.
5) TOO MUCH POWER--These people have ever more money and clout. The NEA gets billions of dollars in dues and supports the political candidates who will support its agenda. Department of Education has gotten billions from Obama, and this money was used to compromise the states. So what we see happening in general -- concentration of power in DC--is also happening more and more in education. Bad ideas will be harder than ever to reverse. The federal government will write every clunker into law. Instead of serving the local citizens, public schools will function as federal outposts.
6) FINALLY, EDUCATION IS A MONEY MACHINE--”Quackery in the Public Schools,” published in l951, pointed out that education is the only field where the practitioners have to go back for more courses, unlike architects, lawyers, etc. Teachers are always made to go back: this keeps the professors busy. Furthermore, the National Education Association collects billions of dollars in dues and uses the money as noted to manipulate the country’s politics. Perversely, every bad idea adopted by the Education Establishment creates millions of children who need remedial help, a billion dollar industry by itself. So there’s a disincentive to do a better job. Now there is more and more federal money flowing into higher education. Only one thing must be guaranteed, a steady flow of so-called high school graduates. These students will get grants, scholarships, etc. from the government. College professors will be paid to continue their left-wing indoctrination. There is relentless pressure on high schools to kick kids up to college, no matter how ignorant they are. Notice again the giant incentive NOT to improve education.
Summing up: So many great possibilities. But the actuality is sort of sad and shabby. It’s as if we’re watching an addict, promising constantly to move to a higher level but never able to pull it off.
Rules of thumb: Don’t give the Education Establishment any more money; don’t give them any more power. Starve the blob whenever possible. Don’t assume they are competent or trustworthy. The historical record suggests neither. Indeed, any time the Education Establishment strongly endorses an idea, be very afraid of it. If they constantly agitate against something, assume it’s probably the smart choice.
The Big Picture: John Dewey and all the other early educators were avowed Socialists and they injected a lot of far-left political ideology into education. They judged ideas and methods in political terms--would their ideology be advanced? This approach often meant that the students and education itself were retarded. That’s the imbalance that needs to be corrected.
(For a further statement of the problems, see “56: Top 10 Worst Ideas In Education” on the writer's site Improve-Education.org.)
(Let’s get America talking about education. Contact Bruce Price on Improve-Education.org for an interview. Or use his many free articles available on Isnare.com.)
Submitted By: → Bruce Deitrick Price
Thursday, 19 July 2012
The Impact Traveling the World Can have on your Teen
When teens sign up for a teen community service trip, they are showing that they are interested in helping other people around the world. It is very easy for someone to decide to take a trip, but taking a trip where serving others is the foundation is a great sign that your teen is on the right track. Teens who go on community service trips to different countries get a chance to travel, see amazing things and interact with people from all over the world.
If your teen has shown interest in taking a teen community service trip, it's important for both you and your teen to be prepared. When your teen goes to another country, they will encounter new cultures and may see and experience some things that will change them for the rest of their lives. As a parent, you will undoubtedly miss your teen while he or she is away, but you'll love the change you see in your child when they return from a teen community service trip.
Here are some of the changes (for the better) that many parents notice when their child returns from a teen community service trip to another location.
A More Informed World View
In the United States it is very easy for teens to get caught up in the popular culture of the day. There's certainly nothing wrong with teens having a little fun while they are young, but many teens tend to become isolated and unaware of what is going on around the world.
Teens who participate in a community service trip get to see first-hand how people in other parts of the world live. Everyone knows there are people all around the world who live differently than people in this culture, but seeing, meeting and working with people from other cultures can really impact your teen and give them a more informed, realistic view of the world.
A Desire to Get Involved
When teens go on a teen community service trip they are taking a major step in the right direction. Lots of people think about or talk about getting involved and helping others, but when your teen takes a service trip they are stepping out and really doing something.
One of the great things that happens to teens who get involved with helping others via a teen community service trip is that they want to continue helping others after their trip is complete. Teens who get a feel for really doing what it takes to reach out to people in need often find that they want to continue reaching out as a part of their regular, everyday life.
By : H.G. Peterson
If your teen has shown interest in taking a teen community service trip, it's important for both you and your teen to be prepared. When your teen goes to another country, they will encounter new cultures and may see and experience some things that will change them for the rest of their lives. As a parent, you will undoubtedly miss your teen while he or she is away, but you'll love the change you see in your child when they return from a teen community service trip.
Here are some of the changes (for the better) that many parents notice when their child returns from a teen community service trip to another location.
A More Informed World View
In the United States it is very easy for teens to get caught up in the popular culture of the day. There's certainly nothing wrong with teens having a little fun while they are young, but many teens tend to become isolated and unaware of what is going on around the world.
Teens who participate in a community service trip get to see first-hand how people in other parts of the world live. Everyone knows there are people all around the world who live differently than people in this culture, but seeing, meeting and working with people from other cultures can really impact your teen and give them a more informed, realistic view of the world.
A Desire to Get Involved
When teens go on a teen community service trip they are taking a major step in the right direction. Lots of people think about or talk about getting involved and helping others, but when your teen takes a service trip they are stepping out and really doing something.
One of the great things that happens to teens who get involved with helping others via a teen community service trip is that they want to continue helping others after their trip is complete. Teens who get a feel for really doing what it takes to reach out to people in need often find that they want to continue reaching out as a part of their regular, everyday life.
By : H.G. Peterson
Friday, 13 July 2012
For the Person Who Has Traveled the World and Wants a New Adventure
For the person who has traveled the world and wants a new adventure, or the person who likes to live by the beat of their own drum, consider alternative travel options instead of the regular site-seeing or beach resort trips. Here are some ideas to help you find a vacation that you'll remember for years to come:
· Cruises are available that go beyond the typical cruise you'd expect to find sailing the seven seas. Some cruises offer the studious traveler much more, including a well-stocked library as well as workshops and lectures while at sea, usually specifically pertaining to the area of the world you're exploring.
· If you are a fan of a movie you will find travel destinations that are focused around that particular film. For example, Lord of the Rings movie-lovers will enjoy exploring the sets of Peter Jackson's take on Tolkien's middle-earth by touring the sets of the movie.
· If humanitarianism is your thing, there are many organizations, both religious and non-religious, that allow you to help people in cultures less fortunate than us. You can build wells or homes or markets for them to use. You'll feel great at the end of this vacation!
· For the adventure seekers, a far more exciting experience might be enjoyed by backpacking through rugged wilderness, mountain-climbing, or whitewater rafting.
· For the traveler on a budget, you will have a great holiday if you and a group of friends simply choose a place on a map and drive to it for a cup of coffee. Even if the drive takes all weekend, you will gain a lifetime of memories in just a few short days.
· For aficionados of a certain pleasure, be it wine, beer, food, or cigars, there are tours available for every taste in nearly every region. For example, you could spend weeks (well, actually months) sampling the fine wines of Italy, or touring the pubs if Ireland, or sampling the delectable foods of France. Whatever your pleasure, you'll find a travel destination for it.
· Or for those interested other pursuits, such as archaeology, architecture, or art, you'll find tours that are focused on your very interests.
So this year, when you're deciding what you want to do for a holiday, why choose the same old thing? Go for something daring and different and choose a vacation that will be as unique and memorable as you are. You won't forget it!
By : Edwin Ramires
· Cruises are available that go beyond the typical cruise you'd expect to find sailing the seven seas. Some cruises offer the studious traveler much more, including a well-stocked library as well as workshops and lectures while at sea, usually specifically pertaining to the area of the world you're exploring.
· If you are a fan of a movie you will find travel destinations that are focused around that particular film. For example, Lord of the Rings movie-lovers will enjoy exploring the sets of Peter Jackson's take on Tolkien's middle-earth by touring the sets of the movie.
· If humanitarianism is your thing, there are many organizations, both religious and non-religious, that allow you to help people in cultures less fortunate than us. You can build wells or homes or markets for them to use. You'll feel great at the end of this vacation!
· For the adventure seekers, a far more exciting experience might be enjoyed by backpacking through rugged wilderness, mountain-climbing, or whitewater rafting.
· For the traveler on a budget, you will have a great holiday if you and a group of friends simply choose a place on a map and drive to it for a cup of coffee. Even if the drive takes all weekend, you will gain a lifetime of memories in just a few short days.
· For aficionados of a certain pleasure, be it wine, beer, food, or cigars, there are tours available for every taste in nearly every region. For example, you could spend weeks (well, actually months) sampling the fine wines of Italy, or touring the pubs if Ireland, or sampling the delectable foods of France. Whatever your pleasure, you'll find a travel destination for it.
· Or for those interested other pursuits, such as archaeology, architecture, or art, you'll find tours that are focused on your very interests.
So this year, when you're deciding what you want to do for a holiday, why choose the same old thing? Go for something daring and different and choose a vacation that will be as unique and memorable as you are. You won't forget it!
By : Edwin Ramires
Tertiary Vocational Education – Bachelors Education With a Difference
Every year thousands of students all over the country complete their schooling, and apply for admissions in colleges and universities for further studies. While the sciences, law, accountancy, banking etc are the popular picks, there is a small but fast growing number who are opting for universities that offer a formal training and education in creative vocational courses like music, dance, dramatics, computers, web designing etc.
The syllabus of these courses is designed with the view to not only provide the theoretical knowledge, but hands-on training and practical know-how in the chosen field; in order to expose the students, and better prepare them for their chosen careers. While the traditional courses follow the semester and examinations system, with practical training and apprenticeship being offered in very few subjects, the creative vocational courses aim at revamping the educational system and pedagogies altogether.
With the growing demand for students who are not just textbook learners or scholars, but are well prepared to meet the dynamic demands of the global workforce in fields like entertainment, IT, travel and tourism, performing arts etc, the need to shift the focus from just the classroom and textbooks has been strongly felt. The teaching methods in vocational courses are very comprehensive and better suited to the creative needs of the students.
·Vocational courses do delve into the history, theory, and a detailing of the concepts, but these are attached too much value. Practicals, projects, training, learning by doing, is the preferred medium of instruction in vocational courses. So while studio work is compulsory in a photography course, most drama classes are organized not in classrooms but in theatres where students are actually exposed to the stage, lighting etc.
·Not only this, but the students are also allowed to choose their specializations, usually from the second or third semester onwards, so the education that they get is not of a general nature, but focuses on the specific skills and training required for their specializations. For instance, a student studying photography can choose to focus on wildlife photography, fashion photography, documentaries etc.
·The teaching staff and faculty in vocational courses are renowned artists and practitioners in their own fields, rather than just being educationists. They work best to understand the needs of the students and the courses and the right methodology to impart the kind of education to their students that will best help them to meet the demands of the job market. Guest lectures by people who have worked successfully in their respective fields are also common, to not only inspire students with their own success stories but to also offer them advice and answer questions and queries that they may have related to their chosen courses.
·Apprenticeship or a training period is a mandatory credit in vocational courses. Working under the guidance of a professional person helps students in ways that no education imparted in any classroom can equal. Dealing with day-to-day occurrences, learning by watching, and taking small but important responsibilities as trainees, helps students prepare themselves for when they would independently start working.
·Examinations are conducted in vocational courses as well, but the written theory exams are not considered indicators of the students progress, but practical performances, projects, actual music recitals, clothes designed by students themselves, short-films made independently and other practical ways of gauging a students progress are given more importance.
Submitted By: → Lorabella
The syllabus of these courses is designed with the view to not only provide the theoretical knowledge, but hands-on training and practical know-how in the chosen field; in order to expose the students, and better prepare them for their chosen careers. While the traditional courses follow the semester and examinations system, with practical training and apprenticeship being offered in very few subjects, the creative vocational courses aim at revamping the educational system and pedagogies altogether.
With the growing demand for students who are not just textbook learners or scholars, but are well prepared to meet the dynamic demands of the global workforce in fields like entertainment, IT, travel and tourism, performing arts etc, the need to shift the focus from just the classroom and textbooks has been strongly felt. The teaching methods in vocational courses are very comprehensive and better suited to the creative needs of the students.
·Vocational courses do delve into the history, theory, and a detailing of the concepts, but these are attached too much value. Practicals, projects, training, learning by doing, is the preferred medium of instruction in vocational courses. So while studio work is compulsory in a photography course, most drama classes are organized not in classrooms but in theatres where students are actually exposed to the stage, lighting etc.
·Not only this, but the students are also allowed to choose their specializations, usually from the second or third semester onwards, so the education that they get is not of a general nature, but focuses on the specific skills and training required for their specializations. For instance, a student studying photography can choose to focus on wildlife photography, fashion photography, documentaries etc.
·The teaching staff and faculty in vocational courses are renowned artists and practitioners in their own fields, rather than just being educationists. They work best to understand the needs of the students and the courses and the right methodology to impart the kind of education to their students that will best help them to meet the demands of the job market. Guest lectures by people who have worked successfully in their respective fields are also common, to not only inspire students with their own success stories but to also offer them advice and answer questions and queries that they may have related to their chosen courses.
·Apprenticeship or a training period is a mandatory credit in vocational courses. Working under the guidance of a professional person helps students in ways that no education imparted in any classroom can equal. Dealing with day-to-day occurrences, learning by watching, and taking small but important responsibilities as trainees, helps students prepare themselves for when they would independently start working.
·Examinations are conducted in vocational courses as well, but the written theory exams are not considered indicators of the students progress, but practical performances, projects, actual music recitals, clothes designed by students themselves, short-films made independently and other practical ways of gauging a students progress are given more importance.
Submitted By: → Lorabella
Saturday, 7 July 2012
Why Backpacking is the Cheapest Way to Travel the World
Travelling the world was once a privilege reserved only for the very rich. But with the drop in accommodation, flight and other travel costs in the past few decades, it is entirely possible to go around the world on a smaller budget. The best way? backpacking.
Accommodation
With the rise in the number of travellers embarking on global travel increasing each year, the tourist industry of some of the world's most popular destinations have had no choice but to follow suit. From London to Lahore, Brisbane to Beijing, cities and towns are now home to many affordable hostels or low grade hotels where a single night stay can amount to little more than $20. Some of these cheaper alternatives aren't half bad either. You can expect all the mod cons of a western home and even indulge in the free meals included in some hostel deals. A key reason to kick-start any backpacking journey.
Flights
Low budget airlines have sprung into dominance during the last decade meaning those wanting to hop short distances between countries can do so for a price comparable to that of a long haul bus journey. Air Asia serves many popular destinations in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, where return tickets can cost as low as $35. Western Europe is where the trend started with lines like Ryanair and Easyjet providing cheap flights between the UK and the major capitals of Western Europe. Air travel is now a completely feasible (and flexible) part of the average backpacking itinerary.
Equipment
It used to be that going abroad meant packing three quarters of your house in fear of not getting the luxuries of home in places abroad. Not so. Most destinations hot on the gap year trail are full of markets, shops and supermarkets that stock everything back home (and are often times cheaper). Suitcases are a thing of the past and as any backpacker worth their salt will know, the key to a great travel experience is to pack as lightly as possible as you can always depend on getting the things you need out on the road. From books, to blankets, to medical supplies, you needn't worry about not being able to get something on your backpacking travels.
By : Harriet Williams
Accommodation
With the rise in the number of travellers embarking on global travel increasing each year, the tourist industry of some of the world's most popular destinations have had no choice but to follow suit. From London to Lahore, Brisbane to Beijing, cities and towns are now home to many affordable hostels or low grade hotels where a single night stay can amount to little more than $20. Some of these cheaper alternatives aren't half bad either. You can expect all the mod cons of a western home and even indulge in the free meals included in some hostel deals. A key reason to kick-start any backpacking journey.
Flights
Low budget airlines have sprung into dominance during the last decade meaning those wanting to hop short distances between countries can do so for a price comparable to that of a long haul bus journey. Air Asia serves many popular destinations in Southeast Asia including Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, where return tickets can cost as low as $35. Western Europe is where the trend started with lines like Ryanair and Easyjet providing cheap flights between the UK and the major capitals of Western Europe. Air travel is now a completely feasible (and flexible) part of the average backpacking itinerary.
Equipment
It used to be that going abroad meant packing three quarters of your house in fear of not getting the luxuries of home in places abroad. Not so. Most destinations hot on the gap year trail are full of markets, shops and supermarkets that stock everything back home (and are often times cheaper). Suitcases are a thing of the past and as any backpacker worth their salt will know, the key to a great travel experience is to pack as lightly as possible as you can always depend on getting the things you need out on the road. From books, to blankets, to medical supplies, you needn't worry about not being able to get something on your backpacking travels.
By : Harriet Williams
Friday, 6 July 2012
Is Online Education Cheaper Than Traditional On-Campus Education?
Along with the widespread advantages of online education, wouldn’t that be an additional bonus if the tuition was cheaper as well? Contrary to popular belief, tuition fees for online education are not cheaper than your traditional brick and mortar college or university education. Current information that boasts cheaper online education can be misleading.
There are a lot of “what ifs” when it comes to education costs. Tuition will certainly be more expensive if you attend a private school as opposed to a public school. But you will not find any great cost savings by attending school online instead of on-campus. The courses you choose, whether online or on-campus, will generally cost you a specified amount per credit. Depending on the amount of credits your degree or certificate needs, will decide the total cost of your tuition.
If you do happen to come across an unbelievable deal for achieving your degree online, then beware. The validity of the degree may be as unbelievable as the price. Diploma Mills will take your money in exchange for a fake degree. They are a huge business and make lots of money off of the unsuspecting student. A sure sign of a Diploma Mill is if you see “Achieve your Bachelor’s Degree for $425” or “Get Your Degree in as little as 27 Days” –Beware! If what the online school is offering seems too good to be true – it probably is.
So, despite its convenience and flexibility, online education offers no cost advantage on your tuition. But wait, you can still save money. Having the ability to engage in your education from the comforts of your own home has many cost savings benefits attached to it. You could save hundreds or thousands of dollars alone in:
Auto Expenses – first off, there isn’t the extra expense of gas and we are all aware (and sensitive) towards our rising gasoline prices. Depending on how far you would typically have to drive to university, this could be a substantial savings. Parking on campus can also do a good job at keeping your wallets empty over the course of a semester. And there are always other accompanying costs which come with owning a vehicle.
Room and Board – If the college or university offering your program is too far away that you can’t commute, then online education can save you a huge chunk of cash on not having to pay for food and lodging close to the campus. Costs for room and board alone can sometimes add up to more than the tuition fees.
There are still other minor cost savings benefits that are recognized from taking your courses online. But the real benefit is that, if it wasn’t for online education, some people wouldn’t have the ability to pursue a post secondary education at all. Many are working or have families and they cannot attend school during the day. For others, online education can be the source of “hard to find” course that they need. The benefits are many.
The costs of developing, implementing and delivering distance education courses can be substantial. Online Institutions have not passed these costs onto the students as one would think. We are actually fortunate that the cost of online education isn’t higher than on-campus tuitions.
Submitted By: → Jacquie Cattanach
There are a lot of “what ifs” when it comes to education costs. Tuition will certainly be more expensive if you attend a private school as opposed to a public school. But you will not find any great cost savings by attending school online instead of on-campus. The courses you choose, whether online or on-campus, will generally cost you a specified amount per credit. Depending on the amount of credits your degree or certificate needs, will decide the total cost of your tuition.
If you do happen to come across an unbelievable deal for achieving your degree online, then beware. The validity of the degree may be as unbelievable as the price. Diploma Mills will take your money in exchange for a fake degree. They are a huge business and make lots of money off of the unsuspecting student. A sure sign of a Diploma Mill is if you see “Achieve your Bachelor’s Degree for $425” or “Get Your Degree in as little as 27 Days” –Beware! If what the online school is offering seems too good to be true – it probably is.
So, despite its convenience and flexibility, online education offers no cost advantage on your tuition. But wait, you can still save money. Having the ability to engage in your education from the comforts of your own home has many cost savings benefits attached to it. You could save hundreds or thousands of dollars alone in:
Auto Expenses – first off, there isn’t the extra expense of gas and we are all aware (and sensitive) towards our rising gasoline prices. Depending on how far you would typically have to drive to university, this could be a substantial savings. Parking on campus can also do a good job at keeping your wallets empty over the course of a semester. And there are always other accompanying costs which come with owning a vehicle.
Room and Board – If the college or university offering your program is too far away that you can’t commute, then online education can save you a huge chunk of cash on not having to pay for food and lodging close to the campus. Costs for room and board alone can sometimes add up to more than the tuition fees.
There are still other minor cost savings benefits that are recognized from taking your courses online. But the real benefit is that, if it wasn’t for online education, some people wouldn’t have the ability to pursue a post secondary education at all. Many are working or have families and they cannot attend school during the day. For others, online education can be the source of “hard to find” course that they need. The benefits are many.
The costs of developing, implementing and delivering distance education courses can be substantial. Online Institutions have not passed these costs onto the students as one would think. We are actually fortunate that the cost of online education isn’t higher than on-campus tuitions.
Submitted By: → Jacquie Cattanach
Sunday, 1 July 2012
How To Travel The World For Free!
It sounds like a dream doesn't it? Hopping onto a plane and taking a flight to the destination of your choice. Imagine collecting your flight tickets to New York, London, Goa - or wherever takes your fancy - and not having to pay a cent for them.
For a few people, this dream is actually a reality. How? Simply put they have discovered a little travel secret - namely that a lot of companies will actually pay the travel expenses for you to oversee their package or document from one country to another. Now this may bring to mind images of having to smuggle a microfilm past some dodgy russian customs ala James Bond, but the reality is nowhere near as exciting or dangerous - which is great news for the budget traveller. The even better news is that with a little know how, any adult can act as a courier and score free and deeply discounted flight tickets to the destination of their choice.
It's completely legal and can save you thousands in saved airfare every year. Courier companies are continually on the lookout for willing travellers to carry their items overseas. There is nothing sinister about it and nothing is hidden from the authorities - the traveller is paid with a deeply discounted (and sometimes free) air ticket. According to a survey by the Air Courier Association the standard saving that travellers get when they act as a courier is 85% on the normal flight price. There isn't a travel agent in the world that will match such a discount.
So what are your responsibilities as a courier? Well it's as simple as turning up to the airport on time and meeting the courier companys representative at the destination airport. As soon as you walk through the customs area at your destination, your job is over.
What are the drawbacks of this deeply discounted travel? Well for a start you're probably only going to be allowed one carry on bag as your luggage - so learning how to travel light & pack efficiently is essential. It's also important to have some degree of flexibility in terms of when you're able to fly, though usually you can get many flights comfortably in advance. You also need to be at least 18 and obviously have a valid passport.
Assuming you're ok with these drawbacks, you can really fly to just about any destination at incredibly low costs.
Ready to go? The whole world awaits you!
By : Tuks Engineer
For a few people, this dream is actually a reality. How? Simply put they have discovered a little travel secret - namely that a lot of companies will actually pay the travel expenses for you to oversee their package or document from one country to another. Now this may bring to mind images of having to smuggle a microfilm past some dodgy russian customs ala James Bond, but the reality is nowhere near as exciting or dangerous - which is great news for the budget traveller. The even better news is that with a little know how, any adult can act as a courier and score free and deeply discounted flight tickets to the destination of their choice.
It's completely legal and can save you thousands in saved airfare every year. Courier companies are continually on the lookout for willing travellers to carry their items overseas. There is nothing sinister about it and nothing is hidden from the authorities - the traveller is paid with a deeply discounted (and sometimes free) air ticket. According to a survey by the Air Courier Association the standard saving that travellers get when they act as a courier is 85% on the normal flight price. There isn't a travel agent in the world that will match such a discount.
So what are your responsibilities as a courier? Well it's as simple as turning up to the airport on time and meeting the courier companys representative at the destination airport. As soon as you walk through the customs area at your destination, your job is over.
What are the drawbacks of this deeply discounted travel? Well for a start you're probably only going to be allowed one carry on bag as your luggage - so learning how to travel light & pack efficiently is essential. It's also important to have some degree of flexibility in terms of when you're able to fly, though usually you can get many flights comfortably in advance. You also need to be at least 18 and obviously have a valid passport.
Assuming you're ok with these drawbacks, you can really fly to just about any destination at incredibly low costs.
Ready to go? The whole world awaits you!
By : Tuks Engineer
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