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Benefits of Coding in Schools by Dr. Darrin

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There is a push in education to have more students learn to code. In fact, some schools are considering having computer coding count as the foreign language requirement to graduate from high school. This in many ways almost singles that coding has "arrived" and is not a legitimate subject not just for the computer nerd but for everybody. In this post, we will look at several benefits of learning to code while in school. Problem-Solving People often code to solve a problem. It can be something as small as making an entertaining game or to try and get the computer to do something.  Generally, the process of developing code leads to all kinds of small problems that have to be solved along the way. For example, you want the code to A but instead, it does B. This leads to all kinds of google searches and asking around to try and get the code to do what you want. All this is happening in the context in which the student is truly motivated to learn. This is perhaps no be...
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TOJU IWA RE ORE MI (Written by the late J.F. ODUNJO in his popular book series ‘ALAWIYE’)

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Toju iwa re, ore mi; Ola a ma si lo n'ile eni, Ewa a si ma si l'ara enia, Olowo oni 'nd’olosi b'o d'ola. Okun l'ola; okun n’igbi oro, Gbogbo won l'o nsi lo n’ile eni; Sugbon iwa ni m’ba ni de sare’e. Owo ko je nkan fun ni, Iwa l'ewa omo enia. Bi o l'owo bi o ko ni’wa nko? Tani je f'inu tan e ba s'ohun rere? Tabi ki o je obirin rogbodo; Ti o ba jina si'wa ti eda nfe, Tani je fe o s'ile bi aya? Tabi ki o je onijibiti enia; Bi o tile mo iwe amodaju, Tani je gbe'se aje fun o se? Toju Iwa re, ore mi, Iwa ko si, eko d'egbe; Gbogbo aiye ni 'nfe 'ni t'o je rere. (ENGLISH TRANSLATION not by the Author) Enhance your character, my friend; Prosperity may depart from one’s home, Beauty may retreat from the body, And today’s rich could become poor tomorrow. Prosperity is like ocean surf; and wealth is an ocean wave, They come and go from one’s home as they please; But, only good character follows on...
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15 Top Leadership Books Every Current or Future Boss Should Read by Marcel Schwantes

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There's something here for everyone, whatever your level of leadership. by   Marcel Schwantes Since  Robert K. Greenleaf  wrote his seminal essay,  The Servant as Leader , the  servant leadership  movement has risen from obscurity to the  very principles  of how the most successful companies on the planet operate and profit. Roughly one-third of those companies are regularly featured in  Fortune  magazine's annual " 100 Best Companies to Work For " list for having high trust, high employee engagement, and low turnover. Classic examples include TD Industries, Southwest Airlines, the Container Store, and Whole Foods Market. To track the movement in published format over the past three decades, I dug around my own library and several web resources, plus the favorites of thought leaders, execs, authors, and academics to determine which books they feel have had the most impact on advancing the servant leadership movement. 15 Bes...
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How to Read (a Lot) More Books This Year, According to Harvard Research

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Reading is a huge key to success and wealth, but how can you actually benefit from this habit as a busy adult? by   Elle Kaplan , CEO and Founder, LexION Capital, CIO and Founder, LexION Alpha Reading is a huge key to success and wealth, but how can you actually benefit from this habit as a busy adult? I’ve said it many times : reading books is a major key to success. The mega-rich and successful like Bill Gates and Elon Musk devote extraordinary amounts of their time to reading. Musk even attributes his knowledge of how to build rockets to his reading repertoire, and  studies have proven  that reading can reduce stress, increase focus, and improve long- and short-term memory. The benefits of flexing your reading muscles are clear. But reading is time-consuming — and as a busy professional, it’s almost impossible to both find the time to read and actually stay focused enough to reap the benefits when deadlines start piling up. Thankfully, experts at  Ha...
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