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The Beanie Bubble

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Unless Ty Warner suddenly gets interested in his estate planning, his mostly estranged younger sister, now sixty-five and relying on aid to the indigent for medical bills and part-time jobs to feed her half-dozen adopted animals, will be the sole heir to the largest fortune in the history of stuffed animals.

Zac Bissonnette, from The Great Beanie Baby Bubble

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A Killing in Costumes by Zac Bissonnette--Book Review

Happy Thursday!  A Killing in Costumes by Zac Bissonnette has Cindy & Jay trying to clear their names and save their memorabilia shop.   Stop by to see what I thought about the debut of A Hollywood Treasures Mysteries. Happy Reading!

https://bibliophileandavidreader.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-killing-in-costumes-by-zac-bissonnette.html

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Cozy Wednesday featuriing A Killing in Costumes (A Hollywood Treasures Mystery) by Zac Bissonnette #Review / #Giveaway - Great Escapes Book Tour @ZacBissonnette

Cozy Wednesday featuriing A Killing in Costumes (A Hollywood Treasures Mystery) by Zac Bissonnette #Review / #Giveaway – Great Escapes Book Tour @ZacBissonnette

A Killing in Costumes (A Hollywood Treasures Mystery) by Zac Bissonnette Welcome to Cozy Wednesday! I am happy to share my thoughts about A Killing in Costumes today! About A Killing in Costumes  A Killing in Costumes (A Hollywood Treasures Mystery) Cozy Mystery – LBGT 1st in Series Setting – California Crooked Lane Books (August 9, 2022) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 320 pages ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎…

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Is there anything that you see people around you doing or saying that adds a lot to their happiness, or detracts a lot from their happiness? One of the most discouraging things I see in a lot of young people is a defeatist mentality when it comes to their financial lives: “Student loans are a fact of life, and I’ll be repaying them well into my forties. I wish Congress would do something to make my life better.” I remember a high school history teacher telling our class that in a joking way – “This is the way it is: You’re going to graduate with a bunch of debt and it will be with you for a long time.” The problem with this defeatist mentality is that it leads people to lose the financial game without even trying to play it. What I’m saying is this: Before you resign yourself to $20,000, $30,000, or even $100,000 in student loans for an undergraduate education, stop and look at all the alternatives and get creative: Is there a way to do this debt-free? What if I attend a cheaper public college instead of a fancy private one? If I work 30-hour weeks during the summer, my parents drive their car an extra year instead of getting a new one, and we sell some stuff on eBay and cut back on dining out, can we make this work. I started working when I was in high school and saved a huge chunk of everything I earned – enough that I’ve been able to pay for college in cash without help from my parents. That makes my mom happy and if mom’s happy, everybody’s happy.

Zac Bissonnette,  Debt-Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching Off My Parents

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I just thought I'd post this here, I know that some of my followers are probably worrying about things like this. And I guess I just want to say that a little financial literacy can go a long way and most importantly financial literacy is not just for those people who have it!!! 

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Choosing a College Major: Matching Passions with Making a Living

Ahhh, it’s that time again. Late summer. When sweltering temperatures have peaked at unbearable levels, and 85 degrees feels inexplicably, but pleasantly, cool. When kids begin to savor every bit of summer as it comes closer to a close. When back-to-school jingles sing from television and radio commercials. And when thousands of 18 year-olds begin college careers with wide-eyed and contagious optimism for their futures.

But this fall, enthusiasm from many incoming freshmen is notably subdued. The typically exhilarating start to college has been tamed by a tanking economy, quibbling governmental leadership and bleak job prospects. To make matters worse, disheartening figures that accompanied commencement this spring provide little encouragement. Both employment rates and starting salaries of those who graduated in 2009 and 2010 are significantly lower than graduates in 2006 and 2007. What’s more, roughly half of the jobs landed by these new graduates even require a college degree.

To add to the frustration, debates over the kind of majors students pursue continue to rage. While 2009 figures from the Labor Department confirm that higher education results in higher salaries, it is increasingly difficult to ascertain the most lucrative majors. If now, more than ever, it’s not what you know, but who you know, many students – and their parents – are asking: does it even matter what major you choose?

In short, yes and no. If a six-figure salary is the sole motivation for earning a degree, then there are certain fields with unquestionable promise. For example, engineering is consistently lauded as one of the most lucrative majors, and frequently wins three or more slots on top ten lists. According to an article released by CNBC this week, computer science has also established a reputation for gainful employability. Many believe that in coming years, computer science will only become more rewarding.

But what about those who aren’t science-oriented brainiacs, who don’t want to spend a significant amount of time holed up in labs? While special degrees are required for certain occupations, the lines between professions are becoming increasingly blurred. Many liberal arts majors are pursuing careers in business, and with substantial success. A recent survey of young business professionals, those who majored in history were earning just as much as those who majored in business administration or management.

But many parents still worry that pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into higher education could be for naught. To quiet the worrying minds of parents whose children wish to pursue non-career oriented majors, Zac Bissonnette, author of the book Debt Free U: How I Paid for an Outstanding College Education Without Loans, Scholarships, or Mooching off My Parents wrote in The New York Times, “Don’t think that you are doomed to a life of poverty if you pick the wrong major.” Bissonnette argues that those who study what they are passionate about tend to have higher GPA’s, they also avoid being pigeon-holed by job training that may prove irrelevant in an ever-changing job market. Most importantly, though, Bissonnette beseeches students, and their parents, to follow their interests because it will result in richer mind development and a better experience all around.

What do you think? Does one’s college major directly determine employability? What’s more important – training for a job or studying one’s passion?