I'm a being in constant change captivated by this reality and the many people who inhabit it ... i also like to write.
I like writing so much I do so for a local daily in Humboldt County called The Eureka Reporter. I also fancy short stories and dream of one day finishing that novel stewing on the back burner of my creative stove.
Other than that, I'm just another Gen Yer trying to make his way in this techno-immersed, ideologically dominated world.
My passion is ...
passion, and all the wonders it can produce.
I know too much about ...
politics, prisons and piracy.
My parents always told me ...
to be who I want to be.
Why I write ...
anything, as long as I enjoy it.
My first job ...
landed me in the muggy kitchen of an Italian restaurant washing dishes without a work permit.
My inspiration ...
comes from dystopian fiction - brave authors showing us a world that could be, if we aren't keeping a watchful eye at all times
The real question here should be who benefits more from the money spent on education, since all benefit somehow. With that said, even though my words fall on the staff side of this debate, I see college administrators as benefiting more in this game than anyone else involved. In the California State University system, you have student tuition increasing as administrators get fat pay raises, and as faculty unions fight to keep their salaries aligned with the cost of living. The logic by administrators: higher education is still cheaper here than other states. Makes sense, only tuition incre...
More..John C. Osborn
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