Zarniwoop wrote:OK, so I'm going to brag a bit on my students...the business majors are getting read to do what we call "comprehensive exams" which is a exam we give over two Saturday that covers all of the material they have learned over their 4 years. Being the longest tenured undergraduate business professor, I get the "privilege" of administering the exam. Anyway, in addition to assessing content knowledge in the traditional business functions like accounting, finance, marketing, operations, etc. our students have to complete a four hour Business Ethics exam where they answer two ethics based questions geared towards business and economics. In this portion they are not asked to choose a side but rather to delineate the argument that both sides make. They have to tackle each question from 3 perspective: Business Ethics, Philosophical Ethics and Religious Ethics.
Yesterday we did a review in class and listed a bunch of authors they need to rely on in order to make their arguments. This list isn't exhaustive, just a sampling of what they read. I teach at a "Great Books" school, so our students read the source material rather than a summary in some textbook.
Business Ethics -- Smith, Friedman, Keynes, Marx, Freeman, Maslowe, French, Rawls, Malthus, Carroll, Madeville, Ricardo, Bastiat, Mises, Rothbard, Mill, Engels, Jefferson, Hamilton, Paine
Philosophy -- Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Descartes, Kant, Nietsche, Heideggar, Bowie, Gulla, Schimmel, Benthem, Bok, Solomon
Religious - Aquinas, Augustine, Assisi, Erasmus, More, Drane, every encyclical since 1800, etc.
Helping these students prepare for the exam, I am always left wishing that I would have went to a similar school with such requirements. And also, it leaves me thinking how great it would have been to do college like they did in Medieval Europe -- namely in your middle life, not when you were in your early 20's.
Crocaneers wrote:Well done Z .. I have wondered often the same, yet have the feeling due to how the American machine is setup, that if you left the gap between high school and college later, do you more often go back.
There are very good stories about those who couldn't or didn't go directly to college, got the school of hard knocks of experience, and then get the higher level of education.
I would not change much of the college experience, save one. I was trained and educated as a programmer. All we did in college was create ..... no debug ... and yet most all jobs were . debug oriented. Later I met with the school, and helped create a class on "here's the code, with structure, and a problem" .. .SOLVE.
Best ever
Zarniwoop wrote:Crocaneers wrote:Well done Z .. I have wondered often the same, yet have the feeling due to how the American machine is setup, that if you left the gap between high school and college later, do you more often go back.
There are very good stories about those who couldn't or didn't go directly to college, got the school of hard knocks of experience, and then get the higher level of education.
I would not change much of the college experience, save one. I was trained and educated as a programmer. All we did in college was create ..... no debug ... and yet most all jobs were . debug oriented. Later I met with the school, and helped create a class on "here's the code, with structure, and a problem" .. .SOLVE.
Best ever
I think every college should require one course in programming, not so much because students will use the material, but rather because of its use of deconstruction and logic
Zarniwoop wrote:my little one is big into arts and crafts so two stores we frequent are Hobby Lobby and Michaels. Both have those 40% off one item coupons on line. We went to hobby lobby today to buy one of those huge galllon jugs of glue ... mainly for slime making. I quickly picked it up and took it up front. I was surprised when the gal rang it up because it seemed more expensive then I thought. I asked about it and she said it’s on sale for 15% off. I hadn’t seen the sign apparently. So I couldn’t use my coupon. Basically I have to wait for the item to go off sale so I can save money on it. I never really understood that. Why can’t they just take the lower of the sale price or the 40% off....seems incredibly inconvenient for the customer
Ugggghhh
Zarniwoop wrote:The 40% thing is a perpetual thing ....that coupon never goes away
NYBF wrote:Everything is always on sale at Michael's. Best of luck finding something you can use that 40% coupon for.
Zarniwoop wrote:NYBF wrote:Everything is always on sale at Michael's. Best of luck finding something you can use that 40% coupon for.
Indeed.
What I don't get about Hobby Lobby is their overall pricing strategy. It seems that every product range is 50% every other week. Any semi-regular customer knows this. And my guess is that most customers will delay purchases until the 50% off is applied to the products they want. So maybe Hobby Lobby gets a few people to pay full price on picture frames, art supplies, christmas decorations, etc....but I'm thinking the vast majority don't, they just wait a week or two until it goes on sale So basically they are willing to sacrifice the inconvenience (and potential loss of sales) to their loyal customers for the little bit of full price sales they get from non-loyal customers.
Sammich wrote:Zarniwoop wrote:
Indeed.
What I don't get about Hobby Lobby is their overall pricing strategy. It seems that every product range is 50% every other week. Any semi-regular customer knows this. And my guess is that most customers will delay purchases until the 50% off is applied to the products they want. So maybe Hobby Lobby gets a few people to pay full price on picture frames, art supplies, christmas decorations, etc....but I'm thinking the vast majority don't, they just wait a week or two until it goes on sale So basically they are willing to sacrifice the inconvenience (and potential loss of sales) to their loyal customers for the little bit of full price sales they get from non-loyal customers.
I could be wrong, but in my personal experience most people don't buy crafting supplies in advance. They buy whatever they need for the project at hand. A person that plans ahead can save a lot of money, but I doubt those people make up a significant portion of the overall sales.
I would guess those constant sales are to boost impulse buys from people there to buy something else. You're there to buy glue for your kid to make slime and they see a beautiful picture frame. You have to get it..... It's on sale!
Zarniwoop wrote:Sammich wrote:
I could be wrong, but in my personal experience most people don't buy crafting supplies in advance. They buy whatever they need for the project at hand. A person that plans ahead can save a lot of money, but I doubt those people make up a significant portion of the overall sales.
I would guess those constant sales are to boost impulse buys from people there to buy something else. You're there to buy glue for your kid to make slime and they see a beautiful picture frame. You have to get it..... It's on sale!
I don't doubt you are onto something about how people "save" money by spending money they would have never otherwise spent because of a "Sale" sign.
I have a friend that is an operations manager for a very large chain retail department store. The stories she tells me about how they manipulate their "Sale" labels are incredible.
Zarniwoop wrote:Damn, tomorrow’s high of 53 happens at 1 am. By 10 am when my race starts its 41. Continues to fall the rest of the day
Uuuggghhhhh
Mountaineer Buc wrote:It's gonna rain all damned weekend out here.
beardmcdoug wrote:I'd be out in my damn speedo if it hit 53 this time of year.
Zarniwoop wrote:My race starts in 20 mins. It’s 34 degrees. This is gonna suck
Super K wrote:Wrestling regionals today...my son is seeded 3rd at 220lbs... top 4 go to States..
Kid needs to have a day!
Mountaineer Buc wrote:Super K wrote:Wrestling regionals today...my son is seeded 3rd at 220lbs... top 4 go to States..
Kid needs to have a day!
Give him a steel chair when the ref id distracted. Works all the time.
NYBF wrote:Mountaineer Buc wrote:Give him a steel chair when the ref id distracted. Works all the time.
First time my son walked into his school's wrestling room, he was confused why there were no ropes.
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