There’s an old story about the ant and the cockroach that my parents told me this story growing up. The point of this story was definitely an interesting moral. Once upon a time there was an ant and a cockroach. They were both friends, but had completely opposite habits. All summer the cockroach would have […]
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Book Smart or Street Smart
What does it really mean to be “street smart” or “book smart”? You always hear idiots boasting about being either one or the other. What do you consider yourself? My mother always told me I was street smart. It might have been a little mental gymnastics on her part to make herself feel better about […]
Growing old Doesn’t Mean Becoming Mature
In the old days, information was harder to obtain. As we get older, we are more likely to experience new things and run into new information. That’s where the whole getting mature thing came from. Back then, the average person was limited to the information of those around them. Anecdotal evidence was the most popular. […]