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My first real job was cleaning up in a meat packing facility. Day one was a complete disaster. Everyone else had gone home; I was doing my best and failing miserably. I found myself drenched ...

Famed 19th Century philosopher and publisher Elbert Hubbard was known for pithy sayings. One of ...

Career Technical Education (CTE) is a tough job. There are long hours and demanding (as well as distracted) students, coupled with a constant wrestle for funding that can leave even the most ...

Writer and novelist Pearl Buck wrote, "The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible — and achieve it, generation after generation." Youth do seem to have a ...

The dictionary defines a "renaissance man" as one with a broad range of talents and intellectual interests. These highly capable individuals face the dual challenge of deciding how to best use their abilities ...

Monday through Friday, the Pierce County Skills Center, located in Puyallup, Wash., buzzes with activity. The Center's mission is "to provide rigorous technical and professional experiences ...

IT instructor Debra Gruber is just 5 feet, 2 inches tall, but she strides like a colossus through the halls of McCracken County High School, in Paducah, Ky. Gruber is the sort of teacher we all needed — one who ...

If it's true that shyness is nothing more than a lack of confidence in doing something, then each one of us is shy about something. While there are as many ways of overcoming shyness as there are people ...

In military terms, a "force multiplier" means "a capability that, when added to and employed by a combat force, significantly increases the combat potential of that force and thus enhances the probability ...

Gotham. The Big Apple. The City That Never Sleeps. Whatever you call it - New York City is an experience everyone should have. There is always something going on or something to see in New York. Since...