Decision Making Software

I currently do not use any type of decision making software at this point in my life. If I were to own my own company, the benefits of using such software would be dramatic. the website mint.com offers software that brings all of your personal finance accounts together under one roof. this makes it easier to set budgets and maintain them.

https://www.mint.com/?cid=ppc_g_nb_all_stan_us_pfs+nw+kywrds+o_prsnl+fnnc+sftwr_personal+money+software_b&ven=g&priorityCode=6041300000&c=79152&kw=personal%20money%20software&kid=56208&gclid=COvIrPf1hqwCFYxx5QodkAGW8w

If I were to work in the finance industry programs such as Profitcource would come in handy when making calculated decisions.

http://stock-software-review.toptenreviews.com/profit-source-review.html

Plagiarism

http://orange.eserver.org/issues/5-1/kennedy.html

http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2010/02/preposterous-argument-for-plagiarism.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57836-2004Sep2.html

Technology has played a pivotal role in the rise of plagiarism. It acts to enable plagiarism by making it easier, faster, and more concealable. Tools like copy and paste are the most widely used to carry out plagiarism. Colleges are now using technology such as turnitin.com to aid in the fight against plagiarism. Universities are also pushing teachers to have a closer one on one relation with students while doing papers. This makes it harder for a student to copy someone else's work if they are consistently being checked.

Ethics

One time in high school, someone i knew managed to get the answer sheet for a history test coming up. They offered the answers to me as well and i was faced with a tough decision. I chose not to take them because history was my favorite class which made it easy. people who take the easy way out will end up having it catch up to them in the long run.

America's Lagging Education System

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx4pN-aiofw stupid in america
2. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/12/01/top-google-search-2009-ze_n_375105.html 200 2009 top google searches


I have very strong opinions when it comes to americas education system. I was the only child of three to go to private school my whole life, and I am very thankful for it. I never realized before coming to college what a difference it made. I have a lot of friends that went to public schools and we have often discussed the differences in these environments. I believe a huge factor for our declining education levels has to do with peoples priorities. people care to much about pop culture and what the mass media puts on to entertain them. i have witnessed this first hand with many of my friends. they can name entire rosters of sports teams, and different statistics to accompany them, but cannot name the first five presidents. people, sadly, look up to pop culture figures and become obsessed with them. We care more about the kardashians than actual substantial matters.  this trend continues in our society because the parents pass these tendencies on to the next generation. If we really want to reverse this trend, education must start in the home.