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Should Parents Force Their Children into Specific Career Paths? – El Magnifico – Fire of Moods

Should Parents Force Their Children into Specific Career Paths? – El Magnifico

Should Parents Force Their Children into Specific Career Paths?

The question of whether parents should push their children into particular career paths is a nuanced and contentious one. On one hand, parents often have their children’s best interests at heart, wanting to guide them towards stability, success, and fulfillment. On the other hand, imposing one’s aspirations onto another can stifle individuality, passion, and genuine happiness. This article delves into the complexities of parental influence on career choices, exploring both the potential benefits and drawbacks of such guidance.

Source: Should Parents Force Their Children into Specific Career Paths? – El Magnifico – Fire of Moods

Rain – Three Haikus #TankaTuesday, 24 Seasons Challenges – Suzette B’s Blog

Waterton Lake National Park, Canada. Image credit: © Peter Kolejak | iStock

first blooms sunbathe

early spring prairie crocus tilt

lawn grass-like chairs

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laden clouds report—

‘I hear the abundance of rain

blessing the leap day

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lingering snow peaks

spring run-off, mountains, shed their past—

the deepest river

Source: Rain – Three Haikus #TankaTuesday, 24 Seasons Challenges – Suzette B’s Blog

Nuclear Weapons facility in Texas evacuated amid fast approaching wildfires. – What Now News 24

Evacuations are underway at the Pantex nuclear weapons facility in Carlson, County, Texas due to a rapidly approaching wildfire. The facility is believed to hold nearly 20,000 plutonium core and is producing B61-12 bomb and W88 Alt370 warhead. It is the primary US assembly and disassembly facility.

Production has currently ceased due to the rapidly incoming fires and focus has shifted to evacuating staff as fast as possible. It is reported that a few non-essential staff will seek shelter on-site.

 

Source: Nuclear Weapons facility in Texas evacuated amid fast approaching wildfires. – What Now News 24

La común planta que puede alimentar a toda la población en caso de catástrofe mundial – Stigmatis News

Planta azolla carolinianaGETTY IMAGES/ISTOCKPHOTO

Redacción HuffPost

Su nombre científico es azolla caroliniana y su valor para que se produzca un correcto y equilibrado desarrollo en el planeta es incuantificable. Esta pequeña planta acuática, originaria en el este de Estados Unidos podría ser toda una salvación para nuestra especie en el momento en el que la escasez o inseguridad alimentaria se adueñen del planeta.

Source: La común planta que puede alimentar a toda la población en caso de catástrofe mundial – Stigmatis News

Good People Doing Good Things Meets Black History Month – Mr. Dabney Montgomery | Filosofa’s Word

I first wrote this post on September 6th 2016, three days after the death of Mr. Dabney Montgomery, but last night I read it again and I know that Mr. Montgomery was also a good people during his time here on earth.  So, without further ado, please allow me to tell you about Mr. Dabney Montgomery …

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The Tuskegee Airmen was a group of African-American military fighter and bomber pilots, as well as navigators, bombardiers, mechanics, instructors, crew chiefs, nurses, cooks and other support personnel, who fought in World War II. Officially, they formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces. Mr. Montgomery was a member of this group, serving as a ground crewman until the end of the war in 1945…

…“I was sitting at home in New York City and I saw that attack on people in Selma on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. They gassed them and beat them with sticks — the sheriff, the officials in their uniforms, because they was [sic] marching to the governor’s office to vote.

“And I saw them knocked down, and I saw the gas in the air, and I was sitting here — this is happening in my hometown, Selma! I said, ‘I’m going and get[ting] a taste of that gas.’

“I went to my director and said, ‘I’ve got to go home. … I’m going home to take part in that movement.’ “

dabney-montgomery-2.pngThe date was Sunday, 07 March 1965, and the event Mr. Montgomery saw on television would become known across the nation as “Bloody Sunday”.  The previous year, 1964, the Voter’s Rights Act was passed, but African-Americans were still meeting with resistance when attempting to register to vote, and as a result, only 2% had been able to register.  Dr. Martin Luther King was working with the Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) to register black voters.  There was much resistance in Selma, and on February 17, protester Jimmy Lee Jackson was fatally shot by an Alabama state trooper.  In response, a protest march from Selma to Montgomery was scheduled for March 7. Six hundred marchers assembled in Selma that Sunday, and led by John Lewis and other SNCC and SCLC activists, planned to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River en route to Montgomery. Just short of the bridge, they found their way blocked by Alabama State troopers and local police who ordered them to turn around. When the protesters refused, the officers shot teargas and waded into the crowd, beating the nonviolent protesters with billy clubs and ultimately hospitalizing over fifty people…

Source: Good People Doing Good Things Meets Black History Month – Mr. Dabney Montgomery | Filosofa’s Word