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Studio III architects’ Hero Wednesday: Burlington School District’s “Diversity Rocks International Youth Group”

Most folks don’t think of Vermont as a center of diversity, and we aren’t compared to some places…but we are divers and understand the challenges and opportunities…and how to move forward!

This week’s Hero is the Burlington School Districts “Diversity Rocks International Youth Group” who just WON the national contest sponsored by the United Nations to highlight this year’s theme for the International Day of Peace, “Educate for Peace”! This video will be shown at the United Nations on September 21st and is a huge achievement for the students, faculty and staff of the Burlington Vermont school district!
You guys ROCK with an awesome message for our community….and the rest of the world….Congratulations, your guys are definitely Heroes!

Get a preview of their video!

Also check out the face book page!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Diversity-Rocks-International-Youth-Group/116115261810575

Hero…NOT (or so say the Hero Police!)

This guy is not a hero…or at least one part of what he is saying is pure villainous corporate greed and exploitation.
The cost of the education to pursue a career in the design fields is an unbelievable expense. You are then confronted with “the internship” and licensing…and this guy thinks you should work for free?! We all have bills to pay and although it may have been a reality when he came up through the system we live in a much different world….and exploitation of talents is barbaric “Mad Men” type stuff…His message on all of his other points is good, but I couldn’t disagree with him more on interns working for free….IT’S SIMPLY FLAT OUT WRONG. And for that he is not a hero…..

“The One Safe Investment and Why You Never Hear About It From Financial Advisors”

When I was a kid…(and no im not that old)….i had a savings account that earned (that’s right “earned”) 8.25%. The banking industry did away with that and I’m sure they’d say it was for our own good. So now if we need liquid cash we must borrow it….no dipping into the savings.

This article features a different way to think about investments and earnings that seems to make sense but is very different from our current way of thinking…what do you think? Fuzzy math, fact or fiction….?

Studio III architects presents Hero Wednesday

The soaring ideals, convictions and passion of youth….we all leave our esteemed academic vacuums only to meet the truth of the professional world. This truth would be the gulf between theory and practice….that school was an effort to teach you to think and motivate for the loftiest goals possible…to do something great for this world, to make a difference….and then you meet the reality of business and start to grind out a career. Rock star designers right out of school do exist and Jessica Walsh is one of very few who has proven it’s not just a fairy tale.

http://observermedia.designobserver.com/audio/jessica-walsh/37900/