Oy is equivalant to “woe is me” and this week I’ve had some Oy moments. So in lieu of Hanukkah ending soon, I thought it appropriate to have an Oy blog post for my young entrepreneurs and those who support them.
Oy #1:
I am in dire need of buying some groceries. Syd drank the last Diet Coke today and we are out of water. Neither one of us are willing to drink the water from the dispenser in the fridge since the “Change Your Water Filter Now Or You’ll Die From Toxins” light just came on for the second time. (They can be reset with a push of a button, you know.) I resorted to drinking a can of Diet Coke that I opened last night and left out on the counter. Surprisingly, it still has a little bit of fizz in it.
Oy #2:
I attended the Scottsdale Workforce Development Committee’s subcommittee yesterday (they still don’t have a name for it.) Right off the bat comments were made about how the school district is preparing the students for obtaining jobs once they enter the workforce. I couldn’t help but think of what Gary Locke reiterated in that we need to create 17 million jobs in the next decade in order to recover what we currently lost and what we will need for future population growth.
This subcommittee focuses on learning technology and science in the classroom and I am all for the development of sound programs that give kids the tools to innovate. In fact, I wish that when I was a kid I had the opportunity to learn how to take available technology and create something new. A few of the area schools have robotics programs whereby the kids actually make a robot and compete nationally. I would have loved to be involved in something like that. Unfortunately, when I was growing up the most advanced technological class we had in school was drafting; old-fashioned drafting that involved a mechanical pen and a piece of paper. And there’s only so many hex nut bolts one can draw.
Teaching kids how to innovate is only one part of the equation. If they do not how to invent a marketable product and know how to get it to consumers to buy, is it merely a lesson in fruition? If we teach them to innovate and only guide them towards getting a job in their field, will that help create the necessary jobs we need as a community? Do other businesses and residents within a community benefit from a pool of qualified workers in an area that lacks enough jobs? Someone has to create the workplace for the workers to work. Why aren’t we teaching these bright, young minds how to take their own innovations to the marketplace by starting their own business and creating jobs? Oy.
Oy #3
I’m still far from making my contribution to the economy by completing my holiday shopping list. Oddly enough, no one from my blanket-loving family put a Snuggie on their list. Maybe I should surprise them.
Success to you!
Melissa
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Greatings, I have already seen it somethere…