>>23880809

Millions of Kids Are on ADHD Pills. For Many, It’s the Start of a Drug Cascade

Danielle Gansky was 7 years old when an administrator at her upscale private girls’ school in suburban Philadelphia flagged problems with her academic performance. She was a bubbly and creative kid, but she was easily distracted in class and her schoolwork was sloppy.

The school told Gansky’s mother that the girl should see a psychiatrist, who diagnosed her with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, and prescribed a stimulant.

Concerned that Danielle might get kicked out if her focus didn’t improve, her mother broke into tears and agreed. But the pills made Gansky agitated, moody and angry. So another doctor put her on Prozac.

More pills followed. Over the years, Gansky was always on two and sometimes three or more psychiatric drugs at once. By her late 20s, she had taken 14 different kinds of psychiatric pills.

None of it ever felt right. The pills dulled her mind and made her irritable or sleepy. But when Gansky complained about the drugs, her doctors would up her dose or try another medication.

“I was living in a body hijacked by the medication”, said Gansky, 29, who is still struggling to wean herself off an antidepressant. “I didn’t have the words or authority to challenge what I was being told”.

https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/kids-adhd-drugs-medication-06dfa0b7

>>23880809

America’s Educational Wasteland- Is There Hope?

When I first mentioned to Jim (my husband and CTO of AIEdPro) that I wanted to name this article “America’s Educational Wasteland,” he was not a fan. He pointed out that we both work in a rural American school district and that our school does some fantastic things in education. So, before I continue, I want to make sure it is understood that this article is not directed at any one school district but the state of the educational system in America.

When we moved back to our hometown, I had the image of a Norman Rockwell painting in my head. A picture of beautiful landscapes and close-knit communities with happy children playing in the streets and on the school playgrounds. An idealistic view of what is portrayed in the typical “Hallmark” movie. Yet, if you live in rural America, you will notice that while the community is small and everyone knows what everyone else is doing, the educational system tells a story of neglect, apathy, and resource gaps. Compared to our urban counterparts, rural schools face an uphill battle in several different areas. Areas that include adequate funding, attracting qualified educators, connectivity to the outside world, and educating students about 21st-century technology.

Unfortunately, a system can only face so many challenges before it collapses. So, let’s break down some of these situations and discuss solutions.

When it comes to funding, a rural school district often finds itself in a situation where they are tax-rich and student-poor. Retirees buy second homes and land in the area and do not move families here. They pay taxes, but without the student, those funds are sent to the state (In Texas, it is called the Robinhood Plan) to go into the general fund. Those tax dollars are then used for other things. In my district, we send over half of each tax dollar we collect back to the state. The only solution I can think of is to cap the percentage schools have to send back to their state from their property tax base. I am sure there may be a politician out there who thinks 59% of every tax dollar collected is too high and would agree that a 30% cap sounds more reasonable.

Attracting and retaining talented teachers in rural areas is a constant challenge. What is it that a school in rural America has to offer a teacher? The isolation of rural life, along with lower salaries and fewer professional development opportunities, makes it difficult for schools to compete with the energy of larger cities. This often results in high turnover rates and a reliance on less experienced educators, which, let’s face it, can affect the quality of education. So, unless you are a teacher who wants to live close to your family roots, small towns have become a place to get a few years on a resume before moving on to a higher-paying job in a larger town that has more educational resources, more things that are entertaining, and the possibility of social life. This one, I have a harder time coming up with a solution to. The student loan programs may have had the right idea when they started forgiving a portion of student loans if you worked in a Title One school, but Title One schools are not just located in small towns. Maybe a population stipend from the state would go a long way to keeping qualified teachers in rural areas. Often, a husband and wife team will move to our district. The husband is a coach, and the wife is an elementary school teacher. With a stipend from the state to incentivize them to stay for a 5-year stent, the turn-over might not be as high. That’s all I have. Please post a comment with any ideas you may have to help with this issue.

https://medium.com/@jim0237/americas-educational-wasteland-is-there-hope-be7f9912ae74

>>23880809

Labor Demographer Issues Warning: College-Educated Oversupply Is Here - ZH

Goldman analysts led by Evan Tylenda published a note on emerging labor-market risks and how companies are adapting to aging demographics and shrinking labor pools.

One section stood out in particular: the widening mismatch between an oversupply of college-educated workers and a deepening shortage of talent for non-degree, hands-on jobs.

Tylenda and others on the team spoke with labor demographer Ron Hetrick, who outlined how the U.S. labor market is entering a structural slowdown driven by aging demographics, a falling birth rate, and weakening participation among older workers.

Hetrick outlined that baby boomers once supplied 65 million workers, but only 25 million remain, and no younger generation is large enough to replace them.

He noted that BLS data show the workforce adding just 5.9 million workers by 2034, with nearly half of that coming from workers aged +65, even as participation among those +55 continues to decline.

Here's where things get spicy: This demographic squeeze is creating a skills imbalance: an oversupply of college-educated workers and a shortage of vocational and lower-skilled labor for non-degree jobs.

From the note:

Shortage of skilled / technical labor: The Demographic Dilemma and resulting labor shortages make automation and AI success essential while simultaneously threatening to constrain AI's physical scale-up via potential skilled labor shortages. The emerging bottlenecks lie in power generation, transmission and grid modernization, and upstream industries required for electrification and digitization such as manufacturing, and critical minerals mining and processing — industries with long project cycles, high regulatory friction, and limited talent mobility from displaced knowledge-worker pools.

Shortage of low-skilled labor in high turnover industries: where recent graduates and knowledge workers displaced by AI are imperfect fits. This is driving rising automation for low-skilled jobs, driven by rising costs, declining labor pools. For example, the U.S. added 4.5 mn workers with a college degree since 2019, while losing 800k workers without a degree. Automation in low-skilled roles (especially ones with repetition) has potential to help improve worker safety and pay for remaining workers, potentially driving lower employee turnover in the medium to long term.

We hosted Ron Hetrick, a labor demographer, to highlight the structural issues forming for labor markets in the U.S. coming from declining labor pools, particularly in lower skilled fields not requiring a degree. Mr. Hetrick sees mounting challenges for the aging and declining workforce in the U.S., with industries like Healthcare and Construction most exposed to disruption, driven by limited availability of labor solutions.

Companies adapting, and key solutions for addressing labor challenges. Corporates, across industries, are taking different measures to remedy risk of labor shortages, mainly around 1) Automation upgrades to boost productivity and consistency; 2) Retention efforts, including increased pay, better work conditions, enhanced benefits packages, providing childcare service etc.; and 3) Training & Upskilling through the expansion of their own training infrastructure and partnerships with external institutions.

ZeroHedge Pro subscribers can read the complete note in the usual spot. It's loaded with far more detail on the shifting labor market, a framework that's increasingly important to understand before the 2030s arrive.

The most appropriate way to end the note is an epic quote by Palantir CEO Alex Karp:

The average Ivy League grad voting for this mayor is annoyed their education is not that valuable, and that the person who knows how to drill for oil has a more valuable profession.

I think that annoys the f*ck out of these people.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/labor-demographer-issues-warning-college-educated-oversupply-here

>>23880809

Grade Inflation Produced Mamdani’s Proletariat

Unemployable college grads blame capitalism, but the real culprit is higher-ed subsidies.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp attributed Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York mayor to a reverse class warfare: “I think the average Ivy League grad voting for this mayor is highly annoyed that their education is not that valuable, and the person down the street who knows how to drill for oil and gas, who’s moved to Texas, has a more valuable profession.”

He has a point. Colleges are graduating a surfeit of young people who lack hard or even soft skills.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/grade-inflation-produced-mamdanis-proletariat-d2807aea

>>23880809

Why Ford Can’t Find Mechanics

Forget about reshoring manufacturing without more skilled workers.

Corporate CEOs are keeping their heads down these days, lest they get chopped off by the Trump Administration. So last week’s remarks by Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley deserve credit for candor, as well as for the public service of telling politicians a hard truth about the American labor force.

Mr. Farley told a podcast last week that he can’t find enough skilled mechanics to run his auto plants. Specifically, Ford can’t fill 5,000 mechanic jobs that pay $120,000 a year.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/ford-motor-ceo-jim-farley-mechanic-shortage-autos-skilled-workers-334ae52d

>>23880809

Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It’s Hiring High-School Grads

Tech company offers 22 teens a chance to skip college for its fellowship, which includes a four-week seminar on Western civilization.

At first, the idea of skipping college to take a fellowship for Palantir PLTR 8.81%increase; green up pointing triangle

Technologies seemed preposterous to Matteo Zanini. But he couldn’t stop thinking about it.

“College is broken,” one Palantir post said. “Admissions are based on flawed criteria. Meritocracy and excellence are no longer the pursuits of educational institutions,” it said. The fellowship offered a path for high-school students to work full time at the company.

https://www.wsj.com/business/palantir-thinks-college-might-be-a-waste-so-its-hiring-high-school-grads-aed267d5

>>23881058

>RE: Seditious Democrats in Congress

>OK, let me break this issue down for you because Democrats are engaged in their usual evil chicanery and obfuscation and some people are falling for it.

BULLSHIT

blowing up private yachts and fishing boats WITHOUT any proof that they are smuggling drugs IS an illegal order, and a war crime

if the admin/mil HAS proof, then BOARD THE DAMNED BOATS confiscate the contraband and arrest those onboard FOR INTERROGATION

very convenient that any evidence, incriminating OR exculpatory, is at the bottom of the ocean

so while dems MAY have an ulterior motive, THEY'RE NOT ENTIRELY WRONG

so SUCK IT, you goose-stepping boot-licker

>>23881104

>Driving my 50+ brian crazy

ya must be doin' sumpin' wrong

>>23881130

to be followed by a sternly worded letter

MAYBE even an official public reprimand

>>23881140

>I might be 17% Jewish.

>Really hate spending

other possibilities…

for one, you might be scot

ya gotta hook nose?

or red hair?

>>23881149

>brian cloud

KEK….

that's my new screen name for RRN comment section

>>23881159

>Designating Cartels And Other Organizations As Foreign Terrorist Organizations And Specially Designated Global Terrorists

scribbles on paper don't change REALITY

what the admin is doing IS CRIMINAL

BOARD the fucking boats

ARREST those onboard

CONFISCATE the evidence

do it with TRANSPARENCY

if bidan did this

you'd be screaming bloody murder

>>23881191

>>>23880945 (You) Kids Are on ADHD Pills. For Many, It’s the Start of a Drug Cascade

>>>23881063 (You) Why Ford Can’t Find Mechanics

>>>23881070 (You) Palantir Thinks College Might Be a Waste. So It’s Hiring High-School Grads

tyb

related self-noms

>>23881031

>>23881050

>>23881214

>What part of WE ARE AT WAR is confusing to you?

WHAT PART OF "TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT" IS CONFUSING TO YOU?

nothing you said justifies extrajudicial murder

ESPECIALLY with a total lack of evidence or accountability

NOTHING you posted prevents them from doing it the right way…

BOARD THE FUCKING BOATS

ARREST THOSE ONBOARD

CONFISCATE THE EVIDENCE (if there IS any)

no sane decent human can argue against this

if you continue, the only conclusion is you're INSANE or a slideshill, or both

>>23881228

>President Trump should repost her.

top kek

>>23881265

>makes me wonder what's really in them

DING DING DING DING

an anon with a brain and a conscience

maybe there's still hope

>>23881283

>Been part of some Boarding Parties in the Day, risky business

awww….

anon thinks he's SPECIAL

maybe you should get a nice safe job

like mining coal

or casting steel

or building celltowers

or repairing hi-volt interstate transmission lines

go back to reddit to whine moar

>>23881227

>WTF is pig doing on the banner?

which banner is that?

aksing for a fren

>>23881324

but then again

you love EVERYONE

>>23881297

>Clowns reimporting all the weapons they exported to the cartels in central & south America

>>23881318

>Or weapons that "went to Ukraine" being brought back in

any patriot would be down with both of those scenarios

BUT…

it still needs to be done EITHER w/ total transparency, OR in total secrecy

preferably the former

showing that shit on "reality TV" only invites well-deserved criticism

>>23880809

Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch Warns Lack of Civics Education Is America’s ‘Greatest Danger’

Gorsuch also revealed he is co-authoring a children's book, out next year, that focuses on early American Revolutionary War heroes.

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch said he believes one of the "greatest" dangers facing American society today is a lack of civics education, noting that many Americans lack a basic understanding of the government.

“This is one thing my colleagues and I really agree on: the importance of bringing civic education to our children,” Gorsuch told Fox News on Nov. 13.

He added that "half of Americans" cannot pass the citizenship test that non-Americans who are seeking to become U.S. citizens are expected to pass.

“Most Americans cannot name the three branches of government. And if you ask me what the greatest danger America faces today, it’s itself," Gorsuch said.

He also added that Americans "need to know our shared history" and that "the things that separate us pale in comparison to the things that unite us."

The Supreme Court justice also revealed that he is co-authoring a children's book, set for release next year, which focuses on the Declaration of Independence and early American Revolutionary War heroes.

The book, titled “Heroes of 1776: The Story of The Declaration of Independence," is due to be published in May 2026. The date is intended to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration.

“Over the next year, we’ll celebrate a lot of dates and events with fireworks, and I wanted to share with children some stories about the courage and sacrifice of the heroes behind 1776 who gave us our Constitution and our liberties,” Gorsuch told Fox News.

According to a description, Gorsuch is co-writing the book with author Janie Nitze, and it's being published by HarperCollins. Gorsuch added that the book's artist won't use artificial intelligence to generate the images.

"Dive into the stories of ordinary people willing to do extraordinary things, from iconic figures like Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Ben Franklin, and Paul Revere, to lesser—known revolutionaries such as Caesar Rodney, Thomas Paine, and Mary Katherine Goddard," a summary of the book said.

Gorsuch, who has already published a book on government overreach titled "Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law" in August 2024, is one of many Supreme Court justices to sign book deals in recent years.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor has written several children's books since her appointment to the Supreme Court.

“‘My Beloved World’ has sold very, very well, and ‘Just Ask’ is not far behind,” Sotomayor said in an appearance at the University of Hawaii’s law school last year, referencing the books she authored.

Earlier this year, Justice Amy Coney Barrett released a memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution,” which the publisher says is the justice providing insight into "her role (and daily life) as a justice, touching on everything from her deliberation process to dealing with media scrutiny."

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson held several public events this year to promote her memoir, titled "Lovely One: A Memoir," released in 2024.

https://www.ntd.com/supreme-court-justice-gorsuch-warns-lack-of-civics-education-is-americas-greatest-danger_1107950.html