Stuart STEM and More

 

Stuart STEM and more

Here are 9 areas to start discussing.

1--Decentralization and Centralization—a question of our age

2--Local Online—an example

3—‘Didn’t play in high school’—plays VERY well (slow pitch league example)

4—Authority must ask, then we’ll shape training

5—With ‘remote work’ those who successfully left can build in Stuart?

6—Revenue sources: Crowdfunding, who benefits, stock, teach other communities

7—Workbooks and teacher helps, now online

8—Costs

9—Next steps

1—Decentralization and Centralization—a question of our age. A--Diamandis’ book ‘The Future is Faster than You Think’ shows a pattern that greatly reduces costs and increases capabilities to do things. Digitalization, Deception (it takes longer), Disruption, Dematerialization, Demonetization, Democratization. B--https://www.robots.education/ says many ‘jobs’ will be lost. C—Parts of many nations want to secede, and have done so. D—The smartphone opens many possibilities. E—Local communities have more energy than complete Indian tribes—in terms of hores and horsepower, an automobile does too.

What to do:  Help those we are close too, those in our community.

2—Example: Have a librarian, a bank, a local esteemed business owner, a development effort, write to major employers, association, etc. and ask them what training they want that we could give. MIT has all their courses on line FREE. Khan Academy has tens of million students, FREE. University of the People charges no tuition. Many colleges are cheap, online—Thomas Edison State is one--$7000.  But the key is ‘What do the employers want?’ Here’s another source, there are more: https://www.onlineu.org/most-affordable-colleges

3—High schools do well for most. One child of a co-worker was a senior in high school, but taking so many courses at DMACC that they had to make a rule about it. Many enter as sophomores, etc.  But some only get going later. Those are the ones Stuart STEM local online can help. Schools are overburdened already.

4—A librarian, or a bank, or a respected business owner should write major employers and associations to see what they want that ‘we’ can provide.

5—Some leave Stuart area and become successful elsewhere. Could we help them, and vice versa. Proteges, remote offices, etc.

6—Cost should be estimated. Computers, space, teachers/helpers, etc. Could money be raised by crowdfunding? Some kind of deals could be struck. I’m weak here, but ‘If your outgo exceeds your income, your upkeep will be your downfall.’

7—My brother Greg ran a school in a church, and the student sat around the outside of the room, and used workbooks. When the student had a problem, the teacher would help. This is vs. ‘sage on a stage’. Computers are the new workbooks.

8—Someone should outline costs vs. revenues. (I’m not as good at it, and am writing ‘Gospels Layer of Eternal Calendar,’ an epoch-making work of which this is a part of sociology and tune.)

9—Next steps? Write to this medium, or edencity@aol.com, or get together to show this to someone who can make a decision and investment.

Charles Howard Hartman