I continue to work and improve doing photo restorations. On the right is the original scanned black and white, and on the left, have colorized the photo. My parents, Gerardus Henry Fernandes and Clara Josefa Aldama Yrausquin.

OK, in this blog am off on Rouel stuff !!

This has been bothering me for years now:

“WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The United States is no longer the world leader in secondary education, according to the rankings of an international organization.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development places the United States 18th among the 36 nations examined, USA Today reported ... 

Headed to the top of the heap is South Korea where 93 percent of high school students graduate on time compared with the United States where 75 percent receive their diplomas.”

Hmmm, with all the resources available today and the past 10 yrs or so, what gives? Is it a manifestation for a specific generation(s) due to a lax in USA cultural focus on education resulting from a temporary changing in priorities? Is it as simple as parents not instilling discipline for academic achievement?

In a race, when the lead horse looses the lead, very seldom can get it back, so the losses are often irreversible.

Education Resources:

It is amazing, in YouTube you can find many excellent easy to follow video tutorials on many specific educational subjects. Of course there is lots of other junk stuff (my opinion).

“YouTube, LLC is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. ... to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos. …”

The future of education:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU85gPt4FMY

Great Tutorials:

http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy?ob=4

US Department of Education:

This is a great place for resources for students, teachers, and very important, “parents”.

http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml