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DOE and the Parent Plus Loan
I learned long ago that when trying to make a point and keep the reader’s attention, the fewer words used the better. The last thing I want is my readers getting glassy-eyed to the point where the words all sound like “Blah, Blah, and Blah”. This is especially true with this topic, and the proposed options and solutions. So, let’s get right to the meat of things, AND let’s keep it simple. Suffice it to say: This is a very complex problem and yet, I believe the initial step towards a working solution can be rather simple. The complexity comes from a Federal government that relishes in the need to…
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Train Time: #23
Today we are going to get technical. Actually, this is a rant about technical things… but that still makes it technical. I work in an industry that uses a lot of software: expensive software. The target for today, is Bentley. Not be car maker, but the purveyor of engineering software. To the wrong crowd, this company means very little. However, to engineers, architects, and other technical people, this is their entire professional world. This software is the replacement for drafting pencils, and protractors; ink pens and electric erasers; and a whole collection of engineering gadgets and do-dads that engineers used to use to do things by hand. It is, without…
