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12 Dec 2011

How to Provide Good Education to Engineering Students?

One of the most important backbones of our society is the presence of engineers. Without competent engineers, it would not be possible to develop and to control technology in a meaningful way and our modern life would crumble. If we categorize scientists as developers, then we need to categorize engineers as executors and designers. However, a good engineer needs to have a solid background in his or her training. Especially with the competitive new world, just having a blackboard education for engineering students is not enough. Much more is needed, so that the student can become a modern engineer who can overcome various technological challenges.

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05 Dec 2011

Black History Month And The First Black Republic: A Link Long Forgotten

In February each year, Americans of African descent join all other Americans to celebrate Black History Month. In many quarters of the United States and other parts of the world, celebrations of this historic event take place. Accordingly, the significance of observing a black history for a full thirty days should be viewed and manifested in many more ways than merely recalling the Emancipation Proclamation that “freed” black people from the shackles of slavery. Certainly, “a black history” in its entirety transcends the Civil Rights Movement that legally “ended” black-white segregation particularly in the United States.

Even more so, the emphasis of honoring a Black History Month must be placed far above President Barrack Obama’s assumption of the presidency of the United States as the first African American to do so. Although a well-orchestrated “million-man” march on Washington in 1963 marked a pivotal point in the black man’s liberation struggles, it does not nearly define the essence of observing a full month of black history as an end in itself.

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