…Thanks for your attention to the student debt problem even though it’s politically tricky. I believe the source of the problem is financial illiteracy which is a failure of our K-12 educational system. Most citizens don’t understand compound interest & they rely on others to do the math for them….
…I might just switch to growing Amaranth which grows wild in my plot. It’s among the 5 plants featured in a G story today about a “Diet for a Hotter Climate.” I can attest to the fact that they are super drought tolerant. …Does the Inflation Reduction Act include $$ for agri-science to continue to develop alternatives to our monoculture ag business? If not, time to get on that!
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Sorry to miss our letter yesterday. I was busy buying 40 donuts for Mr G’s 31st Bday. When I presented them to him, he asked his 5th graders if he should eat them all himself…. His pedagogical magic is to create an atmosphere of joy & camaraderie which he had already accomplished after just one week of school….
Today the US embassy in Rangoon is warning of “anti-military movements and increased attacks around the city, due to it being the 34th anniversary of the August 8, 1988, pro-democracy protest movement.” 8888, as it is known to the locals, started as a student protest & grew into a nationwide protest against military rule. ..Brave activists are out in the streets today. Some peacefully, others not. …
