Home health care alert. How well do you screen those people who take care of the senior citizens in your family? It's easy for a visiting health care worker to simply take personal information from your home, like social security numbers. And are the patients getting the care they're supposed to receive? (In the case of my mother, a worker once billed Medicare for two weeks worth of visits and showed up once.)
The Mayo Clinic says more than 50 million Americans are "pre-diabetic" which means they're at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. So how do you know?
Does working the graveyard shift cause cancer? A London study shows that the vampire shift disrupts the biological clock and affects your immune system.
TSA alert. If you're about to go flying with wrapped gifts, the screeners might make you unwrap them. Better to buy your paper and bows when you arrive.
Bell ringer shortage. Did you know the Salvation Army has to pay bell ringers when they can't get enough volunteers?
Crowded college classrooms. We often hear of too many students in K-12 classrooms, but why do colleges have some classes with enrollment in the triple digits? (For what they charge for tuition you'd think you'd get a personal instructor.)
1 comment:
I liked the college classroom idea. As a senior in college, I remember having courses in the 300-600 range (and I have friends whose courses were even larger). Generally, though, they are the courses that freshman must take, Gen Eds....how about the transition for a freshman coming from a class with 30-40 to 400...
E
Post a Comment