Recently, I had a rather unpleasant experience with a popular fast food restaurant, which got me thinking about something. A company that is a giant among its peers if it falls, unless the God in heaven shows it some mercy as it falls, how terrible the sound is as it hits the ground. Suppose a company fails because of the lack of customers. In that case, usually, it is not because of a mass exodus of customers, but rather because of a company pushing its customer to its competitors one or two at a time. As a result, over time, the company will not be able to continue operating. Now, if someone replies, “that will take a long time to happen, maybe over twenty years. That’s nothing to worry over.” Then my question will be, “what does it matter how long it takes?” A conglomerate falling in front of you or your grandchildren is not a pretty sight. Have you heard of Staples, Bhs, Sears Canada, Ruby Tuesday, Borders, Maplin, American Apparel, and the list goes on? Well, the
Recently, on a radio News broadcast, the anchor said something to the effect of, and I am paraphrasing here, “people who are skeptical about taking the Covid-19 vaccine have a maximum of a high/secondary school diploma.” What? What does that mean? Was the News implying that high school education is not enough to help a person make an informed decision? Is post-secondary education now, or has it always been the benchmark of someone who can make educated decisions? Perhaps I’m late to the party, or I’d missed the memo with this information. On the other hand, was it merely implying that educated, although limited, people were on the fence about taking the Covid-19 vaccine? Hmm. I don’t know. However, whatever the intentions were, I wonder if a high school education in any society, especially a democratic one, should be treated in an inconsequential way. Perhaps a quick search into how successful or not countries are, where even a primary school education is challenging to find,