Saturday, August 3, 2013

The Importance of STEM

What is STEM, and why is it so important?

STEM is the acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  It's roots mark the ability to chart out a successful career for new graduates.  It can open doors that may otherwise be closed to outsiders, doors that lead to the development of successful adults.

Now, we could stop there.  However, the successes of STEM graduates cannot underscore the severe threat to the "outsider" students of its incapable, unsuccessful, living-with-parents-working-at-McDonald's-to-pay-off-college-debt cousin, liberal arts/social sciences.

As successful and gainfully employed as STEM graduates are, their liberal arts cousins are loaded with unmanageable debt and zero career options.  The important truth in all of this is that if you have someone that you know and care about, remind yourself that friends do not let friends waste their money, time, and career choices to the liberal arts.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

So, why the name?  Velox Pedes is Latin for swift feet, the root of the term velocipede.  Dating back to the 18th century, velocipedes are the intellectual grandfather of the modern bicycle.  In essence, this is a blog dedicated to the bicycle, its history, and those that love to ride them.  Coincidentally, I may also rant and rave about random Latin, German, and IT related issues.

For more information on the history of the bicycle, check out bicycle by herlihy, a vitual compendium of the bicycle and its predecessors.  Well-written and informative, I would strongly recommend a read.