Schools Give Out An Unlimited A Grades

I admit I'm not an educational professional. If schools want to give out more A's for an easier school day, need to give out more A's while convincing more students to attend classes for more funding, feel less guilty conscious being dishonest, turn off their sincerities, and stop caring, then all of the above are accomplished easily. Students must not be fooled life in the classrooms reflect real life. The purpose of going to school is to learn. Students learn the ABC's and 123's; in particular, college bound high school students prepare for college enrollment taking required classes and exams. Nothing more. Nothing less. Anything taught outside the ABC's and 123's are bonuses and exceptions.

True A graded students learn outside the classroom 365 days a year. True A graded students are not the 3.5's and the 4.0's. Never stop learning. Never stop innovating--innovate infinitely. If students don't participate in athletics, then exercise at home. Read leisure books. Learn life skills such as cooking, tying knots, programming, Excel, changing the oil in a car, running basic PC, and sewing. There's nothing wrong with playing video games, watching movies, and socializing with friends. Know the priorities. Strengthen your self-confidence, self-esteem, socializing skills, and communication skills. Discover motivation. I will is more important than I know. It's okay to make mistakes. Make intelligent mistakes to learn from them. Schools teach none of the above.

The real life is not A grades. The real life is not feel good participation awards. People show up resulting in people succeeding is false. Students attend school whether they like it or not. Students attend school whether they're present or the minds are someplace else. The real life is people don't do anything not feeling up to it. People do quit. People say goodbye. The real life is limited opportunities for too many people.

People should wonder why the big successful people didn't earn A's and B's. They earned C's. Or they dropped out of college such as Bill Gates, the late Steve Jobs, and some professional athletes.

Review My Daily Life Rules For 2023

The last time I reviewed was Mar 10, 2018 That Was Quick. Review My Daily Life Rules Again. I take the time to update and to revise my rules. Think simple. Avoid complications. I removed rule number 9 and rule number 10. The two rules aren't used daily. I removed rule number 7 from Review My Daily Life Rules on Mar 3, 2018.

My latest life daily rules in its entirety below:

1. Don't criticize, condemn, and complain, and don't compare with others.
2. Don't act like a jerk or bitch.
3. Always speak calmly and be calm.
4. Don't daydream when driving.
5. Keep your head up high . . . look at their cute face when talking.
6. Breath with your nose and stand up straight.
7. Have faith. Believe in yourself.
8. Let me think. Be discrete.
9. Welcome a roller coaster life.
10. Back in time and front and present.

Update On A Past Blog

A random thought appeared on my head. I added a class on the first day of instruction for the first time in my college years. The class was Economics 103 Mathematical Methods For Economics during Spring Semester 1996 at San Jose State University. I earned an easy A grade because I took Mathematics 30 Calculus I. I incorrectly said it was an irony from Top Ten Life Ironies written on Dec 25, 2013. It was a highlight for the year 1996 written on Dec 5, 2013. I correctly said it was good timing from Top Ten Good Breaks And Good Timing written on Jul 8, 2013.

Shelter In-Place COVID-19 Blog August 2023

California issued shelter in-place orders on Tue Mar 17, 2020. I have been logging the highlights and lowlights. The late summer COVID-19 surge continues appearing in more headlines. Also, new variants appearing in headlines. August was the slowest month of the year.

Tue Aug 1. Japan approved the nation's first vaccine developed domestically. The vaccine is Daichirona made by Daiichi Sankyo. Daichirona is administered as a booster. Japan used Pfizer and Moderna beforehand.

Thur Aug 3. Shopped at Costco. Ate pizza for dinner at Tony & Alba's.

Mon Aug 7. The EG.5 variant was the dominant strain in the US. The Center For Disease Control (CDC) estimated 17.3% cases were EG.5, 15.6% cases were XBB.1.16, 11.2% cases were XBB.2.23, 10.3% cases were XBB.1.5, and 8.6% cases were FL.1.5.1. EG.5 is nicknamed Eris. All other variants were descendants of the XBB strain.

The Eris strain was growing in the United Kingdom.

Thur Aug 10. Shopped for used books at the Saratoga Library and the Los Gatos Library. Ate lunch at Chipotle.

Mon Aug 14. Morning errands at Safeway, Books, Inc., and Chevron.

Tue Aug 15. Utah resident Gordon Pederson was arrested for selling a fake cure. The fake cure was an alkaline silver solution. Pederson was on the run since Aug 2020. The charges included mail fraud, wire fraud, and felony introduction of misbranded drugs into interstate commerce with intent to defraud and mislead.

Wed Aug 16. The CDC reported COVID-19 hospitalizations increased 60% since early Jul. The increase was 14% since last week. Hospitalization rates were higher in the south including Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana. Wastewater samples indicated transmissions increased. The number of deaths increased slightly.

Thur Aug 17. The CDC tracked a new highly mutated variant strain BA.2.86 in Michigan. The World Health Organization (WHO) monitored BA.2.86 due to the large number of mutations. Denmark and Israel reported a case of BA.2.86.

Mon Aug 21. COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths increased because of three variants spreading in the US. EG.5 or Eris was the dominate strain estimated 20.6% of infections. FL.1.5.1 or Formax was the second dominate strain estimated 13.3% of infections.

Wed Aug 23. The US Justice Department announced 371 arrests totaling $836 million in COVID-19 fraud. A total of 3,200 arrests totaling $1.4 billion in stolen pandemic aid. There are five COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Strike Forces in Colorado, New Jersey, California, Florida, and Maryland.

Thur Aug 24. Shopped at Smart & Final, Trader Joe's, and Safeway.

The Lee County School District and Magoffin County School District in Kentucky cancelled in-person classes due to an increase in COVID-19 cases for the week. Classwork was completed remotely. Students return to classes on Mon Aug 28. Some of the school staff tested positive.

Also, the Runge School District in Texas closed since Tue Aug 22. The school reopens on Tue Aug 29.

Kaiser Permanente hospital in Santa Rosa, CA resumed mask requirements for doctors and staff. Patients and visitors were encouraged to wear masks.

Fri Aug 25. President Joe Biden requested more money from Congress for COVID-19 updated vaccines. The virus continued to mutate. Pfizer, Moderna, and Novavax are manufacturing the updated XBB vaccine version.

Mon Aug 28. Shopped at Target, Smart & Final, and Trader Joe's.

Canada reported a case of BA.2.86.

Wed Aug 30. Red flag warning. Spare the air alert. The cause was the Northern California wildfires. No wind to dissipate.

A local tabletop gaming group meeting monthly at a local library organizer encouraged all attendees to get tested. The organizer tested positive being sick days after the meetup.

Thur Aug 31. Afternoon errands at Smart & Final and Lucky.

The State Of California Public Health announced the state's positivity rate was 13%. The rate was 3% at the start of the summer. The state's daily hospitalizations increased from 186 to 336.

Update On A Past Blog

There was another incident I failed to check my receipt. I blogged the first incident Stop And Smell The Roses And Read Your Receipt on Feb 3, 2022. I purchased three packs of chicken at the same supermarket on two days. I returned the three packs of chicken second day purchase to the same supermarket using the three packs of chicken first day purchase receipt. In other words, I used the first receipt on the second purchase. My emotional anger wasting time returning the chicken overwhelmed being calm. I admit I made a mistake.

Throwback Blog: I Celebrate My Independence Soon

Blogger's Note: Throwback blogs are blogs from my past. I start posting past blogs reflecting what I wrote. It's like my "A Second Look" blogs for which I give myself feedback.

Today's throwback blog is titled I Celebrate My Independence Soon written on Jul 4, 2016. My number one goal freedom is clear and present. I substitute the word freedom for the word independence anytime I talk about living on my own because of preference. Freedom is coming. There is no alternative.

The working intelligently for freedom partially changed. I job search once a day from Mon to Sat. I continue learning job skills and life skills when I'm not job searching. The job skills training is the endgame or one final practice including Excel, Python, R, and Power BI. My workouts are two days strength training and two days jogging outdoors.

The working intelligently for freedom partially not changed. I fulfill household chores such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry. I sleep well. I read books. I'm happy I read Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling for the first time on Sep 2019. The timing was perfect I read Harry Potter three times during the COVID-19 global pandemic. I minimize watching television, eating junk food, and visiting my social media.

Today is Independence Day in the United States Of America. The Americans celebrate our independence when the thirteen American colonies became a new nation leaving the British Empire on July 4, 1776. One of these days I'm going to be independent making my own choices, living a consistent life, controlling more of my life, and being more proactive. The bottom line is freedom.

I'm working intelligently to be independent. I'm strong. I'm brave. I job search two times a day every weekday. I learn new skills when I'm not job searching. My current personal projects are learning Python and HTML5. I also stay active. Boredom is a motivation killer. Boredom defeats the reason to live. I workout at the gym four days a week. I fulfill household chores such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry. I sleep well. I read books. My last book was 1984 by George Orwell. I minimize watching television, eating junk food, and visiting my social media.

My independence is not if. My independence is when. I promise to myself and I promise to everyone my earned independence is exciting. I can say my next manifesto includes an exciting independence.

Two Pathetic Companies I Used To Work

"I say Microsoft and Google have a lot in common. Microsoft never had the humanities and the liberal arts in their DNA. It was a pure technology company. And they just didn't get it. Even when they saw the map, they couldn't even copy it well. How dumb do you have to be to not see it--once you see it, you know. But Google is the same way. They just don't get it." --Steve Jobs, 60 Minutes Overtime

A Steve Jobs quote inspired me to write today's blog on two companies I used to work. One can say I should have spoken up the companies were screwing up themselves. Fair statement. I was naive when I worked at the commercial real estate company. I didn't have the wisdom, creditability, impact, and courage to call out management. I didn't have the influence, power, and persuasion to call out ownership at the retail start-up company.

The commercial real estate company had the technology, the strong support staff, the training, the highest number of brokers, and the facilities to be the number one in total leases and sales in the region. The company was number one once during my eight years in year 2000--too easy during the dot com economy. Otherwise, the company was number two or number three. Management just didn't get it.

The retail start-up sold premium wine, beer, and sake at discount prices at its brick & mortar store and online store. The business was a great idea. Their products were not found in supermarket chains. Ownership purchased wine, beer, and sake in bulk. The savings were passed to the customers. Tastings were held on Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays to attract customers. The location was perfect in upper middle class and high class neighborhoods. The start-up was in business between 2014 and 2020. Ownership just didn't get it.

Update On A Past Blog

Blogger changed public access to two of my blogs posted at their website. I recognize Google's content policies.

The The Green Steno Notebook 5 blog written on Feb 9, 2020 can be read by logging on to a Google account. The blog can be read at my website Innovate Infinitely Blogs. Select 2020 for the year. Select Feb for the month. Press the Go button. Scroll down to Sunday February 9, 2020.

The Five Minute Management Course blog written on Jan 12, 2010 is no longer published at Blogger. The blog can be read at my website Innovate Infinitely Blogs. Select 2010 for the year. Select Jan for the month. Press the Go button. Scroll down to Jan 12, 2010 written as 01/12/2010.

Life Is Not Fair In My Words

"Life is not fair--get used to it." --Bill Gates, 11 Rules For Real Life

A common life knowledge is "life is not fair." Everyone knows it. Some people remember it daily. Some people are numb. Some people ignore it. Some people agree. Some people disagree. I explain "life is not fair" in my words.

Nobody has the right to be happy. Life doesn't care about people's feelings. Life doesn't care about people's successes. Life doesn't care about people's failures. Nobody is entitled to make it. Nobody has the right to be successful. You're a nice person. You're a good worker. You're educated. You're responsible. You obey the laws. Black or white race. Rich or poor family. Male or female gender. So what. Who cares. They don't mean life flows in your favor giving you success. There are exceptions.

There are people who earned their successes. There are people who didn't earn their successes. There are more unearned successful people than you think. Life is not fair. Successes are earned, unearned, given, rewarded, and mistaken. There are good people who worked hard without rewards from life. There are bad people who worked mediocre with rewards from life. Timing and luck are factors in good lives and in bad lives. Anyone who says luck has nothing to do with their successes is lying.

Furthermore, there are too many people. There are too few opportunities to succeed. There are too few opportunities to meet the demand of success. A rising tide raises all boats. Prices increase for the limited opportunities. Prices increase for the chance to be a winner. More people are trying. More people are working. More people are unsuccessful.

The very few talk about life is not fair in dinner tables and parties. Life is not fair is an uncomfortable conversation topic. A group of successful people in any gathering the life is not fair topic is in nobody's minds. Most people take life for granted. Life flows with them. They avoid talking about what happens if the headwinds blow at them. They avoid cursing themselves. They avoid creating bad karma. Unfairness applies to relationships, finances, contests, occupations, and health.

There is a lesson for students who earn straight A's. Life is not perfect. You're not perfect. Life doesn't care. The good life is not straight A's. Study hard. Earn A's. Good things happen is a false lesson. Anything bad can happen. No students earning straight A's are immune to anything bad happening. No students earning straight A's are immune to bad luck and bad timing. Schools fail to teach unfairness. Schools teach ABC's and 123's. Nothing more. Students are responsible for lessons outside the classroom.

I Defend The System

I live in the United States of America. The economy is capitalism. The government is democratic. The criminal justice system is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. I'm the George Costanza in my family. I'm unemployed. I live with my parents. The system fails me. Ironically, I defend the system. The system is unfair. The system is the best in the world. If the system fails or the USA residents live under another system, then there are more people struggling, more families struggling, increase in crimes, wider income inequality, ineffective distribution of goods and services, mismatch allocation of labor and resources, education barriers, social-economic barriers, and lower population growth. The system is not 100% perfect. Nobody is perfect. Nothing is perfect. There are people left out. There are victims of the system. The system fails some people chronically struggling physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and/or financially. I sound like a broken record--life is unfair.

The reader may ask about my job searching. I'm brief. I job search six days a week. My bad luck job interviews is another blog. I job train six days a week.

Destiny, fate, karma, act of God can go with people and can go against people. Life finds a way to help and hurt people beyond their control. People don't control 100% of their lives. There's always a chance something good or something bad happens. Life changes for the better. Life changes for the worse. Most people on planet Earth are good people. The good people don't want anything bad to happen. Bad can happen to good people. Accidents, disasters, destructions, crime victims, losses, disabilities, mistakes, illnesses, etc. Blame life. Life is unfair.

Update On A Past Blog

I wrote another life is unfair blog titled Life Is Unfair There Is Bad Luck on Jan 7, 2018. There are many losers for each winner. People who experience bad luck continue moving forward. Don't stop living. Life can't get worse. Also, the blog foreshadowed the 2018 year. 2018 was my bad luck year.

Keep In Touch On Social Media

Everyone knows social media. Even people who live under a rock know social media. Facebook, Twitter or X, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Reddit, and Yelp are popular social media websites. Give it time for the people who don't have social media. They participate in time. Social media is present. People use social media to communicate. People use social media to search.

A negative social media common knowledge is some people become depressed. A common knowledge solution is take a break from social media or deactivate their social media accounts. I'm in the minority. Never take a break from social media. Never deactivate social media accounts. It's okay to reduce time on social media. You never know when you need to contact a friend, family member, or co-worker from a past job. Do your best to keep in touch.

Don't feel jealous when someone gets married, finds a new job, travels on a dream vacation, gets promoted, or purchases a new car. Jealously is poor self-esteem. Poor self-esteem becomes depression. The person earns their happy moment thru hard work, destiny, life, karma, or luck. Like or comment. On the other hand, if you got married, found a new job, traveled on your dream vacation, got promoted, or purchased a new car, then you want likes and comments. You earned your happy moment thru hard work, destiny, life, karma, or luck. It goes both ways.

Update On A Past Blog

I add another sports lesson to the Top Ten Life Lessons I Learned Watching Sports written on Nov 5, 2016. Winning solves problems. A professional sports team wins a championship. The problems are solved. The problems are forgotten. The problems are forgiven. Likewise in life. Winning is a factor to forgive. Forgiving is easier when the person or the party forgiving is winning. Forgiving is easier when the person or the party forgiving is successful.