Before you get in business, learn how to operate one.

Just the other night, I was going through some old mail. As I was looking through the Valpak, I came across an advertisement for a nail spa. I had reason to suspect that this was not a reputable place, but I decided to look at the website for fun.

When I went to the website, I was a bit impressed. It appeared to be done with care. As I continued to look at the various sections I was really surprised. That was until I got to the picture gallery. When I went to the picture gallery, I noticed quite a few pictures that appeared to be taken from other publications. So, I go to this one nail company website and look at their pictures and walah! There were most if not all the images on this nail company website. I could not believe it. (Well, I could.) I guess the nail spa didn't expect a licensed nail technician to look at their website and identify the images.

The next concern I have is this another salon. I was on a website for a shoe store I like to frequent. I saw that this salon sponsored the shoe store ad so I decided to click on the salon website to see what it was all about. Well, it seemed nice but when I tried to click on the links, they were not working. That is not good. So in my ignorance, I kept on clicking various areas to see if I would be successful and I was not. When I finally was able to click on an area, the information appeared to be written in French.

Now, I am wondering: Why would you post a website that is not fully functional? Do you think people are going to remember to come back and check it in a few weeks or months? More than likely, NOT! I am beginning to wonder if people actually think before they decide to call themselves operating a business.

My dear friends, before you decide to operate a business, learn how to run one.

Where is the integrity?

A friend of mine posted this article on Facebook and I found it to be quite entertaining.

I am not sure what the logistics behind the grade changes, but I do know that this is not uncommon. Many educators often fuss about the pressure that is put upon them to change grades and if they are not changed, the teacher may be reprimanded.

It is a sad day in the field of education when teachers are unable to teach students and assess them fairly. I often wonder what many business owners and managers would do if their employees would come to work 100% of the time, do 50-0% of the work and collect 100% of their paycheck. This is what happens in many public schools in the inner city.

Then there are so many people who are not educators who feel like they can tell the educators how to do their job. Oftentimes these individuals don't have a clue as to what will work.

I hope there was an actual glitch in the system as this school, but if there wasn't, it may get ugly.