In the article, “Stuff YOU Should Know: First Asian American to Appear on U.S. Currency,” (btw, 2022) I learned of the American Women Quarters program. Having been started this year, this program will last 4 years in the U.S. Mint will issue “quarters honoring important American women.” The goal of this program is to celebrate women of diverse races and […]

In the article, “Florida Begins Hurricane Ian Recovery,” (btw, 2022) I learned a little more about Hurricane Ian which has been on the news the past couple of weeks and has severely damaged parts of Florida. As of October 10th, there were at least 120 deaths in Florida and 5 more in N.Carolina; there are a number of missing person […]

The article, “CAREERS: Retail,” (btw, 2019) gives an overview of the retail job industry. This text includes a sort of summary of the contents of the job, the opportunities this job market represents, as well as general pros and cons. Essentially retail has to do with selling and helping manage stores which includes speaking to customers and learning to pitch […]

In the article, “YOU DECIDE: Cars That Stop Drunk Driving,” (btw, Admin, 2021) I learned that the Biden administration passed an infrastructure package in November of 2021 that had one specific troubling demand: U.S. automakers are required to find a way to stop drunk driving. This has led to the development of different monitoring systems: from having to blow into […]