Welcome to the 2nd edition of I’m happy fish Blog Carnival - part 1. I separated this issue into two parts becauce of the great amount of posts received, so that you won’t be overwhelmed by too many articles to read in one time, and miss out any good one. Here we go.

John Wesley presents Here’s a Tip: Start Thinking for Yourself posted at Pick the Brain: People love tips. A list of tips is the easiest way to make the front page of Digg, attract dozens of back links, and acquire hordes of RSS subscribers. The tips don’t even need to be new or insightful, they just need to make sense and cover an interesting topic. Who doesn’t enjoy useful information in an easily digestible format?

The problem with tips is that they’re too delicious. People become obsessed with prepackaged information nuggets and stop thinking for themselves. When an article focuses on theory, no matter how brilliant it is, people complain that the information isn’t “useful”. The definition of “useful” has become so narrow that it only includes information that applies directly to a concrete problem. This reluctance to master and apply conceptual knowledge is a symptom of intellectual laziness …

Terry McClary presents Honesty is the best policy posted at Mind Of A Mom: To be honest is a goal of many. The question is what defines honesty to you. The best policy, in my opinion, is honesty to yourself. Does that mean that you must never tell a little white lie to protect someone? Of course not. Why? Because before telling that little lie you asked yourself what was more important to you protecting a person you care about or the exact and bitter truth. If you were honest with yourself the answer is clear…protecting the other person. …

GP presents The Journey is the Quest posted at Fish Creek House - INNside Innkeeping saying, “If someone asked us why we spend our lives with horses, we would say, “Because I must”. To love horses is to pursue a quest for an elusive form of love. The challenges and rewards are difficult to define to another person unless they share the same quest. Our experiences with horses can be equal parts elation, frustration, confusion, and redemption. Yet the pursuit is fulfilling, and gives us a sense of purpose.” …

Mike Estep PhD presents Learning to Do by Teaching posted at Mike Estep.com, saying, “Our society (United States) places much value on education. This is evident in legal mandatory education of children under 18 through public, private, or home schooling. It is also evident in the encouragement of high school students to attend college or trade schools after graduation. In several of my previous articles, I give opinions on negative aspects of education in our society and things that I feel should be improved. However, I believe the pursuit of acquiring knowledge and developing skills is a noble one. This is whether a person is seeking such improvement through formal academic avenues, doing it on their own, or both.

I’ve spent a great deal of time in schooling as a student and teacher in both music and computing sciences/technology. During this time, I’ve tried to observe, study, and create areas that could improve my students’ or my own learning. One of the very best ways I’ve found of putting knowledge into action is teaching.” …

FitBuff presents 5 Tips to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy posted at FitBuff.com’s Total Mind and Body Fitness Blog, saying, “Kids are notoriously picky eaters. If it doesn’t come in a box with a cute cartoon character promoting it, then they probably aren’t interested. It’s important to get your children to develop healthy eating habits early on, without having to force them to reluctantly choke down something they don’t enjoy. In fact, making them eat certain foods could backfire, leading to binge snacking when you’re not looking and/or having a bad association with a certain food for the rest of their life.” …

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