When Erika Doe* chose to dual major in elementary and special education, professors and advisers told her that she was basically guaranteed a job. But after graduating during the Great Recession from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, she spent the next four years scraping by as an occasional substitute teacher. Even worse, her student loans ballooned into the six digits as she struggled to make payments.
POV THIS FAILURE EXPERT EXPLAINS WHY PEOPLE ARE FINALLY LEARNING TO LOSE
Leticia Gasca is the co-founder and former director of FuckUp Nights, an events series where entrepreneurs share stories of failure. She also runs a think tank called The Failure Institute.
Nils von Heijne, serial digital entrepreneur, is standing in front of a hundred people, describing how he failed in three different business attempts. First, he risked his own money, then he killed his own business. In his third attempt? He lost the money of others. When he finished speaking, he received a standing ovation from the audience. He was lauded as courageous and smart — a man who would tell his own story of failure publicly.
Congressman Among Victims of Virginia Shooting
FBI agents are investigating an early-morning shooting in Washington’s Virginia suburbs, where a shooter — now in custody — opened fire, wounding House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and Congressional aides. Scalise sustained a non-life-threatening hip wound as he practiced for Thursday’s annual Congressional charity baseball game.
Trump Visits Scalise as Shootings Revive Gun Debate
Will it ever stop? After two mass shootings Wednesday, Americans were again faced with the issue of gun violence. An attack in Virginia left Majority Whip Steve Scalise critically wounded, while San Francisco was left to wonder why a UPS employee was able to kill three colleagues with an assault pistol.
HOW THESE NEW PLANES WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE FLY
Hey, beleaguered air travelers, ready for some good news? How does this sound? Fly on TAP Portugal Airlines nonstop from Providence, Rhode Island, to Porto in the heart of the Iberian Peninsula’s answer to Napa Valley. Or how about Hartford, Connecticut, to Edinburgh, Scotland, nonstop on Norwegian Airlines? Or would you prefer to jet straight from Islip, New York, to Shannon, Ireland, via that ultimate budget-travel provocateur, Ryanair? The kicker: Some one-way tickets might cost as little as $65.
YOUR SUMMER EUROTRIP NEEDS SLOVENIA'S PICTURE-PERFECT ALPINE TOWN
When the morning mist burns off, the Gothic Church of the Assumption, perched atop tiny Bled Island, emerges from Lake Bled like some kind of mythical freshwater creature surfacing to breathe. It’s an inspiring sight, which Iztok Čop, a Slovenian gold medalist rower who’s competed in five Olympics, has seen on “his home lake” many times, he says.
THIS PIZZA IS MADE WITH COW STOMACH … AND IT’S DELICIOUS
One of the things I miss most about living in Argentina is the twice or thrice weekly asados (barbecues). But it’s not the huge hunks of heavily salted beef that I hanker after the most. Instead, it’s the memory of a wacky pizza made by my good friend Mario Edgardo Navarro that really gets me salivating. The toppings are classic: mozzarella, fresh tomatoes, oregano. The base, not so much.