How the Earn and Learn Alternative to Higher Education Will Create a Stronger and Fairer America
384 pages
14 hours of reading
The modern apprenticeship system is at the forefront of Ryan Craig's exploration in Apprentice Nation, highlighting its potential to enhance career prospects for students and job seekers. By emphasizing the benefits of earning while learning, the book advocates for increased economic opportunity, workforce diversity, and geographic mobility. Craig's insights aim to reshape perceptions of education and work, positioning apprenticeships as a vital path to success in today's economy.
What makes someone a playwright? How do their identities and ideas interweave and co-exist? What permanent truths can we discern from examining existing texts? How can we write theatre that encapsulates the contemporary moment? How do we develop an idea from the embryonic impulse to a full and robust piece of theatre? In this fresh, lively and often very funny book, playwright Ryan Craig makes a case for the vitality of playwriting in our contemporary world and offers a way into writing those plays. From the very first moment of the process, as you sit in a coffee shop, staring at your 'laptop yawning open like some big, gormless mouth, the screen a flickering blank', to seeing your play staged and reviewed, the author takes you through the complete journey. Drawing on his own experience of writing for theatres such as the National, Hampstead and Tricycle and Menier Chocolate Factory, TV drama scripts for BBC, ITV and Channel Four, radio plays and adaptation, as well as commercial theatre, the author explores what practical tools the dramatist can use to write plays that build bridges between us. Full of practical advice for the aspiring - and practising - playwright, this book is also an important call-to-arms for playwrights everywhere, arguing for its necessity in the context of an increasingly fractured, distracted, disconnected world.
The book delves into the changing landscape of education, highlighting innovative alternatives to the conventional four-year degree. It provides insights into various pathways, emphasizing accessibility and the importance of adapting to modern workforce demands. Through expert analysis, it encourages readers to consider diverse educational options that can lead to fulfilling careers without the traditional degree route.
The biography highlights the remarkable achievements of John Paul Stapp, an air force doctor whose groundbreaking research on seatbelts and ejection seats significantly improved vehicle safety. Stapp's daring experiments, including being propelled at incredible speeds on a rocket sled, garnered national attention and contributed to revolutionary changes in automobile and aircraft design. The book not only chronicles Stapp's thrilling exploits but also explores the broader historical context of America's transition into the Jet Age and the ensuing battles for car safety legislation.
The book explores the challenges facing higher education in the United States, highlighting the competitive landscape presented by global universities and the rise of MOOCs. It critiques the reliance on the "four Rs"—rankings, research, real estate, and sports—that benefit elite institutions while offering little value to the majority of students. The narrative addresses the predictions of disruption in the industry and questions the sustainability of traditional college models in light of these evolving dynamics.
A few years after his release from a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp in
1973 Colonel Joseph Kittinger retired from the Air Force. Restless and
unchallenged, he turned to ballooning, a life-long passion as well as a
constant diversion for his imagination during his imprisonment. This
autobiography documents his astonishing career.
Written by one of Poland's leading playwrights, Tadeusz Slobodzianek. Based on
a tragic, historic event that happened in the town of Jedwabne , Poland in
1941, Our Class chronicles the lives of ten classmates from their childhood in
the 1920s to the beginning of the new millennium. Translated by Ryan Craig
