There’s a fair number of (mostly ignored) requests to link and/or ‘write about us’ emailsreceived by sticK.
However Tony Shin tweaked an interest in the subject line, ‘A quick question about InstantGratification’.
He in turn linked through to the following link (see
Without giving the eight pages away, the underlying message of the effect of the internet’sinstant gratification is that the desire for speedy information has made Americans (but read all ofus) impatient for just about everything.
Well, OK, here’s three statistics (and all their sources, and the other facts are referenced atthe end of the graphic) that should give us pause for thought.
Tony Shin’s also done me the favour of pointing out
Onlinegraduateprograms describes itself as “devoted to providing a detailed understanding ofall aspects of graduate education”.
The site’s well worth a fossick around. Its mandate is beyond the ‘bums on seats’ businessmodel of most universities.
In other words, it has plenty of interesting stuff you probably didn’t know about. See if youcan resist