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Entry #5 Higher Education, Higher Median Pay

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  It seems as that as the years go by less and less of high school graduates in the Maricopa County attempt to pursue higher education. Whether it be from the lack of motivation or the cost of enrolling into classes. Student always being told to pursue higher educations to have a better chance at obtaining high paying jobs. Although, many would see this as waste of time and resource. There is valuable data that shows having a Bachelor’s, graduate, and professional degree leads to higher incomes. This is explained by the Madeleine Parrish , in the article Earnings potential goes up a lot for Arizonans with college degrees. Here's how much , by saying that those with a bachelor’s degree will see their “ median earnings jump to $65,791.” As shown here by the data table she displays on her article. Even many don’t wish to continue their education in college it be wise for them to at least pressure certificates. In the article Ducey: Why Arizona needs more college grads , Governer D...

Entry #4 Pokémon Scalper turned Stalker

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Some might remember the consumers’ craze to buy toilets, eggs, sanitizers, and baby products during the COVID pandemic. After that, some would find those reselling the product for a significant price hike. Otherwise known as scalping, the action of buying demanding products and selling for a profit. Vann Vicente , a How-To Geek article publisher, states, “Scalpers often take advantage of scarcity, purchasing items with limited availability and high demand.” This trend has been growing, especially in the Pokémon Trading Card Game community. Those in the community have seen a surge in Pokémon sets going out of stock the second they are released. Making it difficult for those who were eagerly waiting to pick up the newest set. Many thought this hassle would have been alleviated with the introduction of the local vending machines that sold Pokémon card box sets. This, in turn, only made things worse as many would encounter scalpers buying up the entire stock and leaving nothi...

Entry #3 Delusional Success

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  Imagine Games Network, otherwise known as IGN , is a gaming journalism website. One that has been coming into a lot of backlash with how they have been reviewing games recently. A great example of this would be with the recent release of Ubisoft’s newest game, Assassin’s Creed Shadows . A video game series that was known for being faithful to the culture and history of the time period they are portraying. While taking some liberty to create their own story with events that never happened. The IGN article “ Assassin’s Creed Shadows Hits 2 Million Players 2 Days After Release, Ubisoft Says It’s Now Surpassed Origins and Odyssey Launches ” written by Wesley Yin-Poole , states that “It has a ‘very positive’ user review rating, with 81% of over 6,000 user reviews marked as positive.” Though he fails to mention that Steam will only show reviews from consumers who have bought the game directly from their store page. Not to mention that this is only 10% of the current player base on ...