DO Good Grades Predict Success??

After reading an article, Do Good Grades Predict Success, as posted by Stephen J. Dubnar on the blog "Freakanomics", in which Dubnar addresses the fact that good grades throughout school cannot ensure success, I began to think about the subject myself. Although one may have great grades throughout school, is does not prevent them from ending up homeless or flipping burgers at McDonald's. At the same time, one could not have the best grades or even fail a few classes, but still turn out to be a big shot. Let's take Albert Einstein for an example. Everyone knows who he is, he discovered major scientific ideals, and failed Latin in grade school, which goes to show that grades don't mean you're a success or a failure. I am certainly not implying, however, that one does not need to care about their grades for, also stated in the article, persistence is one of the main things one should learn out of failure. If one does not endure the strife of making and maintaing the grade in a subject where they are not strong, then what can one endure in modern society, where everything is fast-paced and people are willing to step on you to get the extra $100 at the end of the month?

Stock Market

Just to let everyone know, in case you didn't find already, the stock market took a big fall today. It was worse than in 1987 and during the Great Depression, due to the fact that the House did not pass the bailout bill. I don't want to rewrite the article I read, so here is the link:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wall_street

A Response to "Should Moviegoers Pay for Good Seats" posted by Daniel Hamermesh

Well, after reading this article, i made some connections between class and the real world. It would seem to me that prices for movie seats are pretty inelastic, based on the information provided. The fact that those seats in the front, although they cost less, are still empty shows that people are willing to pay any price for a good seat. As for my opinion, I am not spilt in my opinion. Some movies i go to see with my friends for something to do on Saturday night are not ones that i would really want to pay a higher price for just to sit in a decent seat. But as for other movies, I would pay good money to sit in a great seat. For example, when my dad and i wanted to go see The Dark Knight on opening night, we waited in line and sat in our seats for an hour before the movie began, just so we could seat in a good seat. If I could have paid a few dollars more to just buy good tickets and not have to sit there for an hour, I would have.

So, here is my blog

yep, so i have a blog now. i am going to be using it for economics, but i will probably end up putting other stuff here to like stuff i find about the election and other things i find importnat.
so ya, here is my blog