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Hi, I’m an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Graduate

1Aug

By Dexter Phillip-KhaneNo Comments

Hi, I’m an International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Graduate

As a result of the Trump Administration plan to cut back in education. I'd like to take a moment to share my educational journey thus far. Everything I learned, academically, from since I could remember up until the tenth grade was utterly destroyed in a matter of a couple weeks. I was chosen to be apart of the IB program and in its first two weeks what I thought I knew about education, academics, and being a A student quickly changed. The International Baccalaureate® (IB) Diploma Programme (DP) is for students aged 16-19. It is not for lazy students, at all. There was about three students that took AP (advance placement) courses and by some circumstance also took a few IB courses. They said it was “10 times harder.” I took it because I heard 33 free college credits and oh boy- did I f...

Capital One Data Breach

Capital One once again is suffering from a data breach. Between March 22 and 23, Paige Thompson a software engineer, hacked into Capital One servers through a faulty security glitch. According to the bank the following information was lifted in the hack, Thompson was able to obtain "140,000 Social Security numbers, 1 million Canadian Social Insurance numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers, in addition to an undisclosed number of people's names, addresses, credit scores, credit limits, balances, and other information." This information is according to the bank and the US Department of Justice. More than 100 million people in the United States and Canada were affected. If you are a Capital One customer do not throw caution to the wind. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION!

OH NO AMTRAK, WHAT IS YOU DOING BABY?

AMTRAK is making headlines yet again. In my last rant I said I was going to start a, "your turn" movement, but thanks to Amtrak I need to start a," I'm tired" movement. WHAT IS SAFE ANYMORE? I live in NYC, so by far, I'm already traumatized by public transportation so all of these incidents are making me feel like private transit is even worse. She might not die from rat encounters but ride Amtrak; Noella Fe says," She has to fear for her life. Two hours ago another Amtrak train crashed in South Carolina leaving two dead and over 90 people injured. CNN reports that the two people dead are in fact Amtrak employees. News outlets said that the Amtrak train had a collision with a freight train. These crashes are beyond absurd; the freight train was stationary(meaning the dam freight train ...