Today will always be a day remembered not for P&W interviews, a great panini at Pazzo's in Glastonbury, or the outburst of political and social rhetoric at dinner, but for my first EX in business school. Intro to Corporation Law, or LHC 517, grades came out today and can be chalked up in the 'good news' column. Apparently the exam went well and I carried the momentum from our group assignment into the final marks with an excellent. Hooray!
Lots to think about as dinner conversation turned to climate change and social impact, but I'm an optimist and I highly doubt that a nation of engineers and tinkerers will stand idly by as petroleum prices rise to double and then triple digits. Cars will run on the moisture in the air before engineers will pay $179.999 for 18 miles of automotive travel. And what of the socio-economic hierarchy in the United States? Will we move towards a lower average SES driven from the service industries? I found this dubious; we may shift towards the service sector but manufacturing will be the foundation of these. Who does service service if nobody is lower than them on the food chain? I find it unrealistic that an importer would be the lowest member of the pyramid.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006