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Straits Times
2 days ago
- General
- Straits Times
‘Adulting 101': Canadian uni offers classes for Gen Zs to learn basic life skills
Swathes of Gen Z-ers are enrolling in 'Adulting 101' - a course designed to teach students day-to-day life skills. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: PIXABAY Which is harder - coding an app from scratch or grocery shopping? Surprisingly, some Gen Zs might argue it's the latter. Gen Z, or Generation Z, refers to those born between 1997 and 2012 . While some are already full-fledged adults, many say t hey still lack essential life skills. To make up for this, the University of Waterloo, a top-ranked institution in Ontario, Canada, has launched 'Adulting 101' - a course designed to teach students day-to-day life skills. On the university's website, the course description reads: 'From managing your finances, grocery shopping, keeping your laundry whites... white, staying organised - there are a lot of important life skills you might have wished you learned sooner.' It is structured around three key areas: prioritising mental and physical well-being, adapting to new responsibilities, and fostering personal growth. There are no reports on the number of students who have enrolled in the course. 'I don't know how to change a tyre. I don't have a car at all. I don't know how to sew. I don't know how to do a lot of things, other than cooking,' Mr Aldhen Garcia confessed on The Current, a radio programme produced by Canadian news outlet CBC News. The freshman at Canada's Toronto Metropolitan University is among many in his generation who share the struggle of navigating adulthood. But why do young people these days need a crash course on what previous generations might deem common sense? According to experts , overprotective parents who are excessively involved in their children's lives may be partly to blame, reported American news outlet CBS News. Gen Zs are also living with their parents for longer periods, taking on lesser responsibilities as their parents manage the household. This prolong s their adolescence while delaying their development, researcher and psychology professor at San Diego State University Jean Twenge said on The Current. 'Kids are growing up less independent. They're less likely to learn how to do adult things as high school students. Then they get to university, and they still don't know,' she said. Her sentiments were echoed by netizens worldwide. Commenting on CBS' TikTok account, one said: 'If someone is 20 and can't do laundry, personally, I blame it on the parents.' Beyond household chores, financial literacy is also a major concern for many in that generation, and one of the key skills they hope to gain by enrolling in the course. 'Within the school curriculum, I think it is so important that children are taught financial literacy. A lot of stuff involves money,' Mr Garcia said. While some praised the students for recognising their shortcomings and taking steps to improve, others were quick to point out that these skills should be taught earlier on in home economics classes. 'We learned how to sew, cook, use tools and other stuff in school. It is sad they took those classes away,' one user commented. Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Daily Record
3 days ago
- Daily Record
Cops appeal for dashcam footage after car is torched in South Lanarkshire village
The incident in Ashgill is being treated as wilful fireraising. Police are appealing for dashcam footage after a car was torched in a village near Larkhall. At around 3.20am on Saturday, May 10 officers received a report of a car on fire on Rosslyn Road in Ashgill. Emergency services were alerted to the blaze and the fire was extinguished with no reports of any injuries. Police are treating the incident in the South Lanarkshire village as wilful fireraising. Detective Constable Ross Meldrum from Lanarkshire CID said: "We are appealing to anyone that may have saw anything suspicious that night to get in touch. "Anyone with doorbell or dash-cam footage should check to see if they have captured anything. "If you have information, contact 101 quoting reference 0502 of 10 May or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111." *Don't miss the latest headlines from around Lanarkshire. Sign up to our newsletters here. And did you know Lanarkshire Live is on Facebook? Head on over and give us a like and share!
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Super fund's tower of power battles to keep its Collins Street views
The listing has gone to one of 101's tenants, commercial agency JLL, and its agents, Josh Rutman, Piper Dedrick, Nick MacFie and Xander Yeo, are handling the sale. CSC's building manager GPT declined to comment on a price but current values suggest it is likely to be around $20 million. Bourke's back It's not the only city property in play. Now the election is over and interest rates are down, a clutch of freehold CBD properties are on the market, some of them for around their last sale price. At 418-420 Bourke Street, a four-storey building which houses a Peter Jackson outlet on the ground floor is back on the market. It last traded in 2019 for $5.84 million on a skinny 2.81 per cent yield. The 417 square metre building is on a 168 sq m site with rear access to Kirks Lane. Opposite Cbus Property's $1 billion tower at 435 Bourke Street, it comes with a permit to convert the upper levels to three whole floor apartments. Teska Carson agents Matthew Feld and Stephen Speck will take the property to auction on June 27 and are quoting $5 million-plus. Around the corner, a five-storey building at 105 Elizabeth Street has returned swiftly to market which after fetching $7.55 million in an off-market deal in 2024. It goes to auction on July 3. Cushman & Wakefield's Daniel Wolman, Anthony Kirwan and George Davies are quoting around $7 million for the property. Levels one to four are vacant, while the ground floor shop is leased to Coleman's Music. 'There's not many left of these buildings which are empty upstairs,' Kirwan said. 'There's so much potential.' At the eastern end of Bourke Street, a shop and basement at the base of the Quest Hotel at No.151 is for sale for the first time since the hotel was built. The properties were bought in 2000 by the Lesh family who own the Siricco leather goods business. They paid $1.2 million for the 185 sq m shop and $350,000 for the 364 sq m basement. Twenty-five years later, the basement is expected to fetch around $1.2 million and the shop about $3.3 million. Fitzroys agents Chris Kombi, Lewis Waddell and Ben Liu are running the expressions of interest campaign. Retail arcade The North Balwyn Village Arcade, where some tenants have been in place for decades, is up for sale with expectations of more than $8 million. The 1365 sq m two-storey building at 70 Doncaster Road is on an 888 sq m site close to the intersection of Doncaster and Bulleen roads. It was built by the vendors in 1975 and its upper floor was a popular Blue Light Disco for teenagers in the 1980s. Colliers' Tim McIntosh, Alex Browne, James Zhuang and Lucas Soccio have the listing. Meanwhile, leasing deals are also getting done. A Port Douglas-based shop, Tzusk, has leased 131 Toorak Road and will rebrand the boutique as Aniseed Melbourne. The shop is expected to open in mid-2025. Jones Real Estate's Luke Peric did the deal. 'Toorak Road has seen one of the most significant improvements in vacancy rates across Melbourne. It's now sitting at just 4.6 per cent, well below the 20-year average,' Peric said. Fast food There's no shortage of punters keen on fast food, whether it's consuming, investing or redeveloping. A KFC in Waurn Ponds, near the Geelong Ring Road, sold on a super tight 3.5 per cent yield - equating to about $3.1 million - at Stonebridge's portfolio auction last week. The new centre, at 1 Enterprise Way has a new 10-year lease to the Hosking Group. It's on a 1485 sq m site and returns $110,500 a year. Stonebridge's Rorey James and Kevin Tong handled the transaction. Coming up is a fast food magnet in St Albans which includes the first McDonald's to hit the market in years. The new centre at 53 Sunshine Avenue, close to the Ring Road's on and off ramps, was developed by Sydney-based Vernacular Property, which is headed up by ex-Abacus development manager Jaryd Misios. The Maccas is on a 2955 sq m site with a 20-year ground lease plus options. It returns $175,000 a year in rent and is expected to sell for around $5 million. Also up for sale, separately, are its neighbours, cult chicken joint El Jannah and Starbucks. The El Jannah has a 20-year lease with two 15-year options and pays $371,000 in rent. It's expected to fetch around $6.4 million. The Starbucks' 12-year lease returns $251,000 in rent. Its likely sale price is $5 million-ish. Burgess Rawson agents Jamie Perlinger, Beau Coulter, Matthew Wright, Yosh Mendis and Zomart He are handling enquiries. The properties will be sold individually at the next portfolio auction on June 25.
The Age
3 days ago
- Business
- The Age
Super fund's tower of power battles to keep its Collins Street views
The listing has gone to one of 101's tenants, commercial agency JLL, and its agents, Josh Rutman, Piper Dedrick, Nick MacFie and Xander Yeo, are handling the sale. CSC's building manager GPT declined to comment on a price but current values suggest it is likely to be around $20 million. Bourke's back It's not the only city property in play. Now the election is over and interest rates are down, a clutch of freehold CBD properties are on the market, some of them for around their last sale price. At 418-420 Bourke Street, a four-storey building which houses a Peter Jackson outlet on the ground floor is back on the market. It last traded in 2019 for $5.84 million on a skinny 2.81 per cent yield. The 417 square metre building is on a 168 sq m site with rear access to Kirks Lane. Opposite Cbus Property's $1 billion tower at 435 Bourke Street, it comes with a permit to convert the upper levels to three whole floor apartments. Teska Carson agents Matthew Feld and Stephen Speck will take the property to auction on June 27 and are quoting $5 million-plus. Around the corner, a five-storey building at 105 Elizabeth Street has returned swiftly to market which after fetching $7.55 million in an off-market deal in 2024. It goes to auction on July 3. Cushman & Wakefield's Daniel Wolman, Anthony Kirwan and George Davies are quoting around $7 million for the property. Levels one to four are vacant, while the ground floor shop is leased to Coleman's Music. 'There's not many left of these buildings which are empty upstairs,' Kirwan said. 'There's so much potential.' At the eastern end of Bourke Street, a shop and basement at the base of the Quest Hotel at No.151 is for sale for the first time since the hotel was built. The properties were bought in 2000 by the Lesh family who own the Siricco leather goods business. They paid $1.2 million for the 185 sq m shop and $350,000 for the 364 sq m basement. Twenty-five years later, the basement is expected to fetch around $1.2 million and the shop about $3.3 million. Fitzroys agents Chris Kombi, Lewis Waddell and Ben Liu are running the expressions of interest campaign. Retail arcade The North Balwyn Village Arcade, where some tenants have been in place for decades, is up for sale with expectations of more than $8 million. The 1365 sq m two-storey building at 70 Doncaster Road is on an 888 sq m site close to the intersection of Doncaster and Bulleen roads. It was built by the vendors in 1975 and its upper floor was a popular Blue Light Disco for teenagers in the 1980s. Colliers' Tim McIntosh, Alex Browne, James Zhuang and Lucas Soccio have the listing. Meanwhile, leasing deals are also getting done. A Port Douglas-based shop, Tzusk, has leased 131 Toorak Road and will rebrand the boutique as Aniseed Melbourne. The shop is expected to open in mid-2025. Jones Real Estate's Luke Peric did the deal. 'Toorak Road has seen one of the most significant improvements in vacancy rates across Melbourne. It's now sitting at just 4.6 per cent, well below the 20-year average,' Peric said. Fast food There's no shortage of punters keen on fast food, whether it's consuming, investing or redeveloping. A KFC in Waurn Ponds, near the Geelong Ring Road, sold on a super tight 3.5 per cent yield - equating to about $3.1 million - at Stonebridge's portfolio auction last week. The new centre, at 1 Enterprise Way has a new 10-year lease to the Hosking Group. It's on a 1485 sq m site and returns $110,500 a year. Stonebridge's Rorey James and Kevin Tong handled the transaction. Coming up is a fast food magnet in St Albans which includes the first McDonald's to hit the market in years. The new centre at 53 Sunshine Avenue, close to the Ring Road's on and off ramps, was developed by Sydney-based Vernacular Property, which is headed up by ex-Abacus development manager Jaryd Misios. The Maccas is on a 2955 sq m site with a 20-year ground lease plus options. It returns $175,000 a year in rent and is expected to sell for around $5 million. Also up for sale, separately, are its neighbours, cult chicken joint El Jannah and Starbucks. The El Jannah has a 20-year lease with two 15-year options and pays $371,000 in rent. It's expected to fetch around $6.4 million. The Starbucks' 12-year lease returns $251,000 in rent. Its likely sale price is $5 million-ish. Burgess Rawson agents Jamie Perlinger, Beau Coulter, Matthew Wright, Yosh Mendis and Zomart He are handling enquiries. The properties will be sold individually at the next portfolio auction on June 25.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Cisco widow donates bee suits to fire department following her husbands passing in bee attack
EASTLAND, Texas () – On Sunday, April 27, Cyd Daniel from Cisco lost her husband, Steve, to a bee attack while he was out mowing their property in Eastland. One month later, she is still dedicated to spreading education, enhancing safety in outdoor activities, and supporting the first responders who are on the scene during emergencies. Daniel invited KTAB/KRBC to join her and a group of small-town residents as they visited the Eastland Fire Department (EFD) to express their gratitude to the firefighters and present a donation that has a direct, practical application. 'I think we've got a good group of men over there. And I think they deserve protection…If you help the Fire Department, it helps all of us,' Daniel said. On Tuesday evening, Daniel and members of other local communities showed up at EFD with two high-quality beekeeping suits in hand. Daniel said that a man from Dallas had heard about her family's loss through her daughter. That man was asking how he could help Daniel out. 'He said, 'I'd like to help your mom some. Does she want, like, a donation to cancer?' No, he didn't have cancer, and I didn't want a tree planted… But then I thought, well, in memory of Steve,' said Daniel. Eastland woman speaking out after husband was killed by swarming bees With a donation of $500 from that man, Daniel ordered two beekeeping suits for $250 a piece. Daniel said she wanted to make sure they were high-quality suits with ventilation for the firefighters' sake. She was also adamant that they receive at least two, so that whoever is responding to an incident would have some backup help as well. Eastland Fire Chief Sam Williams said that if the group had only come to thank the department, that would have been enough. So, the addition of the beekeeping suits was extremely appreciated. Williams is saying that most small-town fire departments often depend on the generosity of the community to meet their needs. 'The public has no idea how much that means to myself and our volunteers when we get that pat on the back… To provide the services we provide, we depend very heavily on donations… With those suits on the rig, we can adapt to a situation and not be limited from entering a situation where we might need to assist someone,' Williams said. Daniel hopes their donation will inspire others nationwide to connect with first responders in their communities and address their needs. In the interest of education, Abilene Beekeeper and Hive removal specialist Crissy Ward of the Texas Beekeepers Association would like to inform the public that a Beekeeping 101 course will be available on June 21 in Abilene. In that course, you can learn about beekeeping safety and the biological traits that make up a hive. Registration for that class is available now through the Texas Beekeepers Association website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
