CommonCents Fun Facts About Dr. Suess! His real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel and he was born in Springfield, Missouri on March 2, 1902. He published 43 children’s books, including Horton Hears a Who! (1954), The Cat in the Hat (1957), How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957), Green Eggs and Ham (1960), and The Lorax (1971). Mulberry Street made famous in Dr. Seuss’ first children’s book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street!, is less than a mile southwest of his boyhood home. During World War II, he published more than 400 political cartoons criticizing Hitler and Mussolini. Dr. Seuss’s honors include two Academy awards, two Emmy awards, a Peabody award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize. Suess pronounced his name to rhyme with “voice”, not the way most people prononce it to rhyme with “juice”. He died of oral cancer on September 24, 1991, at the age of 87. for Kids & Teens! SHELBY COUNTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION’S NCUA Your savings federal insured to at least $250,000 and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States Government National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency Check out our website @ ShelbyCountyCU.com MARCH 2015 NEWSLETTER Top Dream Jobs for Kids! What do you want to be when you grow up? Most kids are dreaming of jobs that will pro- vide excitement, fame, money and an ability to do something good for others. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, here is the top 15 careers kids are dreaming of and the average paycheck that goes with each job. Astronaut $64,724 to $141,715 Musician $31.94/hour Teacher $30,750 - $57,770 Actor $35.97/hour Dancer $20.04/hour, $41,680/year Firefighter $47,850 Police Officer $57,770 Writer $68,420 Detective $50,780 - $77,860 Athlete $75,760 Veternarian $93,250 Scientist $77,620 - $114,150 Pilot $80,140 - $111,960 Lawyer $130,880 Doctor $190,060
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CommonCentsFun Facts
About Dr. Suess!
His real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel
and he was born in Springfield, Missouri
on March 2, 1902.
He published 43 children’s books,
including Horton Hears a Who! (1954),
The Cat in the Hat (1957),
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957),
Green Eggs and Ham (1960), and
The Lorax (1971).
Mulberry Street made famous in Dr.
Seuss’ first children’s book And to Think
That I Saw It on Mulberry Street!, is less
than a mile southwest of his boyhood
home.
During World War II, he published more
than 400 political cartoons criticizing
Hitler and Mussolini.
Dr. Seuss’s honors include two Academy
awards, two Emmy awards, a Peabody
award, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal,
and the Pulitzer Prize.
Suess pronounced his name to rhyme
with “voice”, not the way most people
prononce it to rhyme with “juice”.
He died of oral cancer on September 24,
1991, at the age of 87.
for Kids & Teens!
SHELBY COUNTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION’S
NCUAYour savings federal insured to at least $250,000 and backed
by the full faith and credit of the United States Government
National Credit Union Administration, a U.S. Government Agency
Check out our website @ ShelbyCountyCU.com
MARCH 2015 NEWSLETTER
Top Dream Jobs for Kids!What do you want to be when you grow up? Most kids are dreaming of jobs that will pro-vide excitement, fame, money and an ability to do something good for others. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, here is the top 15 careers kids are dreaming of and the average paycheck that goes with each job.
Astronaut$64,724 to $141,715
Musician$31.94/hour
Teacher$30,750 - $57,770
Actor$35.97/hour
Dancer$20.04/hour, $41,680/year
Firefighter$47,850
Police Officer$57,770
Writer$68,420
Detective$50,780 - $77,860
Athlete$75,760
Veternarian$93,250
Scientist$77,620 - $114,150
Pilot$80,140 - $111,960
Lawyer$130,880
Doctor$190,060
NO EXCUSES!NEVER TEXT AND DRIVE!
It can wait.A texting driver is 23 times more likely to get into a
crash than a non-texting driver. The average text takes a driver’s eyes off the road for nearly five seconds.
When traveling at 55mph, that’s enough time to cover the length of a football field. Texting while driving is
essentially driving blind.
How Did Credit Unions Start?In 1846, major crop failure and famine hit Germany. To help families in need
of food, an attorney named Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch organized a coop-
eratively-owned mill and bakery that sold bread to its members at substan-
tial savings. Schulze-Delitzsch took this cooperative notion to address the
needs of credit, too. In 1850, he organized the first cooperative credit society,
known as the people’s bank. Instead of having to borrow money from banks
at high interest or from seedy loan sharks, the co-op showed that people
could have a better standard of living by pooling their savings and making
loans to neighbors and co-workers.
The first credit union in the U.S. opened in 1908 in Massachussets to provide
credit to working class families. During the 1920s, credit unions became
increasingly popular. Families had more money to save and could afford
products like automobiles and washing machines. They, however, needed
a source of inexpensive credit to purchase these goods. The popularity of
credit unions grew because commercial banks and savings institutions
generally showed limited interested in offering such consumer loans.
Today there are 100 million Americans who are members of credit unions!
Screen Time LimitsScreen time is the amount of time you spend using video games, tele-
visions, smart phones, computers and other devices with screens. The
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) reports that many kids in the
U.S. average 7 hours of screen time per day! That’s two entire days each
week! That’s almost a third of an entire year, each year. Yikes! Neu-
roscientist Daniel Levitin explains that screen time, especially when it
involves little snippets of your attention like when you text or are on
Facebook, can be an actual addiction, making it extremely difficult to
set limits for yourself. The parts of your brain that seek novelty (some-
thing new and shiny) enjoys it (really, really enjoys it) ... so much so that
it triggers a chemical in your brain sending a signal that it keeps want-
ing more. That’s tough to overcome. That’s why most of us like to keep
checking our email, texts, and see what’s new on social The AAP recom-
mends no more than an hour or two every day. And none for children
under the age of two. To have a healthy lifestyle, it really is important to
pay attention to your screen time usage and to set limits.
The government of Taiwan just passed a new law that will fine parents up to $1,500 if their kids are using too