My name is Chris Baecker. Welcome to my website of all things daughters, economics, politics & metal ... because naturally, they all go together. My primary goal here is to educate in the way of economics & politics. The daughters & metal are my decoration.
My main avenues of educating are to my girls, to my class & to the public. I have 4 young daughters. Doesn't seem right that I should try to educate people outside my home if my own go astray. It has to start with them. They are my little investments in society.
My next most important avenue is my junior college class. I teach micro- & macroeconomics. I got tired of people taking too much economic illiteracy into the voting booth, and this is the perfect level for me. Teaching eco majors at a university would be more preaching to the choir, while in high school it might very well be forgotten. I want to reach those who aren't majoring in it.
Another reason I started teaching was because it seemed like debating on Facebook was a dead-end. Regardless if it was the aforementioned choir or naysayers, they all seemed to be set in their ways (at this age, I get it). Things are a little different out there these days. I've also added a Twitter account, and occasionally when it's not out of place, I'll throw something up on LinkedIn.
I like to tell my class that I haven't always been into this subject. The first time I took it, at Victoria College, in 1991ish, I made a D. I was too concerned with the ladies & Mr. Talley's uneven sideburns (how do you get that wrong??). I earned my bachelors in accounting from UT-Dallas in 1996. I didn't become interested in economics until George W. Bush started pushing his $1.35T tax cut. The right was speaking out for it, while the left denounced it. I figure someone wasn't being truthful with me. So I started grad school a couple years later, and earned my masters in economics from UTSA in 2006.
My current day job finds me managing the fixed assets for great company called Pioneer Energy Services. I've been here almost 8 years.
My main avenues of educating are to my girls, to my class & to the public. I have 4 young daughters. Doesn't seem right that I should try to educate people outside my home if my own go astray. It has to start with them. They are my little investments in society.
My next most important avenue is my junior college class. I teach micro- & macroeconomics. I got tired of people taking too much economic illiteracy into the voting booth, and this is the perfect level for me. Teaching eco majors at a university would be more preaching to the choir, while in high school it might very well be forgotten. I want to reach those who aren't majoring in it.
Another reason I started teaching was because it seemed like debating on Facebook was a dead-end. Regardless if it was the aforementioned choir or naysayers, they all seemed to be set in their ways (at this age, I get it). Things are a little different out there these days. I've also added a Twitter account, and occasionally when it's not out of place, I'll throw something up on LinkedIn.
I like to tell my class that I haven't always been into this subject. The first time I took it, at Victoria College, in 1991ish, I made a D. I was too concerned with the ladies & Mr. Talley's uneven sideburns (how do you get that wrong??). I earned my bachelors in accounting from UT-Dallas in 1996. I didn't become interested in economics until George W. Bush started pushing his $1.35T tax cut. The right was speaking out for it, while the left denounced it. I figure someone wasn't being truthful with me. So I started grad school a couple years later, and earned my masters in economics from UTSA in 2006.
My current day job finds me managing the fixed assets for great company called Pioneer Energy Services. I've been here almost 8 years.