Subj : Re: Drones
To : Bob Worm #81
From : Weatherman
Date : Tue Dec 24 2024 02:16 pm
BW> It would be a start to educate them how interest works. A couple of years
BW> ago I was shocked when a grown adult told me about the startling
BW> revelation he'd had: did I know that when they say a mortgage is 2.5%
BW> interest, that means 2.5% PER YEAR and not just at the end? He really
BW> thought you could borrow a couple of hundred grand for 30 years and sling
BW> 'em 2.5% for the pleasure.
Yes, those kids that never learned those life skills end up being adults with
no life skills unless they figure it out on their own. Good old compounding
interest.
BW> I was just telling someone the other day how completely pointless the
BW> careers advice was when I was in school. They told me I should be a
BW> systems analyst, I had no idea what it was (neither did they). My wife
BW> and I both did university and seemingly both just because that's what was
BW> expected if you did OK in school, I think it was a matter of pride for my
BW> parents' generation to have their offspring go to university. My wife and
BW> I both said it was mostly pointless and we'd only send our son if there
BW> was a clear vocational need for it... so naturally he has decided he
BW> wants to be a blooming dentist now. Yay.
For whatever strange reason, I had figured out many potential careers paths at
an early age. None of them involved college as I saw the ability to make
plenty of money without it. Not to mention, bypass many that did go the
college route.
It obviously is an individual decision, but a good deal of thought should go
into it as to not waste money on a dead end path. Dentist is a good path.
- Mark
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