"The magic of compound interest."

"People who understand compound interest are destined to earn it, and those who don't are destined to pay it."

Ooooh. Good one. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for....

Creating a high school curriculum that would make Da Vinci wince?

Oh, and since the edit time is expired on my first contribution to this, I finally remembered what I really forgot:

Learn to sketch. If you have absolutely no artistic talent, at least learn mechanical drafting. By hand, not CAD.

Thanx !
I wanted to know.....

The one thing no-one mentioned, yet is a neccessary "skill" to master for every guy is putting on a condom correctly <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />. Yep, they're more than just water carriers gents <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Not knowing and you will end up splitting it. Which can ruin your day...if not you life!! IMPORTANT

As with everything practice makes perfect <img src="/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

Wow definetly want to attempt this plan as soon as I have a regular income after my study!!

I found the whole thread captivating for a teenager...esspecially this!! Cheers <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I wish I would have paid attention when I was younger, when I was told these things:

- Those that understand interest, earn it; those that do not understand interest, pay it.
- An education is expensive no matter where you earn it. (Pay for college, or pay for your mistakes.)
- Gambining is a penalty tax for those that do not understand math or statistics.
- The hardest job you'll ever have, is trying to look busy.

Scout Vespers

Softly falls the light of day,
As our campfire fades away.
Silently each Scout should ask,
"Have I done my daily task?
Have I kept my honor bright?
Can I guiltless sleep tonight?
Have I done and have I dared,
Everything to be Prepared?"

Currently working in a juvenile treatment / detention facility, I wish, <truely> that I could bestow upon all the kids that I encounter, all of what you have said. It is not the resistance of the kids that is the most difficult to penetrate, it is the parents. <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Sell it to the kids as a way to make thier parents annoyed, and the judge happy? Win-win situation from thier perspective. :P

On a more serious note, WHY do most parents object to thier kids learning stuff? I don't get it. I admit it, I was raised in a pretty regulation loose household, but most of my friends weren't. Is it that most parents are scared of thier kids being better than them? I thought that was the whole point, continous product improvement.

I deal which college kids all day. It shocks and horrifies me the sheer number of them that don't know anything other than some computer knowledge, and even that is pretty much just rote learning and games.

Parents, what's up with this? Teachers, am I just alone in my observation? Or just really jaded?