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May 14, 2009 at 12:07 AM #399461May 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM #398795
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Yes, it was just to bring a fresh perspective to kids have to start school at 3. Sure, we cant replicate most of it since there is one only language spoken by all students there. The point is that teaching is very valued, so all the schools in Finland are homogenous in a good sense, they are all “Carmel Valley schools”. [/quote]
I guess we both are saying the same thing then. Those who value education will do well in school and those who don’t won’t. When you value education, you’ll value teachers. I’m sure teachers at well performing schools get valued just like the teachers in Finland. But since they have a voucher system, if the school sucks and the teachers suck, the parents have the ability to move their kids to a better school. So, not all teachers are valued, only the good ones. That sounds quite capitalistic to me.May 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM #399047Participant[quote=equalizer]
Yes, it was just to bring a fresh perspective to kids have to start school at 3. Sure, we cant replicate most of it since there is one only language spoken by all students there. The point is that teaching is very valued, so all the schools in Finland are homogenous in a good sense, they are all “Carmel Valley schools”. [/quote]
I guess we both are saying the same thing then. Those who value education will do well in school and those who don’t won’t. When you value education, you’ll value teachers. I’m sure teachers at well performing schools get valued just like the teachers in Finland. But since they have a voucher system, if the school sucks and the teachers suck, the parents have the ability to move their kids to a better school. So, not all teachers are valued, only the good ones. That sounds quite capitalistic to me.May 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM #399277Participant[quote=equalizer]
Yes, it was just to bring a fresh perspective to kids have to start school at 3. Sure, we cant replicate most of it since there is one only language spoken by all students there. The point is that teaching is very valued, so all the schools in Finland are homogenous in a good sense, they are all “Carmel Valley schools”. [/quote]
I guess we both are saying the same thing then. Those who value education will do well in school and those who don’t won’t. When you value education, you’ll value teachers. I’m sure teachers at well performing schools get valued just like the teachers in Finland. But since they have a voucher system, if the school sucks and the teachers suck, the parents have the ability to move their kids to a better school. So, not all teachers are valued, only the good ones. That sounds quite capitalistic to me.May 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM #399334Participant[quote=equalizer]
Yes, it was just to bring a fresh perspective to kids have to start school at 3. Sure, we cant replicate most of it since there is one only language spoken by all students there. The point is that teaching is very valued, so all the schools in Finland are homogenous in a good sense, they are all “Carmel Valley schools”. [/quote]
I guess we both are saying the same thing then. Those who value education will do well in school and those who don’t won’t. When you value education, you’ll value teachers. I’m sure teachers at well performing schools get valued just like the teachers in Finland. But since they have a voucher system, if the school sucks and the teachers suck, the parents have the ability to move their kids to a better school. So, not all teachers are valued, only the good ones. That sounds quite capitalistic to me.May 14, 2009 at 12:21 AM #399481Participant[quote=equalizer]
Yes, it was just to bring a fresh perspective to kids have to start school at 3. Sure, we cant replicate most of it since there is one only language spoken by all students there. The point is that teaching is very valued, so all the schools in Finland are homogenous in a good sense, they are all “Carmel Valley schools”. [/quote]
I guess we both are saying the same thing then. Those who value education will do well in school and those who don’t won’t. When you value education, you’ll value teachers. I’m sure teachers at well performing schools get valued just like the teachers in Finland. But since they have a voucher system, if the school sucks and the teachers suck, the parents have the ability to move their kids to a better school. So, not all teachers are valued, only the good ones. That sounds quite capitalistic to me.May 14, 2009 at 7:43 AM #398845Rt.66
ParticipantI can see the MSM headlines:
Government efforts to put a bottom under housing prices are failing in large part due to a movement across the nation to bring housing prices into truly affordable ranges by oddly enough…. The American consumer.
The absolute strike by home buyers, telling the bankers to keep their over-priced houses has stymied all efforts to perpetuate unfair usury and lifelong servitude to banks.
Families all over the country are finding that renting is not only getting cheaper by the week, as more rentals flood the market, they also discover freedom from weekend devouring maintenance and revel in the joy of weekend free time instead of Honey-Do list hell.
In an unforeseen benefit, retail sales have shown strong gains as lower rents, as opposed to insanely high mortgage payments, has given consumers spare cash to prod the economy (70% driven by consumer spending )into a recovery that greedy bankers and banker slave politicians did not see.
Proving that sometimes the easiest answer is the best answer and the complicated and useless efforts to keep Americans enslaved to earnings crushing mortgages all their lives is not a good recovery plan.
May 14, 2009 at 7:43 AM #399097ParticipantI can see the MSM headlines:
Government efforts to put a bottom under housing prices are failing in large part due to a movement across the nation to bring housing prices into truly affordable ranges by oddly enough…. The American consumer.
The absolute strike by home buyers, telling the bankers to keep their over-priced houses has stymied all efforts to perpetuate unfair usury and lifelong servitude to banks.
Families all over the country are finding that renting is not only getting cheaper by the week, as more rentals flood the market, they also discover freedom from weekend devouring maintenance and revel in the joy of weekend free time instead of Honey-Do list hell.
In an unforeseen benefit, retail sales have shown strong gains as lower rents, as opposed to insanely high mortgage payments, has given consumers spare cash to prod the economy (70% driven by consumer spending )into a recovery that greedy bankers and banker slave politicians did not see.
Proving that sometimes the easiest answer is the best answer and the complicated and useless efforts to keep Americans enslaved to earnings crushing mortgages all their lives is not a good recovery plan.
May 14, 2009 at 7:43 AM #399327ParticipantI can see the MSM headlines:
Government efforts to put a bottom under housing prices are failing in large part due to a movement across the nation to bring housing prices into truly affordable ranges by oddly enough…. The American consumer.
The absolute strike by home buyers, telling the bankers to keep their over-priced houses has stymied all efforts to perpetuate unfair usury and lifelong servitude to banks.
Families all over the country are finding that renting is not only getting cheaper by the week, as more rentals flood the market, they also discover freedom from weekend devouring maintenance and revel in the joy of weekend free time instead of Honey-Do list hell.
In an unforeseen benefit, retail sales have shown strong gains as lower rents, as opposed to insanely high mortgage payments, has given consumers spare cash to prod the economy (70% driven by consumer spending )into a recovery that greedy bankers and banker slave politicians did not see.
Proving that sometimes the easiest answer is the best answer and the complicated and useless efforts to keep Americans enslaved to earnings crushing mortgages all their lives is not a good recovery plan.
May 14, 2009 at 7:43 AM #399384ParticipantI can see the MSM headlines:
Government efforts to put a bottom under housing prices are failing in large part due to a movement across the nation to bring housing prices into truly affordable ranges by oddly enough…. The American consumer.
The absolute strike by home buyers, telling the bankers to keep their over-priced houses has stymied all efforts to perpetuate unfair usury and lifelong servitude to banks.
Families all over the country are finding that renting is not only getting cheaper by the week, as more rentals flood the market, they also discover freedom from weekend devouring maintenance and revel in the joy of weekend free time instead of Honey-Do list hell.
In an unforeseen benefit, retail sales have shown strong gains as lower rents, as opposed to insanely high mortgage payments, has given consumers spare cash to prod the economy (70% driven by consumer spending )into a recovery that greedy bankers and banker slave politicians did not see.
Proving that sometimes the easiest answer is the best answer and the complicated and useless efforts to keep Americans enslaved to earnings crushing mortgages all their lives is not a good recovery plan.
May 14, 2009 at 7:43 AM #399533ParticipantI can see the MSM headlines:
Government efforts to put a bottom under housing prices are failing in large part due to a movement across the nation to bring housing prices into truly affordable ranges by oddly enough…. The American consumer.
The absolute strike by home buyers, telling the bankers to keep their over-priced houses has stymied all efforts to perpetuate unfair usury and lifelong servitude to banks.
Families all over the country are finding that renting is not only getting cheaper by the week, as more rentals flood the market, they also discover freedom from weekend devouring maintenance and revel in the joy of weekend free time instead of Honey-Do list hell.
In an unforeseen benefit, retail sales have shown strong gains as lower rents, as opposed to insanely high mortgage payments, has given consumers spare cash to prod the economy (70% driven by consumer spending )into a recovery that greedy bankers and banker slave politicians did not see.
Proving that sometimes the easiest answer is the best answer and the complicated and useless efforts to keep Americans enslaved to earnings crushing mortgages all their lives is not a good recovery plan.
May 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM #398865UCGal
ParticipantBarry Ritholtz over at Big Picture had an interesting thought on European Socialism vs. US Socialism.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/us-vs-europe-who-is-the-welfare-state/
-Europe has cradle to grave health care plans, generous unemployment benefits, and free or subsidized college costs.
-The US gives away public assets (oil, gas, mineral rights) for pennies on the dollar, has huge subsidies and tax breaks, and bails out reckless speculators.
It turns out that both regions are welfare states — only in Europe, the natural population (i.e., people) is the recipient, while in the US, the corporate population is the beneficiary.
May 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM #399117ParticipantBarry Ritholtz over at Big Picture had an interesting thought on European Socialism vs. US Socialism.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/us-vs-europe-who-is-the-welfare-state/
-Europe has cradle to grave health care plans, generous unemployment benefits, and free or subsidized college costs.
-The US gives away public assets (oil, gas, mineral rights) for pennies on the dollar, has huge subsidies and tax breaks, and bails out reckless speculators.
It turns out that both regions are welfare states — only in Europe, the natural population (i.e., people) is the recipient, while in the US, the corporate population is the beneficiary.
May 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM #399347ParticipantBarry Ritholtz over at Big Picture had an interesting thought on European Socialism vs. US Socialism.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/us-vs-europe-who-is-the-welfare-state/
-Europe has cradle to grave health care plans, generous unemployment benefits, and free or subsidized college costs.
-The US gives away public assets (oil, gas, mineral rights) for pennies on the dollar, has huge subsidies and tax breaks, and bails out reckless speculators.
It turns out that both regions are welfare states — only in Europe, the natural population (i.e., people) is the recipient, while in the US, the corporate population is the beneficiary.
May 14, 2009 at 9:03 AM #399404ParticipantBarry Ritholtz over at Big Picture had an interesting thought on European Socialism vs. US Socialism.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/05/us-vs-europe-who-is-the-welfare-state/
-Europe has cradle to grave health care plans, generous unemployment benefits, and free or subsidized college costs.
-The US gives away public assets (oil, gas, mineral rights) for pennies on the dollar, has huge subsidies and tax breaks, and bails out reckless speculators.
It turns out that both regions are welfare states — only in Europe, the natural population (i.e., people) is the recipient, while in the US, the corporate population is the beneficiary.
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