Sometimes. The teacher at our school barely taught. We were lucky and got an affordable tutor online but self teaching was too hard. |
Our science is super basic. No labs, no ap. |
We’re not worried about it. 529s and in-state schools unless they get a scholarship that brings down the price to in-state. We’re not paying 4x more just to step across state lines. |
Isn't the goal of some politicians to redirect kids away from college and straight to the job market or a short duration trade school? And it's not limited to politic as as well. A lot of tech bros don't want kids going to college as well.
It's all about paying workers less. Their kids of course will go to college. |
I think this is true to a certain extent. I’m seeing it in the state I live in. Community colleges, for example, are working to align with employers. High schools are as well. It’s disquieting. However, I am reminded by people who work with this particular student body that they are not interested in a four year degree. Full stop. And I’m being unrealistic. So, instead, the goal is to get them something that could be meaningful and allow them to use their talents on their terms. They aren’t preventing anyone from going through a traditional high ed route but offering options to those that don’t want that. |
As a fellow New Yorker I’m fascinated to hear how you’re raising a kid while saving for retirement and college with two working parents on a high 200s income. It’s SO expensive here. |
As someone who pays a boiler technician 600 dollars or a plumber 350 for them to just walk into my house and diagnose a problem, perhaps there is value in the trades. |
You move a bit further out. |
You are getting ripped off. |
We live in Park Slope. One key factor is we were not paying more than $3k on housing monthly for over a decade. Many people in our income bracket would be paying $5k+. That's a huge difference. Also, after you get through the first 3 years of childcare costs we have free 3k and 4k. You really need to question what's a need and what's a want here. For example, many of my parent peers have cars, and they don't even have family that lives close by. To me, that's a nice to have, not a need. I also would never consider needing to live in an elevator building because of a baby. I carried mine up 2 flights of stairs and left the stroller in the first floor landing. |