tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post7408305937590318158..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: Why too much spending sometimes isn't enoughThe Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-91602307779855276262011-11-12T07:21:55.116-06:002011-11-12T07:21:55.116-06:00Sheesh. Buy. Cue the cracks about private educatio...Sheesh. <em>Buy</em>. Cue the cracks about private education...Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-47041050763057112782011-11-10T12:13:35.446-06:002011-11-10T12:13:35.446-06:00According to Google, $28,000 is about £17,000.
My...According to Google, $28,000 is about £17,000.<br /><br />My old school, one of the best in the UK (though I say so myself, but the results bear it out), charges a little more than £3,000 a term: with three terms in a year, it works out at less than £10,000. Call it $15,000.<br /><br />So much for the “privileged” private school kids.<br /><br />Okay, perhaps comparing the US system and a UK Sam Duncannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-83221449795888463862011-11-10T06:40:16.218-06:002011-11-10T06:40:16.218-06:00But with what they're spending on (???) we cou...But with what they're spending on (???) we could buy everyone of them a Dell. Or a Thinkpad. Or we could buy each classroom an IBM Mainframe. <br />But helping the kids isn't what this is about anymore, is it?The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-58827658962471330762011-11-09T22:13:59.078-06:002011-11-09T22:13:59.078-06:00Rule No 1 of government budgeting: Spend on what y...Rule No 1 of government budgeting: Spend on what you want, then beg for what you need.<br /><br />Rule No 2: Use it or lose it.<br /><br />The vast majority of the DC school budget is payroll, benefits, and administrative costs.<br /><br />I learned three computer languages in high school without access to a computer that could run the code. We wrote programs and the teacher graded them by Hot Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848778804406692799noreply@blogger.com