Read in the paper this morning that a school district in Maine is giving iPads to each enrolling kindergartner. Yes, that’s kindergartner. They’re getting the $700 models. I think I’ll go back to school.

No wonder the cost per student in the US is around 10 grand each.

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“According to the College Board’s Trends in College Pricing 2010, the average cost of undergraduate education at an in-state, four-year, public institution was $16,140 — a 6.1-percent increase from 2009.”¹

Wow! Who can afford that? No wonder students rack up thousands in debt.

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1. MOAA News Exchange, April 6, 2100 [↩]

“America believes in education: the average professor earns more money in a year than a professional athlete earns in a whole week.” –Evan Esar, American Humorist (1899 – 1995)

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My sweet daughter takes an infinite number of quizes that reveal her inner soul (well, some characteristics, at least), but every time I take one, they ask to sign up for something. I already get enough junk mail and I usually can’t figure out how to complete the quiz wthout giving away my two firsborn children, so I just skip them. But lo and behold, clothedinjoy had one on her blog to test what major you should have, so I tried it. Wonders of wonders, nothing was required except to answer a few question.

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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So I was a philosophy/psychology major and had a career as a Navy Pilot and a computer analyst. Not a bad test, really.

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