Education

Public Or Private School? Paying $1 Million For Private Not Worth It

There is a never-ending debate between going to public or private school. Is private grade school and private university really worth it? I’m not so sure in this day and age of high inflation and free online education. Personally, I went to international private school while my parents were stationed abroad until I was 13. […]

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Should I Go To Grad School? Get Rich Or Die Trying!

You’ve got your undergraduate degree and now you’re debating if you should go to graduate school. I’ve been in your shoes. I too wondered should I go to grad school? It’s a big commitment. Tuition can get quite expensive, especially if you quit working full-time to go to graduate school. However, earning a graduate degree

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Everything Is Rational – The Answer To All Things Irrational

If you want to reduce your stress, it’s good to adopt the “everything is rational” mantra. Once you believe that everything is rational, you’ll stop getting so frustrated and angry at things. You’ll also stop being so jealous of other people’s success. There’s a lot of messed up things in the world such as war,

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The Importance Of Money And Status For Getting Into Private School

If you have a baby or toddler or are planning to have a baby, this post is for you. I’ve been running an interesting, real-life, real-time experiment on how hard it is to get ahead if you have below-average money and little status. In 2017, we ended up applying to three preschools that accepted toddlers

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Everything To Know About The 529 College Savings Plan

The best gift any parent can give a child besides unconditional love is a great education. A 529 college savings plan is a solution that is designed to help families tax-efficiently save for future college costs. You contribute after tax money with the benefit of paying zero federal and state income taxes on the profits when

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Child Millionaires: Not Necessary Thanks To Canceling All Student Debt

One of the things many responsible parents are doing today is saving for college, usually in a 529 plan. Not saving for college and expecting a student loan bailout in the future is bad planning. The same goes for not saving for retirement and hoping the government will take care of you once you can

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Perhaps Bribing For Admissions Starts In Preschool

March 12, 2019 is a day I’ll never forget. Not only did the college admissions bribing scandal break that morning, we found out our boy got waitlisted by two preschools. Waitlisted is really just a euphemism for rejected. The first preschool was a Mandarin immersion preschool I’ll call PooPoo about 20-25 minutes away. We had

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