A little off topic. Seeing all this political stuff about low tax rates on the rich etc and the haves and have nots, it seems difficult to enact on a big scale when in DD's class at school, bidding for extra gym time in the school auction, I ran into such dynamics, I felt I was back in high school, instead of dealing with parents. We have the best elementary school in all of NYC (Blackboard award 2011) and people complain about donating $73. Just want someone else to pay for it. I ended up underwriting one girl because the parents were just too annoying.
I just basically expect that you have to pay for it and push and push, to give your kid options in today's society and hope my kid figures it out. Seeing that she has learned my bargaining techniques from the markets in Egypt, I am gaining confidence. We watched Eye of the Leopard on PBS again. And I am reminded that you teach your kid to survive and hope they do. But you have to teach them everything.
