The Cosby Show: All about College, Budgeting and Life
Bill Cosby, always the voice of steady reason and reality, something it seems, is sorely lacking in our society these days. I miss watching this show! Hat tip to Rockstar Finance f
You can get more money if you’re unemployed in France than if you work minimum wage
Heard on the French radio the other day (Les Grosses Têtes) that a guy did some research between a family that was unemployed (neither parent working) and a family with two parent
Stay at home parents, DO NOT call yourselves “Household Engineers”!!
On the show Property Brothers today, a rather annoying woman called herself a “household engineer”, and it threw me for a loop until I realized she was a stay-at-home-p
Financial advice I wish my parents had given me
When I got my first job flipping burgers, I wish my parents had sat me down and said: Listen up! Now that you have a job, you have responsibilities to take care of your money. (A
Why I won’t be paying for my children’s college education
… increased parental financial investment actually decreases GPA, though it does increase the odds of graduation within five years. … these findings suggest that studen
Filial Piety 101: How the giving back to your parents starts happening
I take this behaviour for granted because it is common in my culture, but apparently some of you folks do not know what it’s like to be in a culture that expects children to
You don’t desire what you have never had
My mom said this to me the other day when I was asking her about what it was like to grow up in poverty. I kept saying: I can’t imagine living like that, sleeping on a fruit
Western education is going down the toilet
So in a follow-up to my post about how we should stop seeing it as a bad thing to fail, I thought I’d share some observations I’ve had over the years of watching my mot
When did it become taboo to fail and recognize your limits?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately. Mostly reflecting on random things, and it struck me one day that as a society, we’re pretty comfortable with being average or mediocre
My parents won the lottery and then wasted most of it on themselves
Some of you are going to find this post harsh to read, but it’s really what has happened. I’m trying to tell the story as objectively as I can. My parents won a small l