{"id":8075,"date":"2007-11-02T03:28:40","date_gmt":"2007-11-02T07:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=8075"},"modified":"2008-01-22T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2008-01-22T21:37:10","slug":"funny-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/?p=8075","title":{"rendered":"FUNNY MONEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <em>Fayetteville Observer<\/em> editorial board <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fayobserver.com\/article?id=276578\">falls<\/a> for some shaky &#8220;thinking.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p> If all of the young people who became high school freshmen in 2003 had graduated this year, North Carolina would be $11 billion better off.<\/p>\n<p>You can play around with the numbers, if you like: Could we reap $10 billion for almost all? How about $5.5 billion for half?<\/p>\n<p>What you can\u2019t play around with is the logic. The report is fairly titled \u201cThe High Cost of High School Dropouts: What the Nation Pays for Inadequate High Schools.\u201d As long as kids who drop out earn, on average, $10,000 less per year than their peers who graduate, you don\u2019t need precise calculations to recognize a losing proposition, to understand that both individual and public interests are being disserved.<\/p>\n<p>The Alliance tersely summarizes the obvious: Enabling all students to earn diplomas, if such a thing is possible, \u201cincreases overall earnings potential, which, in turn, benefits each state and the nation with increased purchasing power and higher tax receipts.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And a college degree is worth, say, another $10,000; a Master&#8217;s, another; and a Ph.D. yet another.  So when the greeters at Walmart all hold a Ph.D. they&#8217;ll each make $60,000\/year. <\/p>\n<p>Riiiiiight.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________<br \/>\nUsually basic courses like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotechprep.com\/microsoft\/70-431.htm\">70-431<\/a > as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotechprep.com\/microsoft\/70-298.htm\">70-298<\/a> can be done after <a href=\" http:\/\/www.infotechprep.com\/microsoft\/70-528.htm\">70-528<\/a>. However, if thinking of a <a href=\" http:\/\/www.infotechprep.com\/microsoft\/70-350.htm\">70-350<\/a>, it is better covered after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotechprep.com\/microsoft\/70-547.htm\">70-547<\/a >. Certifications i.e. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infotechprep.com\/microsoft\/70-292.htm\">70-292<\/a> do not require any background knowledge as such.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fayetteville Observer editorial board falls for some shaky &#8220;thinking.&#8221; If all of the young people who became high school freshmen in 2003 had graduated this year, North Carolina would be $11 billion better off. You can play around with the numbers, if you like: Could we reap $10 billion for almost all? How about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cobranchi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}