[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
That’s one hell of a state tax to get to 70%
Edit: It’s 13.5% effective for single…[/quote]
What does the $6,300 in deductions represent? Insurance? 401K? [/quote]
I’m not sure, it was just a ballpark calculation. The calculator filled those parts in (I just googled the calculator take my point). [/quote]
BlueCollar,
I think it’s just the standard deduction.
Here’s another estimate for someone that is filing single with 1 exemption, $500 in 401(k) contributions, and $100 in donations. Effective rate is about 11.22% for federal.
[quote]Aero51 wrote:
I can see the point of home school today with “common core” and the general low quality of education in the USA. [/quote]
Home schooling is fine…
Private schooling is fine…
I hear this idea that education in the US is generally low quality quite a bit. What is it based on? [/quote]
Yeah, I think the notion that the US is falling behind other nations is bunk. I am 43 years old and we started hearing that when I was in the 5th or 6th grade. The sky has been falling for 35-40 years.
My kids have been to private school, we have done home school and they are now in public school. Educationally, there is not much difference. Maybe they did a little better at home, but not by much. I think that depends largely upon where you live. I live in a county of 30,000 people in Alabama. If I lived in a larger city, my kids would be in private school or home school.
[quote]Aero51 wrote:
I can see the point of home school today with “common core” and the general low quality of education in the USA. [/quote]
Home schooling is fine…
Private schooling is fine…
I hear this idea that education in the US is generally low quality quite a bit. What is it based on? [/quote]
Yeah, I think the notion that the US is falling behind other nations is bunk. I am 43 years old and we started hearing that when I was in the 5th or 6th grade. The sky has been falling for 35-40 years.
My kids have been to private school, we have done home school and they are now in public school. Educationally, there is not much difference. Maybe they did a little better at home, but not by much. I think that depends largely upon where you live. I live in a county of 30,000 people in Alabama. If I lived in a larger city, my kids would be in private school or home school.
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I think, like with most things, it is difficult to compare nations. Are there education systems better than our? Undoubtedly, we aren’t the best at everything.
I’ve done all three myself, there are pros and cons to each.
[quote]Aero51 wrote:
I can see the point of home school today with “common core” and the general low quality of education in the USA. [/quote]
Home schooling is fine…
Private schooling is fine…
I hear this idea that education in the US is generally low quality quite a bit. What is it based on? [/quote]
Yeah, I think the notion that the US is falling behind other nations is bunk. I am 43 years old and we started hearing that when I was in the 5th or 6th grade. The sky has been falling for 35-40 years.
My kids have been to private school, we have done home school and they are now in public school. Educationally, there is not much difference. Maybe they did a little better at home, but not by much. I think that depends largely upon where you live. I live in a county of 30,000 people in Alabama. If I lived in a larger city, my kids would be in private school or home school.
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one of the strongest statistically significant indicators/predictors I’ve come across with regards to educational achievements among kids is education level of their parents. Educated parents tend to place more emphasis on achieving good grades for their kids, plus they tend to know how to help their kids with homework and tend to be able to better explain complex concepts to them.
(disclaimer: these are tendencies and are not universal. I’m sure there are examples of the contrary or of less formally educated people being great at helping their kids as well. This is based on peer reviewed economic research of which I read quite a few paper. If sources are need I’ll gladly provide.)
Probably kicking the hornet’s nest further but didnt suprise me that this was a young angry black person.
This reminded me of incidents like that Ferguson kid shooting -ie seems to be increasing brazeness to immediately lash out at ‘white authority’ that dares to challenge them
[quote]RampantBadger wrote:
Probably kicking the hornet’s nest further but didnt suprise me that this was a young angry black person.
This reminded me of incidents like that Ferguson kidshooting -ie seems to be increasing brazeness to immediately lash out at ‘white authority’ that dares to challenge them[/quote]
I don’t know man, I agree it’s more prevalent in the media therefore, based on observation bias, we think it’s becoming, or is, rampant, but I just don’t think this type of behavior is on the rise in society as a whole nor amongst any arbitrary subdivision thereof. At least I haven’t seen any stats that would indicate this conclusion.
[quote]RampantBadger wrote:
Probably kicking the hornet’s nest further but didnt suprise me that this was a young angry black person.
This reminded me of incidents like that Ferguson kidshooting -ie seems to be increasing brazeness to immediately lash out at ‘white authority’ that dares to challenge them[/quote]
I’ve seen plenty of the same stuff from angry white kids too.
I think socioeconomic class plays into it a lot more than race. The two just correlate more in some areas than others.
But really you see the same stuff from poor white kids in poor white towns. I mean… “economically disadvantaged”.
Meanwhile, upper-middle-class black kids with educated parents tend to have pretty much the same respect for authority as any other upper-middle-class kids with educated parents, regardless of race.
[quote]OldOgre wrote:
Yeah, I think the notion that the US is falling behind other nations is bunk. I am 43 years old and we started hearing that when I was in the 5th or 6th grade. The sky has been falling for 35-40 years.
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It is bunk. I just finished Reign of Error by Diane Ravitch (she was a top admin during Bush’s NCLB debacle), and if you actually look at the real info, ALL students have improved, the racial “gap” isnt really the problem it’s made out to be because it only exists because EVERY STUDENT, black AND white are improving.
The other countries (I think only 2 or 3) that did better on the tests they could CHOOSE to take, excel at test taking, and actually are trying to structure their school systems to better resemble ours, with the focus on creativity, free and critical thinking etc.
Unfortunately there’s lots of $ to be made from the business of education and eventually if certain folks have their way, privatizing the entire institution.
