Comments on: Misguided financial values? http://blog.gruby.com/2009/07/29/misguided-financial-values/ Another semi-useless spot on the web... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:45:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott Gruby’s Blog » Blog Archive » Affording cell phone servicehttp://blog.gruby.com/2009/07/29/misguided-financial-values/comment-page-1/#comment-15852 Scott Gruby’s Blog » Blog Archive » Affording cell phone service Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:32:45 +0000 http://blog.gruby.com/?p=2239#comment-15852 [...] turns out that I’ve basically written about this before, but aimed at [...] [...] turns out that I’ve basically written about this before, but aimed at [...]

]]> By: Dadhttp://blog.gruby.com/2009/07/29/misguided-financial-values/comment-page-1/#comment-14242 Dad Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:19:04 +0000 http://blog.gruby.com/?p=2239#comment-14242 Scott, The college financing that I passed on to you came to me from an associate. He told his kids that if they go to a state school he would pay for it. If they wanted to go to a private school he would pay half. He figured that the basic college education was as subject to the capabilities of the individual professors as it was to his kids ability, that it didn't much matter what school they went to. The real strength was their inner drive and desire to learn.As you know, I went to Drexel, a co-op school where I worked six months and went to school six months and lived at home for all but one semester. My parents could barely afford the first year's tuition. The GI bill, an ASCE fellowship and your mothers teaching got me through graduate school.And now you know the rest of the story.Dad Scott,
The college financing that I passed on to you came to me from an associate. He told his kids that if they go to a state school he would pay for it. If they wanted to go to a private school he would pay half. He figured that the basic college education was as subject to the capabilities of the individual professors as it was to his kids ability, that it didn't much matter what school they went to. The real strength was their inner drive and desire to learn.

As you know, I went to Drexel, a co-op school where I worked six months and went to school six months and lived at home for all but one semester. My parents could barely afford the first year's tuition. The GI bill, an ASCE fellowship and your mothers teaching got me through graduate school.

And now you know the rest of the story.

Dad

]]> By: Dennis Nixhttp://blog.gruby.com/2009/07/29/misguided-financial-values/comment-page-1/#comment-14237 Dennis Nix Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:49:24 +0000 http://blog.gruby.com/?p=2239#comment-14237 Hi Scott: I came to your blog looking for help on my Razr. I'm guessing that I can't use my Blackberry charger to charge it.The story about the teen ager is the norm. Iphones along with $300 sneakers have become necisaties.I'm a Certified Financial Planner. Where do they learn this from? ; their parents who have no sense either of the value of a $. It's amazing how financially illiterate the parents are. They too have their necesities. They're hoping for a government or divine bail out in retirement. They have hours and thousands to spend looking for a vacation, but none of either for creating a will, paying for life insurance, or saving for retriement. What I see is a major pile up waiting to happen. Hi Scott:
I came to your blog looking for help on my Razr. I'm guessing that I can't use my Blackberry charger to charge it.

The story about the teen ager is the norm. Iphones along with $300 sneakers have become necisaties.

I'm a Certified Financial Planner. Where do they learn this from? ; their parents who have no sense either of the value of a $. It's amazing how financially illiterate the parents are. They too have their necesities. They're hoping for a government or divine bail out in retirement. They have hours and thousands to spend looking for a vacation, but none of either for creating a will, paying for life insurance, or saving for retriement. What I see is a major pile up waiting to happen.

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