Thursday, May 10, 2007
And All Students Are Above Average...
by Anonymous
Sometimes, though, it's just a leeetle out of touch. From its flier for the annual fundraising gala:
It takes quite a bit of squinting to see much evidence of economic diversity in an occupational roll call like this.
FYI, annual tuition is almost identical to the pre-tax earnings of a minimum wage worker in CA as of Jan 1 2007, assuming s/he works 2000 hours per year.
We really like our son's day care, a nonprofit organization that's linked to and subsidized by the USGS. It's not quite as good nor as convenient as the university-run program Quinn attended Back Home, but the teachers are top-notch, the facility is great, and the parents are highly involved.
Sometimes, though, it's just a leeetle out of touch. From its flier for the annual fundraising gala:
Our children and families come from diverse social and economic backgrounds. Almost half of our parents work for [i.e., are scientists or administrators in] the Menlo Park campus of the U.S. Geological Survey or the broader Federal Government, and the other half are [college] teachers, doctors, lawyers, and business leaders.
It takes quite a bit of squinting to see much evidence of economic diversity in an occupational roll call like this.
FYI, annual tuition is almost identical to the pre-tax earnings of a minimum wage worker in CA as of Jan 1 2007, assuming s/he works 2000 hours per year.
Labels: Day Care, Inequality
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