Showing posts with label spending. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spending. Show all posts

Friday, June 17, 2016

Rainbow Points the Way

Time to buy a Kindle

The 7" Kindle Fire tablet was selling for $49 when I was trying to pick a tablet/phone combo to help me usher in the 21st century of technology.

No matter which salesman I spoke with--at Best Buy, at Radio Shack, etc.--when I started talking about low-end tablets they always steered me toward the Fire. Better maker, better supported.

Then the price fell to $39.

Staples was one of the places that had it at this super-low, gotta-give-it-a-try price, but I kept delaying the purchase till I could get my head right on it. I'd get home, then take another look in coming days. But, then I stopped for gas on my way home and the rainbow pointed the way.

It wasn't just over Staples Plaza, it was actually pointing to the part of the shopping center where Staples was located--pointing right at its entrance.

That's how I came to purchase a Kindle Fire 7" tablet for $39*--and now my life is completely transformed.


*note the excellent customer reviews.

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

The Results Are In

The results of spending about $17k per student each year—most in the country last year—the results from Vermont's public school system are in. Vermont students took the Smarter Balanced Assessment test in Spring 2015, and . .

  • Grade 3 — 52 percent proficient and above in math; 52 percent proficient and above in English language arts
  • Grade 4 — 45 percent proficient and above in math; 51 percent proficient and above in English language arts
  • Grade 5 — 42 percent proficient and above in math; 57 percent proficient and above in English language arts
  • Grade 6 — 37 percent proficient and above in math; 53 percent proficient and above in English language arts
  • Grade 7 — 43 percent proficient and above in math; 55 percent proficient and above in English language arts
  • Grade 8 — 40 percent proficient and above in math; 54 percent proficient and above in English language arts
  • Grade 11 — 37 percent proficient and above in math; 58 percent proficient and above in English language arts

SEE: Burlington Free Press