Cheap Today, Cheaper Tomorrow?
“There is a great opportunity to purchase real estate today,” Wendy Silverstein, the executive vice president of capital markets at Vornado Realty Trust, said at the conference. “Unfortunately, if you buy property today, it will probably be cheaper tomorrow.” – TRD
I think it’s fairly heartbreaking to look at a class of 5-year olds and have the ability to decide that some are “bad apples.”
sorry, “not simply a matter of looking at teacher ability”
what I was hoping to convey is that the education provided doesn’t differ as much as some “professional” commentators would have us believe; it is whether you can, and do, take advantage of the education that is provided. The comfort and saftey issues directly impact that. If you’re in with a bunch of bad apples larking around in class, the teacher may be teaching the same but you’ll have to work extra-hard to succeed. In other words, when parents are deciding whats a bad school, its not, as one might otherwise think, a matter of looking at teacher ability.
gotta love the evolution of delusion – “Sellers simply won’t sell if they can’t get top dollar. They’ll just hold until the market recovers”. Damn, we just solved the housing crisis! LOL
Miss Muffet – schools are a legit concern. However, you should do your research. There are many great schools in every nabe. Like Wasder, I am also looking at PS 11 and know many parents who are very happy there. dittoburg makes a good point about being around children who are willing to learn or what i like to say are families with the same ‘values’ that i have.
what is your price range? what exactly are you looking for? we sold at the top of the market also, i didn’t know it was the top at the time and i actually thought ‘man could we have done better if we waited?’ but we needed to sell b/c we found a another home. we stayed in the same ‘hood but went to a better block/area. we used our profit to upgrade our new home which was cheaper than our ‘selling’ price.
i am visiting many public schools in and outside of my immediate neighborhood. you should really do some research.
dittoburg, with all due respect, what you said doesn’t make much sense. you say that the education one gets isn’t the real issue, but then say it requires a “big majority” of kids willing to learn in order to get “plenty of good results.” what are you evaluating, if learning and education isn’t the issue? or are you talking about general socialization, comfort and safety? not that these are insignificant, mind you…just a different set of issues.
Snarky – I don’t think the education one gets is the real issue. The education one gets at an NYC public school can clearly get you into an excellent college. The issue is whether the big majority of those in your class, and school, are on the same page as you – ie willing and wanting to learn. The violence and nonsense at certain public schools would lead a parent to immediately conclude not. Take the teachers of any diabolical school, put them in a different building with a bunch of willing kids, and you’ll get plenty of good results.
I am planning on sending my kids to PS11 in Clinton Hill which is improving by leaps and bounds every year. Ms Muffett you might want to look in that district.
Stoner, shouldn’t you ban anyone who refers to herself as an altruist?