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[mousestalker]

If you are buying new shoes, you are not investing in them, unless you 1) have a sugar daddy or 2) are a prostitute. You are spending money, not investing. Pretty shoes may be their own reward, but they are rarely profitable. Unless the government is buying stock in 'for profit' schools, spending money on education is not investing. It's spending, and it may even be a good idea, but that doesn't make it investing.

 

A speech or lecture is not a conversation. This is especially true if you do not allow time for questions. There is nothing wrong with giving a speech, but conversations are at a minimum two way.

 

/rant

[Fidite Nemini]

I'm much more interested in why you posted this.

 

Context > content.

[mousestalker]

I'm much more interested in why you posted this.

 

Context > content.

Spent all day in class. One speaker talker about investing in various necessary expenditures and another said we were having a conversation but used all of his time speaking and allowed no questions.

 

TL: DNR. Pet peeves got triggered.

 

Crotchet: Continuing Education classes are generally pretty awful.

[mybudgee]

Wrong about 2nd point. The act of listening-- truly ACTIVELY listening is engaging and crucial to the speaker.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

"The real intelligent person isn't the one who shows his intelligence to everyone, but the one who conceals it." - Sima Yi

[mousestalker]

I'll disagree about education--the majority of the people who grow up in a country will stay in that country, thus improving them has the great ability to improve the country. It's a vague kind of investing, but I would definitely say it's a form.

Education is a good thing, but it doesn't result in a monetary reward typically. When you invest, you expect a quantifiable profit. This is known as a return on investment.

 

Spending on education will hopefully result in a productive and informed citizenry, but it typically doesn't return cash directly. It is not an investment.

[mybudgee]

Productive and informed citizenry pay taxes. Usually.

Taxes, you say??

 

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Taxes, you say??

 

 

High Taxes was the excuse for the American Revolution. I wonder what would their founding fathers think about the rate of taxes in the world right now.

[DEUGH Man]

Education is a good thing, but it doesn't result in a monetary reward typically. When you invest, you expect a quantifiable profit. This is known as a return on investment.

Spending on education will hopefully result in a productive and informed citizenry, but it typically doesn't return cash directly. It is not an investment.

I figured when they say it's an investment they are under the assumption that you are there for a better chance at landing a job that's better than a mcjob. You spend money to make more money later, ergo investment.

[bmwcrazy]

'Tis true.

I can't show up to work or go to a business meeting wearing flip flops.

[o Ventus]

If you are buying new shoes, you are not investing in them, unless you 1) have a sugar daddy or 2) are a prostitute. You are spending money, not investing. Pretty shoes may be their own reward, but they are rarely profitable. Unless the government is buying stock in 'for profit' schools, spending money on education is not investing. It's spending, and it may even be a good idea, but that doesn't make it investing.

 

I could turn around and sell the shoes for a profit.

 

It would be investing then.

[mousestalker]

I could turn around and sell the shoes for a profit.
 
It would be investing then.

If you did that, it would be.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

Of course you invest in shoes.

 

How else are you going to walk to work?

 

Crocs?

 

I invest on shoes. I have 5 of them that still shine and look good (a few ruined ones too) because they made of high quality materials and skill. Shoes are not like T-shirts. You invest on them to walk fast, safely and happily and therefore have more success in your life!