quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

entitlement issues imho

i had to go buy an orange

you can choose between sushi, a macrobiotic lunch, or an orange (which you have to buy)

i like the school my kids go to. its small. doesn't cost 30k a year. people are friendly. thought it might be too crunchy for me, but its not. its well thought of around the country by educators. its a model of sorts. they teach kids how to be decent people. its not montessori. its not waldorf.

max put all that time and money into school and here he is buying a single orange like a schnook

we had magnet schools that had some vocational classes and AP classes and "alternative" schools for kids who bombed out of the mainstream or were out of the traditional environment for other reasons

are Country Day schools rich-kid schools elsewhere in the country?

i went to a private school in an old mansion where u didnt have to do anything

On an interesting note, I found a facebook group through a friend for parents of a Montessori-style school that is actually part of the local public school system and it seems like it's just full of parents who have way too many opinions about the teachers and administration. Like the overbearing members of a PTA gone haywire

mission statement for my kid's school:

The Greenfield Center School integrates a challenging curriculum with ethical decision-making to develop the skills and convictions for creating just communities.

The Center School promotes personal growth in an atmosphere of warmth and mutual respect. The school’s practices are built around an integration of social and academic learning. Children and adults form a vision of equitable and compassionate communities through active participation in their classroom, school, and the world beyond.

The Center School fosters a developmental approach to education, recognizing that children need a balance of physical, social, emotional, and intellectual learning. The school’s philosophy supports classroom communities in which individuals feel known and included. The curriculum is designed to engage participants in meaningful intellectual, academic, and creative endeavors.

Through critical engagement with their work and their world, students and teachers become informed, ethical problem solvers. The Center School's graduates are well prepared to excel in any academic setting. In addition, the school’s goal is that students emerge with the skills and inclinations to be reflective, empathetic, hopeful, and courageous citizens in the world.

i know, i know, hippies, but it's nice.

only goes up to the 8th grade though.

Honestly this is all relevant to my interests with a kid on the way and a wife who teaches in public schools. I have no idea what the fuck people do - it seems like unless you live in Park Slope, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, the *good* public school options in Brooklyn are very limited, and even those, again, are often overbooked. So I guess there's Queens? I mean I don't need to send my daughter to the best elementary school in the city or anything, but I would like it to be an environment that feels safe with competent teachers and I would like her to not be the only white and/or jewish kid.

But it seems like the city is hellbent on closing publics and opening charters right now.

there are lots of good reasons to move to queens

feel like hippies r good w/children

I know it's tragic, having to move like .2 miles

I am seriously considering it!

and they aren't even really hippies. or new age-y either. its just when people are positive and talk about fairness i instinctively put up my misanthropic hippie shield. i'm trying to be nicer though.

they sound more like commies than hippies

its a fine line

People are weird about who they trust their kids with these days.

Remember when it was just like, "Well, you're school age, let's go to the school and register you" in like August or whatever and you went to the school nearest your house (or second nearest, if the districts were drawn oddly) and you were assigned a teacher and ate the crappy cafeteria food and kicked overused balls around on the playground over recess?

are Country Day schools rich-kid schools elsewhere in the country?

There's one in a rich part of Detroit suburbs (Grosse Pointe??) that was my high school's tennis nemesis, iirc.

"tennis nemesis" is a wonderful turn of phrase

reminds me of the store in LA called 'the merchant of tennis'

If kids grow up knowing it is important to treat others well, are willing to work and know how to solve problems, then they've been "raised right".

'right' into the hands of stalin

exeter and philips academy & c. def give you a leg up in applying to elite schools, I mean who wouldn't turn down an exeter kid, can you even imagine

lol

lol I need to proofread :\

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/7/all_brooklynbabycinnos_2012_02_17_bk.html

http://i.imgur.com/VRKKs.jpg

not nyt but give em a few days I guess

lol some stylebeat reporter is getting an earful for missing the scoop I'm guessing

hey thats the coffee shop that i live next door to

you should order one

good opportunity for original reporting

As an aside, I am beginning to wonder if there is some "Ye Olde Rustic Style Distressed Ceiling Company" somewhere in brooklyn catering to all of these shops to give them that same romantic rehabbed look.

dudes is this really new in NYC? london's been all about "babycinos" for like 5 years already. $2 is ridiculous though, here they're 50p. (not that i let my kids get them, they eat broth made from rusty nails and carrot leaves. and LIKE IT.)

NYC is incredibly behind on coffee stuff in general.

xp At least you know they're getting plenty of iron.

Contrary to popular belief, the revival of craft manufacturing isn’t just a fad for Brooklyn hipsters. (Woehrle resists the term. His beard is too short, he says.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/magazine/adam-davidson-craft-business.html

http://i.imgur.com/Jk1I5.jpg

I've had their jerky. It had szechuan peppercorns in it! good stuff.

i've trimmed their beards. they arent that short

guy is kicking himself obver that beard is too short joke right now

that article really bothers me cause every other sentence is either 'wtf' or 'otm' and its very unpleasant to read something like that

Instead, they have scrutinized the market and created customized products for less price-sensitive customers. Facebook and Apple, Starbucks and the Boston Beer Company (which makes Sam Adams lager) show that people who identify and meet untapped needs can create thousands of jobs and billions in wealth.

otm

As our economy recovers, there will be nearly infinite ways to meet custom needs at premium prices.

wtf

Meanwhile, the idea (or at least the hope) is that as China and other emerging nations develop, the United States can stay on the profitable forefront, delivering specific high-tech parts to their factories and the latest upmarket foods to their middle class.

otm

According to this view, the fracturing of industrial manufacturing, however painful, has helped prepare parts of the economy for this new course.

wtf

it's like, yeah it's def good that people can sell gourmet beef jerky to each other and I am 100% behind that happening even, but it's prob not something you can build the american economy on, also why are you talking about adam smith

Definitely not something you can build the economy on when the article says the jerky company is in the red!

I think there are also some really key differences between handmade jerky sold at retail and precision machined aerospace components sold to multibillion dollar companies that renders the term "craft manufacturing" pretty meaningless.

time was when americans actually made things

"You know what the trouble is, Brucey? We used to make artisanal pickles in this country, build longboards with fair-trade lumber. Now we just put our hand in the next guy's pocket."

Everyone should become yoga instructors, and that way everyone could give everyone else yoga lessons