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What does this say about the people who are willing to go through with this (albeit for a potentially large reward)? One of the "Survivor" castaways is a single mother of three-year-old twins, whom she was willing to abandon for more than a month. Would you really want someone like this on your team if you were trying to survive on an uninhabited island? Could you really put your trust in this person, knowing she has already deserted her own children at a critical time in their childhood for a chance to win a million dollars...
...than a graduation requirement would give schools a similar incentive to improve standards without unduly punishing the students. Alternatively, giving another type of diploma to students who receive a certain score on the test--a system similar to the Regents exams in New York--would help to indicate and reward achievement...
...bills 40% Save 36% Reward yourself* 24% Invest 12% Travel...
Here's the essence of it, gang: stocks that soar can also plummet. Sure, in the long run, high risk usually means high reward, and the techs could climb anew. But the long run can be long indeed, and if you hold only a few stocks, there are no guarantees. You could be wiped out. Even if you own a basket of tech stocks, your nest egg could drop 50% or more in the time it takes to order that new BMW. Spreading investments across asset classes reduces such risk and looks dumb only to the tech cultists...
...high. Harvard does not breed modest expectations to begin with, and the New Economy has only made the matter worse. Before now, Harvard seniors hoping to amass large quantities of wealth faced the prospect of years toiling long hours at an investment bank. The equation of work and reward, while still slightly twisted, remained somewhat intact. That equation no longer exists...