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Elite Universities are EXPENSIVE ! Rich people can afford to send their little spoiled brats to these schools…and when they graduated they get fantastic positions in their families firms. Then marry some impossibly pretty girl (plastic surgery, dental work and a boob job) in their social status … perhaps someone from an exclusive and expensive girls college/university and then they’ll have lots of little kiddies that go to the expensive right schools and expensive prep schools and colleges.Maybe the guy will be cheating on his wife with a secretary and maybe the wifey will be hitting on the gardener or the guy who comes and cleans the pool…but it’s all just perfect and eventually one of them will die from alcoholism or too many pills that make them feel good.Because they’re rich.

My older son begged me to homeschool. He was a very bright boy and at home, before he went off to school, we played a lot of games and answered his questions and encouraged him to ask them and to seek answers. An only child at the time, he loved Mother’s Day Out - going off to play with new toys. new adults and other children. He liked pre-school for the same reasons, and he had a teacher who told me that she had to plan ahead to have something that would interest him. “I have to keep reminding myself that he’s only 4, because he behaves like a 6-year-old,” she told me on our first parent=teacher conference. He thought, and we did, that school would be a good fit for him. We lived in a fairly affluent school district, one of the highest rated ones in our state, and we were sure they could keep him occupied.He enjoyed kindergarten. He had a teacher who paid attention to her students and made sure that each one got what he needed. One child needed to stand and move around, which she permitted, as long as he didn’t disturb other children. Another made a humming noise when he was really focused, and she just reminded him to be quieter when the noise level got too high. And she noticed right away that our son could read - really read, like an adult, not just decode words - and she got higher-level books in her reading center to interest him, after asking us what we thought he liked best. To this day, we see her as the best teacher he ever had.When first grade came, he went off to school expecting it to be like K - but in first grade, they had to start studying for The Test. The focus was more on everybody doing the same thing the same way at the same time than on the individual explorations he had done all his life. He dutifully followed orders, but found school less and less interesting. He was reading 3rd and 4th grade books easily. He was working on math with his Dad and read the newspaper at breakfast and was getting interested in politics. The first graders were working on letter combinations like “th” and were doing simple addition and subtraction. He was BORED. The teacher assured him that 2nd grade would be better, but for him, it wasn’t. His teacher was getting ready to retire and she wasn’t going to rock the boat for anybody. At home, he was doing 5th and 6th grade stuff, but in class it was borrowing and carrying in math, and boring kiddie stories in reading. And prep for THE TEST. In third grade, he told me he’d had it. He’d rather kill himself than do any more of that “dumb stupid work”. Being with other kids all day, which had been a major motivator, no longer mattered.We took him to a therapist who worked with gifted kids and she suggested home schooling. He brightened up immediately and said, “Can we, Mom?” I’d never heard of it. I had no idea what would be involved. I told him I’d research it and let him know. I was afraid I’d have to make lesson plans and be supervised by a teacher who would insist that he do what all the other kids his age were doing.Boy, was I wrong! In our state, home schools are legally “private schools”. The State has no oversight. We do not have to test. We do not have to follow their curriculum. We do not have to report attendance (yes, some states require that - one of the silliest things I’ve ever heard). We can just help the child to learn what he wants to learn, and what we think he ought to learn, in his own way and at his own pace.We did it. Once again, we had a child who was interested in learning. He still had time with the other kids, after school on our block and on the soccer team, the scout troop, and church activities. He also had home school park day, field trips and classes in special subjects with one or more of the parents. At the same time, he did algebra with his Dad and read history with me. We organized classes in subjects that he found interesting and got other kids to participate with us. His little brother begged to participate too, and so he did.It was literally a life-saver for us.

How to Make Extra Money as a Medical Student and Resident (www.survivinggrays.com)Posted on October 2, 2013 by Survivor DOReevaluate Your HousingAside from tuition, your main expense during medical school and residency is going to be putting a roof over your head. This is the area where some people really blow it. Yes, it is nice to live in a fancy-pants condo in the center of downtown with a state of the art gym but you pay for those luxuries. At the VERY least get a roommate, POOF, your housing expenses were just cut in half! Better yet, get a roommate (or two!) AND some less expensive housing. This is some serious change we’re talking about here. Consider it closely. If you are looking to rent out a spare bedroom intermittently check out RotatingRoom.com I have had great success renting to 4th year medical students.A lot of people wonder whether or not they should buy a house at the beginning of residency. You must weigh the length of your residency and the strength of the local market. You also have to decide if you are okay with taking on the responsibilities of home ownership during an already stressful period. I decided to go this route and it has worked out GREAT for me so far. If you are thinking of taking the plunge I suggest you read about Physician Loans and other pertinent topics at White Coat Investor.Get a JobI get a lot of questions in my inbox asking whether or not it is possible to hold down a job during medical school. The short answer is yes, it is completely possible. A number of my friends worked shifts as nurses during med school and we had a few bartenders as well. They made out okay and certainly appreciated the extra income but the scheduling process took a toll. Unless you can find something with an extremely flexible schedule I would stay away from it. Medical school can be unpredictable and you don’t want to be trudging into work when you really should be spending some extra time in the lab or cramming last second for an exam.QuantiaMDI have talked about QuantiaMD a few times before but I want to mention it again because it is a great concept. The site offers video lectures on topics of interest to physicians. Whether they be medical (i.e. Sulfonylureas in Type II Diabetes), business related (i.e. Will preventive services be incentivized?) or personal (i.e. Financial Cleanup:Your credit report) the site covers a plethora of topics and the videos are well produced. As if this wasn’t enough, they pay you $1-$10 for watching these videos and otherwise contributing to the QuantiaMD community. Pretty freaking good deal in my opinion!To sign up go here and follow the instructions. Unfortunately this opportunity is only available for those with a provider number so you need to be a MD, DO, PA or NP to sign-up. To find your provider number just Google “your name and NPI”.Amazon StudentThis one is another win-win. Amazon Student in itself is an awesome service. You get free two-day shipping from Amazon and a reduced rate on Amazon Prime (which is every bit as good as Netflix) just for being a student. It costs you NOTHING to sign-up and if you refer your friends you get $5 for every one of them that signs up. Doesn’t seem like much, but you have a lot of friends, right?Physician SurveysAgain, as a physician you are in a unique position. There are only so many of us out there and people want our opinion! I haven’t had a TON of success with physician survey websites but when I do the payout is great – $20-$100 for giving your opinion for half an hour or so. The two I have had luck with are Curizon and Physician’s Advisory Council.As a side note, there are a lot of “earn $1000’s while taking surveys at home!” sites on the internet that are available to the general public. I got into them for a while but after days of furious clicking I had only made about $100. You’re welcome to give it a shot but I think there are better ways to earn a few bucks.I’ve given all of these ideas a shot as well as making a few dollars from this website. I’m certainly not getting rich and am VERY much looking forward to making an attending’s salary and digging myself out of medical school debt but you will be surprised how much difference $100-$200 a month can make when you put it to good use! Make your choices wisely!Ways to Make Money in Med SchoolKaplan Test Prep will give you a fair shake - 20/hr starting, 8/hr prep time. You may make more at other companies, esp. smaller ones, but Kaplan is huge, and I used to move around a lot so I liked having work anywhere. There's a lot of work if you'ore in a big city. Especially if you're a medical student, ask about being an MCAT Mentor.http://Tutor.com - I posted that above, basically 12/hr for tutoring online.You can probably tutor at your medical school and your local colleges.However, this kind of work is time-consuming and not really relevant to medical school in general, you have to ask yourself if you really have the time to spend doing this kind of work while studying at the same time.Check out other Test Prep companies as well, such as Princeton Review, Berkeley Review, Sylvan, etc. They may offer to pay more. Kaplan is part of a big company though, with all its relevant resources and abilities, so that's nice.Another former Kaplan MCAT teacher gone med student, def true about more acting than teaching. Sucks for the kiddies, but I can see how that would make it GREAT for a med student (I knew a third year who was teaching at the same time as me and loved it). They provide pretty straight-forward/scripted lesson plans, so after you initially master the material the time commitment isn't bad. They're also great at scheduling around you. Spouting the occasional factoid about med school will also get you good reviews = decent pay bonuses. Personally, was not my favorite job, but if you need the money...Could also try emailing the pre-med counselor and heads of the pre-med clubs to offer tutoring, heard about a lot of offers that way.I used to work for Varsity Tutors and Kaplan, both. I liked Varsity a lot more than Kaplan. From my experience, they're a lot more open to negotiating their take on the hourly percent, especially for grad student exam prep, like the MCAT. As with any tutoring, you can also do what I did and use companies like Varsity as, essentially, a door-opener for getting your name known in a community, and then negotiate with your clients and leave the tutoring company out of it. Usually, this can double your hourly pay, and will also be cheaper for the client. Before I started med school, I made around 60 dollars per hour this way, though that was in New York, and it's pretty easy to find rich tutoring clients here.You can sell your body to Science :) I'm just joking. You can sell your notes (personal notes are gold mines in terms of information). You can use also Udemy (http://udemy.com) for sell your courses. https://www.udemy.com/teach/?ref=teach_header Have fun :)I work as a phlebotomist at the weekends but only for a few hours to keep me ticking over.I have some friends that work for my university as scribes for the hearing-impaired - they're usually assigned to after-hours lectures (for lots of different subjects, mostly law) and basically write down everything that happens in that hour. I'm not sure on the details but it pays pretty decent ($25-30 AUD/hr) so maybe something to look into?I know some med students who are on fiver that read/edit personal statements for pre-meds.Sell your semen. Seriously. Assuming you are male; you are highly educated and intelligent, so your genes will likely be worth more than the general public's at a sperm bank. Google to see if there are any near you and make an appointment.I know someone who drove for Uber during her 3rd and 4th years. Something like that might be worth looking into, if you're willing to deal with drunk people (and classmates).I tutor online using Google Hangout and a Wacom tablet. Not a consistent influx of students, but surely a way to make easy money at home on weekends! I posted an ad on a tutor search website for $50phIf you're married, hopefully your spouse is working, which would help a lot with your situation. Aside from the usual budgeting, etc advice, here's some stuff you can do.Tutoring/Teaching - Whether at school, on your own, or at a test prep company. If you're a med student, likely you're good at physics, chemistry, biology, the sciences that many college students struggle with. I work for a test prep company for some pretty good pay from home, although it's a very part-time job.Here's one that's I worked for about a year - http://www.tutor.com/ the pay was around 12/hr, but I basically did all my work from home (max 30 hours).Plasma/Blood DonationsMedical Studies - Depends on what you're willing to risk, but there are studies looking for human volunteers, from what I've seen they seem to pay a few thousand for a few night's stay.Thrifting - I used to go down to Goodwill, look stuff up on my phone to see what had value and resell it on Ebay/Amazon. Made some quick cash that way.Military - HPSP is honestly the best way, but it comes with the huge potential downside of being involved in military medicine. However, if you've had an interest in military medicine like I do, but want to negate a lot of the negatives, consider the National Guard - here's an article about it by the White Coat Investor: Army National Guard PhysiciansHow did you earn money during medical school? (Quora)