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Ok so I stand a little corrected. It's not the worst ranked public school system, but it does have the second highest drop out rate of any major urban district, with slightly less then half of its students getting a degree. Of those who do get a diploma though a good percentage will go on to...

I didnt say "the worst"

I'm just curious. I've always heard that Chicago's public schools are terrible (bad enough that Obama wouldnt send his own girls to them), and he just named the head of the Chicago Public Schools as his choice for Sec. of Education. I have thought that so far he is making some decent...

Doesnt Chicago have one of the worst public school systems of any city in America?

If the site helps you (which it should if you use it) and its totally free (which it is) why does it bother you if it is "promoted". I swear to god some people think that the biggest sin is to try to sell them or give them something that might be useful.

Psychologists ask a suicidal person "How would you kill yourself" often to determine how serious they are about it. The reason, most people could never even imagine killing themselves, so when you ask them how they would do it, they don't even know how to reply. The fact that you have even...

There are things in life much more important and meaningful then money. Luckily very few of those who don't feel the same (Madoff for example) ever find themselves with very much money or influence. A mess when it does happen though.

I love this one. I have always liked the little cartoon/people just like me commercials that AG Edwards runs. The newest one is the best though. Two guys sitting in the coffee shop, one a broker the other an average working stiff. The broker says "Well in my experience with markets like this...

I don't think that there are a lot of people on ET who make a lot of money. There are a lot of people who want to, there are a lot of people who make good money, but not many people who make a lot of money. I don't know if this means anything to anyone, but I've known EricP for about 9 or 10...

If you ignore a troll he tends to go away fyi.

I think that there is a flip side to this though, and that is that the successful trader (Person too) is ALWAYS learning and wanting to learn more. The thing is that most people think they can buy the knowledge in the markets from someone else, and the truth is that beyond the basics the only...

This is coming from the President, Chairman and CEO of the tightwads club! Anyway another very nice thread Eric. Your first thread "way back in the day" was one of the finest places on the net for a long time for a newbie to come and learn. I'm glad your sharing here.

Pretty much agree with everything you said there trendy.

Kinda sad that I don't even own my own name on the Internet! I started that project as my relationship with Toni was starting to head to the toilet, I was not sure what all I was going to do. I ended up, with the exception of the mentoring program that I did, really not doing a very good job...

Yeah I hear you on that. I always hated to pay, but it seems like one of the hose types of gambles that your likely to win with, but if you lose your going to lose it all. Kinda like writing calls and puts on yourself for a living in a way I guess. It works really well till it doesnt.

I wasnt around back then (I don't think the guy in the AG Edwards commercial was either. (As a side note don't you love that commercial, the two guys meeting in the coffee shop, the smart broker telling the scared client that "Well in my experience with this type of market the best thing to do...

Hey Ivan, I've always meant to thank you for your Forex thread. Even though I really am not to active in that market it is one of the best things going on ET. You do a great job and add incredibly to the site. Thank you.

Thank you again to all of my friends who have replied to this thread, both in private and public. It appreciate it beyond my capacity to describe it in words. For those of you who have thought this has been a "marketing" ploy I'm not sure what to tell you. It's been very successful in...

That was just my free Yahoo club where I told people what I was doing. I was not charging for anything at that time, it's just telling how long I've been on the net.

I never really heard of Ken Roberts much once the Internet got started, I heard that his net worth was well in excess of a quarter billion dollars from his direct mail business though at one time. He was certainly a character back then, the big cowboy hat, the story of the guy he met on the...