Ah, the dumming down of America...

A trader BUYS Cash Gold for $655, $632, $609. Potential long term profit?
A double.

Little People will remain Little People as long as the present teaching methods continue, unfortunately.

Cute...but to be more accurate the 2005 entry should be in Mandarin.

Also: mis-leading. There was a lot more illiteracy and innumeracy it the past...you can look it up. The difference is that in the 21st century people who can not read or do sums well can get jobs as cashiers; not true 50 years ago.

Sometimes I despair. I got $1.90 change back when the bills and change offered would be expected to return $2 exact. And she used a calculator. She looked to be near high school graduation age. Someday I will be in a hospital or home and she will be there using a calculator to figure my meds.

Sometimes I rejoice. There are a few really smart and tough kids out there who get it. I think that is true of every generation.

LOL! This has got to be the funniest thing I've read today. Thanks for the laugh Bill.
Anyways, gold appears to be headed for $580. It broke out of an inverted H&S on the hourlies yesterday at $662, peaked at $675 and crashed below today, to $642 now. Other commodities are weakening and USD is strengthening. $580 is the next support level and channel uptrend trendline support
Still, it's a short term fluctuation, but I wouldn't be buying gold stocks now(free and clear of mining at this point.)
Didn't get to short copper irl(after I realized it would leverage me 4:1). Would be in the red 4% or so if I did.
Currently long some wheat and short some sugar. Still waiting for gold to get into the accumulation zone which it isn't in... yet.
On the equity markets, perhaps three words are ample "SELL INTO STRENGTH."
*puts away soapbox*

It was a funny joke, but the reality is much different. My son, in a California public high school, is already taking math classes that weren't offered to me until I had reached college, 30 years ago. Furthermore, my father never even got as far as calculus in his own education. He was educated in a one room school, also in California. See the trend?

Kids are getting smarter and kids are working harder at it.

I am taking some time, at mid-life, to attend a local college to learn some new things. I don't feel so superior when I am sitting in a class on molecular biology. It is very good therapy for the treatment of ego inflation:-) Classes on molecular biology and biotechnology were only available to best and the brightest 10 years ago. Now those of us further down the curve can also get access to this information. The system works. People are getting smarter, and knowledge is getting wider distribution.

But is was a funny joke.