Comment how about $1200 in books? (Score 2, Insightful) 528
... that would last them the rest of their lives, instead of something guaranteed to be obselete in 5? I'd love to see what ./ers think would be appropriately useful books. In others words, what 10 books would be the most important to the educational and social growth of a 2nd grader?
1. Basic mathematics (algebra/trig/geometry)
2. Basic physics
3. American history
4. World history
5. Basics foreign language (maybe teaching simple stuff from the top 5 most used languages)
6. How to manage you finances (saving/buying houses, cars, investing money/stocks/bonds, how to calculate loan rates, credit card rates, etc.)
7. Basic biology (plants, animals, species/genres, amoebas, yada yada)
8. Catalog of important literature grouped in various ways, useful for researching
9. I'm out of ideas
10. Subscription to a global newspaper *shrug*
1. Basic mathematics (algebra/trig/geometry)
2. Basic physics
3. American history
4. World history
5. Basics foreign language (maybe teaching simple stuff from the top 5 most used languages)
6. How to manage you finances (saving/buying houses, cars, investing money/stocks/bonds, how to calculate loan rates, credit card rates, etc.)
7. Basic biology (plants, animals, species/genres, amoebas, yada yada)
8. Catalog of important literature grouped in various ways, useful for researching
9. I'm out of ideas
10. Subscription to a global newspaper *shrug*
