> organic marketing etc but then you are just trading time for dollars.
But the alternative, trading dollars for dollars, is essentially just arbitrage, which tends to disappear from competition. Organic marketing is the only sustainable source of alpha I’ve found in affiliate marketing.
I agree. In Austin, Montessori preschools tend to be more rigid and doctrinaire. I don’t know if this is true everywhere, but they also tend to have disproportionately high representation of immigrant families. My impression, based on 8 years of interactions at two different Montessori schools, is immigrant parents seem more deferential toward the teachers and administrators. And more interested in measurable academic outcomes. So the schools respond by keeping the kids on a more linear path with engaging the various “works” (Montessorispeak for projects or learning kits). That said, I think it’s still a great system.
I grew up attending a public elementary school in Sacramento that implemented Open Education. It had many similarities to Montessori— kids received a weekly “contract” with their personalized learning plan and assignments due. If you wanted to do all your math work on Monday, reading on Tuesday, and spend Wednesday through Friday on science, you could (within reason since some things required group lessons). It was an amazing system and I feel extremely fortunate to have experienced it.
That said, now I kind of wonder how much the California open-minded, seeker mentality was responsible for this.
How many "Dellionaires" have gone on to found new startups or even become angel investors/LP's? I can only think of a couple. Overall, Dell's innovations were supply chain and direct mail, not technology.
So I understand where the gentrifying scum are coming from. But jeez, do they not know how to search Reddit?? Everyone knows about Fiesta Gardens and its craziness. I’m sorry they failed to do their due diligence. Now perhaps they’ll understand why it’s cheaper than Tarrytown.