No it doesn't. The average doesn't mean anything as the mix of jobs in the private and public sectors is so different. I'm not arguing the reverse, by the way, that public sector emplo… (View Post)

It's just completely meaningless to take the average pay of surgeons, teachers, and lollipop ladies, and compare that with the average of investment bankers, accountants, supermarket shelf stack… (View Post)

In my own case, I'm glad my parents went for option 1. But that's in the context of private school fees being quite a lot lower at that time, the school in question being very good, and the… (View Post)

I suppose so. Maybe people generally don't think about opportunity cost enough. To me, it just seems pretty obvious to think, before spending a significant amount of money, about what else I cou… (View Post)

Surely it simply depends on the relative quality of the two schooling options in your area? If there is a high quality state school and the private one isn't all that, clearly it's option 2… (View Post)