So, many years ago we decided to place my young daughter into a private Catholic school because we felt she needed a bit more TLC in the classroom...nothing against public schools - we love them also, and my wife is a teacher in one now, but back then, our daughter had moved so much with me in the military that she needed a bit of stability we felt the school could provide...so the tuition was something like $10,000.00!
To impress on my kids the VALUE OF EDUCATION we decided to get the money out of the bank and show her what it meant to us that she get a good education...so we asked for the amount in CA$H from my local bank -- IN SINGLES!
Well, the bank agreed to do it but it wasn't easy. They needed a WEEK to do it and had to bring in several people to count it all in front of me. The manager came out and said, "Mr. Marra, we aren't supposed to ask you this and you don't have to tell us, but why on earth do you need $10,000 in....SINGLES?!"
Told him the story - they laughed.
So, I put it all in a black suitcase like Tony Soprano and go home...stack in up on the table.
WOW - that is a lot of DOUGH!
My kids (and frankly my wife and I) had it stacked on the dinner table. We told Molly how much she meant to us and that ALL OF THIS was for her education.
I told her:
"The price of education is high, but the cost of ignorance is incalculable."
She got it - turned it around - got great grades, and now is a pediatric delivery nurse in Nashville.
So, I was about to turn it BACK into the back (lesson over) when I called the principal of the school and just for fun, ask if I can PAY IN CA$H. He loves the idea and....put the money out in the gym and had EVERY KID come by and take a good hard look at it - and told them the PILE represents EACH CHILD in the school and THAT is what someone is PAYING for your education!
