Talking Points
Tired of giving the same old presentations? Use these nuggets of information to spruce them up.
Reported by PLANADVISER Staff
- This spring, 3.33 million students will graduate from high school, the largest class in American history. For those with a student in that group, it may be too late (Sallie Mae’s 2007 Survey of Parents of College-Bound Freshmen notes that 61% of all parents of incoming college freshmen said that they began initial discussions about the best way to pay for college after the child entered high school).
- “Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.” —Francis Bacon
- Adults who have obtained or refinanced a home loan in the past five years typically spent only five hours researching a home loan, according to a recent survey of 2,897 adults conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of real estate Web site Zillow.com. In fact, more time typically is spent researching a car purchase (eight hours) or major home improvements, such as a kitchen remodel (10 hours), and equal time is spent planning a single vacation (five hours).
- Due to gravitational effects, you weigh slightly less when the moon is directly overhead.
- “Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.” —Scottie Pippen