Maths For Real Life, Period 1, Class 5 [2/4]

[notanactualfairy]

Today, there were computers. "Fact," said Jean-Paul, "things are more or less expensive in other countries; we talked about this already. Fact: things are more expensive in different parts of the same country. What a person can live on very comfortably in Atlanta, Georgia will not go as far in San Francisco, California. Comparative cost of living is, pardon my language, a bitch. As it is not exactly something you can calculate on your own without extensive research I am not about to ask of a high school class, I have provided the web addresses of a few calculators you can use to get a feel for how the cost of living varies in different parts of the country. You may pick some arbitrary salary; the percentage difference will remain the same. Prepare to be amazed."

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Re: OMGWTF Cost of Living

[ecirpnellehada.livejournal.com]

Adah...did not have a very great amount of experience with a computer. She was, however, feeling a little loathed to ask for help. So this was Adah, sitting at a computer, becoming weirdly acquainted with using the mouse with her left hand instead of her right and slowly starting to piece through how to do what was asked of her for class today. Slowly. All the while hoping that she didn't end up doing something that would make the damn machine blow up.