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I am obviously heading for a mistake (since I don't have kids nor have I asked the prices) but I doubt all schools charge those amounts, I went to a private highschool (public school though) and the amount they charged was not even 10k colones back in the early 90s.
Of course that the ones that have all the bells and whistles (like international degrees etc) are going to charge an arm and a leg (specially if located in Escazu.
Similarly you can go through the entire university paying very little (or next to nothing, as yours truly did), I doubt I spent more than 1k in tuition for 5 years undergrad/1 year grad (example, if you get a position as a professors assistant where you grade quizes etc....you automatically pay nothing and even get a small check)
Education and health care are the ones where you can REALLY tell that there is an astronomical difference in price (the ideal situation here would be to raise a kid here and then send him to get a masters in the US and if the kid is gringo....then just get a job over there. A former classmate from highschool did that very thing)
While the price of cars pisses me off as well.....on the realistic side you are better off driving a piece of shit. If a taxi hits you ......no harm done......if someone steals it, again......no harm done. If it were up to me I would be buying disposable 80s Hyundai Excel (but unfortunately the wife has a say on these things arghhhhh)
you and I , both, would be doing that
with my trusty old toyota I actually thought that, not because I drove agresively but simply because between the taxistas /the motorcycles and the ones that drove hyundai excels from the 80s...they always try to push you out of the road/force you to stop / etc and you also have the %#$%#$%holes with cars that cost about half a house....thinking that I Was going to be scared...LOL....with my tercel I always considered it 'acceptable damage' if I totalled it ....oh the good ol' days
there as #$%$holes on both 'sides' BUT
if you see me waving in front/behind you and then between two lanes with a car just to get 5 seconds earlier to the next stoplight......(which is of course physically impossible with a car) I owe you a few beers :drink:
Honestly it puzzles me to death (excuse the pun) why so many motorcyclists 'drive' like they do (suicidal mode) ......don't they think for a second about the fact that if they hit a car because of their reckless way of driving......they are the ones that are going to kick the bucket?
let me give you my humble point of view
A) everyone in CR is a PILOTAZO....we can all drive like Michael Schumaher.......we have the reaction time of a tiger........the speed of a cheetah ....and the eyes of an eagle
B) therefore we can all tell , how much faster we can go and always cut in front of everyone and everything and also when to obey the red/green light or a yield or a stop sign
because of A and B we drive like maniacs (and also because we are totally swamped with cars)
problem is that when we figure out that A and B are BS.......crashes happen
and when you drive a bike and are about to hit a car......you are the one that has the most to lose
THEREFORE, you would imagine that motorcycle drivers would be more defensive but its totally the opposite....they all drive like this guy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088618/
and if you can get youtube....then this is the intro of the series (depending on your age....I am sure you saw it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCItnKrXvMM
my favorite of course is when the motorcyclists.........are riding their bikes at 100 kph just before a rotonda......and they are talking on the phone (I know, you need to see it to believe it)
probably
now imagine the survival probabilities
a) bike versus my car (I drive a big-ugly ****ucker
b) car against my car
logic (or safety) dictates the bike should drive 'defensively' to SURVIVE.....but no......(and I am not saying the car shouldn't but my point is .....well you know what my point is......which is.....
do you drive like you want to see your kids again?
some of the motorcycles don't seem to care about seeing tomorrow's newspaper
