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#191
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I’m glad you enjoy it.
The area is very nice, but schools are as bad as I say. A ‘great’ GPA in those schools is definitely not equivalent to 20 or 30 years ago.
Go and find one of those kids the public school says is so smart.... Get that kid to identify a pronoun and an adverb from some sentence in the paper. Results may surprise you.
And if you really want a shock, ask about fractions.
I have come across products of these schools who cannot count change. As in the shiny coins we learned about in 2nd grade. They literally can not identify what those things are.
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The area is very nice, but schools are as bad as I say. A ‘great’ GPA in those schools is definitely not equivalent to 20 or 30 years ago.
Go and find one of those kids the public school says is so smart.... Get that kid to identify a pronoun and an adverb from some sentence in the paper. Results may surprise you.
And if you really want a shock, ask about fractions.
I have come across products of these schools who cannot count change. As in the shiny coins we learned about in 2nd grade. They literally can not identify what those things are.
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#193
Results vary.
I am just cheesed off about my nephew.
Most of us learned sentence components early on. Some schools just plain don't teach that stuff anymore. My nephew was an honor grad, beta club, all that stuff.... I am am still floored that he is having to do 4th or 5th grade catch up stuff like this in college. No excuse for any HS grad never having learned that stuff.
And trig as the highest level math-for a beta club kid who is good at math? That's at least two years behind what equivalent kids took when I went to actual big-boy HS.
I am just cheesed off about my nephew.
Most of us learned sentence components early on. Some schools just plain don't teach that stuff anymore. My nephew was an honor grad, beta club, all that stuff.... I am am still floored that he is having to do 4th or 5th grade catch up stuff like this in college. No excuse for any HS grad never having learned that stuff.
And trig as the highest level math-for a beta club kid who is good at math? That's at least two years behind what equivalent kids took when I went to actual big-boy HS.
#194
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Spent more time thinking about this than I should have. But I spent zero time diagramming sentences in college. Or high school for that matter, was a jr high thing where I grew up. I took two years of calculus in high school, but no trig.
Schools have been good for my kids. None of my neighbors' kids who have gone on to college have reported issues.
Much like the airline I picked, won't know if I moved my family to the right place for a long time. Similarly, so far so good.
Schools have been good for my kids. None of my neighbors' kids who have gone on to college have reported issues.
Much like the airline I picked, won't know if I moved my family to the right place for a long time. Similarly, so far so good.
#195
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Ever consider that your anecdotal evidence of 1 more likely indicates your nephew is a moron and is not an indictment of an entire school system? What dumb school did you go to, to generalize an entire region's schools based upon 1 mouth breather? If it was private then I'd say no way would I ever send my kid to a private school. Sure, they can spell and diagram sentences (because we do that all the time in the real world) but developing a cohesive argument based off of overwhelming evidence? Nope, they all fall short.
How about the kind which taught me how to construct paragraphs comprised of complete sentences?
WTF is that gibberish you cooked up? Really? What are you even attempting to communicate?
“Brawndo-it’s what plants need....” That’s a loose translation of whatever the hell I just read.
Son. You have no room to criticize anyone’s academic achievements.
Go crack a 5th grade English book before you try to bring it.
Glad you are satisfied with your results. Set your sights low enough, and you’ll never be disappointed! Southside public schools seem like a great fit for you and yours!
Last edited by jcountry; 12-24-2018 at 01:15 AM.
#197
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Dumb school?
How about the kind which taught me how to construct paragraphs comprised of complete sentences?
WTF is that gibberish you cooked up? Really? What are you even attempting to communicate?
“Brawndo-it’s what plants need....” That’s a loose translation of whatever the hell I just read.
Son. You have no room to criticize anyone’s academic achievements.
Go crack a 5th grade English book before you try to bring it.
Glad you are satisfied with your results. Set your sights low enough, and you’ll never be disappointed! Southside public schools seem like a great fit for you and yours!
How about the kind which taught me how to construct paragraphs comprised of complete sentences?
WTF is that gibberish you cooked up? Really? What are you even attempting to communicate?
“Brawndo-it’s what plants need....” That’s a loose translation of whatever the hell I just read.
Son. You have no room to criticize anyone’s academic achievements.
Go crack a 5th grade English book before you try to bring it.
Glad you are satisfied with your results. Set your sights low enough, and you’ll never be disappointed! Southside public schools seem like a great fit for you and yours!
#198
Dumb school?
How about the kind which taught me how to construct paragraphs comprised of complete sentences?
WTF is that gibberish you cooked up? Really? What are you even attempting to communicate?
“Brawndo-it’s what plants need....” That’s a loose translation of whatever the hell I just read.
Son. You have no room to criticize anyone’s academic achievements.
Go crack a 5th grade English book before you try to bring it.
Glad you are satisfied with your results. Set your sights low enough, and you’ll never be disappointed! Southside public schools seem like a great fit for you and yours!
How about the kind which taught me how to construct paragraphs comprised of complete sentences?
WTF is that gibberish you cooked up? Really? What are you even attempting to communicate?
“Brawndo-it’s what plants need....” That’s a loose translation of whatever the hell I just read.
Son. You have no room to criticize anyone’s academic achievements.
Go crack a 5th grade English book before you try to bring it.
Glad you are satisfied with your results. Set your sights low enough, and you’ll never be disappointed! Southside public schools seem like a great fit for you and yours!
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