Man, my high school is so screwed. (semi-rant)

[MySoS]

My district found a solution to get people to pass the school taxes. By just having the taxes levy against new home owners. The tax would only effect those who purchased homes after Jan 1st after the law was passed. This district was able to pass 3 taxes that amounted to around $50 a year each, over a period of 4 years.

 

[slick230]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: slick230

Originally posted by: Falloutboy
my HS didn't put any money toards sports the tickets from the varcity football games funded it more than well enough (10,000+ people per game at 5 bucks a pop) then thier are all the "lesser" sports that bring in some money

Looks like your school should have spent more money on better English teachers and remedial spelling classes.

He just transposed or mistyped a few letters. That happens when you are typing quickly.

You're nit-pick achieved what exactly?

Why don't you go swim with some Great Whites, Oz-n00b.

 

[xarmian]

The Top-10 engineering school that I got into didn't give a damn about my extra-curriculars.

However, let's take two people, equally able, equal grades, both apply to the same school. Student #1 participates in just one club, student #2 participates in none because his/her school did not have any, or enough to have one that appealed to this person.

Student #2 is your daughter.

The End.

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
Shhh, you might get the P&N Libertarians after joos.

🙂

I've only met one so far. (Dissipate)

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: episodic
Why should I pay for kids schooling I don't have. . . Only PARENTS with children should have to pay.

I dont have kids but I dont mind having to pay taxes that go to funding schools for kids

the idea of one kid growing up to be like you is enough 😀😀

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

Originally posted by: xarmian

The Top-10 engineering school that I got into didn't give a damn about my extra-curriculars.

However, let's take two people, equally able, equal grades, both apply to the same school. Student #1 participates in just one club, student #2 participates in none because his/her school did not have any, or enough to have one that appealed to this person.

Student #2 is your daughter.

The End.

Student #2 can do one of the following things:

1. Know ahead-of-time what school she wants to get into so that she actually knows if she'll have to the grades to get in.

2. Go out on her own and do productive things in her spare time. She could donate her time to a church, work in a soup kitchen, etc. She could then put this in her application and mention that her school has no extra-curricular activities. I'm sure the school would be impressed that she's going out of her way to help people outside of class.

Aight Peace.

 

[xarmian]

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever

Originally posted by: xarmian

The Top-10 engineering school that I got into didn't give a damn about my extra-curriculars.

However, let's take two people, equally able, equal grades, both apply to the same school. Student #1 participates in just one club, student #2 participates in none because his/her school did not have any, or enough to have one that appealed to this person.

Student #2 is your daughter.

The End.

Student #2 can do one of the following things:

1. Know ahead-of-time what school she wants to get into so that she actually knows if she'll have to the grades to get in.

2. Go out on her own and do productive things in her spare time. She could donate her time to a church, work in a soup kitchen, etc. She could then put this in her application and mention that her school has no extra-curricular activities. I'm sure the school would be impressed that she's going out of her way to help people outside of class.

Aight Peace.

So we expect Student #2 to be psychic, have to plan the school ahead of time and apply early, and know exactly what grades she needs (even though the school doesn't even know exactly what grades she needs), and we are going to make her work harder, do extra, go out, and write letters, while Student #1 will still have an equal chance of getting accepted, yet have to do none of these things. This is the point I'm trying to make.

For anyone who's going to say "she shouldn't be lazy", that has nothing to do with whether she's being treated fairly compared to someone else (for someone else's decisions, nonetheless).

Let me add one last comment. I'm simply arguing with the people who say "The school should be a box and the kids should sit in the box and only be exposed to the basics: math, science, readings, writing, and nothing else." I agree the first thing the school district in question (OP's school) needs to do is be audited and reallocate its resources, because there's no reason the school should suddenly need to drop all E.C.'s and half it's untenured teachers.

-Dave