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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4704 on: July 08, 2020, 01:38:20 PM »
Woah. That's huge.

Which ones??
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4705 on: July 08, 2020, 01:42:01 PM »
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4706 on: July 08, 2020, 02:14:37 PM »
a lot of Olympic sports...  They still will have a more programs than places like Clemson or UNL, but it's sad to see another cut into the already limited olympic sports opportunity.  
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4707 on: July 08, 2020, 02:37:01 PM »
Yeah, I had an acquaintance in high school who went to Stanford for synchronized swimming.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4708 on: July 08, 2020, 02:58:25 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 08, 2020, 01:16:36 PM
That could be a poll - should you wear military hats/clothes if you didn't serve.  You could just be showing your support, right?  But yet, I imagine we all assume a dude wearing a USMC hat probably served.  It's interesting. 
I get mistaken for military/police all the time and it’s always kind of awkward explaining I’m not. I wear my hair in a military high and tight and I’m thick through my arms, chest, and shoulders.   But the worst time was when I was wearing a USAF polo and an elderly gentlemen wearing a WWII hat approached me and said, “Now there is a serviceman if I ever saw one.”  I almost felt like I owed him an apology and, in fact, did apologize.  I‘m now hesitant to wear that shirt out.  I don’t want people to ever think I’m trying to trick them into believing something about me, especially the military aspect of it. Veterans get very testy about stolen valor.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4709 on: July 08, 2020, 03:34:09 PM »
Quote from: NorthernOhioBuckeye on July 08, 2020, 01:35:51 PM
So when is it going to get better? Unless the public school can get rid of the bad actors (i.e. kids that are persistent problems and have no interest in learning), they are going to continue to bring down everyone else. And as a parent, I don't want MY kids having to suffer in the hope that someday, things will be better. My kids only get one chance and I don't want it ruined by a system that caves to the lowest common denominator. I'm sure that there are other parents that feel the same way.
With this line of thinking, it will never improve.  Not judging or saying this mindset is wrong or rare, because it's not, but it GUARANTEES it will never improve.

If we make a football analogy, your kid is a RB playing for Rutgers.  His yards per carry suffer because of the awful o-line blocking for him.  And so you want him to transfer to Michigan State because he's  your kid and you want the best blocking he can get while being good enough to receive a bulk of the carries.  
Nothing wrong with that, happens all the time.  But when another and another, then another player does that, how is Rutgers ever going to compete?  

They can't.  They go from having some talent (students/families invested in education) and some hope (gradually rising test scores/students getting into better and better universities) to no talent (no one caring about school) and no hope (declining progress, things getting worse).

Someone has to be the 1990 Badgers (1-10 under 1st year HC Alvarez).  Someones kids have to be 2008 Baylor for those payoff seasons to happen.  There's no other way.  
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4710 on: July 08, 2020, 03:42:37 PM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on July 08, 2020, 03:34:09 PM
With this line of thinking, it will never improve.  Not judging or saying this mindset is wrong or rare, because it's not, but it GUARANTEES it will never improve.

If we make a football analogy, your kid is a RB playing for Rutgers.  His yards per carry suffer because of the awful o-line blocking for him.  And so you want him to transfer to Michigan State because he's  your kid and you want the best blocking he can get while being good enough to receive a bulk of the carries. 
Nothing wrong with that, happens all the time.  But when another and another, then another player does that, how is Rutgers ever going to compete? 

They can't.  They go from having some talent (students/families invested in education) and some hope (gradually rising test scores/students getting into better and better universities) to no talent (no one caring about school) and no hope (declining progress, things getting worse).

Someone has to be the 1990 Badgers (1-10 under 1st year HC Alvarez).  Someones kids have to be 2008 Baylor for those payoff seasons to happen.  There's no other way. 
Until parents of these kids take some responsibility for them, things will not change. And I and many other parents are not going to sacrifice our kids in the hope that it gets better someday. Personally, there should be a school for the delinquent kids that teaches them the very basics and gets them out of the local public school. Maybe if we did those types of things, the local public schools could improve. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4711 on: July 08, 2020, 03:46:10 PM »
The threat when I was in school was that we'd be sent to "reform school" if we acted up.  I never knew what it was really, but it sounded bad.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4712 on: July 08, 2020, 03:59:48 PM »
Is boarding school still a thing? 

Anyone know if, monthly, it's more or less expensive than child support? 

If I could send my kids off to boarding school for 9 months out of the year, *and* stop paying the ex, that's win-win right? 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4713 on: July 08, 2020, 04:20:00 PM »
There are military boarding schools dotted around.  My son wanted to attend one for some reason his senior year.  Nyet.

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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4714 on: July 08, 2020, 04:22:41 PM »
The northeast has a lot of boarding schools. It's definitely a thing up there. 
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4715 on: July 08, 2020, 05:04:48 PM »
Awesome. Stanford is the only school that periodically prevents OSU from winning a NC in synchronized swimming.
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4716 on: July 08, 2020, 05:52:45 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 08, 2020, 03:46:10 PM
The threat when I was in school was that we'd be sent to "reform school" if we acted up.  I never knew what it was really, but it sounded bad.
One of the quotes from Gator i remember - Most of these kids belong in reform school and not a University Campus
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Re: 2020 Offseason Stream of Unconciousness
« Reply #4717 on: July 08, 2020, 05:55:21 PM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on July 08, 2020, 03:59:48 PM

If I could send my kids off to boarding school for 9 months out of the year, *and* stop paying the ex, that's win-win right?
How about sending the EX to boarding school,have her moonlight for work and send the kids the difference
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