[dolander2002]

I don't know where or when you went to high school, but it seems that you had an unpleasant experience. It seems you did not learn the social skills necessary to formulate a more thoughtful reply to my post. I infer from your reply that you were picked on in high school therefore you have come to the conclusion that ALL high schools are corrupt and demeaning to kids.

Kids should have some input, but I think it is up to responsible parents to decide what is best for their children.

I suggest you visit several high schools in small towns in the south. Start with Summerville, SC.

[Kevin OMalley]

I don't know where or when you went to high school,
***Geez, that proves you didn't read through the thread AT ALL. It's right up in there. So, you just came right on over and started spouting off your IMO garbage without reading through the thread. Why should we listen to someone who hasn't bothered to take the time to come up to speed nor learn the issues being discussed?


but it seems that you had an unpleasant experience.
***Aye. It was so bad they made a hit movie about my high school. But you wouldn't know about it, not having read the thread. Thank you for being obvious, though.



It seems you did not learn the social skills necessary to formulate a more thoughtful reply to my post.
***If you had bothered to read through this thread you would have seen that I do have the social skills necessary to formulate thoughtful replies. But your obvious regurgitated, unthinking slop is not worth a "thoughtful" reply. The hundreds of thousands of kids who are looking for a way out of the drudgery they're experiencing at high school and who want to go on to college will see your idiocy for what it is. It is unquantifiable garbage. It is obvious from your post that you did not gain the social skills suggested in the beginner's FAQ and read through the posts before commenting. That makes you a hypocrite as well.


I infer from your reply that you were picked on in high school
***BZZZZT wrong. I was not necessarily picked on in high school. I was in advanced classes, usually the top of my class, I was an athlete. I was just wasting my time, as are MOST of the high school kids today. But the fact was that I saw a lot of kids getting picked on, and they still are, which is what passes for "getting socialized". What a gigantic crock of horse manure.

therefore you have come to the conclusion that ALL high schools are corrupt and demeaning to kids.
***Fascinating that you tell me what conclusion I have come to. Amazing that you can "infer" and that you can tell me what I conclude. Please tell me what I think about my neighbor across the street. If you can't do that, please do not try to read my mind, just read my posts. Show me where I said that "ALL high schools are corrupt and demeaning?" Geez, where did you come from?

Kids should have some input,
***It's THEIR life, they should have more than just SOME input.

but I think it is up to responsible parents to decide what is best for their children.
***You'd be amazed how many "responsible" parents have no idea what's happening in schools today. Then they put on their horse blinders and earmuffs and don't listen to their children when they come home with horror stories. Then, after the kids have wasted 4 years of their lives and go on to community college & burn out from all the nonsense, the parents wonder what happened. After all, the kid went to a "good" high school.


I suggest you visit several high schools in small towns in the south. Start with Summerville, SC.
***I'd be more than happy to do so. Please send me the airplane ticket and hotel voucher, meals would be nice as well. My request for you is much simpler: PLEASE read through the thread BEFORE posting, and on top of that please read the introductory FAQ for this great forum. Oh, and here is a litmus test for the future. Once kids have the freedom to move on to college, how many of them will do so in Summerville, SC? If the high school is so great, why are they compelling kids to stick around? What do they have to lose?

[DeFault User]

Perhaps you both will agree that many, if not most, high schools are poorly run academic disasters. Avoiding violence is a real problem here locally, never mind getting an education. The District moves "students" who have committed felonies from one high school to another.

Unfortunately, it does not seem politically correct to separate serious students from the thugs. If I had a magic wand, I'd put the problems in a boot camp setup with ex-Marine drill instructors, who could teach their pupils in any way they saw fit, as long as they didn't leave permanent scars or injuries.

But we have to deal with what we have. Home schooling by some, private school for others and perhaps someday vouchers to allow choice and promote excellence.

My wife teaches in community college and gets some home-schoolers who are taking advanced courses their parents can't teach. Here they can go for free but they are the last to register and must be at least 16. They don't participate in campus life (what little there is in community college) so I don't see it as a threatening atmosphere.

Her classes have students from 16 to 70. Much of the difference between the oldest students and the college freshmen is in their prior education. Since she teaches a foreign language, she finds that she often has to teach the younger students English grammar. (They have no clue about the structure of English.) The older ones are aghast at the ignorance of the younger ones although most of the home-schoolers have had better preparation.

[Kevin OMalley]

"I suggest you visit several high schools in small towns in the south. Start with Summerville, SC."

***How about if I start with Irmo High School in Columbia?

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