Assistance with tuition

[MossRoad]

Advanced Placement (AP) classes are supposed to be much harder than regular classes and thus score with a higher than 4.0. Roughly speaking a B in an AP class is the same or higher than an A in a regular class.

At least that was the case fifteen years ago when my youngest graduated.

My wife taught in public schools for 33 years. She and all the veteran teachers she knows are very much against all the testing going on. Says teachers must now teach passing tests rather than imparting knowledge of the subjects. She also taught teachers at a local university for six years. She had several 'differences of opinion' with the guy leading the program she was involved in. He was your typical very liberal racist college professor.

RSKY

When I was in high school, I had to take a remedial level geometry class. This was at a private, catholic high school. The girl I was dating was going to a local public high school. She was taking the honors level geometry class. So I was supposed to be two levels behind her. Slow (me), normal, honors (her).

We had the same book and curriculum.

We had friends and colleagues that were in college admissions. They said the school system you come from plays a huge role in college admissions.

We have another set of friends. Both of their children were the valedictorian in their high school the year they graduated. Public high school in our home town. Both kids only got $1000 scholarships to state colleges. Why? Because the local school system has such a weak curriculum.

 

[MossRoad]

I met a cashier at our grocery store. He is a senior in high school. Took vocational classes while in school. Welding. He said he has a job lined up that starts the week after he graduate from high school starting at $26 and hour. :thumbsup:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

The reality is sometimes leadership has their head up their *** and thier "vision" doesn't lead anywhere

If I know what I'm doing and doing my job right, and my vision classes with upper management, so be it.

I've come up with a phrase that you don't have to spend 50k on a masters degree to get so you can get a t-shirt or poster made up... "the bigger the company, the more * up it is..."

Generally speaking, if it's a familiy run business and they keep everything in the family, it's the grandson who finally runs the business into the ground because the grandson was handed everything and he thinks he knows everything LMAO

Found that last statement to be true...sometimes it's ran into the ground by the kids.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I met a cashier at our grocery store. He is a senior in high school. Took vocational classes while in school. Welding. He said he has a job lined up that starts the week after he graduate from high school starting at $26 and hour.

Friend of mine growing up, yr or 2 younger than me, started as a welder in HS. Graduated, got job in Norfolk VA welding aircraft carriers. Later got a nice job with alcoa. Now retired. He's doing well.

 

[ultrarunner]

Lots of interesting prospective...

Nursing can be very flexible... one of my friends is an RN and makes her living in the legal system as expert witness... others work for the State or Feds and inspect medical facilities... others are occupational Nurses that work for large corps reviewing health and wellness and another RN friend work for an Insurance Company... you will find few RN's cleaning bed pans...

Some the most successful people lacked higher institutional education... especially here in Silicon Valley... Gates of Jobs come to mind.

As for school districts there are work arounds... the University of California guarantees placement of the top students of inner city High Schools with abysmal ranking... so if you are at the top of your class in a inferior school you have an in...

 

[USAFpj]

As for school districts there are work arounds... the University of California guarantees placement of the top students of inner city High Schools with abysmal ranking... so if you are at the top of your class in a inferior school you have an in...

That's good to know Ultra! However, my kids of English descent live in the country with parents that have been together for over two decades, are homeschooled, and do not have a sad story to tell about barriers or glass ceilings. I believe their 'privilege' will keep them from receiving any educational benefits that are set aside for those you mentioned..

 

[ultrarunner]

Home Schooling can be quite a barrier to overcome... and not speaking academically.

There is a bias often found in the State Universities and Colleges against home schooled... at least here where Teacher Unions are trying to limit charter schools and make home schooling more difficult.

 

[MossRoad]

... Gates of Jobs come to mind.

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The problem is or every Gates and Jobs there's 10,000 Kastanzas and Kramers....

 

[USAFpj]

There is a bias often found in the State Universities and Colleges against home schooled

I would agree with your summation. Our experience is that to ensure that we are compliant and honest, our kids take standardized testing along with public school children, and that their report cards are submitted as well. Not mandatory, but definitely helpful. It also helps that we live in the South, where a lot of debatable subjects are still common sense..

 

[Steppenwolfe]

The problem is for every Gates and Jobs there's 10,000 Kastanzas and Kramers....

More like 999,000...