Quillback Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 31 minutes ago, moguy1973 said: Heh, exactly what I was thinking. Also, I think of a canoe something someone that isn't well off can have and can afford. This article should be about $80k sparkly bass boats. She's probably never seen a bass boat, but yeah, it would be interesting to hear her thoughts on bass boats. Bass Yakker 1
Mitch f Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 I looked this lady professor up and found these reviews Bass Yakker 1 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Flysmallie Posted October 26, 2016 Author Posted October 26, 2016 47 minutes ago, Mitch f said: Yea, I think the most damage is done at the Universities where PC is king. I used to think the term Academic was a compliment, not anymore. That word now should be translated to: "Sat on my arse for another 4 years". Unless you're in Engineering, or something equivalent, you will be endoctrinated with all this bullsh*t. I'm in a quandary right now on how to how to help my oldest decide her path. A smart kid can still thrive in this environment. My oldest will graduate this December from Missouri State. It's been an eye opening experience for her but has only made her a stronger as a person. Throughout the whole process she has kept a pretty level head. She has made some wrong decisions based on what she was being taught but has learned from them. I have never tried to crush any of her ideas, never done this to any of my kids. I don't stand over them and tell them that what they are learning is wrong and how my ideas are right. But I do give them the information that they don't hear from everyone so they can make an educated decision on their own. Sometimes they see it my way and sometimes they don't. But they are their own person and have the right to make their own opinions. My only job is to make sure they have all the information from every angle when making that decision. What has developed is a very intelligent young lady. Yep she's strong headed. I see absolutely nothing wrong with that at all, even if we don't always see eye to eye. I think I would rather have a child that isn't afraid to stand up for the position she has chosen rather than one that easily accepts mine or anyone else's opinion as the truth. I think the best advice that we have given all of our kids when they are deciding their path is to find something you love and do it with all your heart. It's not about the amount of money you are going to make, it's about being in that occupation for a long time and you will be a much better person if you truly enjoy what you do. That's one thing I missed in life. I was always pushed to go and make money. Find something that pays well. Well I did that and I don't enjoy what I do. I do it. And I'm good at it. And I make some cash. But there is still something missing. So yeah you can go to be an engineer or a programmer and make some serious money. But I have quite a few friends in the programming business and see how they live. They have lots of nice stuff and no time to use it. If you live to work instead of work to live then that's fine. Some people like that and again it should be whatever makes you happy. My oldest loves to write so she's a journalism major. Yeah I know. I hear it almost every time I tell somebody what she's going to school for. But she's doing what she loves and she's really good at it. She's already done so much with it and has many opportunities in front of her. And those opportunities are not because she is a journalism major, they are there because she loves what she is doing. People see that. People hire that. Daryk Campbell Sr and bfishn 2
Flysmallie Posted October 26, 2016 Author Posted October 26, 2016 1 hour ago, jpb2187 said: Get as many college credits as you can in high school Just be careful with this one. Too many parents get caught up and want their kids to be the best so in turn they are the best. Sometimes that is more than the kids can do. I've seen some really good students get into trouble by trying to do much in high school. It's freaking high school, you should enjoy that. Having that college credit isn't so great if your GPA suffers because of it.
jpb2187 Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 21 minutes ago, Flysmallie said: Just be careful with this one. Too many parents get caught up and want their kids to be the best so in turn they are the best. Sometimes that is more than the kids can do. I've seen some really good students get into trouble by trying to do much in high school. It's freaking high school, you should enjoy that. Having that college credit isn't so great if your GPA suffers because of it. Didn't mean to say push more than a kid could handle. Just speaking from my own experiences. Graduated MO state 7 years ago. Left high school with a semester and a half out of the way. That's a few thousand that I'm not paying back today. I paid (financed?) my own way through school, so if I could go back I would've tried to get even more credits out of the way. The real challenge is figuring out what you want to do in life. At 18 I had no idea. Hell at 29 I stil don't really know. High school counselors need to do a better job of explaining what a typical day in the life a career entails. Expected hours, pay scales, whether your expect to work more than 8-5 in order to be promoted, etc. The core courses i was talking about are just good building blocks to get into basically any industry at a well paying rate.
Mitch f Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 34 minutes ago, Flysmallie said: Just be careful with this one. Too many parents get caught up and want their kids to be the best so in turn they are the best. Sometimes that is more than the kids can do. I've seen some really good students get into trouble by trying to do much in high school. It's freaking high school, you should enjoy that. Having that college credit isn't so great if your GPA suffers because of it. Try telling that to a Chinese Tiger mom!?? "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
Flysmallie Posted October 26, 2016 Author Posted October 26, 2016 9 minutes ago, Mitch f said: Try telling that to a Chinese Tiger mom!?? Oh trust me I understand. My wife is not far from that. But she has had some eye opening experiences this year especially with parents pushing too hard and then it's their own child that get's thrown into a horrible situation. Nothing like watching kids explain to their friends that they have to sit out a game or two because the honors class their parent forced them to take is way over their head. It works for some but not for all. I learned early on that my kids got their mother's math skills. No reason for me to force them to take college level math classes in high school. Mitch f 1
Flysmallie Posted October 26, 2016 Author Posted October 26, 2016 20 minutes ago, jpb2187 said: The real challenge is figuring out what you want to do in life. At 18 I had no idea. Hell at 29 I stil don't really know. High school counselors need to do a better job of explaining what a typical day in the life a career entails. Expected hours, pay scales, whether your expect to work more than 8-5 in order to be promoted, etc. They should have classes around this. I can think of some teaching that could be replaced by this.
Mitch f Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 When I see Al Agnew skillfully steering his solo canoe thru a complicated riffle, the first thing I think of is White Privilege, Genocide, and gender equality!!? jpb2187 and Smalliebigs 2 "Honor is a man's gift to himself" Rob Roy McGregor
snagged in outlet 3 Posted October 26, 2016 Posted October 26, 2016 4 hours ago, jpb2187 said: Get as many college credits as you can in high school Not all schools accept all of the credits. The schools my daughter looked at would only accept 9-12 credits at the most. And some won't accept the more technical classes like chemistry at all from a high school. I don't believe Rolla accepts more than 9 credits and won't accept chemistry. She's going with 9 credits and will likely test into calc 1 since the calc class she's in now had every student last year test into calc. She's going for an applied mathematics degree. SpoonDog and Mitch f 2
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