Vaccine

dad4 said:
Even I think the requirement is getting out of date
I’d be happy to get an annual booster against the latest version.
It’s like asking me to get last year’s flu vaccine.
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Do you think all unvaccinated people should get fired from job for no jab still?
 
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Emma said:
The off topic stuff on this thread is a lot more fun. From my reading, the rationale is equality. The next step is to remove all AP classes because that creates a stigma too. 2 molds do not fit for a large high school like Patrick Henry. Some kids do great in the AP test while some do better on projects, papers, & extra assignments - that's why Honors v AP. This sounds like a principal who cares more about future career moves and appeasing her bosses rather than taking care of her students. I'll sacrifice my students college admission competitiveness to improve my chance of getting a promotion. Less Honors classes means lower grades for Patrick Henry students, lowering their ability to compete with other applicants. Without test score considerations, this will definitely be very harmful to Patrick Henry students.

Is this happening only at Patrick Henry or is this being applied at every San Diego Unified school?
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The ability to compete with other applicants if you lack honors courses for your GPA is a big issue. I wish it weren't that way, but it is, the whole college process is completely insane. I'm going to brag a bit here, but without the honors options my daughter would have never gotten into the University of Michigan (what's more insane is that Michigan's out of state tuition is basically the same as the Ivy's and more in few cases). In some cases additional AP classes were not an option for her given her workload due to other AP's, cheerleading and 20+ hours of dance a week.

As of now, Patrick Henry is the only SDUSD that I've heard that is doing this. At my daughters high school the principal tried to eliminate a number of honor type programs like CSF and Junior Honor Guard, which adds to a students "holistic" resume. I can also say the HS counselors were of no help to my daughter, in fact, I had to get the District Superintendent involved for the counseling staff to submit her transcripts in a timely manner for her college applications.

I've become very disillusioned with public high schools. The exodus to private schools will only continue.
 
watfly said:
The ability to compete with other applicants if you lack honors courses for your GPA is a big issue. I wish it weren't that way, but it is, the whole college process is completely insane. I'm going to brag a bit here, but without the honors options my daughter would have never gotten into the University of Michigan (what's more insane is that Michigan's out of state tuition is basically the same as the Ivy's and more in few cases). In some cases additional AP classes were not an option for her given her workload due to other AP's, cheerleading and 20+ hours of dance a week.

As of now, Patrick Henry is the only SDUSD that I've heard that is doing this. At my daughters high school the principal tried to eliminate a number of honor type programs like CSF and Junior Honor Guard, which adds to a students "holistic" resume. I can also say the HS counselors were of no help to my daughter, in fact, I had to get the District Superintendent involved for the counseling staff to submit her transcripts in a timely manner for her college applications.

I've become very disillusioned with public high schools. The exodus to private schools will only continue.
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Bragging about our kids is awesome and everyone should brag. The college process is insane 100%. My son got 4.4 GPA plus 1400 SAT. Mostly AP. Native American to boot and struck out on his three UC apps. He made all league in football but not much other stuff. SDSU came on hard early and offered him early acceptance into the Business College and he grabbed it. Stanford said no. He did not want to move out of California so he became an Aztec. His Freshman year he was invited to a frat house. He rushed and lost in the first round. He was so sad. However, he got up and the next day he was invited to another frat house. This one he made and he's now the VP of Chapter. Got to go to Baja Cali and Vegas back to back weekends with the fellas. The other insane thing is the rent, food and gas. Our budget three years did not include this high of inflation.
 
watfly said:
I love how this has the "elites" knickers in a wad and how employees are already talking about leaving. Buh, bye safe space.
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Bro, they don't want free speech. It started after 5 and half years ago after HRC lost to t and they went cray cray on facebook and they put a red line over friendships. We watched t take one punch after another. I can;t wait til the day you come on here and say, "crush, I was wrong about t and he does care about the kids with no home and he has a big heart and he's the most honest human ever."
 
crush said:
Bragging about our kids is awesome and everyone should brag. The college process is insane 100%. My son got 4.4 GPA plus 1400 SAT. Mostly AP. Native American to boot and struck out on his three UC apps. He made all league in football but not much other stuff. SDSU came on hard early and offered him early acceptance into the Business College and he grabbed it. Stanford said no. He did not want to move out of California so he became an Aztec. His Freshman year he was invited to a frat house. He rushed and lost in the first round. He was so sad. However, he got up and the next day he was invited to another frat house. This one he made and he's now the VP of Chapter. Got to go to Baja Cali and Vegas back to back weekends with the fellas. The other insane thing is the rent, food and gas. Our budget three years did not include this high of inflation.
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From what I've seen college acceptance is random to a large extent. Having gone through this I think for CA students SDSU is the best value for a quality education in the state. The UC's are quality schools but I do think they are vastly overrated. From students that are there now I hear mostly complaints about getting fed, getting classes and having to take a lot of on-line classes.
 
crush said:
Bragging about our kids is awesome and everyone should brag. The college process is insane 100%. My son got 4.4 GPA plus 1400 SAT. Mostly AP. Native American to boot and struck out on his three UC apps. He made all league in football but not much other stuff. SDSU came on hard early and offered him early acceptance into the Business College and he grabbed it. Stanford said no. He did not want to move out of California so he became an Aztec. His Freshman year he was invited to a frat house. He rushed and lost in the first round. He was so sad. However, he got up and the next day he was invited to another frat house. This one he made and he's now the VP of Chapter. Got to go to Baja Cali and Vegas back to back weekends with the fellas. The other insane thing is the rent, food and gas. Our budget three years did not include this high of inflation.
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1400 and no UC? That's crazy. It's supposed to be top 10%.

Glad he found a good spot.

Which three? I've got a 16 year old trying to stay local, and need to figure things out.
 
dad4 said:
1400 and no UC? That's crazy. It's supposed to be top 10%.

Glad he found a good spot.

Which three? I've got a 16 year old trying to stay local, and need to figure things out.
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I rounded it off. It was 1380. I double checked with him because I wanted to make sure I was 100% honest. UCLA was one of them. My wife got accepted to UCLA but went with UCSD and the smart folks....lol. She speaks five languages. I believe UCSB and one more I can;t remember. Not enough "extra" and ASB and school spirit. Did his 40 hours.
 
crush said:
I rounded it off. It was 1380. I double checked with him because I wanted to make sure I was 100% honest. UCLA was one of them. My wife got accepted to UCLA but went with UCSD and the smart folks....lol. She speaks five languages. I believe UCSB and one more I can;t remember. Not enough "extra" and ASB and school spirit. Did his 40 hours.
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His girlfriend went to a UC and it was horrible experience. Keep in mine we had the rona but she was on lockdown, online, in her dorm, where a mask or else. She bailed and went the JC route and now is looking at a State school by her house and live with her parents. She will be an amazing teacher.
 
soccersc said:
I know @dad4 doesn't want to talk about Covid anymore but this is very very good news for all that are fighting for a little common sense these days,

Home | Senator Roger Niello

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Checking back in here. Who won? The vaxxers or the anti-vaxxers?
Looking forward to my fifth jab. I loved when the leagues mandated masks and distancing. Better to avoid fellow club parents and coaches. And I never got sick.
 
dad4 said:
1400 and no UC? That's crazy. It's supposed to be top 10%.

Glad he found a good spot.

Which three? I've got a 16 year old trying to stay local, and need to figure things out.
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My daughter applied to UCSB and UCLA, got into UCSB, but we know others that got into UCLA and not UCSB. We also know kids that got into UCLA but not Michigan. Go figure, its random. It really depends on who reads your kids application package. She didn't submit test scores to any of the schools. Had straight A's, 4.7 GPA, but I wouldn't say the strongest "holistic" resume.

Most schools are test blind for acceptance; however, they are not test blind for merit money
(Although, I'm not certain this is the case for UC's.). I highly recommend having your kid work on their test scores.

One of the biggest factors for getting into a top school is having a "story". Something "woke" or overcoming diversity. My buddy is a couple years ahead of us and he recommended that I start beating my kids so they have something to write about in their college essays and how they overcame that adversity. Not recommending beating your kid, but you get the picture.
 
watfly said:
No one won, but the kids clearly lost.
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I agree. The kids lost and my pals sister died and my other pal is on blood thinner with my nephew. I am not making this up. My pal has had 4 jabs and is looking forward to his 5th. Ironically he can;t meet tomorrow for debate time because he's sick again.
 
watfly said:
No one won, but the kids clearly lost.
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They lost a couple months while the world was figuring this crisis out. A million Americans lost their lives. Millions more suffer long-Covid. Sometimes I see a masked player out there now—That’s a bummer. But this pay to play soccer continues to cost the kids. They just want to play. But a bunch of rent seeking clubs and parasitic conmen continue to take from the kids more than they give back. The kids provide 99% of the value for this activity, and the system, a network of gatekeepers, is a tapeworm.
 
paytoplay said:
They lost a couple months while the world was figuring this crisis out. A million Americans lost their lives. Millions more suffer long-Covid. Sometimes I see a masked player out there now—That’s a bummer. But this pay to play soccer continues to cost the kids. They just want to play. But a bunch of rent seeking clubs and parasitic conmen continue to take from the kids more than they give back. The kids provide 99% of the value for this activity, and the system, a network of gatekeepers, is a tapeworm.
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If your kids only lost a couple months you either live in the Intermountain West or your kids go to private school.
 
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