Pep

[Unkotare]

...rally time. Finally holding the pre-Thanksgiving Day Game pep rally indoors again. A lot of the kids have never been to one.

 

[DGS49]

Never understood that phenomenon myself. It is a SCHOOL, existing for the purpose of educating children. Wasting class time on this nonsense is Exhibit A of the un-seriousness of Public (and private) education in the U.S.

Do they have "rallies" promoting the STEM subjects?

 

[Unkotare]

Never understood that phenomenon myself. It is a SCHOOL, existing for the purpose of educating children. ....

Yes, CHILDREN. It is not a building full of 30 year old accountants on Prozac. Fostering a sense of community IS part of education. Making school a place these kids want to be is also important considering how tenuous and inconsistent attendance has been since Covid.

In other words, take the stick out of your ass.

 

[Unkotare]

......

Do they have "rallies" promoting the STEM subjects?

When the Math team or the Science team wins a competition, that is recognized and celebrated, of course.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Never understood that phenomenon myself. It is a SCHOOL, existing for the purpose of educating children. Wasting class time on this nonsense is Exhibit A of the un-seriousness of Public (and private) education in the U.S.

Do they have "rallies" promoting the STEM subjects?

Athletic "Scholarship" Is a Contradiction in Terms

All school sports should be privatized, just like the Little League is a replacement for grade-school baseball. And the college football teams should become minor leagues for the NFL, with no connection to the universities they corrupt now.

 

[Unkotare]

Athletic "Scholarship" Is a Contradiction in Terms
....

Not at all.

 

[braalian]

Athletic "Scholarship" Is a Contradiction in Terms

All school sports should be privatized, just like the Little League is a replacement for grade-school baseball. And the college football teams should become minor leagues for the NFL, with no connection to the universities they corrupt now.

Athletics are a vital part of education.

And I’m not talking about from a money point of view. They’re important to the educational experience

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Athletics are a vital part of education.

They’re important to the educational experience

Couch-Potato Education

They're not even "athletic." Students get trained to be spectators, watching a jock clique doing all the action. The result is that graduates are fit to watch their bosses or politicians, letting them be the whole show.

 

[Unkotare]

Couch-Potato Education

They're not even "athletic." Students get trained to be spectators, .....

Still wrong, weakling.

 

[braalian]

Couch-Potato Education

They're not even "athletic." Students get trained to be spectators, watching a jock clique doing all the action. The result is that graduates are fit to watch their bosses or politicians, letting them be the whole show.

“Jock clique”?

That tells me a lot about your high school experience ….

 

[luiza]

Still wrong, weakling.

I have a very wide and successful history in several sporting disciplines .
But that was lucky for me .

How many people are forced through the system? For what ?
Perhaps 0.1% of people become successful sports people . And of that very small percentage , how many are academically competent ?
Yes . That few .

 

[Unkotare]

... . And of that ... how many are academically competent ?
....

Most.

 

[luiza]

Most.

How surprising . Brackets ( What fucking nonsense ).

You are in a corner and you are imagining what you hope is true .
Or , would like to be true, to support your elitist idea.
Listen to any programme involving ex participants and pundits .

Gruesome .

 

[Unkotare]

How surprising . .....

Not so surprising.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Most.

Majoring in Absence

The joke about the OJ jury was that jurors were needed who knew absolutely nothing about OJ. The answer : his college professors.

 

[Unkotare]

I have a very wide and successful history in several sporting disciplines .
x.....

Complete BS.

 

[Woodznutz]

Yes, CHILDREN. It is not a building full of 30 year old accountants on Prozac. Fostering a sense of community IS part of education. Making school a place these kids want to be is also important considering how tenuous and inconsistent attendance has been since Covid.

Oil and water. Such efforts are feel-good rituals at best.

 

[Unkotare]

Oil and water. Such efforts are feel-good rituals at best.

How do you know?

 

[Woodznutz]

How do you know?

I was there for 13 years. We were never a community, just a bunch of disparate individuals forced together by the truancy laws. Being forced into a group doesn't make a community. A community cooperates, it doesn't go against its own interests by competing with each other. A community also doesn't abandon its weakest members.

 

[Unkotare]

I was there for 13 years. ...

When?