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FutureCEO

FutureCEO

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Tony Perkis said:
Dallas was packed today.

‘We are definitely going to see a second wave.
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can you really have a second wave when technically the first one was never over

Went to get a haircut for the first time since March or February, I forget. I think it was early March for some reason. Wore a mask and couldn't really see because it was fogging up my glasses so when I took hand sanitizer from the front area, I squirted it all over me.
 
Rista1313

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21stamps said:
Torch Lake Michigan

However, I may have spoke too soon. I’ve just called 5 boat places, nothing is available., besides a pontoon which I don’t want.

1 place will deliver a ski boat, but at a ridiculous fee being 4th of July weekend.

I have to find a boat before booking a hotel (rooms are available). :(
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Torch Lake is beautiful, very clear, but I will tell you the water in that lake is COLD... all year round. I haven't been up there since I was a kid, but I remember it well.
 
Rista1313

Rista1313

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Good Morning, Happy Sunday...

Whew Saturday was a busy day, but an accomplished one. Remember that award I won at work? No... well anyway, I got points to use on our points rewards website, so I decided to use my points to get a new TV. Our old one was 13 years old, the screen was only 32 inches, and the DVD player no longer worked. It was supposedly an HD tv when we got it, but it never looked any better than a regular tv. The TV stand it was in held up to a 36 inch screen total with casing, and so this "free" tv has cost me $375 so far LOL... I bought a new tv stand... and I didn't cheap out because I'm almost 50 this year, and the days of being cheap are over for me... I want what I want! Plus I had to buy a new Amazon firestick to support 4k, because why have a 4k TV, if you can't stream 4k?

So this is what I put together yesterday, and boy am I feeling it today. It's another ibuprofen kind of day!

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This new TV looks incredible! I could see the hairs on penguins!
 
Letteyeti

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Songbird76 said:
I would say it's definitely harder than in the US. Well, not all the levels, but definitely the highest one. Like I said, it's basically like an AP high school. Lower levels don't take as many subjects, and what they do, they do at a more basic level. The higher the level, the more in depth they will go. But what careers you have as an option is also somewhat dependent on your level. You won't be able to get the Masters degree in engineering if you do the lowest level of school. The lower levels are more geared to trades, like hair stylist, travel agent, mechanic, etc. You probably won't need to actually know the chemical make-up of the shampoo in order to wash and cut people's hair, so you wouldn't need advanced chemistry.

But you can go to the community college and work your way up to university here if that's what you want to do. It's just that most kids who start at that level aren't really interested in going to school for that long, so they just go for a lower level degree. They settle for the associates degree rather than shooting for a masters. I think it's a good system here, though. There's no mentality of "everyone has to go to college!" They can do a tradeschool or whatever, and no one is going to waste time and money on a University degree just to go and party. Universities are definitely not party schools!
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I am definitely not the AP girl in high school and that is OK. I do good enough in the regular level classes here and the Math ones are still really hard. My question though is what happens to those kids who take a little more time to mature in life and in school? Like it seems around here..... well boys? They like to goof off and screw around with school and then later they might mature a bit but it could be too late for them to go on to get a Master level before they wasted some early years because they weren't mature yet.
 
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Songbird76

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FutureCEO said:
Essay on The Tale of the Two Cities (which I read in high school, don't remember) due by Thursday :hilarious:. I might have to read it again.

I've always wondered why they make you read in English and never taught it. Like I know it's the native language but...
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What do you mean by they never taught it? You mean they didn't teach you grammar and such in your school?
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Rista1313 said:
Good Morning, Happy Sunday...

Whew Saturday was a busy day, but an accomplished one. Remember that award I won at work? No... well anyway, I got points to use on our points rewards website, so I decided to use my points to get a new TV. Our old one was 13 years old, the screen was only 32 inches, and the DVD player no longer worked. It was supposedly an HD tv when we got it, but it never looked any better than a regular tv. The TV stand it was in held up to a 36 inch screen total with casing, and so this "free" tv has cost me $375 so far LOL... I bought a new tv stand... and I didn't cheap out because I'm almost 50 this year, and the days of being cheap are over for me... I want what I want! Plus I had to buy a new Amazon firestick to support 4k, because why have a 4k TV, if you can't stream 4k?

So this is what I put together yesterday, and boy am I feeling it today. It's another ibuprofen kind of day!

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This new TV looks incredible! I could see the hairs on penguins!
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I remembered you got that award. Congratulations on the new tv. My kids started to watch the movie you have on the tv. They couldn’t finish it. Said it was boring.
 
Songbird76

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Letteyeti said:
I am definitely not the AP girl in high school and that is OK. I do good enough in the regular level classes here and the Math ones are still really hard. My question though is what happens to those kids who take a little more time to mature in life and in school? Like it seems around here..... well boys? They like to goof off and screw around with school and then later they might mature a bit but it could be too late for them to go on to get a Master level before they wasted some early years because they weren't mature yet.
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Well, to be honest, it's up to the parents and schools to impress upon the kids how important it is to work hard, because their future depends on it. And if they goof off and wake up later, then they have to take the longer route. But it's kind of a different mentality here. In the US, there's nothing at stake up through elementary school. You go to the school that is in your area and you don't worry about college until after junior high really. Nothing much counts up to then.

Here, you start already with preparations for the division in levels in about 4th grade. They have a national benchmark test that you take twice a year all the way from preschool on through elementary school that shows you where you fall in comparison with other students in your grade. And you have parent teacher conferences to discuss grades and test scores and what they will mean for the future. You're brought up knowing that your high school will be divided by level and that your level will determine what careers you will be elligible for. In 5th grade, you have consults with your teacher and you get a preliminary recommendation for which level you can probably handle. Then in 6th grade, you get an updated recommendation, and you take an exam, which is basically like an elementary level ACT. Based on your scores and the recommendation of your teacher, you are given your final evaluation results. So you would have plenty of time in which to prepare, knowing that it was really important for your future. It's kind of your own fault if you completely blow it. And that's why they have the system where you can go on to the next level once you've completed the first one. It takes you longer, but if you've matured and are then willing to put in the work you didn't before, you can still do University. But it's up to them. They're given every opportunity when they are younger, and maturity is part of the evaluation. A kid might learn really quickly and be able to pass without studying, but if they don't do their share of work on projects, they goof off in class, etc, they won't get to do the highest level, because part of that level is doing lots of homework and being able to work independently.

In my daughter's class, 1/3 are in danger of not passing the year because they haven't done their homework and haven't done well on tests. They aren't motivated. They could be kicked out of the higher level and relegated to the next highest, just because they aren't willing to put in the work it takes to do the highest level. They might learn easily, but if they don't take it seriously, they won't make it through. Then they have to go back a level and then they can stream through again later and have to tack on the extra year that they wouldn't have had to do if they'd worked hard the first time through. But that's why they divide it....so the kids who are actually motivated to put the work in aren't held back by kids who don't really care, and kids who struggle more aren't lost in the shuffle. They get an education that's geared specifically towards what they can do so they can succeed.
 
Letteyeti

Letteyeti

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Songbird76 said:
Well, to be honest, it's up to the parents and schools to impress upon the kids how important it is to work hard, because their future depends on it. And if they goof off and wake up later, then they have to take the longer route. But it's kind of a different mentality here. In the US, there's nothing at stake up through elementary school. You go to the school that is in your area and you don't worry about college until after junior high really. Nothing much counts up to then.

Here, you start already with preparations for the division in levels in about 4th grade. They have a national benchmark test that you take twice a year all the way from preschool on through elementary school that shows you where you fall in comparison with other students in your grade. And you have parent teacher conferences to discuss grades and test scores and what they will mean for the future. You're brought up knowing that your high school will be divided by level and that your level will determine what careers you will be elligible for. In 5th grade, you have consults with your teacher and you get a preliminary recommendation for which level you can probably handle. Then in 6th grade, you get an updated recommendation, and you take an exam, which is basically like an elementary level ACT. Based on your scores and the recommendation of your teacher, you are given your final evaluation results. So you would have plenty of time in which to prepare, knowing that it was really important for your future. It's kind of your own fault if you completely blow it. And that's why they have the system where you can go on to the next level once you've completed the first one. It takes you longer, but if you've matured and are then willing to put in the work you didn't before, you can still do University. But it's up to them. They're given every opportunity when they are younger, and maturity is part of the evaluation. A kid might learn really quickly and be able to pass without studying, but if they don't do their share of work on projects, they goof off in class, etc, they won't get to do the highest level, because part of that level is doing lots of homework and being able to work independently.

In my daughter's class, 1/3 are in danger of not passing the year because they haven't done their homework and haven't done well on tests. They aren't motivated. They could be kicked out of the higher level and relegated to the next highest, just because they aren't willing to put in the work it takes to do the highest level. They might learn easily, but if they don't take it seriously, they won't make it through. Then they have to go back a level and then they can stream through again later and have to tack on the extra year that they wouldn't have had to do if they'd worked hard the first time through. But that's why they divide it....so the kids who are actually motivated to put the work in aren't held back by kids who don't really care, and kids who struggle more aren't lost in the shuffle. They get an education that's geared specifically towards what they can do so they can succeed.
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I understand that gives a lot of motivation to the kids to achieve but it also comes with a lot of pressure it would seem at a pretty young age. I also understand that the parents and schools play a huge part in getting the kids motivated for all of this but what about those kids who don't have parents are they just left to struggle? You will see that I am a kid that always asks a bunch of questions so don't mind me much at all. That is just who I am. :) Ya know I see flaws in the system here because I slack off and honestly I could do more but I know I do enough to get where I want to go. I also want to have fun with school and part of being a kid is having fun and not always worrying about tests and scores and my career and stuff like that at my age. I want to go the dances and parties and be with my friends. Heck they gives us a ton of work in school and then a ton of homework already so there has to be time to be a kid and have fun. So I do what I have to do and I make sure I have time for that fun stuff too.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Songbird76 said:
Well, to be honest, it's up to the parents and schools to impress upon the kids how important it is to work hard, because their future depends on it. And if they goof off and wake up later, then they have to take the longer route. But it's kind of a different mentality here. In the US, there's nothing at stake up through elementary school. You go to the school that is in your area and you don't worry about college until after junior high really. Nothing much counts up to then.

Here, you start already with preparations for the division in levels in about 4th grade. They have a national benchmark test that you take twice a year all the way from preschool on through elementary school that shows you where you fall in comparison with other students in your grade. And you have parent teacher conferences to discuss grades and test scores and what they will mean for the future. You're brought up knowing that your high school will be divided by level and that your level will determine what careers you will be elligible for. In 5th grade, you have consults with your teacher and you get a preliminary recommendation for which level you can probably handle. Then in 6th grade, you get an updated recommendation, and you take an exam, which is basically like an elementary level ACT. Based on your scores and the recommendation of your teacher, you are given your final evaluation results. So you would have plenty of time in which to prepare, knowing that it was really important for your future. It's kind of your own fault if you completely blow it. And that's why they have the system where you can go on to the next level once you've completed the first one. It takes you longer, but if you've matured and are then willing to put in the work you didn't before, you can still do University. But it's up to them. They're given every opportunity when they are younger, and maturity is part of the evaluation. A kid might learn really quickly and be able to pass without studying, but if they don't do their share of work on projects, they goof off in class, etc, they won't get to do the highest level, because part of that level is doing lots of homework and being able to work independently.

In my daughter's class, 1/3 are in danger of not passing the year because they haven't done their homework and haven't done well on tests. They aren't motivated. They could be kicked out of the higher level and relegated to the next highest, just because they aren't willing to put in the work it takes to do the highest level. They might learn easily, but if they don't take it seriously, they won't make it through. Then they have to go back a level and then they can stream through again later and have to tack on the extra year that they wouldn't have had to do if they'd worked hard the first time through. But that's why they divide it....so the kids who are actually motivated to put the work in aren't held back by kids who don't really care, and kids who struggle more aren't lost in the shuffle. They get an education that's geared specifically towards what they can do so they can succeed.
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I grew up in a big city and also graduated from HS in ‘88. When I went to school, kids were divided into classes not only by age groups, but also by academics. There were those of us that were in the college stream and those that weren’t. In JHS for example you had SP classes. Those were for the kids who excelled academically. We had a different course load then those not in that classification. Also we had specialized public science and math geared high schools that you needed to test into. Nowadays you cannot say that one kid is smarter than another. We knew back then which kids were in the “smart” or “easier” classes. One thing I like about how Europe does college is that you go to specialize in what career you want right away. You don’t have to take core curriculum classes. I think if you are not sure what educational goals you should then start off at community college. It is cheaper and you can figure out a career then. You get two more years and can transfer to a 4 year. Most credits from community colleges fully transfer to 4 year schools, at least in PA. Of course not everyone needs to go to college.
 
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Letteyeti

Letteyeti

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
I grew up in a big city and also graduated from HS in ‘88. When I went to school, kids were divided into classes not only by age groups, but also by academics. There were those of us that were in the college stream and those that weren’t. In JHS for example you had SP classes. Those were for the kids who excelled academically. We had a different course load then those not in that classification. Also we had specialized public science and math geared high schools that you needed to test into. Nowadays you cannot say that one kid is smarter than another. We knew back then which kids were in the “smart” or “easier” classes. One thing I like about how Europe does college is that you go to specialize in what career you want right away. You don’t have to take core curriculum classes. I think if you are not sure what educational goals you have then start off at community college. It is cheaper and you can figure out a career then. You get two more years and can transfer to a 4 year. Most credits from community colleges fully transfer to 4 year schools, at least in PA. Of course not everyone needs to go to college.
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Right now as most of you know I am only 16 years old and will be turning 17 at the end of September. Like I said in other posts I don't have it narrowed down to just one thing I want my career to be but I do love dance and I do know I want to do something something that helps people. At my age I think I am at least on the right track with two full years of high school left to even narrow down those option even more. I know I will figure it out in the end. I am just one of those laid back type of kids that really don't like to get pressured by these things. I am the type of kid that in time I will work it out and it will be fine. That sort o logic drives my parents crazy. It works for me though and it keeps me sane. :)
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Letteyeti said:
Right now as most of you know I am only 16 years old and will be turning 17 at the end of September. Like I said in other posts I don't have it narrowed down to just one thing I want my career to be but I do love dance and I do know I want to do something something that helps people. At my age I think I am at least on the right track with two full years of high school left to even narrow down those option even more. I know I will figure it out in the end. I am just one of those laid back type of kids that really don't like to get pressured by these things. I am the type of kid that in time I will work it out and it will be fine. That sort o logic drives my parents crazy. It works for me though and it keeps me sane. :)
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Nothing wrong with that.
 

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