The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

21stamps

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Is the pool at least heated?
Is the pool at least heated?



The pool is heated, So I can understand if they were just swimming...But it was 6 of them going off the diving board, swimming to ladder, standing in line, then off the diving board again. They were playing a game where took turns coming up with the type of approach and jump, then the other 5 had to do it.. then next persons turn to come up with something.. ie skipping down the board waving an invisible lasso, turning to salute the others, then jumping off with a twist.


It was hilarious, but I couldn’t imagine getting out of the water into the cold weather, repeatedly. 😬


Oh, to be a kid again. 😂
 
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Letteyeti

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You know what people need but they don't do it for some reason.

I took home ec and a basic financial course (and when I say course, probably a one block of class in home ec). in high school. Americans are dumb when it comes to money. They need a class to teach Americans how invest, save and etc.

Of course, the government wants you to spend more so maybe that's why it's not taught in schools.
I don't have to waste my time with home economics courses. I can learn that sort of stuff from my mom at home. They do have an Economics course as an option my Senior year that I could take or I could take a Sociology or Psychology course. By the time my Junior year is done this year I will basically only need to take English Lit. and one of those 3 course I named above and then the rest elective classes. My Senior Year is going to be a breeze.
 

Figgy1

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I don't have to waste my time with home economics courses. I can learn that sort of stuff from my mom at home. They do have an Economics course as an option my Senior year that I could take or I could take a Sociology or Psychology course. By the time my Junior year is done this year I will basically only need to take English Lit. and one of those 3 course I named above and then the rest elective classes. My Senior Year is going to be a breeze.
James is taking Japanese, Calculus, Physics, English, health and economics. A breeze for sure:D
 

Figgy1

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I can turn it into a historical conversation...

Did you know who came up with the idea of central banks? That would be...Alexander Hamilton.

His plan also had the union assume states' debts. After the war, Northern states remained in debt, but Southern states were out of it, largely due to them having plantations with cheap labor. So Southerners Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were very against the plan because it was very much "what benefits our state the most" instead of the whole country mentality. And so, as part of a deal, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson met together and after that meeting, agreed to Hamilton's financial plan and that the nation's capital would go closer to Virginia (it had been New York City, which is where Hamilton lived). Which is why I say that the idea that the founding fathers were this United front is BS. They were just as bitterly divided as politicians today.

And that is the story of how we got our central banking system and how the capital ended up in DC.
 

Letteyeti

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Well all that is going to look good on a college application. Being a well-rounded student. You have more than just academics or sports. So well done! I did cheerleading in junior high when we only had cheerleading for basket ball and we had to try out and everything, though it was a small school and we didn't do any tumbling and weren't allowed to do any big stunts. My freshman year, they decided to let everyone be a cheerleader who wanted to. You still had to try out, and you could put a prefference for which sport you'd like to cheer for, and you could put more than one as long as they weren't at the same time, but everyone would get a spot somewhere, mostly for wrestling because you sat at the side of the mat and only used arm movements, so you didn't have to be as coordinated. There were also no half time routines for Wrestling, so that's where most of the girls went. I cheered for football and basketball...I don't think I'd do football again, because it's just too cold in Wyoming and we didn't have an actual coach, just a faculty advisor. She didn't want us to wear coats, even lettermans jackets, because it covered up the uniform. But when it's barely above zero and snowing, you can't be out there in a mini skirt and short sleeved shirts! My mom was furious.

Anyway, when they let everyone on at least one squad, there was one girl who had tried out in junior high and hadn't made it. I had been on the squad for 2 years, and she asked me to help her. So in the summer, I spent the whole summer teaching her the cheers, helping her with her technique, etc...she made basketball cheerleading, which was the hardest squad to get onto, so she did well. But we were freshmen, it was her first time cheering, and she thought she should be captain, because her mom had been the captain of her squad when she was in school. I was like...no, there's a senior who has been cheering since her freshman year....she's the oldest AND has the most experience. SHE shoud be captain. Then one of the girls ended up moving, but hadn't told anyone yet, and it was this girl's best friend. So when we went to order the uniforms, the one girl wasn't there that day for some reason, so the captain wannabe told us not to order one for the girl because she was moving and wouldn't be there. She wasn't even supposed to know the girl was moving. When the girl came back to school, she was asked about it, and the captain wannabe blamed it on me, saying I had told everyone she was moving. I hadn't even known. The other girls stood up for me and said it wasn't me who blabbed, it was her best friend....then the best friend got mad at me for not taking the wrap for her. It just got to be less than fun because of the one girl, and I sometimes had to choose between speech and debate and cheerleading, so I didn't go out for it again the next year. She got to be captain, the senior graduated, and the other upper classmen didn't go out for it. Sad, but it all worked out for the best. I ended up loving speech and debate even more. Plus I already had student council, honor society, plays and musicals, and I babysat a couple times a week. More activities just wasn't in the cards, and I have never been a partier. Even in college, I only went to 2 parties, one of which I spent taking a nap. It's just not my scene. I did go to all the school dances, though.
I love cheering. It is my favorite thing to do at school. We do have a teacher who is also our coach and she is amazing. We don't have the problem here in Florida though with it being freezing though for football. We don't cheer for wrestling though just football and basketball. Football is kinda huge and it is always packed. Not only the students come to the games, but it seems like the entire community comes to the games. I also liked doing the musical and was sad when this past years musical was cancelled.

That really sucked that the girl didn't take the rap for blabbing and tried to put it on you. Thank god we haven't had any of that type of you know what on our squad since I have been there. The two Seniors last year who were Co-Captains were amazing and this year the girls that got voted in as Co-Captains are awesome too. I hope when I am a Senior I am one of the Co-Captains chosen. I will again try out for the musical. I am not the greatest singer, but I can hold a tune. I just don't have a very strong voice. I am a very strong dancer though and in the musicals they really need that.
 

MySmallWorldof4

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I can turn it into a historical conversation...

Did you know who came up with the idea of central banks? That would be...Alexander Hamilton.

His plan also had the union assume states' debts. After the war, Northern states remained in debt, but Southern states were out of it, largely due to them having plantations with cheap labor. So Southerners Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were very against the plan because it was very much "what benefits our state the most" instead of the whole country mentality. And so, as part of a deal, Hamilton, Madison, and Jefferson met together and after that meeting, agreed to Hamilton's financial plan and that the nation's capital would go closer to Virginia (it had been New York City, which is where Hamilton lived). Which is why I say that the idea that the founding fathers were this United front is BS. They were just as bitterly divided as politicians today.

And that is the story of how we got our central banking system and how the capital ended up in DC.
Heard of Jekyll Island and a certain meeting that took place there? We had central banks on and off in our history. Andrew Jackson actually abolished the second central bank. Abe Lincoln and Kennedy were both against central banks.
 

Letteyeti

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When I had PE (we called it gym class), we would choose a different sport each semester. The only class that was a running class was called “jogging”, where we had to run around the track. I took that my last semester because no other class fit my schedule, but then I got to go home after so it wasn’t too bad. I actually learned to like it because I saw myself start to run farther with not tiring out so much. I saw progression and the ability to see progression is a motivator to not be so negative about something you think you do not like. Now if all you do every semester in PE is run, that stinks. I took volleyball, tennis, badminton, gymnastics, and soccer. I would think that in FL they would give you more variety.
The majority of it is running/jogging. Most of the students don't really run fast they jog like me, but it is still exhausting. We do other things as well like Tennis and Volleyball and Soccer. We have never done gymnastics or badminton. Volleyball I hate as well because when I go to bump the ball with my wrists it hurts like heck. We do basketball which is one of my favorite games we play. I totally suck at it so my teammates never through me the ball and all I do is stand around. 😂
 

MySmallWorldof4

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The majority of it is running/jogging. Most of the students don't really run fast they jog like me, but it is still exhausting. We do other things as well like Tennis and Volleyball and Soccer. We have never done gymnastics or badminton. Volleyball I hate as well because when I go to bump the ball with my wrists it hurts like heck. We do basketball which is one of my favorite games we play. I totally suck at it so my teammates never through me the ball and all I do is stand around. 😂
I loved all the sports. I had a tough course load so for me gym class was a fun break.
 

Letteyeti

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Foreign language is an excellent way to learn grammar, too! Is it required at your school? It wasn't in mine, but I took one year of spanish and 3 of german. I don't remember my German because it's just similar enough to Dutch to get me confused when I was learning to speak Dutch, so I focused on that and let the German go. I can still remember a very small bit of spanish, but not even enough to have a basic conversation. I can ask where someone is from, how they are, and where the bathroom is, and that's about as far as my level will take me.
Yes it is required. Two years of it. I took German I my Freshman year and it was very basic. Not really enough to come out of the class to really hold a conversation at all. Then this past year my Sophomore year I took German II which the first few months was a review and then we started learning some stuff and then the pandemic came. Then I had to start learning it on my own online which was very hard and I learned nothing. So I did get the two years of German in, but coming out of he classes I couldn't hold a conversation at all in that language.
 

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