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Progress.City

Progress.City

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Gabe1 said:
Grape sky!

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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MinnieM123 said:
You're sweet to extend the invitation to us all to join you, and I appreciate that. However, even with all the snow and sub-zero temps, I think I'm just a cold weather gal at heart and always will be! (At least as long as I can move in it--I just don't like standing still in it, waiting for buses. Other than that, winter is great! :D)
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Yep, as you've said yourself many times before, you are, indeed, one kooky chick...! :confused: :D ;) :)
 
Goofyernmost

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
Difference between small, private school and larger state school:

At small private school, we once had a shooting scare. That is the only instance of crime on campus, and that was more that a student was being stupid with a BB rifle. If incidents happen, students are unaware.

At large state school, today I've gotten three texts from the campus police about suspicious persons on campus. Last week, I got a text that there was an armed robbery near campus, so be careful. I'm remembering why I did not take that free ride to the state school...
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Not faulting your decisions, but, we cannot deal with life by hiding from it. My youngest Daughter decided to attend college in New Orleans (Tulane). She would call me and tell me about a shooting just outside her dorm or a friend who went out on a date and was held up and her date shot dead so they could get the 20 dollars he had left in his wallet.

Every thing in my being was screaming at me to get her out of there, but, in the end it was her decision to stay where she was. In many ways I admire her for that and today, trust me, she is far more willing to live without fear, but, with a real sense of just how unpredictable life can be and just live it the best she can. One doesn't always have to go to trouble to find it. Sometimes it finds you!
 
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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MinnieM123 said:
Why did I never have fun science teachers like you, when I was a kid in school??!!
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I actually did.
When I was in 7th grade in NoCal, I had a science class that was co-taught (larger than normal classroom) by Mrs. Baker and Mr. Briscoe.
She was this big-haired, blond Texas toad, and he was a turtleneck wearin', bearded California hippie. They were such a hoot together...!!! :joyfull: :)
 
StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
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Goofyernmost said:
Not faulting your decisions, but, we cannot deal with life by hiding from it. My youngest Daughter decided to attend college in New Orleans (Tulane). She would call me and tell me about a shooting just outside here dorm or a friend who went out on a date and was held up and her date shot dead so they could get the 20 dollars he had left in his wallet.

Every thing in my being was screaming at me to get her out of there, but, in the end it was her decision to stay where she was. In many ways I admire her for that and today, trust me, she is far more willing to live without fear, but, with a real sense of just how unpredictable life can be and just live it the best she can. One doesn't always have to go to trouble to find it. Sometimes it finds you!
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I know that. I still went to class yesterday (though I checked an extra three or four times that my car doors were locked and I moved my portable air compressor for my tires out of sight). I just prefer being on a campus where I don't have to worry about that kind of thing. Heck, my school doesn't even have police. Security is made up or retired cops. The police only come for football games and if they're called (which other than the shooting scare, I only ever got a message that they had been there once).

It's more been a culture shock getting alerts about armed robberies and stolen vehicles on campus.

Also, a sidenote, the area was just one of many reasons I didn't go to that other school.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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In the Parks
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donaldtoo said:
I actually did.
When I was in 7th grade in NoCal, I had a science class that was co-taught (larger than normal classroom) by Mrs. Baker and Mr. Briscoe.
She was this big-haired, blond Texas toad, and he was a turtleneck wearin', bearded California hippie. They were such a hoot together...!!! :joyfull: :)
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I did too. I had a science teacher in 7th grade who showed Bill Nye on a regular basis. He also would get extremely off topic. And of course no one ever tried to get him back on topic. And since I was in the gifted class and that was his only gifted class, it really didn't matter that he would get off topic. Learned so much from him, though.

9th grade science teacher was also awesome. He was a former genetics counselor and just really interesting to listen to. He's now a vice principal at the school where @brifraz used to teach. Science teacher was far too good a teacher to become an administrator.
 
donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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