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NewPhoneWhoDis said:
I posted it as a joke. Football season is over, so it is slow right now, unless you watch the USFL or whatever it is called now.
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I know. Just making fun of those that try to rationalize reasons for conference realignment being about something other than money.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Ok. Detroit Country Day is my choice for Detroit. It is $30,000 a year in elementary school and $40,000 a year in high school.

Which state do I get to pick any school from?
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Cass Tech is also pretty good
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Ok. Detroit Country Day is my choice for Detroit. It is $30,000 a year in elementary school and $40,000 a year in high school.

Which state do I get to pick any school from?
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LOL, every state is the same, you have the prep schools with the Elites and then the run down public schools.

I mean even in Nashville you have really bad schools but then you have schools in top 100 in the USA such as Brentwood Academy, Battleground Academy, Father Ryan, Hume-Fogg, etc.

BGA was actually the inspiration for the Dead Poet's Society as an interesting tidbit.

I find it hard to believe Texas is in bottom 10 honestly. That state is in the forefront of a lot of technology. I think it has to do more with the fact they are Republican than the actual quality of education.

Edit: Sorry for slow response, busy day.
 
7samurai13 said:
Cass Tech is also pretty good
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I used to drive by Cass Tech so often, I felt like a student there. Then Michigan legalized poker online, so I get to play in the comfort of my own home now.
 
Volbound1700 said:
LOL, every state is the same, you have the prep schools with the Elites and then the run down public schools.

I mean even in Nashville you have really bad schools but then you have schools in top 100 in the USA such as Brentwood Academy, Battleground Academy, Father Ryan, Hume-Fogg, etc.

BGA was actually the inspiration for the Dead Poet's Society as an interesting tidbit.

I find it hard to believe Texas is in bottom 10 honestly. That state is in the forefront of a lot of technology. I think it has to do more with the fact they are Republican than the actual quality of education.

Edit: Sorry for slow response, busy day.
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Ours isn't quite as clear cut between private/prep vs public schools. Some of our "high class" schools are public schools in very affluent neighborhoods. Exhibit 1 - Southlake Carroll. They kind of have a private school that controls admission by having students from families that can only afford to live in the boundaries of their school district.

Side note. Even they are in the middle of a "racism" shitstorm right now but that discussion belongs in the PF.
 
Deep Creek said:
Ours isn't quite as clear cut between private/prep vs public schools. Some of our "high class" schools are public schools in very affluent neighborhoods. Exhibit 1 - Southlake Carroll. They kind of have a private school that controls admission by having students from families that can only afford to live in the boundaries of their school district.

Side note. Even they are in the middle of a "racism" shitstorm right now but that discussion belongs in the PF.
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We have that. Williamson County Schools for example are highly rated along with the schools in Belle Meade.

Also Hume-Fogg is a public (magnet school) in downtown Nashville. You have to score in via a test to attend.

There are also charter schools that do well. (Difference is that you don't have to test into charter schools, you just need to apply). Charter schools tend to target the poorer communities.
 
Deep Creek said:
Ours isn't quite as clear cut between private/prep vs public schools. Some of our "high class" schools are public schools in very affluent neighborhoods. Exhibit 1 - Southlake Carroll. They kind of have a private school that controls admission by having students from families that can only afford to live in the boundaries of their school district.

Side note. Even they are in the middle of a "racism" shitstorm right now but that discussion belongs in the PF.
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Southlake Carroll's situation isn't like private school if they simply pull kids from their own district. That is pretty standard operation for public schools, unless they are short students in the district, then they can be classified as "school of choice", where people outside the district can enter a drawing to be selected to attend that school.

Michigan has big money public schools as well in affluent areas, but the private schools are ridiculous we have here. Not sure if you've ever seen the movie "8 Mile" with Eminem. In the last rap battle he does, he says the line -- "But I know something about you, you went to Cranbrook, that's a private school". It cost more to go to Cranbrook High School (just under $60,000 a year) than it does to go to the University of Michigan ($53,000 a year).

We had to play Cranbrook in multiple sports when I was in high school -- they'd have foreign diplomat kids, they'd have kids who came from royalty, then you had the who's who in Michigan and all their kids went there. Their HS campus was unbelievable -- everything state of the art.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Southlake Carroll's situation isn't like private school if they simply pull kids from their own district. That is pretty standard operation for public schools, unless they are short students in the district, then they can be classified as "school of choice", where people outside the district can enter a drawing to be selected to attend that school.

Michigan has big money public schools as well in affluent areas, but the private schools are ridiculous we have here. Not sure if you've ever seen the movie "8 Mile" with Eminem. In the last rap battle he does, he says the line -- "But I know something about you, you went to Cranbrook, that's a private school". It cost more to go to Cranbrook High School (just under $60,000 a year) than it does to go to the University of Michigan ($53,000 a year).

We had to play Cranbrook in multiple sports when I was in high school -- they'd have foreign diplomat kids, they'd have kids who came from royalty, then you had the who's who in Michigan and all their kids went there. Their HS campus was unbelievable -- everything state of the art.
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I'd guess the majority of parents in Southlake Carroll could afford to send their kids to a $60,000 a year private school if they chose to. But why? They have a quasit private school without having to pay that much. But their property taxes on their homes is probably pretty big.
 
Deep Creek said:
I'd guess the majority of parents in Southlake Carroll could afford to send their kids to a $60,000 a year private school if they chose (to. But why? They have a quasit private school without having to pay that much. But their property taxes on their homes is probably pretty big.
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Yeah -- we have a bunch of schools like that too. The private boarding schools are on another level. Cranbrook and Country Day are the top two in Michigan, but every state has the uber rich kid private schools. Massachusetts has a ton of them.

Cranbrook for the most part, makes it worthwhile. You aren't taken to school by your parents -- you live at the school, just like in college. Though they do have the option to just take classes and not stay there. And they have so many world renowned guest professors and everything is state of the art for their classes and class rooms.

To put in perspective. From Cranbrook alone -- just a few of the famous alums:

They have had presidential nominees (Mitt Romney), the guy who founded Sun Microsystems, the guy who founded Pandora Radio, the guy who founded Groupon, Elizabeth Berkeley from Saved by the Bell, Selma Blair, Ari Schwartz who was the national director of Cybersecurity for the United States and about 2 dozens other people who went on to become CEO's of multi national corporations.

So I guess you get something for the money you spend if you use it wisely.
 
NewPhoneWhoDis said:
Southlake Carroll's situation isn't like private school if they simply pull kids from their own district. That is pretty standard operation for public schools, unless they are short students in the district, then they can be classified as "school of choice", where people outside the district can enter a drawing to be selected to attend that school.

Michigan has big money public schools as well in affluent areas, but the private schools are ridiculous we have here. Not sure if you've ever seen the movie "8 Mile" with Eminem. In the last rap battle he does, he says the line -- "But I know something about you, you went to Cranbrook, that's a private school". It cost more to go to Cranbrook High School (just under $60,000 a year) than it does to go to the University of Michigan ($53,000 a year).

We had to play Cranbrook in multiple sports when I was in high school -- they'd have foreign diplomat kids, they'd have kids who came from royalty, then you had the who's who in Michigan and all their kids went there. Their HS campus was unbelievable -- everything state of the art.
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Did y’all whip the sissy rich kids?
 
The high school I graduated from (long time ago. Back when David Lee Roth was still with Van Halen) is having a fun little lawsuit of their own.

So the story goes, the daughter of the school superintendent tried out for the basketball team. As was placed on junior varsity. Well, because she wasn't very good. But daddy thought she was all-state level and pressured the coach to put her on varsity and start her. When the coach refused, the coach was then harrassed and threatened until quitting her job.

Lawsuit has been filed and e-mails from said superintendent to the school's athletic director about said coach really making the superintendent look very bad.

Doncha just love parents of sports kids who have power and abuse it to get their kids playing time?
 
Bring Back The Oilers said:
The high school I graduated from (long time ago. Back when David Lee Roth was still with Van Halen) is having a fun little lawsuit of their own.

So the story goes, the daughter of the school superintendent tried out for the basketball team. As was placed on junior varsity. Well, because she wasn't very good. But daddy thought she was all-state level and pressured the coach to put her on varsity and start her. When the coach refused, the coach was then harrassed and threatened until quitting her job.

Lawsuit has been filed and e-mails from said superintendent to the school's athletic director about said coach really making the superintendent look very bad.

Doncha just love parents of sports kids who have power and abuse it to get their kids playing time?
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still happens today.. which is why you see kids transferring elsewhere in high school
 
Bring Back The Oilers said:
The high school I graduated from (long time ago. Back when David Lee Roth was still with Van Halen) is having a fun little lawsuit of their own.

So the story goes, the daughter of the school superintendent tried out for the basketball team. As was placed on junior varsity. Well, because she wasn't very good. But daddy thought she was all-state level and pressured the coach to put her on varsity and start her. When the coach refused, the coach was then harrassed and threatened until quitting her job.

Lawsuit has been filed and e-mails from said superintendent to the school's athletic director about said coach really making the superintendent look very bad.

Doncha just love parents of sports kids who have power and abuse it to get their kids playing time?
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That shit is crazy today. It is a big thing with travel sports now. Parents losing it because their kid isn't playing enough. Even Rec Baseball is over the top. We almost had a fight at my kids 8u baseball game. I couldn't believe it.
 
Bring Back The Oilers said:
The high school I graduated from (long time ago. Back when David Lee Roth was still with Van Halen) is having a fun little lawsuit of their own.

So the story goes, the daughter of the school superintendent tried out for the basketball team. As was placed on junior varsity. Well, because she wasn't very good. But daddy thought she was all-state level and pressured the coach to put her on varsity and start her. When the coach refused, the coach was then harrassed and threatened until quitting her job.

Lawsuit has been filed and e-mails from said superintendent to the school's athletic director about said coach really making the superintendent look very bad.

Doncha just love parents of sports kids who have power and abuse it to get their kids playing time?
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Similar used to happen back in the 80s when I was in HS, saw it mostly in football, except it was usually the parent(s) of some kid, who was mediocre on his best day, slipping the coach an envelope so their kid could start/get more playing time over much better players.
 
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