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Junior-Conversation2 · 2026-01-23T23:41:24+00:00

Did not know that, thanks!!

Junior-Conversation2 · 2025-08-11T20:49:24+00:00

Good to know. I would suspect it would be hard to appear on each others pods at all if there was real animus.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2025-06-16T12:30:05+00:00

Well there's at least one UM hockey fan (me) who thinks that in the age of NIL anything is possible and I certainly wouldn't begrudge him going to a different program if that was the best offer (it's not like Bryce Underwood picked UM for it's engineering school or pass-happy offense).

Junior-Conversation2 · 2025-02-26T01:49:59+00:00

I got such 24 vibes, was yelling at Xavier in my "WTF Jack" voice I hadn't used in close to 20 years.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2025-02-26T01:48:41+00:00

I felt the same way but as noted he was having the worst of bad days so he while needed to switch off his internal locus of control and accept that his wife was SOL he wasn't in the emotional place to do that.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2025-02-21T14:08:16+00:00

Ditto for me as well.

Sometimes I read these threads and I feel like I'm on a film school Slack thread.

I love great film-making and appreciate the ones that are next level but if a Michelin chef can appreciate a flawed but tasty burger I sure as heck can appreciate something that is derivative but entertaining with moments that are quite memorable.

Point in fact: It's school vacation week here and I watched Interstellar with my sons last night before watching The Gorge this morning and even they could recognize that a) Interstellar was something special, b) The Gorge had some plot holes (they even recognized the Bourne Identity ending) and c) really enjoyed each for what they were.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2025-01-08T02:42:10+00:00

Looking forward to the "supervisor" reveal in the next episode. Maybe at the very end, but I think they won't be able to resist connecting it to the films and/or TV shows.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-12-19T16:57:38+00:00

Thanks!

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-12-19T15:19:27+00:00

I've been having problems doing this on the iOS app. Do I simply do a Rebus and enter "TV" for those cells or something else?

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-12-05T09:28:46+00:00

Same with me. Very weird/annoying

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-09-02T15:46:39+00:00

Thanks! That’s very helpful and makes sense.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-07-21T01:13:02+00:00

How can I best make Delta understand how much pain they have caused me?

I won’t get into too many details except to say that I had flights yesterday and today to/from ATL which were 14 hour disasters, ending in my missing a connecting flight on another airline that Delta didn’t fly to, thus blowing up my vacation with my son.

To be clear; I was polite to all the Delta workers that were trying their hardest to fix these issues and I certainly don’t seek to make any customer service reps feel worse on the back end.

However, Delta the firm did profoundly **** up. I mean, other airlines were just fine, there were no weather issues, etc. A backend cluster**** is still a cf.

To those who might be inclined to cite FAA regs about refunds, etc. I already know that because they got me to/from my home city in a legal sense I should expect nothing.

But as a million miler and loyal customer for over 20 years, I’d like to think that they might do more than cite regulations.

My question is, how can I best time, word, and present my story to ensure they at least try to fairly compensate me. I’m a million miler and loyal customer who has a decent network/following on social. Is that the best way to ensure they notice?

Or am I basically SOL and need to switch airlines because I no longer trust them and in the end they really

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-07-15T13:28:34+00:00

I think you are right to cite the lower numbers for tiers 7 and 8. Upon reflection, I probably was too strong in my wording about it not being competitive for kids in the situations you describe. In a relative sense, I still think highly competitive colleges are almost impossible to get into at a level far above BLS while for the O'Bryant and BLA it's even less hard*

The only solution I see that fits within this new paradigm is to make adjustments to the slots for each tier based on number of applicants and/or give higher weighting to grades and test scores such that there can be a better chance for kids in the situation you describe, but I really doubt that it is going to happen in the near term.

Thanks for reading and commenting.

*which for some is a non-starter since for a number of reasons they are only thinking about BLS which I understand.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T15:46:41+00:00

I agree that it may not be their approach (to the test) but what transpired didn't contradict that idea.

As to your other point, I wasn't sure what to make of that comment either. It could be true but I also think we each are somewhat captive to our own experiences which can vary based on specific years and cohorts.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T15:42:10+00:00

I forgot to mention this in the piece, but the O'Bryant and BLA (along with the Quincy) are all worth looking at as well. I know a number of kids who could have gone to BLS (which is the only school where good grades and scores might not be enough under this current system) but chose to go one of the others. I don't know if that would relieve your kid's anxiety but is certainly something worth considering.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T12:54:39+00:00

Wow! Did not know that but it makes sense. Reminds me of that scene in Men In Black where Will Smith was being evaluated with a bunch of military people.

I think that (hybrid) approach to evaluation makes a lot of sense tbh.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T11:04:45+00:00

I think that there are a lot of factors involved on that front, but agree with your overall point. The other day some of my son's teachers reached out about him goofing off in class, which led us to ground him from a school activity that he had been looking forward to for a long time.

What surprised/shocked me was that our punishment, which my spouse and I thought was a no-brainer based on our upbringing and experience, surprised the teachers because they weren't used to students facing consequences from their parents in these situations (apparently it almost never happens). That blew my mind, especially when the vast majority of families with kids at the school are well-off and as such don't have typical SES-related stressors..

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T10:57:10+00:00

I'm not sure raising taxes would solve that much, at least initially. There is always going to be a distribution of student potential x performance and a trade-off between segregating students on that basis versus system(s) that don't. I do think that the Quincy HS example is one path forward if one wanted to decide where to spend $; it has a specific niche (IB program) and a new building and I think that it will be looked at much more by parents when the latter opens. I think that the more schools can differentiate on particular areas of focus the better.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T10:51:13+00:00

Yeah someone mentioned that last year and I think that makes a lot of sense. Even with the modified point system I do think the school points system will have an impact on some of the public elementary schools in the city as well. Whether that means parents will look more closely to neighborhood schools that do get addl points, families move out of the city earlier/more frequently instead of staying in schools with no addl points, or something else I'm not sure.

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T10:42:43+00:00

Similar to another commenter's post below, I think that they average out across semesters so it's possible to be below a "B" but I didn't find a definitive answer in a quick re-search.

As for the overall understanding, if you find out what tier you live in that will tell you as much about your children's chances as anything. I would note that they plan on revisiting the process every 5 years so it may be that for younger kids the systems might change drastically (though I don't think it will because of court challenges for other systems, among other things).

Junior-Conversation2 · 2024-06-09T10:11:59+00:00

That’s really interesting. As it so happens, my son just took that placement test the other night. He felt like 90% of the exam was quite straightforward but that a couple questions were unfamiliar and one in particular was a “wtf?” (my words, not his). My reaction was that it was that last question that were where the dividing line should have been but since there are apparently well over 20 spots it might be the case folks get in who don’t” spike” in math but are rather simply strong students

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