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August 11, 2022 at 10:40 am
(August 11, 2022 at 10:31 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: More individual attention, and the chance to mingle with relatively wealthy peers. Those were the hooks in the 90's, when I went. That and feeder programs to ivy league schools I'd never attend on account of how I prefer camping and shooting guns and building shit. One of the ways that catholic schools have stayed competitive boils down to tuition reduction schemes. When you volunteer to teach - not bound by public schools certification requirements, though not necessarily choosing between a pool of subpar applicants.
You can end up with (relatively) alot of people with a masters or better but no ed cert teaching high school courses. Mind you, competition for academic excellence is fierce around important bases and in densely populated areas - and some kid in bfe texas could have had a gym owner as a pe coach and history teacher..but I have no complaints myself about the quality from my stint, lol. My science teachers were geneticists and hydrologists and marine biologists by training. My economics unit was taught by a fund manager for raymond james. PE and football coach was an air force para rescue officer. We had local authors and artists of note for ela and lib arts. It was good. Such a tight knit community that I;ve never really made friends outside of it in all of my life thereafter.
LOL - I think it was 8th grade that I had Coach Timmerman for History. He wasn't the best when it came to pronouncing words and sitting in the front row meant you had a lovely shot of his crotch in his coaching shorts with one leg propped up on a desk as he spit on you while he talked.
When I got to Freshman year we actually had a real teacher. In fact, that teacher ended up being principal for a while later on till it was decided that a member of clergy had to hold that position.
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August 11, 2022 at 10:58 am
I suppose that's the argument for standardized government intervention. I've come to appreciate that I had alot of atypical experiences. A decent catholic school, a good time in the service, an open and welcoming immediate family. I wouldn't leave anything up to chance and the vaguery of Coach Timmermans ball coverage on the field or off...or his ability to control his spittle.
Fuck, sounds rough.
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August 11, 2022 at 11:11 am
(August 11, 2022 at 10:57 am)Jehanne Wrote:
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August 12, 2022 at 6:33 am
Anti-LGBTQ+ ‘groomer’ slur explosion linked to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law in eye-opening report
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Quote:The report, by Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDC), also found that social media companies have failed to combat use of this phrase and others comparing LGBTQ+ people to “predators” or “paedophiles”.
On 29 March, the day after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill was signed into law, banning discussions on LGBTQ+ topics between kindergarten and third grade, use the phrase “OK groomer” peaked on Twitter.
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August 12, 2022 at 12:18 pm
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Reminds me of the Ken Star investigation report of the Monica Lewinsky affair with all of its legalistic pornographic references.
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August 12, 2022 at 6:02 pm
Conservative dating app created by Trump allies launches next month
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August 12, 2022 at 6:06 pm
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Greene, like many Republicans, claimed that the bill would add 87,000 new IRS agents – a number that CBS News called “misleading” – and she said that those agents aren’t going to enforce tax law but are instead going to punish people for not being liberal enough.
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August 13, 2022 at 4:09 am
(August 12, 2022 at 12:18 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Reminds me of the Ken Star investigation report of the Monica Lewinsky affair with all of its legalistic pornographic references.
Fun fact: Starr turned to the Lewinski stuff only because, after years of searching, he couldn't find any crimes in what Bill Clinton did. The party of treason were full sure Clinton was exactly like them but got a right land when they found he had integrity.
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August 13, 2022 at 10:35 am
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(August 13, 2022 at 4:09 am)GUBU Wrote: (August 12, 2022 at 12:18 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Reminds me of the Ken Star investigation report of the Monica Lewinsky affair with all of its legalistic pornographic references.
Fun fact: Starr turned to the Lewinski stuff only because, after years of searching, he couldn't find any crimes in what Bill Clinton did. The party of treason were full sure Clinton was exactly like them but got a right land when they found he had integrity. And OJ was innocent......
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