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What the Fark???

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Re Bobby Knight

How do you define success for his former student-athletes (flip of the chair to Miles Brand)? If you mean pro athletes and NCAA coaches, that's one thing. But what about successful fathers, HS coaches? Aren't these more important "role models" than pro athletes?
 
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joecct said:
Re Bobby Knight

How do you define success for his former student-athletes (flip of the chair to Miles Brand)? If you mean pro athletes and NCAA coaches, that's one thing. But what about successful fathers, HS coaches? Aren't these more important "role models" than pro athletes?
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Some are both. See the recently-in-the-news Jim Kelly.
 
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joecct said:
Bureaucracy at its finest, District of Columbia lodge...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...727-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html?hpid=z1
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Unanswered is the question: how can a student who misses so much school make straight A’s?

Other than the social aspect (and I think even that’s questionable), she’s better off as a home schooler. She can learn at her own pace, which is apparently far faster than her former school.

I also think that her parents are misinformed about the actual cost of attendance at private schools. I’d bet if they did just a bit of looking, they’d find a private school that would (a) accommodate her travel schedule; (b) challenge her academically and possibly even musically; and (c) give her substantial financial aid.
 
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CLS said:
Unanswered is the question: how can a student who misses so much school make straight A’s?

Other than the social aspect (and I think even that’s questionable), she’s better off as a home schooler. She can learn at her own pace, which is apparently far faster than her former school.

I also think that her parents are misinformed about the actual cost of attendance at private schools. I’d bet if they did just a bit of looking, they’d find a private school that would (a) accommodate her travel schedule; (b) challenge her academically and possibly even musically; and (c) give her substantial financial aid.
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Really? My 2nd semester senior year, I missed 33 days of excused absences out of 90 in the semester for orchestra, debate, an engineering "internship" and other school-sanctioned activities. Not only did I get a perfect attendance award, I had straight As including in my 4 AP classes.

I do agree with your point that there must be a private school that would love to sponsor her, though.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
Maybe she's really smart. Just a thought.
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Agree, which is what I meant when I said that apparently her learning pace was far faster than her former school, or more accurately stated, that her learning pace was far faster than her former school could accommodate.

LynahFan said:
Really? My 2nd semester senior year, I missed 33 days of excused absences out of 90 in the semester for orchestra, debate, an engineering "internship" and other school-sanctioned activities. Not only did I get a perfect attendance award, I had straight As including in my 4 AP classes.

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I'm guessing your parents didn't get a visit from the truant officer. Fortunately for you, it appears that you didn't go to the high school that Avery Gagliano did (note they had the opportunity to excuse the absences, as your school did).
 
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This story rewritten: rule says x, x condition met, rule invoked.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled poutrage.
 
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Kepler said:
This story rewritten: rule says x, x condition met, rule invoked.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled poutrage.
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More like, "Guidelines state that if X occurs, you have the option to invoke rule Y, depending on circumstances (read: common sense is allowed to guide the decision). X condition was met. Rule Y was invoked without any common sense or circumstances considered."

But it's easier to oversimplify and misconstrue something when you can't grasp the concept of common sense, right?
 
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