northerntiger9 said:Regarding sports—it’s not exactly straightforward, and honestly, this whole scoring system should just be scrapped. It has nothing to do with being an elite athlete or how hard you work—unless, of course, luck is on your side.
The way the rules work is that they only recognize competitions organized by school athletic clubs. To put it bluntly: you could train track all you want and break a national record, but if your school doesn't have a coach willing to send you to the state qualifiers, you might as well be barking at the moon. On top of that, some sports only offer team events rather than individual ones, which means besides having a coach, you also need a handful of teammates who are actually good enough to win something that counts toward points.
Take our school, for instance—we have several kids who are national champions in their respective sports, yet the only ones sent to school competitions are the table tennis players or the soccer team. 😬
Actual club competitions are only considered for admission into specialized sports academies, and even then, you have to be highly ranked in the season standings with national-level success just to get a look-in. And because of the pandemic, it's been a mess for certain sports since competitions were canceled entirely—leaving them with zero results to show for it—while other sports managed to keep going.
So... yeah.
Edit: I see only one comment above, so let me clarify once more—kids who compete in state-organized events through official bodies (like US Ski & Snowboard, United States Tennis Association, USA Track & Field, etc.) do NOT receive any points.
I was just about to get upset, but then I remembered I already knew this.😂 It completely slipped my mind because it's so illogical that my brain just refuses to process it.😂
If they're giving up sports just to focus on their preferred major, then it makes sense to scale back those points to earn an extra credit unit for their GPA No one with a 3.5 average and that one extra point is going to get into school ahead of someone sitting at a 5.0 without any bonus points
If you look at it that way, then extra points from regional competitions shouldn't really matter at all. No socioeconomic status, health issues, nothing else matters.
The logic is that elite young athletes sacrifice an incredible amount, and we should be rewarding that level of dedication.
😂 Ugh, and they give you all these different sets of instructions? Most of mine ended up messed up because I kept twisting the stud just so it wouldn't stick, or trying to swap out the jewelry within a month. Honestly, jewelers can be so clueless; they really need to step it up and actually learn how this works. But yeah, there's just no comparison.
I just finished piercing her ears, and I had to hold her hand the whole time 😂 She’s actually planning on getting her ear cartilage done next, but hopefully, she’ll forget all about it for a few years 😂 Still, it doesn't really matter—a professional piercing studio is lightyears better than a jeweler 🙏 I honestly wish piercings were this easy back when I was doing my own ears 😢
Is 16 the cutoff for piercings like ears or eyebrows/nose? 🤔 As for her hair, she can basically do whatever she wants—shaving it or dyeing it neon green, I don't care. Well, okay, I do care a little; I'd be sad because her color is gorgeous, but I wouldn't say a word to her about it. I’d be fine with piercings after 16, but tattoos... maybe wait until she's 18. Honestly, I'd probably tell her to just hold off for another couple of years anyway.
mellowskipper said:Buffett, I’m just some miserable smoker who can't even throw my butts in the trash without making excuses to my kid about being an "addict." As someone who used to be a chronic, heavy smoker—like, a whole pack a day kind of situation—I know firsthand just how brutal nicotine addiction really is. But the second I found out I was pregnant, I quit cold turkey, and I haven't touched one since—so, thirteen years now. If I were to light one up today, I'd probably slip right back into those old habits. But the point is, it's possible if you actually want it. Though, I suppose that isn't really what this conversation is about...
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Look, maybe just tell her to stop nagging about the smoke and let her know she can smoke if she wants, because she'll stop whenever she feels ready. 😁
I don't see anything wrong with pointing out my own mistakes to my child and explaining exactly what they cost me. Most people have to learn things the hard way, but if she can take even 0.5% of what I've learned to heart, that's a win.
They probably lectured you because they wanted to be helpful. Maybe you would've reacted differently if they had just pointed out how pathetic we've become—how we can't stop because we're addicts, or how we messed up when we were just stupid kids, and now we're stuck spending huge amounts of money because we can't quit, just like most addicts. Don't make the same mistakes we did; try to learn from our failures.
I was just thinking it might be interesting to design a little study for students where the results are intentionally misleading, basically tricking them into mistaking correlation for causation 😁 and then later showing them the actual data and the correct conclusions 😁
It’s always easy for them to just say, "go read the book and finish the workbook." I get what the ideal process should look like, but honestly, that's rarely how things actually play out in practice.
Google is, yeah. Look, it’s not like her history textbook is anything revolutionary, but she really knows how to teach. She talks through everything with them and guides them toward the answers themselves, so the books are just a resource rather than the whole lesson like they are in geography.
In elementary school, it basically boils down to, "You four make a poster about this topic by Friday." Then, for the first four days, everyone just argues over who’s doing what and how. In the end, one person actually shows up with all the materials ready to go, and while they do all the heavy lifting, the others might at most toss in a photo or two to look helpful.😂
I don't know, things always just end in total frustration on my end because "she wants five, yet nobody's putting in enough effort and everyone gets offended too easily." I guess they aren't really cut out for teamwork 😂
It’s funny how things I used to grasp easily don't seem quite so baffling until I try to explain them like I'm eleven again. But now, thanks to this whole high-pressure system situation, I'm looking at it with zero prior knowledge. Honestly, it might as well be written in hieroglyphics.
I mean, I get it, but what else are we supposed to do when the professors don't explain things? How are you meant to grasp high and low pressure systems? If they aren't allowed to explain it, why didn't they just run an experiment instead? Why does my kid, who isn't interested in rote memorization, have to turn to YouTube videos to make sense of it all? I hope you see where I'm coming from. Honestly, I don't care how it's taught—whether it's a lecture or a hands-on experiment. An experiment would definitely be better. But they aren't doing either. Just read it in the textbook. Look, I'm 44 years old. I don't think I'm quite dim enough to be unable to understand a textbook.
As for the textbook, I’m pretty lost on this part—specifically the section about high and low pressure systems. All I really get is that high pressure means nice weather and low pressure means it's miserable outside. I didn't grasp much from the reading. Honestly, I could probably repeat the definitions exactly as they're written, but I don't actually understand what's happening. It wasn't until I watched some YouTube videos that things finally started to click for me. It was a bit of an embarrassing moment, to be honest. What's the point of her just memorizing definitions and processes if she doesn't actually comprehend the underlying mechanics?
Good afternoon, class. What you see on the board here is a non-linear equation—just some math for you all to look at. I'm going to step out for a quick coffee break, so feel free to get to know one another and hang out while I'm gone.