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Post by benstabler on Feb 10, 2009 7:52:01 GMT -5
no we haven't but I know when I don't sleep at all for 24 hours I do get pretty messed up.
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Post by finaddict on Feb 13, 2009 6:29:44 GMT -5
It was an episode that made you think. I will say that for it.
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Post by benstabler on Feb 14, 2009 20:49:59 GMT -5
well true dat
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Post by munchaddict on Feb 16, 2009 14:16:35 GMT -5
Makes you wonder about those big, expensive private schools too.
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Post by benstabler on Feb 16, 2009 23:05:14 GMT -5
I agree. I know many people who went to private schools who say it's much worse than public in the way of what they get away with too. I also know many people whos parents forced them to study and get straight A's and those kids were miserable.
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Post by finaddict on Feb 17, 2009 6:48:42 GMT -5
Many times the very wealthy whose kids attend these private schools have a strange sense of entitlement, as if they were above the law.
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Post by benstabler on Feb 19, 2009 0:04:07 GMT -5
oh yes they do. I've heard people who talk like they are going to tell authoritarions what they will or will not do!
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Post by munchaddict on Feb 19, 2009 22:32:36 GMT -5
I only went to one private school for fifth grade and they were very relaxed about a lot of things, but they were different then other types of private schools. No uniforms, no cafeteria, and everyone knew everyone. I liked it in a fun way, but I had the usual struggle with math and it never got better. So glad that it was not like the more expensive, strict kind of schools. That's for sure.
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Post by finaddict on Feb 23, 2009 6:42:34 GMT -5
Not all private schools are bad but the ones that ultra wealthy kids attend can turn out some real criminals and they think they can get away with it.
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Post by almeda on Feb 23, 2009 8:36:07 GMT -5
It could happen. You know the school I attended that I told you about? It was a private school based on the American public school system, yet it had -still has- an international feel to it as there was a mix of American, Canadian, Iranian, Arab, African, Asian, and European students. Despite the fact that it was a private school, my fellow alumni and I turned out all right and I still keep in touch with them by e-mail and Facebook. I had my struggles with math, too, munchaddict.
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Post by benstabler on Feb 23, 2009 22:29:16 GMT -5
well that is good to hear Almeda. Maybe the multi-cultural helped - unlike the ones that all come from ultra-wealthy with the I am above all attitude.
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Post by almeda on Feb 24, 2009 7:11:24 GMT -5
I think the multicultural and international atmosphere helped, also. Of course, we had some personality clashes with some kids from time to time, but, funnily enough, I keep in touch with them. LOL! Some private schools here have the most spoiled kids with the same attitude of I am above all, so you're not alone.
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Post by finaddict on Feb 24, 2009 20:09:18 GMT -5
My daughters' 2 girls go to a highly esteemed Private School and it is usually the so-called "Old Money" kids in many of these schools that cause the trouble. This school is also very diverse in its student body make-up and most in the school turn out well. Kinda like your school, Almeda.
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Post by almeda on Feb 25, 2009 13:36:58 GMT -5
That's cool that the school your granddaughters attend is also diverse as the one I attended from 1978-1991. I think it takes all sorts of people to make it work. I also agree that some kids' parents want them to earn straight A's, not for the sake of their kids, but for the sake of wanting them to become something they (the kids) didn't want to become in the first place: unhappy, Type A, and stressed out by the time they're in their 20s and 30s.
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Post by almeda on Feb 25, 2009 13:40:11 GMT -5
Maybe we should rethink sending kids to Ivy League schools? Some, like Ralph Nader, decided to use their education for the greater good, but you never really know.
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