<p>^ lol..</p>
<p>public high school does have its advantage sometimes</p>
<p>fine... this thread has magically been transformed into
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=173937%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=173937</a></p>
<p>I enjoy the social environment of my public, just not concerning academics. Weak course offerings, slow pace in courses that are offered, too many people calling/e-mailing/iming/asking for help with school work ( i am what most would call a "yes" man, in that I lack the ablity to turn people away :/), blah.</p>
<p>I enjoy mine socially- a bit too cliquish, but overall we all get along just like gravy. Academically we have a good selection of classes, but some of them just aren't taught very well.</p>
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The thread about my erroneous assumptions about the religious HS workload.
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I didn't praise my school for a light religious workload (in fact, it wasn't undemanding for me until this year). I mean, this makes life better, but it's not why I like my school. I'm not an avid fan of my school, actually. It's tolerable, but not 100% enjoyable.</p>
<p>I like my school. For a public school with not much money, we are doing good. I like the courses offered and the number of AP classes we have. My school is so good it even sent a student to Yale. </p>
<p>Can't beat that!</p>
<p>We are losing money, but we still send the whites off to good schools. What is happening to the black populace is a different story that few want to address, but it is slowly being solved by enforced targeting of academically underachieving freshmen and the de-emphasis that the group's leaders put on sports. The problem basically only pertains to black males; the females are nearly on par with everyone else.
And kchen, now I see you as more normal.</p>
<p>kman1456, my school is similar. The Black and Hispanic populace is very underachieving. The problem at my school is similar with the Black males. The only Black people in my Honors classes are female. The Hispanic population isn't doing very good either. I am the only Hispanic person in my Honors classes.</p>
<p>The Hispanics do very well in the city, but they tend not to go on to college, even those who are ranked within the top 10 in the class.
Here:</p>
<h1>of Black females w/ wGPA of 2.5 or higher: 120/450</h1>
<h1>of Black males w/ wGPA of 2.5 or higher: 14/420</h1>
<p>Does that say anything?</p>
<p>oh yeah--i hate to say it but all the bosnians and hispanics in my school really make them focus their efforts into ESL courses and traditional courses at times</p>
<p>Wow, I am very shocked. However, I think the numbers in my school are the same as yours, give or take a few.</p>
<p>I, among others, have been recruited to join a committee of people that have attempted to bring up the number of failing black students (it has not worked very well among males, but the females are doing exceptionally well). The problem that I don't think anyone sees is that the males have erroneous values ingrained by grades 5 and 6, when they start failing to fit in; black females don't seem to attempt that until grades 8 and 9. We get both in grade 9 and as such can stop most problems among the females but have a difficult time breaking the values of the males who have been practicing said values for four years beforehand. I think that this type of program should be extended down to the elementary level, similar to a program we have on race relations and how not to be prejudicial, SGORR. The program has even been brought to schools like Hamilton and Middletown, where ethnic rivalries have been heated (although not blowing up) for some time.</p>
<p>I agree and it seems like you're doing a great job getting involved with this problem. I also agree with getting the program to be extended to the elementary level in order to have less Black males practicing said erroneous values. I hope all goes well for the program SGORR!</p>
<p>It has been around for 11 years, so it works. The other program, the one that many have urged me to join since freshman year (even though most of the leaders were seniors/juniors) has also been around for some time. I only joined it for next year because I was at the proper age group; I did not want to be the only sophomore among 11 seniors doing the preaching, for it would have had little effect. People here usually listen to the upperclassmen, however, which has made me more inclined to join.</p>
<p>It's the same in my school. Nothing us freshmen say matters.</p>
<p>You will gain influence as you get older, mainly because you have credibility having been through at least a year of school. Now you have none, since you don't have enough experience. I have the same attitude towards freshmen who play varsity sports not well enough to be a full member of the team but are too good for the freshman level. That is why there is something called JV.</p>
<p>Yeah, I can't wait until I'm a sophmore. Sophmores at my school get much more respect than freshmen.</p>
<p>What do you plan on doing the next year that you did not do this time around?</p>
<p>Well, I play to get involved in more activities, like Cheerleading. I'll also do more community service. I will also be a part of the school newspaper, which will probably be the activity I'll enjoy doing the most, since I want to be a journalist. I wanted to join as a freshman, but sophmores and older were the only ones allowed.</p>
<p>^^ haha cheerleading.....believe it or not, thats the second most injury in high school....who would think cheerleading......but it happens all the time because girls go flying the air and sometimes girls on the bottom get scared and react with a stimuli and just backs and boom the girls hits the floor
OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!</p>