<p>From Star Trek:</p>
<p>… To seek out new life and new civilizations. To blondely go where no blonde has gone before! SWISH da da dadadada daaaaah</p>
<p>Mythmom:</p>
<p>If there are dumb blondes they will definitely have problems with square roots.</p>
<p>marite: Thank you thank you for graciously rescuing my bad joke! My daughter had a very funny joke about that. I’ll get her to send it from London.</p>
<p>In keeping with the blonde theme. I was surprised on the first of many middle east trips, that there are so many blondes at the best hotels in Tel Aviv. Kind of every where you look. Mostly Romanians and other eastern europeans. Some of the most beautiful women I have ever seen, anywhere. I am told that “conversion” was 600 shekels.</p>
<p>Personally, I feel that it all depends on a student’s personal goals. I know most students at my school, a top public school in my state, would never accept the advice that Wissner-Gross’ book gives, and many reject the sentiment of “dumping” high school friends to craft high school time to get into a college. I myself however was very goal oriented without the knowledge of how far passions needed to be pursued to get into a college that’s aligned with my future plans. I’ve wanted to be a physics researcher for as long as I can remember, but up until high school I thought good grades, a few extracurriculars, and good standardized testing scores were enough. Now I know that they weren’t, and had I read this book in middle school, I (a current junior) would have attempted greatly to craft my own high school life by following the advice. As for friends, I have never had a good group of friends. The “friends” I had in elementary and early middle school were just awful to me, and stupid, girl drama in middle school caused another falling out. By high school, it was difficult to become close friends with anyone, so there isn’t really anyone who I’d want to go out with on weekends and summers. For me these things are a huge waste of time and are stupid. Even discounting the last part, there are many kids like me who don’t prioritize socializing - the people I get along with best tend to be people with whom I share interests with, mostly academic. Wissner-Gross’ book was written for a specific audience - for people like me. Yes, you can get in while “having it all” but we mustn’t forget that her book isn’t for everyone. If you don’t like it, don’t pay attention to it, but her advice is perfect for a certain group of people.</p>
<p>please use old threads for reference only. do not post to old threads. closing thread</p>