I find it kind of sad that there was no ambition among the "Popular People" from my old high school

[Marrila]

This exact same post is on another popular Disney site. Is it a troll???

Thanks for the heads up. I found the same word for word post on 2 other sites.
Not a very creative

 

[Nayan]

I wish they'd come back and give us an idea of how well they have done since high school, but since they are a troll it's 'see ya until I need to come back and make a post about how important my thoughts are'.

Yo, DudeBro, come back and expound on how successful (or not) you've been. Don't keep us guessing (I am going with not successful at all!).

 

[Disneybuckeye]

Well, my daughter has gone back to College in Germany at age 34. She is the only American in her program of International students from place like the Middle East, Japan, Portugal and the U.K. For example, despite graduating from a PRIVATE American High School with a tougher curriculum that the public schools here, she never took Calculus in High School. Her College Calculus class was designed to be a review of High School Calculus, and it sunk her. It was material she had never seen before, yet her classmates said it was an EASY review. She is the only American in a new program so it is something the College is going to have to consider when admitting American students in the future.
It is clear to her, our high schools are not anywhere as tough in math and science education as those in other nations. By a long shot.
She admits, she has also discovered the entire concept of someone "going back to school" is a little out of sync outside the U.S. She is more than a decade older than her classmates. And older than most of her Professors.

It truly depends on the school. My kids went to same sex private schools for HS. Son's school is the largest feeder school to Notre Dame and both send plenty to Ivy's. All of my kids took 2 years of calc and multiple science classes. Daughter graduated with a dual major in finance/math and son is engineer.

 

[tvguy]

It truly depends on the school. My kids went to same sex private schools for HS. Son's school is the largest feeder school to Notre Dame and both send plenty to Ivy's. All of my kids took 2 years of calc and multiple science classes. Daughter graduated with a dual major in finance/math and son is engineer.

Yes, the school, the districts graduation requirements and the electives a High School student selects can make a huge difference. Funny thing is, when she entered College the first time in 2009, she was part of the largest Freshman Class in the History of the California State University System. They had the highest ACT and SAT scores and GPA in CSU history. And......the highest rate of incoming Freshman needing remedial english and science classes. She was stunned how poorly prepared her classmates were who came from public schools. She didn't need remedial classes, not did she have issues the year she went to College in the U.K. This second time around in Germany, the issue isn't needing remedial classes, it's not having even taken the classes in the first place.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I graduated in '79.
The OP just reiterated why I hated HS.

 

[Smugpugmug]

This entire thread has "I peaked in high school" energy. It's really funny but also really pathetic at the same time.

 

[mjkacmom]

My DD graduated from high school in 2011. She took Calculus I and Calculus II in 11th grade and 12th grade respectively. These classes were not mandatory, but were part of the math track that she chose.

All 5 of my kids took AP AB calculus in HS, 2 also took AP BC calculus. One has a financial management degree with an accounting and math minor (the other is a PT). The other 3 were/are business majors but really didnt need calculus (but colleges like to see it).

 

[Brian Noble]

Drive-by trolling! Cool!

I really like the DIS ignore list. Blocking trolls from my feed is fun and cool.

 

[barkley]

Fair point. Book knowledge does not always translate to practical application in many subjects.

I remember in college that there was a major tweak to admissions in a few of the programs b/c there was an uptick in lower graduation rates due to admitted students looking PHENOMINAL so far as their test scores, college prep courses and gpa's went but when they got to the nuts and bolts of hands of application they were unsuccessful. they could tell you chapter and verse HOW something was to be done/how to do it/all the history and theory behind it but they could not do it themselves.

And......the highest rate of incoming Freshman needing remedial english and science classes. She was stunned how poorly prepared her classmates were who came from public schools. She didn't need remedial classes,

when my oldest started high school in '09 there was a huge regional push for both the private schools and the publics to 'go back to the basics' and do refresher work in basic english, spelling and composition skills. we've got several public and highly demanding private universities nearby and they were communicating with the schools and reporting that across the board they were encountering incoming students with dimished skills in these areas.

my 2 kids have great spelling and grammer skills (and one was special ed all the way through high school). I don't attribute it to any better education they received in their k-8th private schooling-it was strictly due to the fact that they went to one room school houses (yes, they still exist). if you sit in a classroom and overhear the little ones being taught the same basic spelling rules and grammer skills-repeating them out loud in unison day after day for 9 years in a row...it sticks (my kids can still recite those rules they were taught and will spell some words out loud together in the same rhythmic manner ).

 

[Dan Murphy]

This exact same post is on another popular Disney site. Is it a troll???

Thanks for the heads up. I found the same word for word post on 2 other sites.
Not a very creative

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads...opular-people-from-my-old-high-school.986273/

https://www.usmessageboard.com/thre...bition-than-other-groups-of-students.1166296/