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Jay wrote:

Eldest got into private school, my friend

Your children are suburban new york middle class going to private schools. I see conflict with your progeny in the future, they will almost certainly grow up to be liberals who vote for AOC and Bernie. Maybe they'll even want to follow degrees in the arts. I can see one attending a school of music, no future prospect but waiting tables, as the father toils away designing ever more airconditioning units and sprinkler installations to foot the bill. In old age you will either succumb and convert because you love your child, to become a liberal yourself, or eternally lament that your offspring became all you despise. Woe is jay. You must leave the NY suburbs, fast! Before it is too late.









Congratulations on having a daughter

Last edited by Larssen (2020-05-20 23:51:50)

uziq wrote:

i w been writing that paragraph since before he even had any kids at all.

and yes, he used to berate me for being privately educated.

i’ve had the measure of jay and his arriviste appetites all along !

I went to private school.

Jay went to private school on a scholarship since his step dad was a janitor at the school. He got a fairly decent education out of it and there's no shame in that.

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Jay went to private school on a scholarship since his step dad was a janitor at the school. He got a fairly decent education out of it and there's no shame in that.

Nah, not a janitor, though that is the same description my asshole father used to use to insult him, so kudos, I guess.

uziq wrote:

hopefully the second generation will be able to clear away all those unreconstructed blue-collar views about 'academics', 'experts', and 'gay' arts.

a second run should definitely be able to clear SUNY maritime, at the very least.

You know how you always like to quote "a little education is a dangerous thing"? You have a degree in reading and you argue with literally everybody about everything. You defer to no expertise but your own, and possess none. I'm sure you've read or heard about The Death of Expertise and I'm sure you nodded along and thought about all those dumb people that are constantly wrong and constantly arguing with you. The book was written about people like you, dude. You have no breadth, and little depth, and very little life experience off the prescribed track. What do you have to offer anyone aside from the aggravation stemming from interaction with you?

Jay wrote:

uziq wrote:

hopefully the second generation will be able to clear away all those unreconstructed blue-collar views about 'academics', 'experts', and 'gay' arts.

a second run should definitely be able to clear SUNY maritime, at the very least.

You know how you always like to quote "a little education is a dangerous thing"? You have a degree in reading and you argue with literally everybody about everything. You defer to no expertise but your own, and possess none. I'm sure you've read or heard about The Death of Expertise and I'm sure you nodded along and thought about all those dumb people that are constantly wrong and constantly arguing with you. The book was written about people like you, dude. You have no breadth, and little depth, and very little life experience off the prescribed track. What do you have to offer anyone aside from the aggravation stemming from interaction with you?

hjahahaha

Jay wrote:

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Jay went to private school on a scholarship since his step dad was a janitor at the school. He got a fairly decent education out of it and there's no shame in that.

Nah, not a janitor, though that is the same description my asshole father used to use to insult him, so kudos, I guess.

The correct term is "engineer" I think. That's the title my district uses for them since they do do more than just clean up. They are responsible for fully maintaining the building.

Usually nice guys too. I respect the work they do.

Last edited by SuperJail Warden (2020-05-21 06:52:57)

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Jay wrote:

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Jay went to private school on a scholarship since his step dad was a janitor at the school. He got a fairly decent education out of it and there's no shame in that.

Nah, not a janitor, though that is the same description my asshole father used to use to insult him, so kudos, I guess.

The correct term is "engineer" I think. That's the title my district uses for them since they do do more than just clean up. They are responsible for fully maintaining the building.

Usually nice guys too. I respect the work they do.

Yeah, they co-opted the title, which is annoying, but whatever. Superintendent. He was responsible for running the buildings and grounds department on a 40 acre campus with enough buildings to support around 900 students K-12. He had grounds keepers and painters, and custodians, and handymen working for him. It paid the bills.

Uzique wrote:

mmmf mmmf mmmf

He is doing the right thing by putting his (???) kids in private school. Private school education is really only useful for K-8, the more formative years. Private high school is a waste if your kid is a fuck up or derp by 14. When it comes to NYC, public high school might actually be better than private. My cousins who graduated from public high school in the Bronx finished with associate's degrees. One of them is a special education teacher working on her masters at the same age I was derping around Rutgers undergrad. Meanwhile the local Catholic High Schools in my area that are connected to Catholic Universities don't offer associate's degree for high school students. $20,000 a year Catholic High School tuition and all you get is a high school diploma. That thing is barely useful at all.

a girl on my team at work is from manhattan, went to a public high school there. i can't remember the name but could find out. she seems very bougie. sent to england for university, including master's and PhD. we were all shocked when she described the way people there all wear like pyjamas and casual clothes to school. our 'good' schools make you dress like a victorian.

Yes but really that is a weird practice in itself. Very few schools in continental Europe have these dress codes let alone 'boys schools' and 'girls schools' or the large amount of boarding schools you have in the UK. These are antique educational norms, get with the times.

IIRC homeschooling as a movement and not just a practice has its roots in post-World War 2 Christian conservatism. People didn't want their kids to go to schools where there are gays, blacks, and no prayer. But they also can't afford private school like the upper middle class so they created the home schooling movement.