CaCO3Girl posted:JYNY posted:CaCO3Girl posted:Goosegg posted:It is no secret that the tippy top schools require: near perfect grades, the MOST rigorous cirriculum offered at that HS, and top scores. (Not to fret if your HS doesn't offer 30 AP's; the measure is the hardest courses offered at your HS.)
During our tours, a constant question went something like this: "should I take an AP and make a B, or an honors class and make an A?" The constant answer was: "take the AP and make an A."
I have read all of this thread and I have to say it stinks. Let me be the bad guy and say I'd rather my kid play a sport, hang out with his friends and BE A KID than do 4 hours of homework a night so he can take the honors and AP courses and have a "challenging" schedule. You know what is challenging? Being a kid in a society that wants them all to be little grown ups.
Off to tell my kid to load up on Phys ed and Wood Shop....both of which will serve him FAR better in the future than AP Bio, which has no practical use in the real world unless you plan on pursing Biology. I took AP Bio, I can't figure out how to fix the mail box, wood shop would have been handy right around now.
As I read through this post, with these off the cuff remarks and back and forth jabs, I thought I was on Facebook.
If you are in HS, you are a few years away from being a legal adult in this country. IMO, as a parent, and not as my kid's best friend, I would want to challenge him. Push him to be better. I wouldn't want him to hang out at the mall or play video games for 4 hours. Can he succeed at the next academic level? Then take Honors or AP courses, don't settle for an easy grade. This teaches him work ethic which will be valuable in baseball as well as in life.
If you are okay with your kid aspiring to be a gym teacher or work in construction than so be it, have him load up on Phys Ed and Wood Shop. It seems you find fixing the mail box more important than understanding the human body, whether it is in an AP or a regular bio class.
Nothing wrong with a gym teacher or to work in construction, but don't expect 6 figure salaries and the same chances in life as others that have applied themselves.
Wait... Hmm, I just described millennials. Young adults now a days that feel they are entitled to everything even though they haven't put in any work. Lol.
I think the problem with milennials are the parents.
Unless your kid was born with God given ability he's not likely to throw 95, earn 6 figures, or get straight A's. An entire generation of parents are saying ANYTHING is possible if you just work at it...it's not.
There are special people, but not everyone is special.
The 95mph pitch is tied more to physical capability. Straight A's in HS are very difficult and not likely. Straight A's don't define a kids trajectory in life, constantly challenging a kid and the kid accepting those challenges will help a kid prepare for his future. Plenty of B and C students turning into A students when they get to college because they start understanding it's like a job: show up, apply yourself, and manage your time. Constantly challenging a kid will help him become stronger. As parent we're trying offer guidance to give our children options when graduate from high school and college. We're also monitoring our kids to avoid systems overload.
Anybody is capable of earning 6 figures. It's about committing to a plan and being prepared when opportunities present themselves, whether it's getting on board a young company, getting experience at whatever company then launching your own business, or putting in the time at one good company. Making 6 figures is also not the end all, plenty of people handcuffed to organizations where they are miserable everyday but they still cash the check.
Always learning, continually being prepared so that we're in a strong position, great country we live in, reach for the stars, you never know.