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Pancho

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  1. Well, let me be clear—yet again: K-12 is underfunded and college tuition is out of control because of 1 main, huge, giant reason—their state governments are purposely underfunding them and have been for decades. This has been happening in *certain* states for a long, long time.
  2. They don’t start over if someone is out.
  3. Because our society as a whole is dumb as fuck.
  4. The structure of higher ed has changed. I’m not sure if you’re in higher ed or just going by when you were in college. Degree plans have changed to be more streamlined and more Pathway oriented. As I have mentioned not only in reply to you before but on this board in general, this has resulted in some departments having to justify their existence or restructure their degree plans to keep up with what’s happening. Also, you’re starting to see more programs implement Capstone Projects and more Service Learning regardless of the discipline/program/major. This is a huge change. This used to be for more Workforce programs, but the For Credit/Academic programs are starting to do this. And yes, the occasional History credit for bio majors or Comm credit for Nursing majors is definitely necessary. As far as attendance is concerned, there is all sorts of research that shows higher attendance in class equates to more student success. While you personally may not have needed to go to class, that doesn’t apply to everyone. The average student needs to be in class as it allows them to learn in different ways via active learning and get questions answered they normally wouldn’t have. Also, I’ve had students tell me the friends they’ve made in the class helped with with other classes than mine, helped them find jobs, helped them find their best friend, or helped them through encouragement. You also shouldn’t forget—an element of this is also where you grew up, your educational background from the time you were little until high school, your access to study tools/tutors in high school, etc. Most students don’t have that. That could be a big reason why you didn’t need to go to class. I have way more stories of students who tried the “I don’t need to come to class and will still pass” but ended up with a F in the class than I do for those who didn’t come to class and made an A (and I knew they’d make an A).
  5. I was reffing high school ball in Austin in 2006. There was a girls basketball tournament at Hays, and Mulkey’s daughter’s team was in it. Sure enough, she comes waltzing in and the entire arena just stared. She was the loudest mofo in the gym screaming at the refs every chance she got. It was my game off so I was watching some friends ref until my next game. She never let up. Her daughter picked up a charge and she yelled as loud as possible “THATS HORRIBLE, THAT WASN’T A DAMN CHARGE!” And I don’t think my friend blew his whistle the rest of the game. This was me in the stands:
  6. For a family vacation? Nope. You say yes to this, then I have approve every other similar request coming in after that. For a college function, medical reason, religious reason, military reason, or government duty? Yes—but I made exceptions on a case by case basis. It also comes with knowing the student and their credibility. I’ve let students take exams (regular or finals) or do speeches early a few times when I taught—one was pregnant and was having major complications (she did her exams and speech in the hospital bed), one student had to get chemo treatments and a few times it was during my class time, one student got a really good job with an oil company and they needed him to start a certain day, and one student got called to Active Duty (he was scared and started crying in front of me…felt really bad. He struggled on the major speech but was a great student. Should have gotten a B in the class but I gave him an A). The student who got chemo during my class, well I found out the next semester she passed over the summer. That was my first. I was really, really in shock for a few days.
  7. I had a student who told me her and her family were going to Europe on vacation and asked to take the exam when she returned. This was in October. I told her no as taking a vacation during the school year isn’t an excused absence in my class. She whined about how that was the time where the tickets were the cheapest so it was the only time they could book. I said “was it really THE ONLY TIME you could book? You don’t get special treatment because you consciously chose to take a vacation during the school year. You have to accept responsibility for your actions, that’s how life works.” Ultimately, I let her make up her exam but with a 50% late penalty attached to the final grade. She made a 23. She dropped the class a week later.
  8. in higher ed, we’re noticing students come to class for the first 6-7 weeks then just stop coming. This is nationwide. And they still expect a passing grade in the class even when they’ve missed the last 9-10 weeks of the course.
  9. *I work in higher ed Here are the reasons we are seeing for student increases in absences and the thousands of students who just haven’t returned post pandemic: - Need to work to provide for themselves - Need to take care of family - Mental health/anxiety/depression - Thought they can just take the class online and it will be easier (a la Zoom class during the pandemic) - Outside influences telling them there’s no need to go to college or for an education - Faculty aren’t working with them when they explain their plights (I’ve reamed out a few faculty for this) - Cost - No idea what they want to do in life so they don’t do anything The enrollments post-pandemic still haven’t recovered in both K-12 and higher ed. I can’t speak too much on it because it’s not my area of expertise (but I do deal with dual credit so I speak with high schools all the time), but something I’m noticing is the rise in homeschooling. This has been the case since around 2018.
  10. Correct. I found another link and will update
  11. It also comes with age. After last year, Reese was the it girl in sports. Everyone in basketball (womens, mens, NBA, WNBA) was talking about her not only for her antics in the NC game but for winning the national championship. She even had hip hop songs with her name in it so that side of the entertainment world took notice. She had swagger and rightfully so. But sometimes, you can have all of that swagger and still get beat, which she did. My guess is her age/experience hasn’t allowed for her to understand how to handle all of the highs and lows of the sport you play and the repercussions can come along with it depending on the outcome.
  12. We could have moneywhipped almost any coach in America for basketball. Texas actively chose not to.
  13. Someone who loses their scholarship?
  14. They are really trying to make this political. I’m not sure what Iowa’s plan was when they did this but it’s going to now create a shit storm
  15. Yup, starting to see a few more credible writers pick this up…
  16. As I posted on the women’s thread, there was an NCAA change a few years ago where teams go back into the locker room at 15:00 on the pregam clock. This is what nearly all teams do and then they come back out with around 3 minutes left in pregame. For Iowa to still be out there is actually out of the ordinary. Unless they’ve done that all year (which it’s possible technically) being out there now for the anthem is unusual since all teams go back to the locker room. They would have had to pre-plan this.
  17. More evident of LSU/Iowa Race War 2.0: right wing social media are now dogging LSU for not being out there during the national anthem while Iowa was. Let me be clear—there was a change to the pre-game situation in NCAAW basketball about 4-5 years ago. The pre-game stuff (announcements, playing of school songs, playing of national anthem) starts at the 15:00 mark on the pregame clock. Nearly all teams go back inside until around 3 min remaining on the clock, and at that time, all announcements are done. Teams wanted to do this because they’d rather have more time to stretch and go over final game notes and stuff without the distraction of the crowd/announcer. I’m not sure if Iowa has done this all season, but it was actually abnormal for Iowa to stay out there for the anthem and not go in.
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