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Posts posted by Hellraiser97
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That would be an absolute disaster. She needs structure.
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Was that in Austin, Onboard 2.0? I'd really like her to learn a second language starting now.
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So we spent more time meeting with my daughter's kindergarten teacher last year than my daughter probably spent in class. She was constantly getting in trouble for not paying attention, being disruptive, etc. I figured it was mostly due to her having done kindergarten already once at Primrose but being forced to do it again since her birthday is 5 days after the cutoff and AISD bends rules for NO ONE!!!!
Turns out that while that was definitely a problem, she's apparently really fucking smart. We had her do one of those all day assessments where they test everything from ADHD and Anxiety to whether your kid is a complete retard or Einstein junior. Well, she's borderline ADHD (no surprise, her mom has a pretty serious ADHD), but it wouldn't be much of a problem except that she tested above 92nd percentile on every intelligence test, including one that was 99.9th percentile. On the academic stuff, she scored as performing in line with late 1st grade in most things, 2nd grade in several and 3rd in one.
So she's in 1st grade now. When we got the results from the doctor, frankly, we were a bit overwhelmed but I managed to ask the doctor if these results meant she just needed to be challenged a bit more or where we talking look at private gifted and talent programs. His response was that she would definitely qualify as gifted and we should explore what AISD has to offer as well as private options.
We've shared the results with the school counselor and her teacher and had one meeting. Nominations for the AISD gifted program don't happen until January, but her teacher is GT certified so that's good. We're at Clayton and we've met with the asst principal that runs their gifted program. We went to an info session today. At least from what we heard there and from other people, we're in the right place if we're going to keep her in regular public school. So it then begs the question, should she stay in regular public school?
I've hear there are AISD magnet schools at middle and high school, but I didn't see anything on AISD's site for elementary school. We have friends that have a 'legitimately gifted' 3rd grader and he goes to Regents, though his dad told me while he likes the school, at the elementary school stage, he didn't think they were doing anything special for the gifted students. He recommended St. Francis and said if he didn't live and work in South Austin, that's where he'd send his kids. He was not impressed with AISD's options and said the general education was better than the gifted program in AISD (can't remember which elementary school though he's zoned for).
So, any of you deal with this before and have any advice? I'm kind of all over the board. On one hand, I want to do whatever I can so that she reaches her full potential, on the other, I've never been a huge fan of private schools and while she may end up doing better academically, in the long run is it really going to make her life any better? Any advice is welcomed.
Thanks
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25 minutes ago, scottsins said:
I definitely agree that a truly informed assessment can not be made at this point. However, this is nothing like the NCST thing, for many reasons.
Every clusterfuck is unique for its own reasons, but they have in common that both were loses to teams we should have soundly beat due to multiple coaching failures and poor player execution. Certain different coaching failures and player execution.
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13 minutes ago, CBHorn said:
This is surly. Keep that rationalism and cautious thinking out of here.
Also, username doesn't check out.
I've become mellow in my old age. Well, except when I yell at clouds.
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3 hours ago, Texasrocks said:
In case anyone forgot, here's the roster when Strong took over. There were some really talented seniors, but not much after that. Take out the seniors and I don't see many guys who would start on this year's team.
Name Pos Ht Wt Class
Dominic Espinosa C 6'3 308 Sr.
Quandre Diggs CB 5'10 195 Sr.
Ryan Roberts CB 5'8 170 Sr.
Sheroid Evans CB 6'0 190 Sr.
Brandon Allen DB 6'2 200 Sr.
Cody Boswell DB 5'11 180 Sr.
Devin Huffines DB 6'0 195 Sr.
Cedric Reed DE 6'5 272 Sr.
Nate Boyer DS 5'10 195 Sr.
Desmond Jackson DT 6'0 298 Sr.
Demarco Cobbs LB 6'0 221 Sr.
Steve Edmond LB 6'2 258 Sr.
Tevin Jackson LB 6'2 245 Sr.
Jordan Hicks LB 6'1 234 Sr
Desmond Harrison OT 6'8 313 Sr.
William Russ P/PK 6'3 206 Sr.
Michael Davidson PK/Pv 6'4 200 Sr.
Miles Onyegbule QB 6'4 230 Sr.
Eddie Aboussie RB 5'9 221 Sr.
Malcolm Brown RB 5'11 222 Sr.
Josh Turner S 5'11 175 Sr.
Mykkele Thompson S 6'2 191 Sr.
Chris Terry TE 6'3 243 Sr.
Geoff Swaim TE 6'4 250 Sr.
Greg Daniels TE 6'4 246 Sr.
Chris Giron WR 5'8 160 Sr.
Dakota Haines WR 6'1 195 Sr.
David Thomann WR 6'0 184 Sr.
Jaxon Shipley WR 6'0 190 Sr.
John Harris WR 6'2 218 Sr.
Duke Thomas CB 5'11 178 Jr.
Dillon Boldt DB 5'10 167 Jr.
Logan Mills DE 6'3 223 Jr.
Shiro Davis DE 6'3 253 Jr.
Malcom Brown DT 6'2 320 Jr.
Alex De La Torre FB 6'1 241 Jr.
Dominic Cruciani FB 5'11 225 Jr.
Dalton Santos LB 6'3 252 Jr.
Peter Jinkens LB 6'1 237 Jr.
Trey Gonzales LB 6'0 219 Jr.
Sedrick Flowers OG 6'3 320 Jr.
Taylor Doyle OG 6'4 298 Jr.
Marcus Hutchins OL 6'5 278 Jr.
Ben Pruitt PK 6'1 215 Jr.
Nick Rose PK 6'2 203 Jr.
David Ash QB 6'3 230 Jr.
Gaston Davis RB 5'11 193 Jr.
Johnathan Gray RB 5'11 215 Jr.
M.J. McFarland TE 6'4 249 Jr.
Marcus Johnson WR 6'1 193 Jr.
Daje Johnson WR/RB 5'10 178 Jr.
Bryson Echols CB 5'10 184 So.
Dylan Haines DB 6'1 194 So.
Tyler Lee DB 5'10 185 So.
Tyler Marriott DB 6'1 192 So.
Bryce Cottrell DE 6'2 247 So.
Caleb Bluiett DE 6'3 261 So.
Johnny Tseng DE 6'1 220 So.
Kyle Ashby DS 6'1 227 So.
Alex Norman DT 6'4 288 So.
Hassan Ridgeway DT 6'4 307 So.
Paul Boyette Jr. DT 6'2 302 So.
Timothy Cole LB 6'1 236 So.
Curtis Riser OG 6'4 324 So.
Clark Orren OL 6'0 260 So.
Daniel Rodriguez OL 6'2 299 So.
Camrhon Hughes OT 6'7 324 So.
Kent Perkins OT 6'5 330 So.
Nick Jordan PK 6'1 175 So.
Logan Vinklarek QB 6'1 217 So.
Trey Holtz QB 6'0 190 So.
Tyrone Swoopes QB 6'4 243 So.
Adrian Colbert S 6'1 206 So.
Kevin Vaccaro S 5'11 188 So.
Blake Whiteley TE 6'5 250 So.
Jacorey Warrick WR 5'11 172 So.
Ty Templin WR 6'0 195 So.
Jake Raulerson C 6'5 281 Fr.
Antwuan Davis CB 5'11 193 Fr.
Jason Hall DB 6'2 207 Fr.
Jermaine Roberts Jr. DB 5'9 171 Fr.
John Bonney DB 5'10 181 Fr.
Derick Roberson DE 6'3 219 Fr.
Chris Nelson DT 6'1 307 Fr.
Jake McMillon DT 6'3 290 Fr.
Poona Ford DT 5'11 280 Fr.
Cameron Hampton LB 6'1 202 Fr.
Naashon Hughes LB 6'4 232 Fr.
Darius James OG 6'5 304 Fr.
Alex Anderson OL 6'4 320 Fr.
Elijah Rodriguez OL 6'3 292 Fr.
Frank Lopez OL 6'2 300 Fr.
Terrell Cuney OL 6'1 278 Fr.
Mitchell Becker P 6'2 190 Fr.
Jerrod Heard QB 6'2 199 Fr.
D’Onta Foreman RB 6'2 215 Fr.
Donald Catalon RB 5'10 195 Fr.
Edwin Freeman S 6'1 220 Fr.
Erik Huhn S 6'3 209 Fr.
Andrew Beck TE 6'3 242 Fr.
Matt Center TE/DS 6'2 218 Fr.
Armanti Foreman WR 6'0 189 Fr.
Connor Huffman WR 5'9 170 Fr.
Dorian Leonard WR 6'3 201 Fr.
Garrett Gray WR 6'4 211 Fr.
Hunter DeGroot WR 6'1 207 Fr.
Jake Oliver WR 6'3 214 Fr.
Lorenzo Joe WR 6'2 201 Fr.
Roderick Bernard WR 5'9 170 Fr.
The problem with that comparison is that you're looking at how those guys played under Strong for the most part and saying "Hey they turned out to suck!" Well, their coaching sucked. Who knows how they would have performed with even moderately capable coaching.
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2 hours ago, UTDD said:
I think an important difference this time is that Texas has now suffered for a longer period of ineptitude and just went through the culmination of the Kansas loss with Strong so I would think patience wears more thin the longer it lasts.
And this is what concerns me. Herman may not be the guy to get us back where we belong, but there's no way you can tell that 1 game into the second season. Anyone want to remember NCST? Based on that game, I wouldn't have thought Mack would have managed a winning season that year, much less become our second all time winningest coach. When we are immediately ready to toss someone under the bus one game into their second season, we start becoming like aggies.
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Longhorn fans still making excuses for Strong and blaming everything on Mack. Pathetic.
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1 minute ago, Bevo VIII said:
Not sure if serious.Completely serious. Charlie fucked us good. Wanting to can the guy simply because he didn't immediately bring us back to the level we expect is down right aggieish.
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I think Herman inherited a far worse situation than Strong so you can't compare the two. Strong inherited a team that had under-performed, but still won 8-9 games the previous 3 years. He turned them into a team that had three consecutive losing records, to which Herman inherited. It's going to take more than 13 games to change that. I'm willing to giver Herman a real chance to do it.
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I have one of those as well. I like it but for some reason after a few months, even with a new blade I start not getting a good shave. Use something like the Gillette for another couple months and same thing, then switch back. It's like my beard adaptsDE safety razor FTW. There’s nothing like a Feather Blade on Merker 34c.
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Not sure if they're new but first time I've seen them and far less than the gilette ones
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Well trip was a success. Thanks for all the ideas. Wife and kids were there Sunday to Wednesday without me. Wife went to a cubs game with our friends we were visiting, said it was awesome. They went to the children's museum too I believe. Once I was there, we went to Millennium Park, just kid of walked around and enjoyed the nice weather, spent a day at the Museum of Science and Industry, kids really loved that, spent a morning at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the afternoon at one of the beaches nearby. Overall pretty fun.
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What is the academy series about? I'm looking for a new Scifi series to startFor anyone interested in the Academy series by McDevitt, he published the 8th book in the series in March of this year.
I plan on picking this book up on my next payday and will probably take a break from my non-fiction books for a little bit so I can read this and give my mind a little reprieve from the intense critical thinking required for those. I've always enjoyed McDevitt's work and like his ideas.
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That doesn't really answer the question of why they declined the directly review it.
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Why did SCOTUS deny this? I remember this being brought up on the old site. If I remember right looked like a lot of indications he didn't do it. Yet another reason not to stick your dick where it don't belong
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That got me laid in IosI've had much better luck sporting this red white and blue abroad.
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Looking to upgrade my stereo in my F-150 and was thinking of getting something with Android Auto. Looks like Pioneer is still the leader, but there are some other options. Anyone have one of these and have an opinion?
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Had my formal Monday but not really. It had already been rescheduled twice. Went to sign in and they told me to sign in for an informal too as there was no line for it. Even though I did the online informal I rejected the offer, they still had me do the informal.
Guy was real nice. We discussed the comps they used vs. The comps I wanted. He ended up adding in all but 1 of my comps (he couldn't find one in the system) and then dropped the two highest from theirs. Went groun them trying for a $20k increase to about $8k. While thing only took about 20 minutes.
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About tree fittyhow many HDMI coupons?
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If they were requiring nylon bags to be sold you might have a point. Besides overtime would probably just throw those away tooI'll debate this point by restating what I brought up earlier: If you get the nylon bags like the ones on Amazon I linked to, they are thin, washable, light and easily carried, and we've had a set that we've used since the 1990s because they simply will not die.
That said, I like the "charge 25¢/bag" strategy that California wrought.
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And an inordinate amount of the reusable bags are ending up in land fills long before their time and take a heel of a lot longer to break down. If trash managment was the main issue they just would have switched to something biodegradableWhy are you posting this? Plastic bag ban is about trash management, not about energy consumption.
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9 hours ago, zork said:
These are great for shopping at ALDI or Sams since neither provides bags and the nearly always warm temperatures can affect your grocery item freshness.(wilting lettuce, melting ice cream, etc, etc)
We keep 2 or 3 in each vehicle and other bags inside them for boxed goods and the like.
We have one Coscto one like that plus a smaller HEB one. They are excellent. I usually put the frozen/cold stuff in them while I shop to keep them cold. That said, I'm not bringing in the Costco one when I just need one or two things, and I'm not sticking a cooked rotisserie chicken in them either.
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43 minutes ago, Armybrat said:
I have yet to see a reusable canvas bag stuck on a fence flapping in the wind
I've found quite a few of them on the greenbelt I walk my dog on, but that's about it. I do think people are being more responsible in disposing of them, but again, the net effect is not positive from what I have read.
Advice on elementary school gifted and talented programs?
in Can You Help Me With This?
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We tried a 'montessori' school when she was little. It was a disaster. I'm sure it works for some kids, but it's not for her.