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  1. my 15 year old is a band rockstar not a leader rock star yet even though he was the only soph promoted but his musical ability is phenom. but for music he would be a gamer 24/7, and he still needs to crawl out of his shell (including more frequent showers and other personal hygiene activities). hoping soph year is it.
  2. that's an awesome story. this kiddo is pretty dialed in we will see what he comes up with, but this is great advice. do you remember what question you were answering that led to telling that story?
  3. it's definitely a covered real estate play (likely at a substantial deficit). short falls are a rounding error on what that property will become in the coming years.
  4. Hahaha “but convenient too” (damn autocorrect) because of diversity essay topics still in play and they don’t require test scores - the worst aspect of his college resume.
  5. Of course. But we were talking about the campus corner of mlk and guad on the south side of mlk.
  6. At least 5 years please 7 preferred with massive volatility preferred so I can keep adding.
  7. Third spaces are critical for human contentment and happiness imo. Church was the de facto one for most humans throughout the last few hundred years - work, home, church. It’s critical imo that we all find and cultivate that third space. That’s 100% my goal for him here - school, family, band. @The Dog as someone who was in a cult during college I vehemently disagree.
  8. Same, exactly the same. I think it’s ok. He needed 100% downtime. I get it.
  9. Band kids at least in our experience have the busiest schedules in the entire high school. My senior leads over 200 peers, it’s really incredible. He’s dialed in and on fire but we are careful to make sure he has plenty of downtime - not a lot of demands other than school and band. Volunteering is out of the question, he actually has plenty of volunteering required in the band. He loves being busy and productive. He’s got a motor for sure, gets it from me. He enjoys down time but he likes to earn it. His social life is rich and he loves the travel, bus time with friends, and the camaraderie. For college I think of it as a club more than anything but one that will eat up his time - in a good way. He wants to continue that and he loves the big time football atmosphere (LT has it at the HS level) from the perspective of a band member. we are kinda banking on drum major and band generally to propel him. His grades are great but his electives aren’t bump classes so he’s not had enough AP type classes to move into the top 10% even. His SAT is meh, not a good test taker, gets that from me too. I scored 20th percentile but performed 10th percentile consistently. Unweighted GPA he’s killing it. looking west it’s his personality but continent too where diversity essays (trans parent, lesbian step mom - remains to be seen if we play that card) and test scores are still ignored.
  10. I was pretty much joking. The older I get the less invested I am in the sport of 18-22 year olds. Still a fan, love winning, NIL complicates it for the semi pro teams but for the lesser teams it’s still very much a sport for young amateurs
  11. so are we going to be good or what?
  12. I’m perfectly “normal” other than being highly intelligent and should I say a tad exotic. Hyper vigilance and adhd are super common though I think. I actually resemble those descriptors too. But I’ve worked my tail off to make them advantages.
  13. Mother fucker didn’t get the memo that you can remove PFAS and HFCS from your coke but the sugar will still give you diabetes and kill you.
  14. Stop talking to me like I’m 11 years old man. He wants to be in the marching band for many reasons, UT first but marching band regardless. He’s playing a meaningless high school fight song right now and loves it. It’s obviously multi faceted and as a parent third spaces and their impact on contentment and well being are my primary concern as he moves into college. Band is an ideal third space.
  15. He’s not looking for competition he’s looking for a good time and wants to play The Eyes and Texas Fight at the games. It’s pretty simple and of all people, folks on this board should get it. Not looking for connections really, just a memorable college experience. He’s got two band directors in his life that did it so he’s got a good understanding. And if not Texas he’ll do it elsewhere for the same reasons, obviously without the The Eyes and Texas Fight. As a parent, I’m thrilled about it, again third spaces are critical to finding your way. Band can absolutely be that place - family, school, friends community. So if he wants to be in a marching band in college, let’s do it.
  16. Toyota and Delta involved, mfg ramping up, FAA shit almost behind them, test flights good. News has all been good. Prolly not a stonk in the technical sense. But if they make it work it’s going to go up and up and up.
  17. There’s always a few at the top that are good to great. But it’s never been a QB league.
  18. DCI is more of that for skill progression but you tap out there. Everyone knows there isn’t much after college and high school is second most competitive after DCI (when it comes to competing as a band). But when you talk about experience and third spaces (which I think are critical to finding meaning and happiness) you really can’t go wrong with band. Besides being able to have the most incredible UT football experience on the schools dime, on occasion you get to do cool shit like this… so yeah, we think UT marching band has the potential to be life changing and to create memories not otherwise obtainable. I don’t know about the other schools - but a part from the meaning of Texas I bet they have similar cool experiences and a built in community. As for nerds, sort of, but band has changed a lot since our days. With athletics being hyper competitive there are plenty of fit, cool, good looking kids in band nowadays. Plenty of nerds too.
  19. Yeah it is, SEC QBs are usually pretty fucking bad. No way arch is fifth that’s nuts.
  20. agreed re the OL especially but it’s not the world we live in. Thankfully he had several full games though to practice against live competition.
  21. that was at the beginning of his run. I think he calmed down quite a bit after that. well I mean he still did ragey things when players fucked up but hey shit happens.
  22. sure and I don't really want to argue but you said, "He's a pansy in game when things go south. Sark isn't." and yeah, sark can be a pansy in tight games. he panics, he does weird shit. some times he presses, some times he turtle shells. he's not some big balled gamer every time it gets tight. this actual goes to the point of a freshman QB in a big game, sark gonna sark too in that situation.
  23. it's going to only get worse.
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