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21 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Thank god someone brought a banjo.

Oh, I think that guy was already there with his banjo.

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4 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Jesus freak from Boerne.  https://www.genevaschooltx.org/corban-fikes/

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What is your favorite or funniest moment at Geneva?
My favorite moment at Geneva is the time I’ve spent in Dungeons and Dragons Club

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That tracks.

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How would you encourage a Geneva kindergartner to persevere in school?

I would encourage a Geneva kindergartner to consider the big picture whenever they engage in a pursuit.

Yeah, umm, the big picture for a kindergartner is trying not to get caught eating their boogers.

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7 hours ago, F250 said:

Geneva is a grift. better to send your kids through the Episcopal schools than this scam. TMI is just right down the road from Geneva. 

Was quite unfamiliar. The literature list seems pretty reasonable, but hard to evaluate everything. 

Still, in this day and age, I distrust those that advertise their Christianity. 

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I attended a graduation this year at a private school in Austin and noticed that the program listed two students who were attending this "university."  Of my relatives who have graduated from this high school so far, both have gone to excellent colleges and are pretty normal kids.  And while the small, religious-focused curriculum surely contributes to the decision to attend such a purported institute of higher learning and truthiness, I have to suspect that the parents of these kids have a ton of influence on their destination.  Because the school seems perfectly capable of getting a lot of its students into good universities.

 

Of course, as Ty Webb said, the world needs ditch diggers too, and, by that same token, no matter the school, some of the kids just aren't rocking it academically.  Still, there are better colleges, and even the dimmest bulb at one of these expensive, private high schools can be leveraged into a decent, state school.

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12 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

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Watch out our you’ll catch hands from those hard-asses.

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There’s no football. But there’s a fight club.

Yes, a fight club. It emerged spontaneously in week one—gloves, rules, a ring. The fighting was intense, civil, and—dare we say?—honorable. No one canceled it. Because the culture here runs deep. And students defend it.

 

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1 hour ago, dcbc said:

I attended a graduation this year at a private school in Austin and noticed that the program listed two students who were attending this "university."  Of my relatives who have graduated from this high school so far, both have gone to excellent colleges and are pretty normal kids.  And while the small, religious-focused curriculum surely contributes to the decision to attend such a purported institute of higher learning and truthiness, I have to suspect that the parents of these kids have a ton of influence on their destination.  Because the school seems perfectly capable of getting a lot of its students into good universities.

 

Of course, as Ty Webb said, the world needs ditch diggers too, and, by that same token, no matter the school, some of the kids just aren't rocking it academically.  Still, there are better colleges, and even the dimmest bulb at one of these expensive, private high schools can be leveraged into a decent, state school.

Is this school going to be the new Bob Jones or Liberty University? That's what your post makes me think. 

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2 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Watch out our you’ll catch hands from those hard-asses.

So far, not a single person in any of those photos looks like they could take a punch, with or without boxing gloves.

Well, the redhead from the Christian alt-rock album cover below, she looks like my ex-gf, who could not only take a punch, but could damn near take somebody else’s head off, who had made the mistake of being drunk and flirting with me.  But that was at Highland Lanes back in ‘97 and I’m pretty sure that girl was not alive then.  

 

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ugh, annoys me that they used casa grande in the background of their dumbass photo. corban, yale, and alistair all trying to stain the awesomeness of the chisos is unforgivable.

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3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Was quite unfamiliar. The literature list seems pretty reasonable, but hard to evaluate everything. 

Still, in this day and age, I distrust those that advertise their Christianity. 

"This school is diverse enough, and offers enough different opportunities that being a Geneva student is not one, specific type of person."

I looked up the staff pictures. Pretty diverse.  English, German, Croatian, Irish, Scottish, Blondes, Redheads, etc

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1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Christian alt-rock album cover below

It is critical that at least one band member look wistfully off camera.  See, for instance

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Posted
3 hours ago, Vegas64 said:

Is this school going to be the new Bob Jones or Liberty University? That's what your post makes me think. 

I don't think so.  It appears to be housed in an old office building off South Congress.

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13 minutes ago, dcbc said:

I don't think so.  It appears to be housed in an old office building off South Congress.

Seems like it's going to be a bit more secular than that.  If anything, seems like it's going to come out dominionist/common good catholic.

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1 minute ago, TwiceHorn said:

Seems like it's going to be a bit more secular than that.  If anything, seems like it's going to come out dominionist/common good catholic.

 

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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

So far, not a single person in any of those photos looks like they could take a punch, with or without boxing gloves.

Well, the redhead from the Christian alt-rock album cover below, she looks like my ex-gf, who could not only take a punch, but could damn near take somebody else’s head off, who had made the mistake of being drunk and flirting with me.  But that was at Highland Lanes back in ‘97 and I’m pretty sure that girl was not alive then.  

 

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I don’t even what to imagine what kind of 18 year old boy sees that photo and says “thars the place for me.” 

This place has to be overwhelmingly dudes, right? 
 

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2 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

Starting a Fight Club in week 1 tracks. Everyone walked in a probably wanted to punch this guy in the face the moment they saw him.

Amateur fight clubs are incredibly stupid and it’s also just play-acting at being a badass.  The gulf between people who have had even a little training and those who haven’t is a chasm. I did some years of amateur boxing in junior high and high school and our dorm started one my freshman year (this was on the heels of the movie).
 

I showed up, spent three fights (actually just a round each) lightly pummeling guys who had never worked a bag, and then never came back. It’s the same kind of “fun” a decent HS chess player would have playing against me, who has occasionally pulled out a board with friends—  not fun at all. The risk to untrained people who can’t protect themselves is real and the “club” ultimately got stopped when a bad head injury happened. 

The thing is that most real state colleges all have MMA clubs, BJJ clubs, boxing clubs. You can go do it for real and find out exactly how badass you aren’t while actually learning something! No one is stopping you! 

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1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

Seems like it's going to be a bit more secular than that.  If anything, seems like it's going to come out dominionist/common good catholic.

Possibly.  I meant it appeals to a lot of the parents who send their kids to small, private, fundamentalist-Christian type schools, not specifically for the religious aspect alone, but for the anti-woke stance that so often comes with it.  That's not to say that all parents who go that route with high school push that on their kids.  That's not the case with my relatives, but it likely is for some.  That could easily be the case in public school, but I don't know of anyone from our big, public school that wants to go someplace like this.  Now, the parents may think it's great, but I haven't heard of anyone from around here headed that way.  They probably are scared just based on the fact that it's in Austin.

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2 hours ago, dcbc said:

I don't think so.  It appears to be housed in an old office building off South Congress.

6th & Congress. The Scarbrough Building is an Austin landmark, not just a random “old office building”.

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11 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Possibly.  I meant it appeals to a lot of the parents who send their kids to small, private, fundamentalist-Christian type schools, not specifically for the religious aspect alone, but for the anti-woke stance that so often comes with it.  That's not to say that all parents who go that route with high school push that on their kids.  That's not the case with my relatives, but it likely is for some.  That could easily be the case in public school, but I don't know of anyone from our big, public school that wants to go someplace like this.  Now, the parents may think it's great, but I haven't heard of anyone from around here headed that way.  They probably are scared just based on the fact that it's in Austin.

I was really more adding on than trying to contradict.  Seems like the Bob Joneses and Liberties of the world are quite a bit different and would appeal to different parents.  Like, BJU parents probably wouldn't send their spawn to a den of iniquity like Austin, no matter what the school was like.

But, I think it's highly likely that high-religiosity secondary schools are the only place you'd find kids and parents that desire this kind of environment..

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6 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Possibly.  I meant it appeals to a lot of the parents who send their kids to small, private, fundamentalist-Christian type schools, not specifically for the religious aspect alone, but for the anti-woke stance that so often comes with it.  That's not to say that all parents who go that route with high school push that on their kids.  That's not the case with my relatives, but it likely is for some.  That could easily be the case in public school, but I don't know of anyone from our big, public school that wants to go someplace like this.  Now, the parents may think it's great, but I haven't heard of anyone from around here headed that way.  They probably are scared just based on the fact that it's in Austin.

I would bet that a lot of those parents who have spent a bunch of money sending their Braydens and Caydens to right wing private schools are smart enough to recognize the extreme risk to future earnings potential as a result of sending their kids to an unaccredited experiment. If they can get accredited in a few years, then I could see it taking off with that crowd.

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1 minute ago, royiv said:

I would bet that a lot of those parents who have spent a bunch of money sending their Braydens and Caydens to right wing private schools are smart enough to recognize the extreme risk to future earnings potential as a result of sending their kids to an unaccredited experiment.

Maybe, maybe not. We're in the golden age of shitty to mediocre white dudes.

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4 hours ago, sidis said:

ugh, annoys me that they used casa grande in the background of their dumbass photo. corban, yale, and alistair all trying to stain the awesomeness of the chisos is unforgivable.

They probably aren't even from Texas.

3 hours ago, texasdago said:

"This school is diverse enough, and offers enough different opportunities that being a Geneva student is not one, specific type of person."

I looked up the staff pictures. Pretty diverse.  English, German, Croatian, Irish, Scottish, Blondes, Redheads, etc

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