[outtamojo]

“Maybe you might not want them to sell it, outtamojo. As an heir, this would be an awesome property to inherit in this state, IMO”

I do not enjoy the feeling of eyes on me, sizing me up, calculating the risk/reward of perpetrating some kind of thuggery on my person- no thanks. As for “interesting” neighborhood, not at all in any benign way.

[outtamojo]

“Maybe you might not want them to sell it, outtamojo. As an heir, this would be an awesome property to inherit in this state, IMO”

I do not enjoy the feeling of eyes on me, sizing me up, calculating the risk/reward of perpetrating some kind of thuggery on my person- no thanks. As for “interesting” neighborhood, not at all in any benign way.

[outtamojo]

“Maybe you might not want them to sell it, outtamojo. As an heir, this would be an awesome property to inherit in this state, IMO”

I do not enjoy the feeling of eyes on me, sizing me up, calculating the risk/reward of perpetrating some kind of thuggery on my person- no thanks. As for “interesting” neighborhood, not at all in any benign way.

[outtamojo]

“Maybe you might not want them to sell it, outtamojo. As an heir, this would be an awesome property to inherit in this state, IMO”

I do not enjoy the feeling of eyes on me, sizing me up, calculating the risk/reward of perpetrating some kind of thuggery on my person- no thanks. As for “interesting” neighborhood, not at all in any benign way.

[outtamojo]

“Maybe you might not want them to sell it, outtamojo. As an heir, this would be an awesome property to inherit in this state, IMO”

I do not enjoy the feeling of eyes on me, sizing me up, calculating the risk/reward of perpetrating some kind of thuggery on my person- no thanks. As for “interesting” neighborhood, not at all in any benign way.

[outtamojo]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=enron_by_the_sea]Cool. That one is in lakeside

I also missed Canyon Crest Academy – 894

So we do have some hope…

Still I am amazed to see the following

Gretchen Whitney High, Cerritos – 988
American Indian Public High Oakland – 976 (I thought Oakland had bad schools)
Oakland Charter high -961 (Again)[/quote]

Guess some charter concepts must be working, enron.

Well, shades of Jack London, enron :=) Don’t forget, location, location, location!

enron, the “Oakland” of today is NOT the same “Oakland” we remember from 35-45 years ago, (if you’re old enough to remember it, lol). No longer do you see a rioted, burnt-out moonscape there when rising up to an above-ground BART stop. Oakland is actually EXPENSIVE and DESIRABLE to live in now. Two of my kids attended a concert in July there at the Oracle Arena and told me that they saw thousands of kids in attendance between the ages of 10-15 years old, unattended, who boarded the public buses and BART to get home by themselves at 10:30 p.m., as THEY did.

Those outdated notions about Oakland floating around must still be alive and well with those unfamiliar with the HUGE progress this city has made in liveability over the last 35 years or so.[/quote]

Ha ha, I visit my parents there(Oakland) every couple of months,18 ave and Foothill, and I can tell you that nothing, absolutely nothing has changed in any meaningful way from the time I lived there 1967- 1989. Sure they built some nice row houses and restaurants along Jack London Square but it is still not a place where you don’t keep an eye out by any means. Its too bad my parents were too stubborn to get out of there in 05 when they had a better chance to sell their 100 yr old house.

[outtamojo]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=enron_by_the_sea]Cool. That one is in lakeside

I also missed Canyon Crest Academy – 894

So we do have some hope…

Still I am amazed to see the following

Gretchen Whitney High, Cerritos – 988
American Indian Public High Oakland – 976 (I thought Oakland had bad schools)
Oakland Charter high -961 (Again)[/quote]

Guess some charter concepts must be working, enron.

Well, shades of Jack London, enron :=) Don’t forget, location, location, location!

enron, the “Oakland” of today is NOT the same “Oakland” we remember from 35-45 years ago, (if you’re old enough to remember it, lol). No longer do you see a rioted, burnt-out moonscape there when rising up to an above-ground BART stop. Oakland is actually EXPENSIVE and DESIRABLE to live in now. Two of my kids attended a concert in July there at the Oracle Arena and told me that they saw thousands of kids in attendance between the ages of 10-15 years old, unattended, who boarded the public buses and BART to get home by themselves at 10:30 p.m., as THEY did.

Those outdated notions about Oakland floating around must still be alive and well with those unfamiliar with the HUGE progress this city has made in liveability over the last 35 years or so.[/quote]

Ha ha, I visit my parents there(Oakland) every couple of months,18 ave and Foothill, and I can tell you that nothing, absolutely nothing has changed in any meaningful way from the time I lived there 1967- 1989. Sure they built some nice row houses and restaurants along Jack London Square but it is still not a place where you don’t keep an eye out by any means. Its too bad my parents were too stubborn to get out of there in 05 when they had a better chance to sell their 100 yr old house.

[outtamojo]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=enron_by_the_sea]Cool. That one is in lakeside

I also missed Canyon Crest Academy – 894

So we do have some hope…

Still I am amazed to see the following

Gretchen Whitney High, Cerritos – 988
American Indian Public High Oakland – 976 (I thought Oakland had bad schools)
Oakland Charter high -961 (Again)[/quote]

Guess some charter concepts must be working, enron.

Well, shades of Jack London, enron :=) Don’t forget, location, location, location!

enron, the “Oakland” of today is NOT the same “Oakland” we remember from 35-45 years ago, (if you’re old enough to remember it, lol). No longer do you see a rioted, burnt-out moonscape there when rising up to an above-ground BART stop. Oakland is actually EXPENSIVE and DESIRABLE to live in now. Two of my kids attended a concert in July there at the Oracle Arena and told me that they saw thousands of kids in attendance between the ages of 10-15 years old, unattended, who boarded the public buses and BART to get home by themselves at 10:30 p.m., as THEY did.

Those outdated notions about Oakland floating around must still be alive and well with those unfamiliar with the HUGE progress this city has made in liveability over the last 35 years or so.[/quote]

Ha ha, I visit my parents there(Oakland) every couple of months,18 ave and Foothill, and I can tell you that nothing, absolutely nothing has changed in any meaningful way from the time I lived there 1967- 1989. Sure they built some nice row houses and restaurants along Jack London Square but it is still not a place where you don’t keep an eye out by any means. Its too bad my parents were too stubborn to get out of there in 05 when they had a better chance to sell their 100 yr old house.

[outtamojo]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=enron_by_the_sea]Cool. That one is in lakeside

I also missed Canyon Crest Academy – 894

So we do have some hope…

Still I am amazed to see the following

Gretchen Whitney High, Cerritos – 988
American Indian Public High Oakland – 976 (I thought Oakland had bad schools)
Oakland Charter high -961 (Again)[/quote]

Guess some charter concepts must be working, enron.

Well, shades of Jack London, enron :=) Don’t forget, location, location, location!

enron, the “Oakland” of today is NOT the same “Oakland” we remember from 35-45 years ago, (if you’re old enough to remember it, lol). No longer do you see a rioted, burnt-out moonscape there when rising up to an above-ground BART stop. Oakland is actually EXPENSIVE and DESIRABLE to live in now. Two of my kids attended a concert in July there at the Oracle Arena and told me that they saw thousands of kids in attendance between the ages of 10-15 years old, unattended, who boarded the public buses and BART to get home by themselves at 10:30 p.m., as THEY did.

Those outdated notions about Oakland floating around must still be alive and well with those unfamiliar with the HUGE progress this city has made in liveability over the last 35 years or so.[/quote]

Ha ha, I visit my parents there(Oakland) every couple of months,18 ave and Foothill, and I can tell you that nothing, absolutely nothing has changed in any meaningful way from the time I lived there 1967- 1989. Sure they built some nice row houses and restaurants along Jack London Square but it is still not a place where you don’t keep an eye out by any means. Its too bad my parents were too stubborn to get out of there in 05 when they had a better chance to sell their 100 yr old house.

[outtamojo]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=enron_by_the_sea]Cool. That one is in lakeside

I also missed Canyon Crest Academy – 894

So we do have some hope…

Still I am amazed to see the following

Gretchen Whitney High, Cerritos – 988
American Indian Public High Oakland – 976 (I thought Oakland had bad schools)
Oakland Charter high -961 (Again)[/quote]

Guess some charter concepts must be working, enron.

Well, shades of Jack London, enron :=) Don’t forget, location, location, location!

enron, the “Oakland” of today is NOT the same “Oakland” we remember from 35-45 years ago, (if you’re old enough to remember it, lol). No longer do you see a rioted, burnt-out moonscape there when rising up to an above-ground BART stop. Oakland is actually EXPENSIVE and DESIRABLE to live in now. Two of my kids attended a concert in July there at the Oracle Arena and told me that they saw thousands of kids in attendance between the ages of 10-15 years old, unattended, who boarded the public buses and BART to get home by themselves at 10:30 p.m., as THEY did.

Those outdated notions about Oakland floating around must still be alive and well with those unfamiliar with the HUGE progress this city has made in liveability over the last 35 years or so.[/quote]

Ha ha, I visit my parents there(Oakland) every couple of months,18 ave and Foothill, and I can tell you that nothing, absolutely nothing has changed in any meaningful way from the time I lived there 1967- 1989. Sure they built some nice row houses and restaurants along Jack London Square but it is still not a place where you don’t keep an eye out by any means. Its too bad my parents were too stubborn to get out of there in 05 when they had a better chance to sell their 100 yr old house.

[outtamojo]

I agree w/ everything you said CAR-with this to add: teaching non-english speakers in their native language in the early grades hurts them to no end. I grew up in non english speaking househld and went to grade school w/ a lot of others like me. When those others did not do well in class, guess where they were sent, straight to the bilingual class. Did their school work improve? No!
What happened to a lot of those was they got to speak their native tongue all the time and as we got older(high school) they were the kids who never assimilated, the ones who never had any friends that were not of the same race as them. If I had my way, any kinder kid who did not know english would be prescribed 5 hours of Sponge Bob everyday until they became fluent.

[outtamojo]

I agree w/ everything you said CAR-with this to add: teaching non-english speakers in their native language in the early grades hurts them to no end. I grew up in non english speaking househld and went to grade school w/ a lot of others like me. When those others did not do well in class, guess where they were sent, straight to the bilingual class. Did their school work improve? No!
What happened to a lot of those was they got to speak their native tongue all the time and as we got older(high school) they were the kids who never assimilated, the ones who never had any friends that were not of the same race as them. If I had my way, any kinder kid who did not know english would be prescribed 5 hours of Sponge Bob everyday until they became fluent.

[outtamojo]

I agree w/ everything you said CAR-with this to add: teaching non-english speakers in their native language in the early grades hurts them to no end. I grew up in non english speaking househld and went to grade school w/ a lot of others like me. When those others did not do well in class, guess where they were sent, straight to the bilingual class. Did their school work improve? No!
What happened to a lot of those was they got to speak their native tongue all the time and as we got older(high school) they were the kids who never assimilated, the ones who never had any friends that were not of the same race as them. If I had my way, any kinder kid who did not know english would be prescribed 5 hours of Sponge Bob everyday until they became fluent.

[outtamojo]

I agree w/ everything you said CAR-with this to add: teaching non-english speakers in their native language in the early grades hurts them to no end. I grew up in non english speaking househld and went to grade school w/ a lot of others like me. When those others did not do well in class, guess where they were sent, straight to the bilingual class. Did their school work improve? No!
What happened to a lot of those was they got to speak their native tongue all the time and as we got older(high school) they were the kids who never assimilated, the ones who never had any friends that were not of the same race as them. If I had my way, any kinder kid who did not know english would be prescribed 5 hours of Sponge Bob everyday until they became fluent.

[outtamojo]

I agree w/ everything you said CAR-with this to add: teaching non-english speakers in their native language in the early grades hurts them to no end. I grew up in non english speaking househld and went to grade school w/ a lot of others like me. When those others did not do well in class, guess where they were sent, straight to the bilingual class. Did their school work improve? No!
What happened to a lot of those was they got to speak their native tongue all the time and as we got older(high school) they were the kids who never assimilated, the ones who never had any friends that were not of the same race as them. If I had my way, any kinder kid who did not know english would be prescribed 5 hours of Sponge Bob everyday until they became fluent.

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