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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=scaredyclassic][quote=bearishgurl][quote=scaredyclassic]Cal state is awesome[/quote]scaredy, did you kid accept his recent admission offer to Humboldt State?[/quote]

No he got in to sdsu and cal poly Pomona. Still waiting on San Luis obispo, and my first choice, the coast guard academy. I like cal poly Pomona… Location wise it works for me…[/quote]scaredy, that’s a lot to choose from! Congrats to your son! I think if I were him, I would wait for the outcome of my app preference for Cal Poly SLO before deciding. Your son must have had very good “credentials.” Either that, or you didn’t file a FAFSA (or both). (Not filing a FAFSA greatly helps a “B” student to get accepted into CSU as a freshman, IMO.)

Let us know what he decides.[/quote]

He’s a 4.0 plus/ very high SAT student, probably could’ve got accepted to some prestigious schools, maybe legacy at the Ivy League school I attended, but who understands the virtues of low tuition and paying cash for school as I’ve explained it.

My mom thinks I’m a bad man for being so cheap. On the other hand the oldest is very very happy and successful at SDSU, so she feels less that I am selling my offspring short. Still, she would prefer I push him to go to the most prestigious school, regardless of cost.

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I buy so much cat litter alone there I have no choice but to continue on.

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Also univ. of NM which is easily accessible by pleasant overnight train ride from riverside ca.

Coast guard acad. is a long shot …

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[quote=bearishgurl][quote=scaredyclassic]Cal state is awesome[/quote]scaredy, did you kid accept his recent admission offer to Humboldt State?[/quote]

No he got in to sdsu and cal poly Pomona. Still waiting on San Luis obispo, and my first choice, the coast guard academy. I like cal poly Pomona… Location wise it works for me…

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Cal state is awesome

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[quote=FlyerInHi]Like Bernie Sanders said, university education is now an extension of High School. The bar has been raised.

There are plenty of paths to “success” but if kids are smart, why not give them “the best”, if you can afford it.

If you can afford it, what are you saving the money for? To buy big trucks and expensive toys like your brethren in TX and OK, do?[/quote]

Except for fear of the future, lately I think it’s best to consume and give money now. It’s not going to be more fun in the future. Help from my folks would’ve been much more useful 20 years ago when my kids were little. Now, it’s not really needed….

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Hell I just realized I’m spending a grand a year on piano lessons.

I went to a recital in encinitas this weekend. The whole thing got me weepy. I was deeply moved. I like taking him to the lesson Friday nites. Little ritual. I go for a walk and call my mom. It’s close by. Sometimes we stop after for snacks.

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Results? Merit? I don’t know that politics and the ability of manipulative sociopaths to seize control will ever be supplanted by mere merit.

This article by venkatesh rao on the series THE OFFICE explains it all and is a must read if you think the office is Shakespeare for our time,

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/%5B/quote%5D

Found the article to be quite humorous. Thanks for providing.[/quote]

I have watched THE OFFICE in its entirety 3x . I find it to be very instructional. But venkatesh raos view really brought it together for me. I would like to see more high level critical analysis of THE OFFICE, personalky.

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[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=yamashi1] The one thing you are correct about though is the “pay their dues” theory. Like I said before, we are results oriented people who believe in a just and meritocratic society. We believe that you don’t deserve a job because of the color of your skin, the amount of gray hair you have, or the amount of hours you sit in front of your computer. We believe in the bottom line, how much $ you bring into the company, how much impact you have to the bottom line. [/quote]

My observation is millennials also care about social justice and the environment. They care about what they eat and how they consume. Maybe they don’t care all the much to become activists, but the right message of compassion is important.[/quote]

Results? Merit? I don’t know that politics and the ability of manipulative sociopaths to seize control will ever be supplanted by mere merit.

This article by venkatesh rao on the series THE OFFICE explains it all and is a must read if you think the office is Shakespeare for our time,

The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

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Yeah but UNknown causes might be toward the top of the list…and a lot of those could be CTA.

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I miss Jeb. He’s sweet.

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Thailand.

Really good care.

Prices you can pay.

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Crazy worried about all contingencies dude. 2 perc.

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Odds

Pimp .07 perc.
Airbnb 97.93 perc.

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I guess one way to get rid of the Supreme Court would be for the senate to never consent and then just wait for the oldsters on the bench to die off…..[/quote]

When I heard Scalia died, the 1st thing to cross my mind was: CTA

And I wouldn’t put it past them…[/quote]

Chicago Transit Authority? California Teachers association?[/quote]

I thought it was cryotechnologist technocrats amalgamated.

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