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Participant[quote=CA renter][quote=UCGal]One of my favorite “what were they thinking” houses from my neighborhood is for sale.
Most of the pictures are just fine… but the house itself is the problem. Who puts a doublewide trailer on your roof?
I’m not a fan of the mansard roof to start off with – but I guess it makes it easier to put a trailer on the roof.
My husband has joked about taking pictures of it and putting it in his portfolio… just to see if potential employers even look at his portfolio… because it’s that ridiculous.
http://www.sdlookup.com/Pictures-110032825#1%5B/quote%5D
Wow, they’re pretty proud of that house (price).
What is the purpose of having a roof like that? It’s definitely not attractive. Is it cheaper to build?[/quote]
Which part… the shake tile mansard part that goes around the whole house… or the second story trailer looking roof?
Mansard roofs are supposed to evoke Paris… except in Paris they’re slate and on 3-5 story buildings. The way it was done here – (and on many houses in that development.. It’s a 70’s “look”. Like a lot of 70’s styles… it hasn’t held up well.Participant[quote=CA renter][quote=UCGal]One of my favorite “what were they thinking” houses from my neighborhood is for sale.
Most of the pictures are just fine… but the house itself is the problem. Who puts a doublewide trailer on your roof?
I’m not a fan of the mansard roof to start off with – but I guess it makes it easier to put a trailer on the roof.
My husband has joked about taking pictures of it and putting it in his portfolio… just to see if potential employers even look at his portfolio… because it’s that ridiculous.
http://www.sdlookup.com/Pictures-110032825#1%5B/quote%5D
Wow, they’re pretty proud of that house (price).
What is the purpose of having a roof like that? It’s definitely not attractive. Is it cheaper to build?[/quote]
Which part… the shake tile mansard part that goes around the whole house… or the second story trailer looking roof?
Mansard roofs are supposed to evoke Paris… except in Paris they’re slate and on 3-5 story buildings. The way it was done here – (and on many houses in that development.. It’s a 70’s “look”. Like a lot of 70’s styles… it hasn’t held up well.ParticipantWhat GATE offers, in theory, is differentiation. Which *should* be offered to every student. What that means is that if a kid has mastered the topic being taught – they can be given material that either explores the topic more in depth, or moves on to a more advanced topic. This would benefit ALL kids – including those that are struggling – they could be offered a more remedial version of the topic, so that they get something out of it – rather than being assigned work that they don’t understand.
Unfortunately, GATE cluster teachers don’t always offer that.
My experience was very similar to KSM’s (probably a decade earlier…). I was not seminar – but many of my friends were… My “crowd” was the smart nerds. My best friend was never tested for GATE (they didn’t test every kid) but eventually they switched her to the high school counselor that handled GATE kids because she was in all the same classes, and excelling. At the time there was an assumption that GATE kids were college track, and the assumption wasn’t there for the other kids. (Some were… but it wasn’t assumed.)
I’m still friends with my high school crowd… so perhaps we were awkward and socially stunted… but the friendships remain. I went to my 30 year reunion last year – my friends didn’t. Looking at the success from a salary/fame point of view… my nerdy friends have done much better then the school population as a whole. (Harvard professor, JPL PhD, vp’s of various large tech companies… then lowly enginerds like me.)
GATE/Seminar… the program is only as good as the teachers. And some of the teachers are EXCELLENT. Others, truthfully, blow chunks.
ParticipantWhat GATE offers, in theory, is differentiation. Which *should* be offered to every student. What that means is that if a kid has mastered the topic being taught – they can be given material that either explores the topic more in depth, or moves on to a more advanced topic. This would benefit ALL kids – including those that are struggling – they could be offered a more remedial version of the topic, so that they get something out of it – rather than being assigned work that they don’t understand.
Unfortunately, GATE cluster teachers don’t always offer that.
My experience was very similar to KSM’s (probably a decade earlier…). I was not seminar – but many of my friends were… My “crowd” was the smart nerds. My best friend was never tested for GATE (they didn’t test every kid) but eventually they switched her to the high school counselor that handled GATE kids because she was in all the same classes, and excelling. At the time there was an assumption that GATE kids were college track, and the assumption wasn’t there for the other kids. (Some were… but it wasn’t assumed.)
I’m still friends with my high school crowd… so perhaps we were awkward and socially stunted… but the friendships remain. I went to my 30 year reunion last year – my friends didn’t. Looking at the success from a salary/fame point of view… my nerdy friends have done much better then the school population as a whole. (Harvard professor, JPL PhD, vp’s of various large tech companies… then lowly enginerds like me.)
GATE/Seminar… the program is only as good as the teachers. And some of the teachers are EXCELLENT. Others, truthfully, blow chunks.
ParticipantWhat GATE offers, in theory, is differentiation. Which *should* be offered to every student. What that means is that if a kid has mastered the topic being taught – they can be given material that either explores the topic more in depth, or moves on to a more advanced topic. This would benefit ALL kids – including those that are struggling – they could be offered a more remedial version of the topic, so that they get something out of it – rather than being assigned work that they don’t understand.
Unfortunately, GATE cluster teachers don’t always offer that.
My experience was very similar to KSM’s (probably a decade earlier…). I was not seminar – but many of my friends were… My “crowd” was the smart nerds. My best friend was never tested for GATE (they didn’t test every kid) but eventually they switched her to the high school counselor that handled GATE kids because she was in all the same classes, and excelling. At the time there was an assumption that GATE kids were college track, and the assumption wasn’t there for the other kids. (Some were… but it wasn’t assumed.)
I’m still friends with my high school crowd… so perhaps we were awkward and socially stunted… but the friendships remain. I went to my 30 year reunion last year – my friends didn’t. Looking at the success from a salary/fame point of view… my nerdy friends have done much better then the school population as a whole. (Harvard professor, JPL PhD, vp’s of various large tech companies… then lowly enginerds like me.)
GATE/Seminar… the program is only as good as the teachers. And some of the teachers are EXCELLENT. Others, truthfully, blow chunks.
ParticipantWhat GATE offers, in theory, is differentiation. Which *should* be offered to every student. What that means is that if a kid has mastered the topic being taught – they can be given material that either explores the topic more in depth, or moves on to a more advanced topic. This would benefit ALL kids – including those that are struggling – they could be offered a more remedial version of the topic, so that they get something out of it – rather than being assigned work that they don’t understand.
Unfortunately, GATE cluster teachers don’t always offer that.
My experience was very similar to KSM’s (probably a decade earlier…). I was not seminar – but many of my friends were… My “crowd” was the smart nerds. My best friend was never tested for GATE (they didn’t test every kid) but eventually they switched her to the high school counselor that handled GATE kids because she was in all the same classes, and excelling. At the time there was an assumption that GATE kids were college track, and the assumption wasn’t there for the other kids. (Some were… but it wasn’t assumed.)
I’m still friends with my high school crowd… so perhaps we were awkward and socially stunted… but the friendships remain. I went to my 30 year reunion last year – my friends didn’t. Looking at the success from a salary/fame point of view… my nerdy friends have done much better then the school population as a whole. (Harvard professor, JPL PhD, vp’s of various large tech companies… then lowly enginerds like me.)
GATE/Seminar… the program is only as good as the teachers. And some of the teachers are EXCELLENT. Others, truthfully, blow chunks.
ParticipantWhat GATE offers, in theory, is differentiation. Which *should* be offered to every student. What that means is that if a kid has mastered the topic being taught – they can be given material that either explores the topic more in depth, or moves on to a more advanced topic. This would benefit ALL kids – including those that are struggling – they could be offered a more remedial version of the topic, so that they get something out of it – rather than being assigned work that they don’t understand.
Unfortunately, GATE cluster teachers don’t always offer that.
My experience was very similar to KSM’s (probably a decade earlier…). I was not seminar – but many of my friends were… My “crowd” was the smart nerds. My best friend was never tested for GATE (they didn’t test every kid) but eventually they switched her to the high school counselor that handled GATE kids because she was in all the same classes, and excelling. At the time there was an assumption that GATE kids were college track, and the assumption wasn’t there for the other kids. (Some were… but it wasn’t assumed.)
I’m still friends with my high school crowd… so perhaps we were awkward and socially stunted… but the friendships remain. I went to my 30 year reunion last year – my friends didn’t. Looking at the success from a salary/fame point of view… my nerdy friends have done much better then the school population as a whole. (Harvard professor, JPL PhD, vp’s of various large tech companies… then lowly enginerds like me.)
GATE/Seminar… the program is only as good as the teachers. And some of the teachers are EXCELLENT. Others, truthfully, blow chunks.
ParticipantOne of my favorite “what were they thinking” houses from my neighborhood is for sale.
Most of the pictures are just fine… but the house itself is the problem. Who puts a doublewide trailer on your roof?
I’m not a fan of the mansard roof to start off with – but I guess it makes it easier to put a trailer on the roof.
My husband has joked about taking pictures of it and putting it in his portfolio… just to see if potential employers even look at his portfolio… because it’s that ridiculous.
ParticipantOne of my favorite “what were they thinking” houses from my neighborhood is for sale.
Most of the pictures are just fine… but the house itself is the problem. Who puts a doublewide trailer on your roof?
I’m not a fan of the mansard roof to start off with – but I guess it makes it easier to put a trailer on the roof.
My husband has joked about taking pictures of it and putting it in his portfolio… just to see if potential employers even look at his portfolio… because it’s that ridiculous.
ParticipantOne of my favorite “what were they thinking” houses from my neighborhood is for sale.
Most of the pictures are just fine… but the house itself is the problem. Who puts a doublewide trailer on your roof?
I’m not a fan of the mansard roof to start off with – but I guess it makes it easier to put a trailer on the roof.
My husband has joked about taking pictures of it and putting it in his portfolio… just to see if potential employers even look at his portfolio… because it’s that ridiculous.
ParticipantOne of my favorite “what were they thinking” houses from my neighborhood is for sale.
Most of the pictures are just fine… but the house itself is the problem. Who puts a doublewide trailer on your roof?
I’m not a fan of the mansard roof to start off with – but I guess it makes it easier to put a trailer on the roof.
My husband has joked about taking pictures of it and putting it in his portfolio… just to see if potential employers even look at his portfolio… because it’s that ridiculous.
ParticipantOne of my favorite “what were they thinking” houses from my neighborhood is for sale.
Most of the pictures are just fine… but the house itself is the problem. Who puts a doublewide trailer on your roof?
I’m not a fan of the mansard roof to start off with – but I guess it makes it easier to put a trailer on the roof.
My husband has joked about taking pictures of it and putting it in his portfolio… just to see if potential employers even look at his portfolio… because it’s that ridiculous.
ParticipantBrian. I’m a lefty but I have to say that Allan keeps asking a legitimate question – what is Obama’s plan to fix the economy.
For the life of me, I can’t see a plan. And I was very hopeful that he’d be different.
I agree with Allan that blaming isn’t solving the problem so you (and folks on the other side) should just stop.
I’m not a fan of the GOP suggestions – they won’t fix the problem. But (much as it pains me to say this) they’ve at least put something on the table. Even if that something is crap.
The country’s in a big mess. Perhaps not as bad as Greece… but if we don’t do something we’ll be headed that way. I’d love to see leadership and VIABLE ideas. I don’t see them from either side.
For now… both sides are in the pockets of wall street and corporate interests… and I don’t have much optimism. Saying one side is better (or worse) than the other is splitting hairs. They both suck.
ParticipantBrian. I’m a lefty but I have to say that Allan keeps asking a legitimate question – what is Obama’s plan to fix the economy.
For the life of me, I can’t see a plan. And I was very hopeful that he’d be different.
I agree with Allan that blaming isn’t solving the problem so you (and folks on the other side) should just stop.
I’m not a fan of the GOP suggestions – they won’t fix the problem. But (much as it pains me to say this) they’ve at least put something on the table. Even if that something is crap.
The country’s in a big mess. Perhaps not as bad as Greece… but if we don’t do something we’ll be headed that way. I’d love to see leadership and VIABLE ideas. I don’t see them from either side.
For now… both sides are in the pockets of wall street and corporate interests… and I don’t have much optimism. Saying one side is better (or worse) than the other is splitting hairs. They both suck.
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