My kids were both in public school and were able to have their phones with them. Teachers would just have them put away in a backpack or purse during class. I only recall it being an issue once - When my son was applying to colleges I was helping with some financial aid aspects that required texted codes sent to his phone. I just called the school - They called down to the classroom and my son went out to the hall to text me.

My kids went to a small to medium sized high school 500ish total kids. They had lockers and used them most of the time. A majority of the kids would stick a pencil in the lock to jam it permanently unlocked. That way they wouldn't have to bother using the combination every time they opened and closed it. They both did sports and sometimes left their sport bag/equipment in their locker. Other times they left it in their coache's classroom or in their car - It really depended on the sport.

That does already exist in places in the US. Kids who aren't as academically inclined here can go to vocational schools for high school. Those that stay in public school can choose a "business" math track in high school that is less rigorous and possibly more useful.

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Terms like sweetie are very common in the NY tri-state area. Not all women speak like that but many do. Judging someone for using that type of language would be the same as if I judged someone for using the phrase y'all. I never hear it in real life. I could add my interpretation, maybe they are calling me a Yankee, or maybe that is just part of their normal speech and I need to let it go.

Does your state have a "state SAT day?" Ours is in March and every kid takes the SAT for free through their school from 9-12 they take the grade level SAT - SAT9, SAT10, PAST and then SAT. I think homeschoolers can request to take them at their local school as well. If you want your student to take additional tests then you would just sign them up normally and pick a school, and of course you would have to pay.

Can I ask is she only taking a gap year because of age? If she will be 17 when she graduates that really isn't very unusual. Most kids in my state with Sept - Dec birthdays are 17 when they start college. Red shirting is uncommon.

Here keeping backpacks or bags in the "aisles" of a classroom is a fire hazard. They have to stay in students lockers along with any other large purses or sports equipment.

The tweets were from 2015 and the movie was made in 2021 but streamable now.

I'm sort of shocked that no one is linking this girls exploits to the hugely popular Zola movie. I can absolutely see this as her concocting a similar story to share on social media. Her previous Tweets almost seem to be her testing the waters.

I think RIT might be a perfect fit. It is a mix of STEM minded and Artsy Creative types and the film school is highly regarded. My son will be a second year and he absolutely loves it there.

To me drag is just performance art tied to the LGBTQ community. It is not any different than other types of performance art tied to other cultures and communities just like practitioners of theatre or dance groups. What if cast members from a play came in to read in costume, or ballet dancers, or Kaubuki performers, or Bollywood dancers. They all wear customers unique to their culture and art. How about WWE type wrestlers, that is performance art and the costumes can be highly sexualized. But, I'm sure just like drag the context matters. Unlike drag though, there would not be protesters but rather a line for autographs.

I don't think this is completely new. When I graduated high school in 1987 our state colleges (of which we have 4) automatically admitted students graduating in the top 10 of their class. I remember getting the acceptance and scholarship letters in the mail. I do think the school informed us beforehand because I don't recall them being surprising. I also remember that the valedictorian only go letters from 3 so we all thought that was funny.

Post University is a school trying to reinvent themselves - They used to be commuter only sort of a private version of a community college. They now have dorms and have somewhat updated their image, but they are still comparable to a private CC. I have only known one person who went there and it was because of an athletic team.

Sorry been away a few days and Yup. My company has had some pretty interesting samples sent to us through the years so underwear would not be all that unusual. Once we randomly received a customized sword with our logo. It's funny when something is personalized with your logo it is harder to toss even if it is junk. It's like the free return address labels you get sent sometimes from charities when you make a donation.

Could it have been a sample? Sometimes companies that customize send a sample out as marketing. Instead of tossing them she might have just given them to someone who could use the underwear.

There are tunnels under the dorms and tunnels under the academic buildings but the two sets of tunnels don't connect.

I just want to say that my son attends RIT and we just returned from parents weekend. That sentiment couldn't be further from the truth, I was astounded how we were surrounded by kids roaming the halls of the academic buildings with their parents passionately explaining complex projects and concepts to their parents. We were even joking that most of the parents probably had no idea what they were talking about. We watched a number of academic presentations with students showing of the machines and technology they use. RIT, like many schools bombard you with mailings so student life mailing would be about exactly that. You will see academic specific mailings, mailings about makers spaces, housing etc.

My DD20 made her best friends in school and Girl Scouts. She started as a Daisy in kindergarten (5yo) and even though the students in her classes changed every year her troop remained the same (more or less) through middle school. She was a three season athlete starting around 8yo through high school but while she was friendly with girls from the various sports, unless they overlapped with her school friends the relationships never grew much further.

Adding that I would personally pay the expedited rate on Oct 14th for a Nov 1st deadline just to be safe.

I never heard of a college that allows self reporting of test scores. You would just need to log in to your students college board account and send the scores from there. You pick which tests you want sent and which schools you want them sent to. Then you pay the fee and submit. I think they say it can take up to ten days but in my experience they have been received more quickly than that. if you are in a bind you can pay for expedited service. It is ok if the school receives the scores before you application. they can link the two after the fact. Once you submit your application you create a portal for the school. You can usually tell via the portal what documentation has been received and if anything is missing.

Here in CT most public schools only weight grades for class rank. Isn't it sort of irrelevant anyway? Most colleges use their own metric to weight grades to determine GPA. It doesn't necessarily matter exactly what has been reported on the application, it is the individual grades that matter and the class level. GPAs here are also listed out of 100. The difference between valedictorian and salutatorian could be GPAs of 101.62 vs 101.35. A problem we ran into is that while that scale is an option for GPA on college applications, they request that you do not round but also do not accept the decimal places.

You might want to see what other kids are wearing before you go too crazy buying new things. Some schools aren't as strict as their dress code makes them sound. They often understand that some types are clothing are hard to find and that different body types make clothing fit differently on different people.

I think it is so important to visit schools because there is often no other way to really get the vibe of the area. But, if you go to a school's website and there is an entire page dedicated to student safety and gun violence in the community that is a red flag.

I'm finding this thread interesting because I can see perspectives are very different based on where people are from and perhaps that is something they should consider when looking at schools. RIT is a five minute bus ride to a road with practically every store and restaurant and a 10- 15 minute ride to downtown Rochester. I wouldn't consider that secluded because from my home it would take me at least 25 minutes to get to a shopping area like that. It reminds me of many other schools that are on the outskirts of a city but for some that might be too much nature. My daughter goes to UMass and the campus is similarly distant from a shopping "strip" but she doesn't have a large city nearby, just quaint downtown Amherst. Conversely I know plenty of people who go to schools that are physically located in cities but they cant just walk out the door and wander - they still have to hop on a bus or train to get to the part of the city they can shop or hang out in.