Recruiting Forum Football Talk IV

[gainesvol82]

I've just got to share how proud I am of my son. We moved to a new county that has a much better public school system last year. He was in 6th grade which was still elementary school in this county. The entire year I felt like he was slacking off and his grades weren't what they could be and I kept getting on to him and really being hard on him. However, we got some end of the year testing that he did very well in and we also recently got his FSA scores (FL's version of placement testing)and they were very good. So, I was proud but still a little frustrated that he didn't work harder during the school year since I know what he can do.

Yesterday, I was able to take some time off work to take him to orientation for seventh grade at the junior high. Every class that he is in is an advanced class which really surprised me. For his elective class, he chose business typing. When he goes into 8th grade that same teacher will teach an Information Technology course. As part of that course, the students go around school and work on the teacher's computers even going as far as taking them apart and learning how to work on them. If he then follows that path in 9th, 10th and 11th grade he will receive an industry level certification in IT. I can't remember the name of the certification but the teacher mentioned that his mother-in-law is hiring right now for people with that certification and the career starts at $110,000 a year. So he can go to his senior year, graduate and immediately start a career making six figures or he can continue with school and will have 24 credits towards college.

Kudos to our county for instituting such an amazing program and I couldn't be more proud of my son and I love seeing how excited he is for the future. Just one of those great times to be a dad and he got to see/hear me eat some crow and really let him know just how proud I am of him. That said, he better work his butt off going forward. And I'll be there every step of the way to help him and make sure he does.

TL, DR. Cool story bruh.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

Literally couldn’t care less if you woo or not either way it’s the best fight song in sports

Woo or not. . . whatever irritates the opposition the most.

 

[SweetasSoda]

One of my favorite names of a city.

Fairytale!

 

[SugarCC]

I don't think you can compare any of the other three to the Babe. He played in a different era. Would he have been as successful if he competed against the best black players during his time? I am going to say he probably would, but we will never know. It is just not apples to apples. Willie vs. Hank is a great debate, though.

It's a fair argument, for sure...but, it can also be said that neither Hank nor Mays faced guys like Pedro Martinez, who could throw up to 9 diferent pitches; however, imo, they don't compare to Ruth because they didn't hit over 700 HRs AND win almost 100 games as a pitcher...those years as a pitcher also took away from him adding to his offensive numbers.

 

[SweetasSoda]

Vols practice today. That’s all.

When?

 

[gainesvol82]

Let me know how you feel about it. The song moreso than her review. One of my all time favorites.

Absolutely love it and have since I was a teenager in the 90s. Best Pantera song of all time and one of the best metal songs of all time, IMO. Lots of vocal range, amazing guitar, great drums, great lyrics and the changes in tone from light ballad to hard metal are freaking fantastic. It's a masterpiece. The video is also haunting. I've been busy lately and haven't gotten on so it took me awhile to get back with you on this. Some people might vehemently disagree but Cemetery Gates is better than any Metallica song.

 

[Cosmo Kramer]

 

[Johnny Majors' Ghost]

Hank was one of the three greatest no doubt, but as good as he was defensively...he wasn't in the same realm as Jr and Willie.

I don't want to argue about it much because I revere Hank Aaron, but those two guys were transcendent miraculously great defensive talents.

If Hank had been a Yankee his status as the would no doubt be more widely accepted.

 

[gainesvol82]

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But don't some women say that men are dogs? Or is it pigs? I'd say I'm a combination of both with a little bit of ninja monkey mixed in.

 

[SweetasSoda]

You can woo all you want. We are all Vol fans at the end of the day whether we woo or not.

I’m just joking around. Not gonna make anyone woo.

 

[All_Vol87]

 

[SugarCC]

Plus, Bonds' career is forever tainted, whether people believe he needed them or not. I absolutely adored the HR duel between Sosa and McGwire and really loved both of those guys as players. Now, they make me sick to my stomach.

I go back and forth on the steroid players. All these years, and I still can't decide if they deserve an asterisk or not. I do know that Bonds was one of the greatest of all time long before he started juicing. Also, I've always maintained that PEDs still doesnt hit a 100 mph fastball or nasty breaking ball, the player does.

 

[engineerVOL]

When?

Probably wrapping up right about now.

 

[SweetasSoda]

I've just got to share how proud I am of my son. We moved to a new county that has a much better public school system last year. He was in 6th grade which was still elementary school in this county. The entire year I felt like he was slacking off and his grades weren't what they could be and I kept getting on to him and really being hard on him. However, we got some end of the year testing that he did very well in and we also recently got his FSA scores (FL's version of placement testing)and they were very good. So, I was proud but still a little frustrated that he didn't work harder during the school year since I know what he can do.

Yesterday, I was able to take some time off work to take him to orientation for seventh grade at the junior high. Every class that he is in is an advanced class which really surprised me. For his elective class, he chose business typing. When he goes into 8th grade that same teacher will teach an Information Technology course. As part of that course, the students go around school and work on the teacher's computers even going as far as taking them apart and learning how to work on them. If he then follows that path in 9th, 10th and 11th grade he will receive an industry level certification in IT. I can't remember the name of the certification but the teacher mentioned that his mother-in-law is hiring right now for people with that certification and the career starts at $110,000 a year. So he can go to his senior year, graduate and immediately start a career making six figures or he can continue with school and will have 24 credits towards college.

Kudos to our county for instituting such an amazing program and I couldn't be more proud of my son and I love seeing how excited he is for the future. Just one of those great times to be a dad and he got to see/hear me eat some crow and really let him know just how proud I am of him. That said, he better work his butt off going forward. And I'll be there every step of the way to help him and make sure he does.

TL, DR. Cool story bruh.

Remember performance is not the same as ability. You were right to get on him about his effort. Sounds like you were proven right when his effort on testing didn’t match his effort in the classroom. Also sounds like he will be challenged at this new school. Love getting the certificates in high school! That’s awesome.

 

[gainesvol82]

Woo or not. . . whatever irritates the opposition the most.

I love Rocky Top but I do wish we played it just a little bit less and mixed in a different fight song or celebration song. What's our official school song called again? Is it Sown The Field or something like that?

 

[butchna]

I go back and forth on the steroid players. All these years, and I still can't decide if they deserve an asterisk or not. I do know that Bonds was one of the greatest of all time long before he started juicing. Also, I've always maintained that PEDs still doesnt hit a 100 mph fastball or nasty breaking ball, the player does.

No but they significantly affect whether they go over the fences. People argue the old timers used greenies but being alert wasn’t what made Brady Anderson an outlier 50 HR hitter in a season. Fact is McGwire, Sosa and Bonds have no homerun records without the juice. That’s an asterisk.

 

[Enki_Amenra]

I love Rocky Top but I do wish we played it just a little bit less and mixed in a different fight song or celebration song. What's our official school song called again? Is it Sown The Field or something like that?

Down the field I believe.

 

[Glitch]

Ouch

Dude's friend giving him crap the next day....

 

[SweetasSoda]

I love Rocky Top but I do wish we played it just a little bit less and mixed in a different fight song or celebration song. What's our official school song called again? Is it Sown The Field or something like that?

Less Rocky Top? No woo? Are you people actually AL fans?

 

[Glitch]

Some people have to take the fun out of everything.

 

[TheRain]

 

[gainesvol82]

Remember performance is not the same as ability. You were right to get on him about his effort. Sounds like you were proven right when his effort on testing didn’t match his effort in the classroom. Also sounds like he will be challenged at this new school. Love getting the certificates in high school! That’s awesome.

You are absolutely right. If I did not think that he had the capability to do better then I would have praised him for his efforts, no matter what grades he made. But I know how sharp his mind is and I also know that I was very similar in not fully applying myself but I also was still able to make mostly A's and some B's without fully applying myself and then would score in the 99th percentile of all the TCAP tests. I believe it's harder now for gifted children to skate by in class without really trying and still make good grades. His grades weren't bad but a couple of C's and the rest B's is not what he is capable of.

I will say that the school systems in Florida almost always start the elementary kids with low grades in the first couple of grading periods and then increase their grades later in the year as they obtain mastery of the concepts. I don't like that way of measuring aptitude because it makes it hard for a parent to really know their children's abilities in school at a young age and it also makes it hard to judge if they are truly applying themselves. You end up having to talk to the teachers and find out that your kids are doing fine despite low grades early in the year and then all of a sudden the grades jump later in the year. But my son's final grades this past year didn't jump to a very high level like previous years. It took the testing to show what he really knew.

 

[ACvol3]

I love Rocky Top but I do wish we played it just a little bit less and mixed in a different fight song or celebration song. What's our official school song called again? Is it Sown The Field or something like that?

Yes.. but nothing gets on the other teams/fans nerves than hearing rocky top a million times a game. Helps with the hostile atmosphere

 

[gainesvol82]

Down the field I believe.

LOL, that's what I thought but I didn't notice my talk to text put sown the field.

 

[TheRain]