Tier 1 verses Tier 2 - Page 6

neatoburrito · 08-05-2008, 02:43 PM

At the risk of being flamed....no. He's a very skilled player, but I wouldn't consider excellent golfers to be athletes. What's athletic about it? Strength? Endurance? Speed? Agility?

It's a great game, one that requires a great deal of concentration and skill to be very good at, but one needs hardly be a great athlete to be a champion.

fun is fun · 08-05-2008, 02:47 PM

I don't necessarily disagree with you. In the case of golf, Woods may be the exception however.

Race car drivers?

Jockeys?

prettyckitty · 08-05-2008, 04:21 PM

Sport:
1. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
2. A particular form of this activity.
An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
Just felt like putting a little more amo in the discussion. Continue, please.

Mugsy · 08-05-2008, 04:33 PM

So, like, ballet?

Mugsy · 08-05-2008, 04:34 PM

baton twirling? singing?

neatoburrito · 08-05-2008, 05:09 PM

Physical exertion AND skill.

I would say that ballet dancers are very athletic.

Singing? Asbestos has been outlawed, so I would have no flame protection if I commented on that!

searching mom · 03-19-2009, 10:44 AM

I have a question...does anyone know of a boarding school that has a good education, a strong soccer program and accepts average students? My son is bright, but has not been applying himself 100% We are looking for a school that is friendly and challenging but not overwhelming.

hj0519 · 03-19-2009, 11:47 AM

^Searching mom, you should start your own thread about your son for suggestions about schools because more people will see it. To do that click the 'new thread' button.

woo3 · 03-20-2009, 12:38 AM

This is not a good thread. Your school is tier 1 and it is the best school for you. If you go to tier1, do you think your life will be tier 1? That is nonsense. Especially, we are talking about high school(not college). Even for college, it is a silly idea to differentiate tier 1 college from tier 2 or tier 3 college. If you go to Ivy league, do you believe you can have a successful career? There are so many high school teachers and private SAT and SSAt prep institute teachers who graduated from Ivy. I don't think they went to Ivy to become that kind of teachers. On the other hand, many successful features are from non-Ivy. I strongly suggest that we should not talk about tiers and rankings of BS. That is simply ridiculous! Whichever school you feel comfortable and provides a right program is the best for you. Does Exeter or Andover guarantee Ivy and successful career? Come on! Please lead us to the right direction if you are right person.

mpicz · 03-20-2009, 12:43 AM

"If you go to Ivy league, do you believe you can have a successful career?" Yes

"I don't think they went to Ivy to become that kind of teachers." What are you trying to say about teachers..they could very well have wanted to be teachers. Teaching is a valued profession.

"On the other hand, many successful features are from non-Ivy." and many are from IVYs. What are you trying to say.

I don't think anyone here thinks they are guaranteed anything. Or think it's IVY or death..

principalviola · 03-20-2009, 12:52 AM

Agreed...

This Ivy or death attitude doesn't work...

DiveAlive · 03-20-2009, 12:55 AM

IVY OR DEATH!
-choke-

The Ivies are an athletic conference, people. Just keep that in mind.. >_>

I feel really bad for whoever applies to those 8 colleges just because they're part of an athletic group, haha. An extremely prestigious one, but an athletic group nonetheless :S

principalviola · 03-20-2009, 12:58 AM

To call a spade a spade, they have become a lot more than an athletic group...

I will be the first to say, do not get me wrong, that one should not go to a college based in its reputation and prestige... The ivies (+MIT/Stanford) have earned something that no other conference have... I think 5/8 of them have been here since before America became independent and they have set the course of higher education...

Either way they, as DiveAlive said, are an athletic conference...

keylyme · 03-20-2009, 09:08 AM

What do you mean, "an athletic group"? I guess they are their own conference, but to try to go just for athletics...well, that's not saying so much about your athletic ability, because they are not the strongest athletic conference, for certain!

DiveAlive · 03-20-2009, 02:10 PM

Nono, I meant.. athletic conference. (Substituting the word group for conference.. blah)

I bet there are some parents who'll only pay for the "best of the best", kind of like the Andover-or-Exeter game.
Some parents (mostly Chinese/Korean, LOL) around here will like, disown their children if they don't get into HYP. It's really, really sad, actually :/

& Yeah, haha, they're not the strongest athletic conference.. xDD