when does non-top10% decision come out?

TDRAG
Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:31:09 +0000

Grats on your kids, i guess you did a good job bringing them up. (Not Sarcasm, they sound pretty legit from what you tell me)

But, the key word in my post is My School. I know almost all of the top 10 people, becasue they are in all of my classes. I am not saying they aren’t cool. But, they just don’t do much besides study. And, they all cheat horribly, everyone in the top 10 excpet our 1 and 3 cheats horribly. I can say this for certain, becasue i sit next to them. These kids get the Calculus BC test 2nd period, and they have the test 7th period. They get like 4 hours to sit there and sutdy it. This has been happening forever. All of the minorities in MY school stick together. On one hand it really upsets me, on the other its actually ingenious, because they are all going to UT and most are in top 10%.

Exaple:
Not that I really blame, I know these kids stories, one of my good friends is #2, and he is hardcore about everything, but that is just because of his parents. They moved here from India, where they use to be rich, comparitavely. But he even tells me that in front of their house was a pasture, and that was considered royalty, and when they moved here the term “rich” took a whole new meaning. His parents pressure him hardcore, to get the job done. He studies, but he is also one of the biggest cheaters i know. Its actually really innovative the methods he uses, but any way you slice it, it’s still cheating. He’s cheated his way to #2 in our class. This isn’t to say that he’s not smart, it is just that without cheating he wouldn’t be where he is today. On one hand it ticks me off a **** load that he does this, cause it disrespects other people’s hardwork. On the other hand I feel sorry for him, because he is getting screwed over. He too was a NMF, but becasue his parents didnt fill some paperwork out correct when he imigrated, he isnt elligable for the scholarship it offers, because he is neither a citizen or a permanent resident. This also really hurts him for FAFSA. So, his parents really pushed him the last 2 years to do whatever he could to get academic scholarships. There are numerous examples of these people at my school, and it sucks for the rest of us.

On the other hand:
There are people like another friend I know, lets call him Nick ^^. Nick went to my school for two years, and realized he couldn’t keep up with the competition, so he transfered to a school an hour away in the boonies. Hes top 5% there…out of a class of 50… I talked to him a few weeks ago at a basketball game, and he is ranked 2, and his weighted GPA is only a 3.8. He says the competition there is pathetic, and he gets to have fun in class, and just relax and get easy grades. There are many of these applicants who will get into UT and take up prime spots because of this top 10% rule. That’s why if you stat up UT they have a high percent drop out rate after freshmen year. Most of these kids can’t keep up, and end up dropping out to go to T-Tech or a more local college, it just depends.

Top 10%:
All im saying is that at MY school 8 % of the top 10% shouldn’t be there, or if they were there they would have to step it up incramentally.

Cheating:
Don’t take this the wrong way, but you honestly have no clue if your kids have cheated or not. I’m pretty sure kids don’t come home and say, “Guess what mom, I cheated so hardcore on my Calc exam and got a 98.” Even if you ask them today, they probably wouldn’t fess up to it, cause I know I wouldn’t.

Just wondering, but how big is the school your sons went to? I think i read 5A, but still just wondering. 5A means 330+, so there are schools like Highland Park with 340 kids, and schools like Plano with 1300 kids, its very ranging.

And AG54 im not blowing smoke up your butt. Just think of this way, I am in high school, I sit next to these kids every day, and I know what they do. I know you have kids that went through the system, but it doesn’t mean you know alot about it. My mom has been through the system, and all she can tell you is what I tell her, which isn’t much. I don’t highlight on the fact that people cheat, I just highlight the good things about people, and mumble the bad ones under my breath.

Anyways my younger sister is here complaining about wanting to get on the internet, Good Game we have dial up. So i’ll leave it at this and let you respond/read/laugh at me t.t.

Sorry , but I was venting earlier, cause it was obvious you didn’t know 100% of what was going on >,<.

Grats on your kids again. Meh, have a good night =D