Ok, this is dumb...

[legion]

I had to take 8 semesters of PE and a semester of health to graduate--no waivers for anyone. That being said, high school counselors are clueless, graduation requirements could have changed (happened to me), and school administrators like to throw their weight around.

[alf]

When i moved to the US i was 15 and had just completed the first quarter of 9th grade in Singapore. The local High school i went to had me "skip" to 11th grade for 2 months taking a bunch of AP classes going over stuff i covered in the 8th grade in Singapore.

My 12th grade was spent taking Late Arrival, PE, US History, US Gov't, PE again, DECA, Early Dismissal so i could fufill the school's requirements for graduation.

Total waste of a year. But it was a pretty good time

alf

[MichiganMat]

Originally posted by Rob Channell


I don't fully understand the requirements anyway.
Why 4 years of English and 3 of History, but only 2 of Math and 1 of Science?

Band geek here. One year, at band camp.........
Considered music as a major for a short time. Do you know what a professional Trombone player says when he gets to work?

I have to disagree with your rag on English requirements. Nobody reads anything, much less writes anything these days. You pack up a student with loads of technical and theoretical skills and no way to communicate any of it and you've just created another green-card carrying imported engineer. Fantastic

We're seeing a shortfall of engineers and scientists coming out of America though, so maybe we need to ratchet the req's up a bit. Maybe 4 years of both English and Sciences is the way to go.

I'm another trombone band-geek: 4 years of camps, some of the best groups in the country, ensembles, multiple styles, solos, etc etc. Also considered performance major but decided that playing horn 9 hours a day to be able to buy food wasn't a good way to live. However, if you can maintain your training on a day to day basis, in 20 years you'll be good enough to get a seat in a major symphony and then you can charge $100/hr for your services.... but it takes 20 years, minimum.

[tswaney]

Perhaps she should demand a voucher to attend a high school that doesn't require P.E. as a determining factor for graduation?

[id10t]

Originally posted by LubeMaster77
No offense ot any Hebrew brothers, but I have yet to meet a poor, stupid Jew and I have yet to meet a real musician who wasted my time becuase of apathy or ignorance (conceit and insecurity aside).

Read "Why Jews Don't Farm" - http://slate.msn.com/id/2084352/

Interesting article on why you've never met (and probably won't meet) an illiterate jew.

(Jewish myself)

[MichiganMat]

Have you ever heard Adam Corolla play "Asian or Jew" on Love-Line?

Caller: "I have this problem... Im pregnant with my Moms boyfriends baby..."

Adam: "Asian or Jew?"

Caller: "Uh.. Im white"

Adam: "Dammit, Im wrong every time..."