'12 D.C. DB Kenneth Crawley

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Ulysees E. McGill said:
If you want to see the failure of a system and the fallacy that no money gets better results, see Alabamas system. My kids school system has no money for anything, and it sucks big green balls.
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I live in MO. There is a dichotomy both of money spent and results. KC and StL schools are failing.... and spend more money. The rest of the state across ethnic and racial demographics is very good.

My point was there is not a necessary correlation between money spent and results.
 
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UTVOL02 said:
That's what happens when Americans allow the government to get too big. The govt fails at just about everything yet folks continue to want more government. And if we continue to elect corrupt politicians who are bought and paid for by special interest groups it will not change, no matter if they're democrats or republicans. Obama, Romney, Bush, Clinton, all the same...Vote Ron Paul. :Drops mic:
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I would vote for and work for Paul if he weren't just completely delusional about threats in the world. I'm not saying he is completely wrong about not wanting to play world policeman. I think he is mostly right. But there are and always will be people who will not leave you alone just because you leave them alone. Unfortunately with modern technology, they can inflict alot of damage with limited hardware in a very short span of time.

I think he is dead on with virtually everything he wants to do domestically.
 
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sjt18 said:
I live in MO. There is a dichotomy both of money spent and results. KC and StL schools are failing.... and spend more money. The rest of the state across ethnic and racial demographics is very good.

My point was there is not a necessary correlation between money spent and results.
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Exactly this. I went to 2 different HS, one recieved alot of funding the other didn't. Results were good at both schools. ACT results were actually slightly higher at the lower funded school. We actually has great teachers there. Small town enviroment for both.
 
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Would love to have had him in orange. He would have been a great addition. I wish kids would focus on school though, that is the most important thing.
 
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sjt18 said:
I live in MO. There is a dichotomy both of money spent and results. KC and StL schools are failing.... and spend more money. The rest of the state across ethnic and racial demographics is very good.

My point was there is not a necessary correlation between money spent and results.
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I agree, to a point. My point is that spending no money is a sure way to gaurantee bad results. When it comes to somebody like Crawley though, who is to blame? The first impulse is to blame it on government. I don't think government failed Crawley by spending a lot of money on education. Blame it on him or his family/lack of family for not doing what he had to do to succeed. My son just got a 29 on his first try, because I stay on his back, and he wants it for himself. But it would be a lot better for my kids if Alabama was more interested in spending money on education. At some point we have to make the individual accountable, instead of excusable.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
I agree, to a point. My point is that spending no money is a sure way to gaurantee bad results. When it comes to somebody like Crawley though, who is to blame? The first impulse is to blame it on government. I don't think government failed Crawley by spending a lot of money on education. Blame it on him or his family/lack of family for not doing what he had to do to succeed. My son just got a 29 on his first try, because I stay on his back, and he wants it for himself. But it would be a lot better for my kids if Alabama was more interested in spending money on education. At some point we have to make the individual accountable, instead of excusable.
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Congratulations to your son.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
I agree, to a point. My point is that spending no money is a sure way to gaurantee bad results. When it comes to somebody like Crawley though, who is to blame? The first impulse is to blame it on government. I don't think government failed Crawley by spending a lot of money on education. Blame it on him or his family/lack of family for not doing what he had to do to succeed. My son just got a 29 on his first try, because I stay on his back, and he wants it for himself. But it would be a lot better for my kids if Alabama was more interested in spending money on education. At some point we have to make the individual accountable, instead of excusable.
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I do blame the gov't for their part. DC had a very successful pilot program for giving kids scholarships to private schools. Because of some unnamed politicians and their devotion to an unnamed organized labor group... that program was killed during the last 3 years.

What did the private schools do that gov't schools don't do... but used to do...? They provide the concrete moral direction and discipline that these kids aren't getting at home.

Education is incomplete without moral/ethical training. Good partents give that at home. The American "left" has prevented that in public schools because of their overreaction to any possible religion based moral influence in public education and misapplication of the establishment clause.

Until we either privatize all primary and secondary education or else undo the harm of 100 years of progressive legislative and judicial "success"... these problems are not going to be fixed. It is unfortunate but those homes are well beyond fixing themselves. The only way to get out is to train the children coming out of those homes somewhere else... like the 8 hours per day they spend in class.
 
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sjt18 said:
I would vote for and work for Paul if he weren't just completely delusional about threats in the world. I'm not saying he is completely wrong about not wanting to play world policeman. I think he is mostly right. But there are and always will be people who will not leave you alone just because you leave them alone. Unfortunately with modern technology, they can inflict alot of damage with limited hardware in a very short span of time.

I think he is dead on with virtually everything he wants to do domestically.
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Yeah, he might be off on some of his foreign policy but not much. Playing world policeman is bankrupting this country and all empires eventually crumble. And for the record, he's not an isolationist like so many think (because that's what the media portrays), he's a noninterventionist. Big difference. I know you didn't say he was I just get tired of folks thinking he is so I think it always needs to be said when discussing his foreign policy.

He's all about a strong national defense and protecting our borders. He's just not a big fan of 900 bases around the world in 150 different countries, which ultimately ruins our economy at home.

What makes me love him so much is the fact he's incorruptible and not many others are. So if he were president at the very least we know he's ACTUALLY doing what the constitution calls for and not abusing his power. A change this country so desperately needs, IMO.

Back to Crawley...I hate that this kid doesn't have the grades. We desperately need a lockdown corner.
 
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down to 19 on rivals. starting to look like the class is falling apart. if dooley can't recruit well, then what does he do well. maybe he can pick it up and close strong, but if there isn't a big name hire as DC look for this class to crumble.
 
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champyvol said:
down to 19 on rivals. starting to look like the class is falling apart. if dooley can't recruit well, then what does he do well. maybe he can pick it up and close strong, but if there isn't a big name hire as DC look for this class to crumble.
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Only dropped to 19 because we asked 3 kids to look around, 2 didn't have the grades and 1 will be replaced with a more talented LB. All that matters is our ranking on NSD and it's going to be top 10.

McCullers, Bourque, Q. Davis...3 4stars right there that are all but locks for UT. If they committed today we'd be in 12th or better with a few more commits to go...
 
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champyvol said:
down to 19 on rivals. starting to look like the class is falling apart. if dooley can't recruit well, then what does he do well. maybe he can pick it up and close strong, but if there isn't a big name hire as DC look for this class to crumble.
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There are no real signs of that. The last two de-commits sound as if they were given a "save face" way out. Both seem to have had grade issues. No SEC school can afford alot of risk on grades anymore and particularly not one trying to rebuild a roster.
 
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UTVOL02 said:
Only dropped to 19 because we asked 3 kids to look around, 2 didn't have the grades and 1 will be replaced with a more talented LB. All that matters is our ranking on NSD and it's going to be top 10.

McCullers, Bourque, Q. Davis...3 4stars right there that are all but locks for UT. If they committed today we'd be in 12th or better with a few more commits to go...
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(homo)?:ermm:
 
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UTVOL02 said:
Only dropped to 19 because we asked 3 kids to look around, 2 didn't have the grades and 1 will be replaced with a more talented LB. All that matters is our ranking on NSD and it's going to be top 10.

McCullers, Bourque, Q. Davis...3 4stars right there that are all but locks for UT. If they committed today we'd be in 12th or better with a few more commits to go...
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if that is the trade off i would be real happy. you have alot more faith though than i do. we need defense and i keep hearing these guys are all but locks but no commits.
 
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sjt18 said:
There are no real signs of that. The last two de-commits sound as if they were given a "save face" way out. Both seem to have had grade issues. No SEC school can afford alot of risk on grades anymore and particularly not one trying to rebuild a roster.
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if grades are the case then not a whole lot anybody can do. losing crawley hurts though.
 
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