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They say his knee was fine after that hit but I do not believe it. What was it the next game after his knee failed that they diagnosed the ACL?
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The CC route I like but I have seen where a 4 yr school discounts giant chunks of their transcript. So they get in with 60 credits and an AA degree but the 4 yr school wont accept 24 credits of it. So basically almost a yr was a waste of money and time. I would like to see in CCs that in their course catalog where 4 yr schools in MD will accept specific classes in the transfer. So basically an Eng 101 at CCBC is the Eng 101 at Towson or UMCP.
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They love adding more to athletics. Admins make a ton even though they do little. They keep building bigger and shinier buildings that cost more and more.
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When I met with the financial aid officer at towson the first time and she showed me an estimated aid package I was about to walk away right then. She talked me down and said it was not that big a deal with all the loans. Like they say your first idea is usually the right one. Looking back now I feel like a mark by a grifter.
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I realize they are allowed to do what they are doing but I don't hav e to like it. They milk the out of state students but get funding for an assumed larger in state number. So really they are double dipping the system. You could still have that soc 101 class but it is taught by a few profs and that is the extent of the soc for the school. Also you can do the online lecture that can teach hundreds at a time by 1 prof and get that instructor a few grad assistants to help administer the class.
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There would still be liberal arts schools. Some schools would decide to fill a niche in that market. But making students waste almost half of their schoolling on busy work classes that have no bearing to their careers is nonsense. It forces students to use departments that have maybe 30 students in that major. You could not run a department on 30 ppl so you make the masses take a class or two there to justify the need for the professors and admin staff. I get how he wants to push states to fund colleges. I think that is going to be easier siad than done. I look at schools like Towson that have that have stopped fulfilling their agreed upon founding mandate. I would love to see the state cast them out. If they want to educate the masses of the east coast be a private school. They love taking state funding but they also love getting out of state students.
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I have for a long time wondered where the pressure for funneling everyone to college came from. With th ealmost fraudulent way the college boards are run maybe there has been that push from their end. I like Bernie but I am not really down with his free tuition idea. While I like the idea of kids getting out without a debt burden I think it rewards these schools for price gouging. I would rather see a full federal aid elimination and the prices to reset from pure market reasons. After that the feds can come back but will only increase at the inflation rate. It will hurt some ppl but I think it is a long term fix. I also think schools should be held accountable for the jobs that can be had with their degrees. So many can't find jobs in theri field even with good degrees in say Math. If I could take over say Towson bc I know the school I would eliminate vast swaths of the liberal arts education. I would actually want the styudents to take more classes in their area of study. At that point I would let it be known that departments will exist as there is demnd for their classes. Really a sociology dept is a jobs program. Force business or bio majors to take classes that they will forget the moment the class is over is just to justify having these departments existence in the first place. Personally I wish I had never gone to school. Lots of debt and no skills taught.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-14SllPPLxY Almost forgot.
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The engineering issue is our poor grade school education. The powers that be like a dumb electorate but you need smart ppl to be engineers. On the trade front. That is the dumb ass everyone has to go to college route the high schools push kids to even if they shouldn't. I think HS should be more like a college and you work towards your interests and abilities. If a student is good with theri hands and not great at the writing and math end show them the trades and get them apprenticed while still in school.
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http://thekicker.com/rg-iii-shatters-wrist-signing-new-contract-with-browns/?utm_campaign=Organic&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=pagepost Devastating news.
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Never drink the water in Mexico. Only bottled. The economy being great is fake. It is all an illusion on a house of cards. The pro wall st trickledown concept is destroying the country.
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CNBC is about as liberal as the Heritage Foundation. They are a Wall St mouth piece. They hate left leaning things.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGnwlPAZjpM
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They were going to lose him anyway. They had so many contract coming up in the next 2 yrs so they got rid of a guy who was leaving anyway for a huge return.
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Can you explain why it is under dems that budgets shortfalls get smaller? There has been a little talked about policy since Nixon. While the gop is in office they spend like crazy and pass shortfalls onto the inevitable dem to deal with. At that point they point to dems as tax and spend but they didn't spend like crazy. Also now China is growing at about 8% and it is crippling their economy. They have become so accustomed to 20% growth that a solid growth rate isn't good enough. They have a huge housing bubble that is about to burst and could destroy their economy. Those tax cuts they so love have a small sample set that should be a warning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xliMwipXoiA
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxVbuO7xM4g
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The congress has been stealing from SS for a long time. It needs tweeks to make it solvent for the future.
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That is damned funny.
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There is a reason why Mel Brooks has made a chunk of his career of making fun of Hitler.
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Some would. But I think the bigger question is would independents stay home? Also the young vote that is flooding to Bernie has a single dong in the fight. I don't see them wasting their time if BErnie isn't there.
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THat is two open primaries. He is winning the open primaries with the independent vote. It so overwhelmingly goes his way it counters Hillary taking the dyed in the wool dems.
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http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/polls/nh/dem party id2222 total respondents key1stclintono'malleysandersother/no answer58%democrats2%republicans40%independents48%n/a25%0%n/a0%52%n/a73%n/an/a2% http://www.cnn.com/election/primaries/polls/mi/dem party id1601 total respondents key1stclintonsandersuncommitted69%democrats4%republicans27%independents58%n/a28%40%n/a71%2%n/a1%
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Obamacare is a giant corporate program. Not really socialist in the real definition. BTW you are a card carrying socialist.
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Ravens have enough CAP space for Weddle and Wallace
papasmurfbell replied to TBird's topic in Baltimore Ravens
JJ didn't like Harbs. It would have been a bad situation here.