We had a 3-way tie for 7th. Gridiron60 was awarded the 7th seed based on getting 8 of the 9 GotWs correct. IF18 and ff1 both got 7 correct, so it went to who got the most of those 7 without going over the combined score -- price is right rules. IRISH-FAN18 got 2 GotWs under, falconfan1 got 1 under -- so IRISH-FAN18 is the 8 seed.
F me. I think Junkyard should be quarantined for not having enough wins.
Just kidding. Thanks for putting this on as usual Ryan.
In 1980, the juvenile felony arrest rate was somewhere in the neighborhood of 31.9 per 1000 juveniles nationwide. If you had a 32-person classroom, odds are 1 of your classmates was going to be locked up with a felony. Today, that figure is 4.5 per 1000 juveniles nationwide. That’s an sevenfold drop. It appears as if the generations before weren’t having very good qualities instilled in them.
In 1980, the high school graduation rate nationwide was 72%. Today, the high school graduation rate nationwide is 84%. It appears as if about 1 in 7 households before weren’t preaching the importance of education to their children.
In 1991, the first year data was available, 27.5% of minors smoked cigarettes. In 2020, 9.2% of minors smoked (which includes the Juul pods that have been marketed toward them). It appears as if 1 in every 7 households before were A-OK with their kids smoking cigarettes as compared to now.
Naturally, I’m being facetious, but the point remains. I love Boomers and Xers, because so many of them remember things the way they never were.
Sorry that I don't have the time to sit in my law office and look all of the statistics up. I would be curious to see the federal guidelines of No Child Left Behind / Federal Money with the need for schools to water down material and grading in relation to getting graduation rates up. Just a thought. My point is made below, unlike like my grandfather who walked five miles to school, in the snow, with no shoes.
I guess I was referring to hard work, discipline, and teamwork. You know since this is a football board and these things usually apply to student/athletes. Obviously you did all of those things for yourself because you had the work ethic to go to college and pass the bar. Good grief smoking a cig was done by most of the faculty in school "back in the day." I would dare say that school and personal accountability was more prevalent then than it is now.
The things that were instilled in us by our parents, coaches, teachers, etc. are going away in the blink of an eye. It is been coming and many didn't notice or they didn't want to admit it.
I didn't realize that you were involved in this "conversation." However, since you want to be involved, let's now give you the floor to hear your expert opinion. Listen, I don't have much time here, the scotch is calling my name at Glenrochie.
I think if any school is looking for any kind of coach in any sport they need to come to Eastman in Kingsport because there are probably around 2000 of the 8000 that work here that believe they can coach any sport and they would do it for free because they already have a day job!
You mean people like LHL that works at THE EASTMAN?
I know that Tennesseans pay a higher sales tax....I prefer my money stay at home and in my community. The point is they (TN) charge tuition and Virginia is giving them a free pass. If I wanted to take care of everyone else, I would vote for Bernie.
I just have one question. Where does the state money come from? Virginia tax payer dollars? So in essence, when I pay my state taxes, my locality is missing out by those funds going to a county to support out of state kids? Yes I know that some of the funding comes from the federal government as well. Gee, it is win, win situation for all of those people who live in TN and pay no state income tax, while Virginians have their taxes increased to cover the cost. It looks like from what I have read, it is about keeping Scott County from consolidating.
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I have friends that are from Lee County. I have heard that (those unhappy people) are the problem in Lee County.