I don't have a problem with common core, I like that kids gets to see all the different ways to solve a problem. The problem I see is that schools are testing all the different methods instead of asking the students to use the method to solve the problem.

There's some value in that. Not as a long term principle, but I am all for having students learn a variety of methods and have to spend some time working through those methods. But only to make sure the students are giving the different methods a shot and actually finding the one that makes the most sense to them, rather than just sticking with whatever was learned first. If they're never given the chance to just work with their method of choice after, it's pointless.

This is a great point. I found myself both admiring and hating some of my son's school work recently in that it illustrated and described mental problem solving exceptionally well, then gruelingly pushed him to repeatedly explain the model rather than simply use it. Pages upon pages of dissection and regurgitation. My son could understand the model just fine, but was perplexed as to why he had to go over it like that.

That's because public school uses memorization as a cheap stand-in for understanding. It's easy to internalize 2+2=4, but it's impossible to internalize the quadratic equation. At some point, you need to just know the procedure and it's application, and most importantly, recognize when to use it in novel situations.

I used to love front end development until react came along

Google is a Trillion dollar company for a reason

exercise, omg you have no idea how much this helps.

Is there something wrong with the way I jog? Because I don't find it to be making much of a difference. Same for cycling, walking, etc.

I find that a goal for exercise helps a lot. If jogging is your thing then sign up for a 5k(or longer if that's where you're at) and then set a goal time and training plan. Seeing improvement over time is what helps me. Even if I don't feel like I have control over my job or feel stuck in my career, I can at least improve my fitness. When I'm aimless in my fitness goals then I'm less motivated to do it and if I do get my butt off the couch then I'm less motivated to work hard while I'm training.

Try more strength training rather than cardio.

Try interval swimming. Go into it fully, explore different movements, sweat it out and stick to it.

Look up ghostlighting, make adjustments.

where do you jog? do you jog with someone? sometimes that makes a huge difference. I try to jog outside in the morning or during lunch.

Here, alone: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/62.2298738,25.7369546/62.229...

I'm really not a morning person, and my lunch breaks are stretching long enough as it is.. that really leaves after work as the only passable time.

I can't really think of anyone that DOESN'T have any mental issues. It can be as simple as self-doubt, especially if you're married with kids. I believe men suffer tremendously but never seek the necessary help. I'm lucky enough that my employer allows for free sessions, and I have and will continue to seek treatment since I benefited so much.

It's important to note that you HAVE to want it. If you have any bit of doubt or skepticism, it will work against you.

Just accept it as someone looking to really help and it will help!

> I can't really think of anyone that DOESN'T have any mental issues

Citation very, very badly needed. Can't make the assertion that _everyone_ is screwed up in the head without evidence.

I don't have issues; I get I'm a single datapoint, but your assertion was essentially that everyone's got them. So now you can think of one. I've got a happy life and everything's going well for me and my family. Hiccups here-and-there, like everyone, but good overall.

Agreed. It's especially important not to confuse a chronic issue with something like stress. If you experienced a major event and it forced you to work long hours, introduced a lot of uncertainty, strained your family, etc. you'd "have issues" but they'd be transient.

Okay, I'm wrong for saying that. I apologize. What I'm trying to say is that I would bet money everyone would benefit from some sort of counseling in their lifetime.

And tell your partner that you're going to therapy, you'd be amazed at how supportive they can/will be.

that's $69 PER bud

I mean, hell, couldn't you have tried this before taking it to apple? I have a iphone 6 that apple fixed a year ago and I'm not sure how many samsung/pixel would do that? where do you even go to get those fixed?

Where you bought them, and they offer better warranty than some and don't delete your data for no reason.

What is your end goal for prodo?

most elementary school teachers are earning $95K+ in San Diego, CA.

So we use tell the kids to study hard, get good grade and test well in the SAT/ACT. What exactly do we tell them now? How exactly do you tell a kid to be "awesome"?

My kid is mixed race so he can check whatever is fashionable at the time on his college applications.

My kid is also, unfortunately, he probably isn’t going to get many advantages from either white or asian.

That there are other Ivy League schools, a ton of other top schools, and a ton of amazing public state universities? That life ultimately is not fair and there is no objective measurement of merit to attend any of these institutions? That straight As and 1600s on the SAT are not all that matters in life? Maybe, Harvard isn't that big of a deal, in reality, there aren't really any jobs dominated by Harvard undergrads.

I think you're missing the point, for asians "being asian" has become a bad thing. You can't be smart and play piano and excel at tennis if you want to go to an ivy league, you have to do "non-asian" things. Isn't that crazy?

There are 5,300 colleges and universities in the US alone.

Maybe you tell them "Harvard's not the only option"?

But why? why can't it be an option? question is, there's only a few things in life you can control, SAT and grade being one of them. How do you work on something that you have no control over?

> But why? why can't it be an option?

Because universities have decided (rightly, IMO) that just taking the applicants with the top GPA and SAT scores and no other criteria doesn't give a very vibrant student body.

Chances are a school like Harvard already has more "top student" scorers in this fashion than they can accept.

> How do you work on something that you have no control over?

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And wisdom to know the difference."

There are plenty of things you can work on that colleges love to see. Volunteering, neat science projects, interesting life experiences, sports and performing arts, etc.

To me that's crazy, to say "I know you're smart and worked hard to get the best GPA but don't bother applying to these schools since you're not vibrant enough."

I'm not saying the school has to take everyone, but we're focusing on discrimination here. How is that not discrimination? "We're not letting you in because of the intangibles, what is that intangible? We can't tell you."

How do you even measure vibrancy? So if a student excels academically that means he/she is not vibrant?