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RE: Bad days for Stanford - dabigv13 - 10-10-2022

Old people complaining about young people. Some things are a universal human constant. 

And as I get older I think the younger generation is strange and confusing and not as good as my day too fwiw.

RE: Bad days for Stanford - BostonCard - 10-10-2022

Nah, the kids are alright.  We’re just turning into our grandparents.

BC

RE: Bad days for Stanford - Alvin - 10-10-2022

Since 2020, and I say this as a parent, getting my kids into elite universities is no longer a priority. My priority is their health and well-being, and I encouraged my oldest to only apply to colleges that respect freedom, that never locked down, never forced masks or vaccinations on students and staff, that do not post photos of masked students on their homepage and do not have a "Covid resources" tab on their website.  That narrowed down the list to about 5 to 10 colleges and universities. He's doing fine. Very smart kid who's totally awake to what's happening in the country and particularly at universities with Marxist CRT curriculum, LGBTq promotion, censorship of dissenting views, and other progressive activism. You could offer him a full ride to Stanford, Harvard, etc. and he would turn them down in a heartbeat. All that tiger parenting stuff went out the door on March 2020...and not because of a so-called virus but because of the hysterical, panicked social response by governments and educational institutions that destroyed educations and caused skyrocketing psychological damage to children.
(10-10-2022, 05:59 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Nah, the kids are alright.  We’re just turning into our grandparents.

BC
You are wrong. There is a massive problem with our kids today.  Since 2020, spike in suicides and overdoses. declining college enrollment, massive loss of education along with 20 point IQ drop among kids born after 2020, reduced employment opportunities or underemployment, gender dysphoria surge of patients ages 6-17 since 2017...and think about the dramatic demographic changes from the relatively high number of millennials to the rather smaller number of zoomers...and wait for the Covid generation. We're going to witness mass closings and bankruptcies of K-12 and higher education schools in the next 10-20 years. The days of 50,000 student campuses are coming to an end.

RE: Bad days for Stanford - TrumpCard - 10-10-2022

MuToo, FarmTeam, and Alvin, I'll ask you folks the same question as I asked to Phogge:
--What is your affiliation with Stanford?
--What is the basis for your statements about current Stanford students?

The reason I ask is that the demographic data I see doesn't support the notion that Stanford is admitting a homogenous group of spoiled brats.   Here's some info that's readily available:

--Only 28% white, non-Hispanic, U.S. Citizens.  https://facts.stanford.edu/academics/undergraduate-profile/

--More students are first generation college than kids of alumni.  https://provost.stanford.edu/2020/06/26/admissions-considerations/#:~:text=In%20the%20undergraduate%20Class%20of,enrolling%20students%20were%20first%2Dgeneration.

--Nearly half of students receive need-based financial aid.  https://provost.stanford.edu/2020/06/26/admissions-considerations/#:~:text=In%20the%20undergraduate%20Class%20of,enrolling%20students%20were%20first%2Dgeneration.

Maybe this data is misleading.  I'd like to hear your perspective.  What makes you think Stanford kids today come from a narrower segment of the population and are less likely to have had a job than Stanford students when you were college aged?

Also, Alvin, some of the insults just sound mean spirited.  Just because you are anonymous does not give you license to say hateful things.

RE: Bad days for Stanford - Alvin - 10-10-2022

(10-10-2022, 06:27 PM)TrumpCard Wrote:  MuToo, FarmTeam, and Alvin, I'll ask you folks the same question as I asked to Phogge:
--What is your affiliation with Stanford?
--What is the basis for your statements about current Stanford students?

The reason I ask is that the demographic data I see doesn't support the notion that Stanford is admitting a homogenous group of spoiled brats.   Here's some info that's readily available:

--Only 28% white, non-Hispanic, U.S. Citizens.  https://facts.stanford.edu/academics/undergraduate-profile/

--More students are first generation college than kids of alumni.  https://provost.stanford.edu/2020/06/26/admissions-considerations/#:~:text=In%20the%20undergraduate%20Class%20of,enrolling%20students%20were%20first%2Dgeneration.

--Nearly half of students receive need-based financial aid.  https://provost.stanford.edu/2020/06/26/admissions-considerations/#:~:text=In%20the%20undergraduate%20Class%20of,enrolling%20students%20were%20first%2Dgeneration.

Maybe this data is misleading.  I'd like to hear your perspective.  What makes you think Stanford kids today come from a narrower segment of the population and are less likely to have had a job than Stanford students when you were college aged?

Also, Alvin, some of the insults just sound mean spirited.  Just because you are anonymous does not give you license to say hateful things.

Where is the link to the article that 97% of incoming Yale students voted for Biden. What's more homogeneous than that? I'm sure there isn't much difference between Yale students and Stanford students when it comes to political affiliation.

RE: Bad days for Stanford - CompSci87 - 10-10-2022

Politics are off topic for this sports board. 

Closing this thread.