I mean how cool is it to go to high school somewhere like San Diego?
it would be like living in a reality show everyday. The best of everything at your disposal. I went to a rural highschool in the Deep South that had one gas station. I wonder how different life would turn out to live in a beach city in California.
I went to a high school in the City of San Diego that wasn't Point Loma, Claremont, La Jolla, or Mission Bay....i.e not really near the beach. It was an urban school district, with minority kids bussed to my junior high and high school. It was like any other high school....rich kids, middle class kids, stoners, and nerds.
One good thing about going to school in California is that by about grade 6 you already know all about drugs because there’s someone on the playground selling them to you.
I mean how cool is it to go to high school somewhere like San Diego?
it would be like living in a reality show everyday. The best of everything at your disposal. I went to a rural highschool in the Deep South that had one gas station. I wonder how different life would turn out to live in a beach city in California.
The only time I ran in high school was at the end of each year, the PE teacher would allow you to make up missed classes by running laps. It was an “easy” way to pass tennis if you were failing tennis because you’d rather skip PE and go to the beach every afternoon. There was just too much else to do, nobody seriously thought about running in their spare time. I didn’t run again until my mid 20s when I found myself in the Midwest for grad school.
Was high school really like the OC? Not really. My parents were what we called middle class at the time, but were really upper middle class. Nobody drove Porsches or Mercedes to school, but many people had a Bentley or Rolls Royce in the garage (and of course a Porchse and a Mercedes). I didn’t realise how much wealthier some of my friends were until I was fairly close to graduating. To help you guess my age: I remember going to a birthday party…16 or 17. I bought him a compact disc. Another friend bought him a box of 20. It hadn’t occurred to me that I should be spending 3 or 400 hundred dollars on a present instead of $20.
In retrospect, the best part about going to high school in California: In state tuition in the University of California system. Even today, it’s only like $13k a year. And the UCs are unlike public schools in other states; they’re actually good schools. Although my parents weren’t wealthy, there was never any question about college being paid for. I didn’t have to worry about scholarships, loans, or working. “I can’t afford to go to college…” is not something people in California say.
Truth....1981 SD City Schools grad, and went to a UC, ending up with $5k or so of loans and paid my own way my senior year when my younger brother went to college. Of course, by the 2000s, I couldn't have gotten into a UC and would have been an SDSU commuter student. Different world back then.
Oh, and a hot junior cheerleader DID drive a Porsche....but her dad owned a german auto repair shop in El Cajon.
I have 3 UC degrees, including a Bachelors. I was never required to live on campus. Your whole post is a fabrication. The California Promise Program alone would allow someone in your purported income bracket to go to school tuition-free at a California public university. Stop b***s***ing.
I am currently an up north Michigan runner and coach. Michigan is clearly still a powerhouse in terms of individual runners, and I think part of that can be attributed to the tough conditions they face while training in the winter and early spring. We’ve had track seasons when the ground was completely covered in ice until early May. Then on May 5th it was 78 and never got below 70 for the rest of the season. Kids FLEW after that.
I am currently an up north Michigan runner and coach. Michigan is clearly still a powerhouse in terms of individual runners, and I think part of that can be attributed to the tough conditions they face while training in the winter and early spring. We’ve had track seasons when the ground was completely covered in ice until early May. Then on May 5th it was 78 and never got below 70 for the rest of the season. Kids FLEW after that.
Damn right. Add in the hilly terrain and you've got yourself some good training.
Having done a lot of projects on schools in California, I’d say that California is over hyped. Most schools are surrounded by busy streets because land is so expensive and the athletic facilities are often sub par due to the high cost of construction in earthquake territory. San Diego was probably the best locale in terms of being runner friendly, but LA and the Bay Area were pretty terrible. I went to high school in the inner city of Denver and prefer it over any city I have done work for in California. Denver had a lot more parks, running trials and bike paths and construction was far less dense.
I coached kids soccer in the South. Practice or games outside 2-3x per week almost 52 weeks per year. Huge advantage in skill development over places where you have to go indoors in the winter.
Having done a lot of projects on schools in California, I’d say that California is over hyped. Most schools are surrounded by busy streets because land is so expensive and the athletic facilities are often sub par due to the high cost of construction in earthquake territory. San Diego was probably the best locale in terms of being runner friendly, but LA and the Bay Area were pretty terrible. I went to high school in the inner city of Denver and prefer it over any city I have done work for in California. Denver had a lot more parks, running trials and bike paths and construction was far less dense.
LA andparts of SF Bay including city of SF may not be great for running. San Diego is way better than either if you insist on living in a city. But there area areas aroudn these ie Marin County and southern OC, Malibu, outskirts of San Jose (not the city itself) that are amazing for running.
Having done a lot of projects on schools in California, I’d say that California is over hyped. Most schools are surrounded by busy streets because land is so expensive and the athletic facilities are often sub par due to the high cost of construction in earthquake territory. San Diego was probably the best locale in terms of being runner friendly, but LA and the Bay Area were pretty terrible. I went to high school in the inner city of Denver and prefer it over any city I have done work for in California. Denver had a lot more parks, running trials and bike paths and construction was far less dense.
LA andparts of SF Bay including city of SF may not be great for running. San Diego is way better than either if you insist on living in a city. But there area areas aroudn these ie Marin County and southern OC, Malibu, outskirts of San Jose (not the city itself) that are amazing for running.
What's the average house go for in those areas? Two or three million?
I just think about how awesome it would be to get out of school on a Friday, go to the beach all afternoon, then go to someone’s parents badass house for a party. Wake up Saturday morning and go to a Padres day game and do it all over again Saturday afternoon,
Yeah, the vast majority of kids in CA do not do this. Like most places, people take their surroundings for granted.
You are assuming you would be invited to those parties and have the money for those Padres games. Maybe. Maybe not. Some of the beaches are cool. Some are full of territorial mean bro types that don't want strangers surfing their beaches and will let you know.
Why don't you just work a job and save up money to visit San Diego? It's not going to live up to your fantasy.
I think you're exactly right about most people taking their surroundings for granted. After a while it would feel ordinary.
I was recently on vacation in California and visited friends in San Diego. You start to see after a few days that most people who live there still have to deal with the same crap that everyone else does, going to work, dealing with difficult or crazy people, paying bills, sitting in traffic, etc. Sure it's nice, but most of the struggles of life will still exist there.
I went to a comprehensive here in the UK in the early naughties. Didn't have an art teacher for my entire final year. Science teacher often went missing. Lights turned off. Sometimes you would get random dogs or kids from other schools running up and down the corridors. Later got knocked down and turned into an academy.
Yeah, the vast majority of kids in CA do not do this. Like most places, people take their surroundings for granted.
You are assuming you would be invited to those parties and have the money for those Padres games. Maybe. Maybe not. Some of the beaches are cool. Some are full of territorial mean bro types that don't want strangers surfing their beaches and will let you know.
Why don't you just work a job and save up money to visit San Diego? It's not going to live up to your fantasy.
I think you're exactly right about most people taking their surroundings for granted. After a while it would feel ordinary.
I was recently on vacation in California and visited friends in San Diego. You start to see after a few days that most people who live there still have to deal with the same crap that everyone else does, going to work, dealing with difficult or crazy people, paying bills, sitting in traffic, etc. Sure it's nice, but most of the struggles of life will still exist there.
I have 3 UC degrees, including a Bachelors. I was never required to live on campus. Your whole post is a fabrication. The California Promise Program alone would allow someone in your purported income bracket to go to school tuition-free at a California public university. Stop b***s***ing.
* Poster to whom you responded never said her or his age.
* You never said your age.
* Think. Maybe you two were U C students in different eras.
I have 3 UC degrees, including a Bachelors. I was never required to live on campus. Your whole post is a fabrication. The California Promise Program alone would allow someone in your purported income bracket to go to school tuition-free at a California public university. Stop b***s***ing.
* Poster to whom you responded never said her or his age.
* You never said your age.
* Think. Maybe you two were U C students in different eras.
Previous poster (the poor one) said his parents couldn’t cover $13,000 in tuition (the current price) because his parents didn’t make that in a year. That would imply he was of college age relatively recently. If I’m mistaken and he’s complaining about something that happened 30 years ago…well, off the top of my head, there was no tuition then and fees were around $2000 a year:
Anyway, if there was ever a dorm requirement in the UC system, it was pre 1960, at which point the $13000 a year his parents made was a lot of money.
So I’m with I have 3 UC degrees. I only have two, so clearly he’s smarter than me. (I have 3 degrees, but one is from a private University. I overpaid for it, but it’s the one that has provided the best ROI.)
One good thing about going to school in California is that by about grade 6 you already know all about drugs because there’s someone on the playground selling them to you.
And that’s different from Smackdab Ohio or Camden New Jersey, how?!
I went to a comprehensive here in the UK in the early naughties. Didn't have an art teacher for my entire final year. Science teacher often went missing. Lights turned off. Sometimes you would get random dogs or kids from other schools running up and down the corridors. Later got knocked down and turned into an academy.
95 to 01 at a rural UK comp here. In years 7 to 9 we used to have basketball fights in the gym - two teams line up at either end and kick about 30 basketballs at each other as hard as possible. Got a few head injuries from that.
Later, in sixth form. we had a heroin addict (former pupil) steal the TV from our common room while we were watching it. My friend got a dart thrown full into his bicep and had to walk to the doctors with his arm held at a 90 degree angle to get it taken out. We stole 3000+ watts of PA system from the music room and used to to play D&B - teachers didn't dare do anything. We did sneak into the posh school in a neighbouring town once, but didn't do anything apart from run around either. Scary though.
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