More trouble at the Dump on the Hump

[Ima Facultiwyfe]

[CameronBornAndBred]

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[IowaDevil]

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Made me giggle! Love it!

[DevilWearsPrada2.0]

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Bless his heart!

Ole Roy was sniffing and teary eyed in his post game interview after the Unc Miami game on Wednesday night.

[windsor]

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Made me giggle! Love it!

You know, the poor me crap really burns my biscuits. You get paid MILLIONS to coach at one of the 'A' list bball programs (true, even if I don't like it). You have a job many many coaches would give their right you_know_what to have. Yet it is all boo fucking hoo poor me...oh woe is Roy. You life is soooo hard.

Cry me a fucking (austin) river(s).

[devildeac]

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/20 ... er#r=hpf-s

Holy .

[IowaDevil]

Think they'll ever admit they have a problem over there? Yikes!

[devildeac]

And the stench continues:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/10/ ... -firm.html

[devildeac]

Holy @#$%, this is unbelievable:

http://www.wral.com/unc-ch-chancellor-g ... /13302655/



unc-the gift that keeps on giving.

[CameronBornAndBred]

The school needs to sponsor a driving education course. But nobody would show up to that class, either.

[lawgrad91]

Holy @#$%, this is unbelievable:

http://www.wral.com/unc-ch-chancellor-g ... /13302655/



unc-the gift that keeps on giving.

Wonder if she was driving one of Fats Thomas's cars.

[Devil in the Blue Dress]

Holy @#$%, this is unbelievable:

http://www.wral.com/unc-ch-chancellor-g ... /13302655/



unc-the gift that keeps on giving.

Wonder if she was driving one of Fats Thomas's cars.

Probably not this time. The registration was as out of date as her driver's license. You know she's been very busy since taking her job last summer.

[CameronBornAndBred]

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/01/15/ ... elors.html

McAdoo (the football guy) is airing some laundry.

A key UNC football player in the NCAA’s investigation into improper benefits says he was led by academic counselors to four no-show classes and that the academic environment for athletes at the university was “a scam.”

[Ima Facultiwyfe]

Finally. Maybe we're getting someplace.
My question for ALL, however, remains "When did college become an appropriate place for illiterate and woefully unprepared people to 'study' in the first place?" What happened to the definition of "higher" education? It's disingenuous for Willingham or anyone else to suggest that any 3rd grade level student, with no matter how much tutoring, can be brought up to speed fast enough to earn a degree from a boni fide university. We've definitely lost our way.

Love, Ima

[CathyCA]

Holy @#$%, this is unbelievable:

http://www.wral.com/unc-ch-chancellor-g ... /13302655/



unc-the gift that keeps on giving.

Her lawyer will get the registration charges dismissed and get a reduction on the speeding charge to save her license. It happens all the time. Nothing to look at here, folks.

[lawgrad91]

Holy @#$%, this is unbelievable:

http://www.wral.com/unc-ch-chancellor-g ... /13302655/



unc-the gift that keeps on giving.

Her lawyer will get the registration charges dismissed and get a reduction on the speeding charge to save her license. It happens all the time. Nothing to look at here, folks.

Too bad she didn't get these in Varnish County. Not too many breaks to be had here. (Not my rule, it's the rule of the Court.)

[Lavabe]

Holy @#$%, this is unbelievable:

http://www.wral.com/unc-ch-chancellor-g ... /13302655/



unc-the gift that keeps on giving.

Her lawyer will get the registration charges dismissed and get a reduction on the speeding charge to save her license. It happens all the time. Nothing to look at here, folks.

She obviously is a fan of Kurt Busch... or was it Kyle Busch... or was it both?

[Bob Green]

What happened to the definition of "higher" education? It's disingenuous for Willingham or anyone else to suggest that any 3rd grade level student, with no matter how much tutoring, can be brought up to speed fast enough to earn a degree from a boni fide university. We've definitely lost our way.

You are correct. Looking at this situation from the 10,000 foot level, problem genesis is at the junior and senior high school level. If all these "great" athletes had to achieve passing grades in order to maintain eligibility to play on their junior/senior high school football/basketball team, a whole lot more emphasis on education would be taking place.

It's a complicated situation. Athletics are suppose to be extracurricular, but research shows participating in sports increases the odds a student will stay in school, so failing a student and causing a loss of eligibility can be seen as counterproductive. However, pushing students who are not producing satisfactory results isn't the answer as well. It is a chicken or egg scenario.

I'm glad I am not a teacher!

[Bob Green]

I have a serious question for the educators on the board...

According to some articles I've read on the internet, North Carolina will be going to a three tiered high school diploma in the near future. I'm not sure of the proper nomenclature for the three levels, but for conversational purposes I will use: Level 1 - graduated from high school; level 2 - qualified to attend technical school or Community College; level 3 - qualified to attend a 4 year university.

Obviously, a star football or basketball player (the guy reading at a 3rd grade level in some cases) will need a level 3 diploma to qualify to attend UNC (or Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, Georgia, Tennessee, Southern Cal, UCLA, Memphis, Connecticut, etc...) on a football/basketball scholarship.

How is this going to play out at the high school level? It seems to me there is going to be a Hugh Conflict between the Math/Science/English teachers & Guidance Counselors who identify players as level 1 or 2 candidates and the football & basketball coaches & athletic directors who say this guy has to have a level 3 diploma because Ole Roy or Nick Saban is interested.

How is this going to play out? Obviously, my post is missing a lot of details (as is my brain) on the specifics of how the three tiered system will work. It seems to me the situation is going to become a lot more complicated.

Like I ended my last post...I'm glad I'm not a teacher. And now I can add...I'm glad I'm not a high school sports coach.

[Very Duke Blue]

Good question, Bob. I will ask our daughter, Dawn. She works directly for the superintendent of schools in Duplin Co. (Max's mom). I don't know where the football team this year stood, as far as grades, etc, but can tell you when they won the State Championship in 2007, over 50% of the team was on the honor roll. This is a minority school of 80% black. Football was the reason for a lot of the good grades and staying in school. So many of these children are from extremely poor homes.