It works for mature teenagers.

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It works for mature teenagers.

Author: MAS (21750 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 5:08 pm on Aug 9, 2025

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In other words, overwhelmingly female HS students. I haven't encountered many male students who make it work.

I love the socialization argument. Yeah, your child will miss out on a lot of socialization, and most of it bad socialization.

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Loaning funds for a college degree is the biggest scam going. [LINK] - Curly1918 - 12:29pm 8/9/25 (28) [View All]
- With distance learning, college is essentially a scam now. - TakethetrainKnute - 2:20pm 8/9/25
  - A really good online class can be about 2/3 as good as an in-person class - Chris94 - 10:26pm 8/9/25
    - You're going to be replaced by AI, it's low hanging fruit. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 11:29pm 8/9/25
  - My 16 YO daughter switched to home school and is talking college classes for free. - iairishcheeks - 2:54pm 8/9/25
    - You home school. That figures. - Chris94 - 10:27pm 8/9/25
      - Actually, I discouraged her from it at first. - iairishcheeks - 11:13pm 8/9/25
        In this country, you are free to home-school your kids. - Chris94 - 11:23pm 8/9/25
        I'm not doing shit, actually, it's all online. - iairishcheeks - 11:32pm 8/9/25
    - It works for mature teenagers. - MAS - 5:08pm 8/9/25
      - Meh. Sixth graders miss out on vocabulary lessons on the middle school/high school bus. - Iggle - 7:18pm 8/9/25
    - That’s the way to manage it these days. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:00pm 8/9/25
  - Agree Knute. Some colleges still offer connections and open doors to make it worthwhile, but those - BaronVonZemo - 2:42pm 8/9/25
    - Still…I’m here moving my third child into her second year of college… [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 3:04pm 8/9/25
      - Oh my...it is HOT today. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 4:17pm 8/9/25
      - What’s her major? My daughter goes back for her 2nd year at the end of the month. [NT] - Domer From Hell - 3:14pm 8/9/25
        Nursing. Honors program. Good for your daughter. All the best there. [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 4:54pm 8/9/25
        Congrats Knute! Hope it’s a great weekend for you guys. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:14pm 8/9/25
        
        👍 both my son & Daughter are RN’s, daughter finishing surgical school and son just got accepted a - Frankx - 5:32pm 8/9/25
        Excellent! Good on ‘em! Such a noble profession!! [NT] - Domer From Hell - 5:55pm 8/9/25
        
        That’s fantastic! The US needs more excellent nurses. My niece did her RN at SDSU [NT] - Domer From Hell - 5:16pm 8/9/25
  - Committed students and good professors to interact with will always succeed. No need to throw the - TyroneIrish - 2:33pm 8/9/25
    - Still haven't watched that AI podcast I posted it seems. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:40pm 8/9/25
      - Didn't stand out in a cursory search...post it again...I'll be glad to watch it. [NT] - TyroneIrish - 3:33pm 8/9/25
        Here [NT] [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 11:15pm 8/9/25
        What parts of it come closest to the point you're trying to make?...if you say "All", then you'll - TyroneIrish - 12:29am 8/10/25
        I watched it about 3 times. There is nothing more important right now than this topic. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 2:02am 8/10/25
        I'm well aware of the "Coming Wave"...now that you've absorbed that podcast, pick up a copy of [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 11:43am 8/10/25
        Here is that author on the same podcast. [NT] [LINK] - iairishcheeks - 11:56am 8/10/25