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Old 03-16-2011, 06:14 PM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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While that is interesting and I am well aware of it.... that doesn't necessarily mean anything put up against "stuff white people like" is magically ok to say. Not everything will always be portrayed as tongue-in-cheek to all people.
Context is always important and that is why I say someone should be careful using it.
In all seriousness, I will say that you are right and it's important to explain context. I meant the comment to say that arguing rankings for schools is something that would appear on that particular blog, not a commentary on how much other races do or do not care about academics.
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:01 PM
 
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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I think "Arguing over school rankings" should be an entry in Stuff White People Like.
Only in Atlanta. Where I came from, there was a higher percentage of white folks in the metro, and school quality was never an issue.

And that was the case well before statewide open enrollment up there.
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:28 PM
 
Location: Jersey City, NJ
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I know this discussion is about the ranking of schools within GA. However I just wanted to rant about something quickly. It seems that a lot of transplants complain that GA schools are terrible. I know nationally they rank low but at the same time it's not like I had to go through metal detectors in school and was taught by illiterate teachers. I currently work in NYC and I feel on par with everyone I work with if not above some folks. I think in general intelligent people will always rise above and a highly ranked school is not necessarily going to change that. So in a way I feel the intelligence of an individual is more important than the national ranking of a school. If a kid is dumb a good school isn't going to make him/her smart. At the same time i understand wanting the best for your child but let's keep it in perspective.
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:43 PM
 
Location: East Cobb
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I think "Arguing over school rankings" should be an entry in Stuff White People Like.
In all the discussion over this comment, I'm amazed that nobody has pointed out that virtually all the posts in this thread prior to that comment, including the OP, were by forum members who are self-identified ethnic Asians.

I understand that spacelord75 was just trying for light humor, but I think this thread better supports the notion that obsessing over school rankings is a characteristic of Tiger Mothers (and fathers).
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Old 03-16-2011, 07:44 PM
 
Location: Atlanta
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Only in Atlanta. Where I came from, there was a higher percentage of white folks in the metro, and school quality was never an issue.

And that was the case well before statewide open enrollment up there.
Well I obviously can't comment on where you are from specifically, but I'm not quite so sure about that... only being Atlanta.

There is a huge issue going on right now with Memphis and Shelby County and their respective school systems. Detroit and many northeastern and industrial belt cities have a high degree of social segregation across town/county lines and many people often cite "schools" as the the reason.

People in New Jersey drastically defend their system of local town based schools to control who is in school with their children, even though it isn't as efficient and keeps property taxes high.

The main place where I know it doesn't hold true is in places like New Orleans. Most people pretty much assume public schools aren't good and if they can afford it go to private, usually catholic school.

but don't get me wrong your point is otherwise well taken. I'm just curious if what you are seeing is directly related to that that effect where the more homogenous a population is the more progressive they tend to be
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Old 03-17-2011, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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Well I obviously can't comment on where you are from specifically, but I'm not quite so sure about that... only being Atlanta.
You're probably right. It sounds like many other places may have similar issues.
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Old 03-17-2011, 04:41 PM
 
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Latest US News MBA rankings:
Full Time MBA:
Georgia Tech - 28th
Georgia -57th

Evening MBA:
Georgia Tech - 17th
Georgia - unknown
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Old 03-18-2011, 12:16 PM
 
Location: Seattle
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Georgia Tech has a lot of potential to be a top national school (It already is as an Engineering School). What it is missing to be a well-rounded university are a Medical School and a Law School.
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Old 03-18-2011, 02:04 PM
 
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Georgia Tech has a lot of potential to be a top national school (It already is as an Engineering School). What it is missing to be a well-rounded university are a Medical School and a Law School.
Board of Regents will never do anything to help GT expand their academic offerings.
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Old 03-18-2011, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Seattle
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Which is a shame because it would have a large impact on Atlanta's economy.
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