Has there been anything in America that hasn't become super selective and competitive?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What? Roughly half to two-thirds of 4-year colleges in the U.S. are considered non-selective or moderately selective, typically accepting more than 70% of applicants...

Maybe you just need to adjust your expectations. Not everyone can be a superstar.

+1. There are lots of things that aren’t so competitive. If you try to go to the same 4 schools and do the same 4 sports everyone else is doing, then yes, it will be competitive. Broaden your horizons.

What same 4 sports? Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, swimming, and golf are all extremely competitive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is just your lens. We are not a country of scarcity mindset and there are tons of ways to hustle and just live here in a non-competitive (though can be precarious) way.

Wrong.

We are a country of scarcity mindset. Are you new here? So many people fear being poor. When you lose your job you lose your insurance. There is basically zero social safety net. A country that lack scarcity mindset might exist amongst the Scandinavian countries - Norway, Finland, Sweden- maybe Denmark and Netherlands too. Although I know plenty of Dutch who want their shiny things and nice vacations.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There’s still a shortage of teachers and nurses

Teachers aren’t being paid enough to live in areas with strong public schools. My sister and her husband both work as teachers for FCPS, but their salaries aren’t sufficient to afford a home in a neighborhood with a good school pyramid. As a result, they use my address so their children can attend schools in the Langley pyramid.

So they are liars and you facilitate lying and cheating. How is this a good thing. I hope you get caught.

The only way to raise teacher salary is through supply and demand. When schools cannot get teachers, they will get paid more. A perk in some areas is that teachers can put their kids in the school where they teach, similar to private school. I'm ok with that perk.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s still a shortage of teachers and nurses

Teachers aren’t being paid enough to live in areas with strong public schools. My sister and her husband both work as teachers for FCPS, but their salaries aren’t sufficient to afford a home in a neighborhood with a good school pyramid. As a result, they use my address so their children can attend schools in the Langley pyramid.

So they are liars and you facilitate lying and cheating. How is this a good thing. I hope you get caught.

The only way to raise teacher salary is through supply and demand. When schools cannot get teachers, they will get paid more. A perk in some areas is that teachers can put their kids in the school where they teach, similar to private school. I'm ok with that perk.

Why do teachers create "good school districts" and "bad school districts" in the first place? Maybe teachers don't deserve a good salary. My daughter told me a funny joke the other day, "How do you get straight A's? With a ruler." I laughed, what is a crooked A anyway?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What? Roughly half to two-thirds of 4-year colleges in the U.S. are considered non-selective or moderately selective, typically accepting more than 70% of applicants...

Maybe you just need to adjust your expectations. Not everyone can be a superstar.

+1. There are lots of things that aren’t so competitive. If you try to go to the same 4 schools and do the same 4 sports everyone else is doing, then yes, it will be competitive. Broaden your horizons.

What same 4 sports? Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, swimming, and golf are all extremely competitive

My kids do swimming (competitive), track (not competitive at all), cross country (not competitive), aerial dance (not competitive at all), piano, and cooking. Most of their activities are not competitive - only swimming is and it's not that competitive. Maybe OP and you should look and think broader. Most private schools have no cut policy for sports. You kid might not make varsity, but they can still play. It's part of the reason we chose private. Plus, they can do all the theater they want - there are maybe 5 really good kids in the whole school and the rest of the spots are up for mediocre actors, like my kids or yours. There is sports-style camaraderie and it's fun for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s still a shortage of teachers and nurses

Teachers aren’t being paid enough to live in areas with strong public schools. My sister and her husband both work as teachers for FCPS, but their salaries aren’t sufficient to afford a home in a neighborhood with a good school pyramid. As a result, they use my address so their children can attend schools in the Langley pyramid.

So they are liars and you facilitate lying and cheating. How is this a good thing. I hope you get caught.

The only way to raise teacher salary is through supply and demand. When schools cannot get teachers, they will get paid more. A perk in some areas is that teachers can put their kids in the school where they teach, similar to private school. I'm ok with that perk.

Why do teachers create "good school districts" and "bad school districts" in the first place? Maybe teachers don't deserve a good salary. My daughter told me a funny joke the other day, "How do you get straight A's? With a ruler." I laughed, what is a crooked A anyway?

Your daughter needs to go to a school where she is taught that “straight” has more than one meaning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s still a shortage of teachers and nurses

Teachers aren’t being paid enough to live in areas with strong public schools. My sister and her husband both work as teachers for FCPS, but their salaries aren’t sufficient to afford a home in a neighborhood with a good school pyramid. As a result, they use my address so their children can attend schools in the Langley pyramid.

So they are liars and you facilitate lying and cheating. How is this a good thing. I hope you get caught.

The only way to raise teacher salary is through supply and demand. When schools cannot get teachers, they will get paid more. A perk in some areas is that teachers can put their kids in the school where they teach, similar to private school. I'm ok with that perk.

You get paid more to teach in certain inner city schools. However lots of teachers choose not to teach in those environments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What? Roughly half to two-thirds of 4-year colleges in the U.S. are considered non-selective or moderately selective, typically accepting more than 70% of applicants...

Maybe you just need to adjust your expectations. Not everyone can be a superstar.

+1. There are lots of things that aren’t so competitive. If you try to go to the same 4 schools and do the same 4 sports everyone else is doing, then yes, it will be competitive. Broaden your horizons.

What same 4 sports? Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, swimming, and golf are all extremely competitive

At my kid’s school, cross-country, track, and ultimate frisbee are all no-cut sports.

[Anonymous]

Water polo is no-cut at our HS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What? Roughly half to two-thirds of 4-year colleges in the U.S. are considered non-selective or moderately selective, typically accepting more than 70% of applicants...

Maybe you just need to adjust your expectations. Not everyone can be a superstar.

+1. There are lots of things that aren’t so competitive. If you try to go to the same 4 schools and do the same 4 sports everyone else is doing, then yes, it will be competitive. Broaden your horizons.

What same 4 sports? Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, lacrosse, tennis, swimming, and golf are all extremely competitive

Archery, bowling, and volleyball are all no-cut where we are.

[Anonymous]

OP should widen her lens. There is plenty of opportunity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's frustrating how everything is so damn selective now. It's impossible to get into college unless you were a valedictorian of a large high school. Sports teams in high school cut kids that grew up playing on travel teams. Even the military has less than a 30% acceptance rate for OCS. Isn't there anything that isn't insanely selective?

You are in one of the most competitive areas in the country.

[Anonymous]

You can be no competitive at anything. Mediocrity is non competitive.

If you want to excel at or be admitted to the top 10% of anything of course it is competitive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can be no competitive at anything. Mediocrity is non competitive.

If you want to excel at or be admitted to the top 10% of anything of course it is competitive.

How do you explain politics then? I thought they were all competing to be the most mediocre possible.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You can be no competitive at anything. Mediocrity is non competitive.

If you want to excel at or be admitted to the top 10% of anything of course it is competitive.

How do you explain politics then? I thought they were all competing to be the most mediocre possible.

Politics attract power-hungry people, not brilliant ones.