Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority

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Anonymous wrote:I love prince Charles and lady Di equally

I never understood why people cried over her death.

It was a senseless death that left two kids without their loving mom. The driver was drunk and the paparazzi chased her car for what?, to sell papers.

Pft Di was a nut job. Live fast DIe young

A nut job who millions of people loved and admired. Whatever else, she was a sweetheart who was brave enough to walk through a landmine and hold and kiss AIDS babies when others would not. Remember, people called her the "Queen of Hearts."

So true.

You should admire Elizabeth Taylor who actually DID SOMETHING TO HELP THE AIDS PROBLEM not just smile for a photo op.

I love La Liz too.

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I wish American society didn't put athletes and those in the entertainment industry on pedestals.

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I look down on those who tear down others' choices just to make themselves feel better. Such hateful words to other mothers. WTF is wrong with you people.

SAHM vs. WOHM
BF vs. FF
CIO vs. Co-sleep

Who cares what other families do?!

Just fucking live and let live, bitches.

How is that a strong opinion in the minority?

It's not even controversial.

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I think Jeff should pay people who start threads that hit 1000 posts.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Jeff should pay people who start threads that hit 1000 posts.

Are you OP?

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Anonymous wrote:I think Jeff should pay people who start threads that hit 1000 posts.

Are you OP?

No

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Anonymous wrote:I think private tuition for college is only worth it if your kid can get into a top 10 (maybe top 15) school; if they can get into an ivy or Stanford, Chicago/Caltech/MIT or the like -- I can consider parents doing everything possible to make it happen.

But what I really don't get is the parents (who are not independently wealthy) killing themselves to make sure that their princess can go to her dream school -- Boston U or Babson or Middlebury or whatever. I say if you can't make the cut for the top 10, go to your in-state school. The education offered is no different and the name on the resume just doesn't mean anything once you get below a certain level. If you're an engineer from MIT or a finance grad from Wharton/UPenn -- that stands out in some circles and often for life; but your typical person and hiring manager cannot tell you whether a chemistry degree from Maryland is any better or worse than one from Boston U.

Now if the parents are independently wealthy -- do whatever you want. I just don't see killing myself or letting a kid take out HUGE loans bc they can imagine themselves on a certain campus -- I guarantee they'll be fine on some other, cheaper campus as well.

100% agree. Every word. No kid of mine is going to Davidson or University of Richmond. NFW.

+1. Add to this -- I also wouldn't pay out of state tuition to go to a state school in another state because a program is marginally better. If we're still living in Maryland by the time DCs are 18, they are going to UMD. I don't particularly care if Penn State or Rutgers has an undergrad business school or engineering school or whatever ranked 10 places higher than UMD and frankly I don't think hiring managers care either because they don't keep rankings memorized; I think they look at a resume they see -- ok -- big northeastern state school, how well did applicant do there. Now if they can get themselves into a Wharton undergrad or Sloan (MIT) business school then that's a different ballgame and I'll do what I can to make it happen bc those schools do open doors to different kinds of jobs at higher salaries and offer different types of mobility over the years -- I've seen it time and time again. Same thing with fields like engineering -- Caltech, MIT etc. are show stoppers -- otherwise state school like everyone else.

+2. The hand-wringing I've seen on this forum about DCs potentially attending a state school is ludicrous.

I don't wring my hands about it, but while my state university wasn't on the order of today's tuition, it wasn't cheap, either. It's not like back in the day when you could work and cover the costs of tuition plus a simple apartment with a roommate.

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Birth control should be free and handed out in MS and HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Birth control should be free and handed out in MS and HS.

agreed.

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Anonymous wrote:Birth control should be free and handed out in MS and HS.

agreed.

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Anonymous wrote:Birth control should be free and handed out in MS and HS.

agreed.

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Pretty much

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Anonymous wrote:I wish American society didn't put athletes and those in the entertainment industry on pedestals.

Oh, I completely agree. And don't think they deserve to make the sickening amounts of money they make. Our priorities are completely out of whack.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish American society didn't put athletes and those in the entertainment industry on pedestals.

Oh, I completely agree. And don't think they deserve to make the sickening amounts of money they make. Our priorities are completely out of whack.

Sign of a prosperous or poor country.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish American society didn't put athletes and those in the entertainment industry on pedestals.

Oh, I completely agree. And don't think they deserve to make the sickening amounts of money they make. Our priorities are completely out of whack.

And on the other end of the spectrum, I think college athlete who pull in major money for universities should be able to make some sort of profit.

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Anonymous wrote:I wish American society didn't put athletes and those in the entertainment industry on pedestals.

Oh, I completely agree. And don't think they deserve to make the sickening amounts of money they make. Our priorities are completely out of whack.

And on the other end of the spectrum, I think college athlete who pull in major money for universities should be able to make some sort of profit.

Free tuition and meals and other perks. And, a degree from a nice university even if they don't go to class.