It’s funny, when we were looking at high schools last year, there was one that my daughter kind of liked that would have looked really fab on a college application. She would have been a star there, but I worried that she wouldn’t learn enough to do well in college. I went to a medium-crummy working-class high school and I felt very uneducated in college in comparison to my fellow-students whose high schools were more rigorous.
“A boss once instructed me that “with all due respect” means no respect (sounds nice, but leaves open the Q of how much respect is actually due), whereas “I respectfully disagree” unequivocally means respect. Anyone else understand it that way?”
Yes. Learned in Moot Court never to say “with all due respect” but to instead say, “I respectfully disagree” or just “Respectfully….”
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OK, I am looking for someone to share this tidbit with and here you are. I just heard about the brother of a friend of my daughter’s who is graduating from Murray Bergtram High School of Business (third-rate ghetto school in lower Manhattan) and is on his way to HARVARD! Second generation Chinese kid.
ha. that’s awesome. and people are always saying and placing blame on it’s the teachers, it’s the school, it’s the public school curriculum.. NOT. the resources are there, you just have to use them. that’s nice to hear RF. however i always giggle when i hear the names of some of these public schools.
“however are there really landlords out there who dont let their tenants have access to the back yard?”
well, my old landlord didn’t (and he didn’t even live in the same building, he lived in an adjacent building and had a door that opened up into our yard!)
During my long, drawn out apt search earlier in the year I encountered alot of garden apts with no yard access. Also alot that said ‘no smoking’, indoors OR on the stoop – so i’d have to walk down the block for a smoke.
I love dealing with a large mgmt company as a landlord rather than a crazy small time landlord.
I think your understanding of the intern program is correct Arkady. It is invaluable for teenagers to get a preview of the world of work and regarding degrees, I sometimes wish I did something different but I have had the strange experience of seeing extremely well educated people with Brahmin degrees struggling to situate themselves in the world of work. My Mexican Spanish tutor has a Phd from Cambridge in Physics and did post-graduate work at MIT. She is trying to get a financial engineer job in the financial industry and she can’t even get arrested. I think she might have other issues but so much success is related to understanding the world at large, what is needed out there and positioning yourself correctly.
I tried introducing her to a few people but she just can’t seem to get it together 🙁
A boss once instructed me that “with all due respect” means no respect (sounds nice, but leaves open the Q of how much respect is actually due), whereas “I respectfully disagree” unequivocally means respect. Anyone else understand it that way?
CGar – it’s not that exciting – I just said I think the servers at Hooters wear orange shorts that make their butts look cute.
It’s funny, when we were looking at high schools last year, there was one that my daughter kind of liked that would have looked really fab on a college application. She would have been a star there, but I worried that she wouldn’t learn enough to do well in college. I went to a medium-crummy working-class high school and I felt very uneducated in college in comparison to my fellow-students whose high schools were more rigorous.
“A boss once instructed me that “with all due respect” means no respect (sounds nice, but leaves open the Q of how much respect is actually due), whereas “I respectfully disagree” unequivocally means respect. Anyone else understand it that way?”
Yes. Learned in Moot Court never to say “with all due respect” but to instead say, “I respectfully disagree” or just “Respectfully….”
Ok, I’ll change it. jessi, I respectfully disagree. Whatever floats your boat.
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OK, I am looking for someone to share this tidbit with and here you are. I just heard about the brother of a friend of my daughter’s who is graduating from Murray Bergtram High School of Business (third-rate ghetto school in lower Manhattan) and is on his way to HARVARD! Second generation Chinese kid.
ha. that’s awesome. and people are always saying and placing blame on it’s the teachers, it’s the school, it’s the public school curriculum.. NOT. the resources are there, you just have to use them. that’s nice to hear RF. however i always giggle when i hear the names of some of these public schools.
*rob*
“however are there really landlords out there who dont let their tenants have access to the back yard?”
well, my old landlord didn’t (and he didn’t even live in the same building, he lived in an adjacent building and had a door that opened up into our yard!)
During my long, drawn out apt search earlier in the year I encountered alot of garden apts with no yard access. Also alot that said ‘no smoking’, indoors OR on the stoop – so i’d have to walk down the block for a smoke.
I love dealing with a large mgmt company as a landlord rather than a crazy small time landlord.
I think your understanding of the intern program is correct Arkady. It is invaluable for teenagers to get a preview of the world of work and regarding degrees, I sometimes wish I did something different but I have had the strange experience of seeing extremely well educated people with Brahmin degrees struggling to situate themselves in the world of work. My Mexican Spanish tutor has a Phd from Cambridge in Physics and did post-graduate work at MIT. She is trying to get a financial engineer job in the financial industry and she can’t even get arrested. I think she might have other issues but so much success is related to understanding the world at large, what is needed out there and positioning yourself correctly.
I tried introducing her to a few people but she just can’t seem to get it together 🙁
“CGar, go read hooter thread. JB switching teams – she’s now competition with you for some hot ladies”
Can you post the link in the OT please???
If JB and I switch teams TOGETHER, that could make for a fun 3-way!!! (For ME at least!!)
DH, you always effing crack me up!! Benson, can’t venture outside today, so thanks for posting that quote here.
A boss once instructed me that “with all due respect” means no respect (sounds nice, but leaves open the Q of how much respect is actually due), whereas “I respectfully disagree” unequivocally means respect. Anyone else understand it that way?