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Prophet
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"Delenda est"? How about "Amor omnia vincit"?
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stevelee
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omnis divisa
I probably mentioned this here before, so if I did, here it is again.
Several of us were hanging around in my room during our sophomore year, and somebody asked what was the most useful course we took in high school. Latin was a general consensus. I shudder to think how much worse my spelling would be if I hadn't taken it. Back then the SAT was still a fresh memory for us, and we could have had a sense of how much Latin had helped us with the vocabulary component of our verbal score.
On the negative side, as someone who went to school long enough to be exposed to study of several languages, it bugs me when I can't figure out the etymology of words right off.
Oh, and that brings to mind the obvious help that Latin was to the study of further languages.
Jersey: My second place useful HS course would have been typing. I did not foresee how much I would now use it every day.
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stevelee
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| Prophet wrote: | | "Delenda est"? How about "Amor omnia vincit"? |
The latter seems harder and harder to believe in this delenda est age.
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When WP was in the midst of the college application process, my wife and I took him to the McNab Alumni Legacy weekend (a truly valuable program). During a Q&A session with Admissions personnel from several liberal arts schools, a parent asked if Davidson has a preference for what language appears on the high school transcript. Bill Lawing, who was chairman of the Faculty Committee on Admissions at that time, unhesitatingly replied, to the shock of almost all of the students in attendance, "We like to see Latin." WP had taken Latin in high school only because we made him, so he got an elbow in each side after Bill's reply.
As to typing, that is the one course that I greatly regret not taking. Since the advent of electronic health records and computerized physician order entry, my lack of typing skills has added about 30-60 minutes to each work day. I dictate my notes using Dragon, and the results are frequently amusing.
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71cat
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I am with you DC69. I, too, use Dragon and wish every day that I could type like everyone else. Who would've thought 50 years ago that typing would be a onecessary skill? I got kicked out of typing class for passing a note to girl, which is in my top three regrets involving women.
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| 71cat wrote: | | I am with you DC69. I, too, use Dragon and wish every day that I could type like everyone else. Who would've thought 50 years ago that typing would be a onecessary skill? I got kicked out of typing class for passing a note to girl, which is in my top three regrets involving women. |
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I am way too far down the road to learn new tricks when it comes to women, if that's what you mean.
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| Unc keeps getting commits from 17 and 18 guards. Platek decommit? |
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catnhat
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| I find Whyte's list to be encouraging. There are no P5 schools on it. There are many good choices for basketball. There are many good choices for academics. I hope he comes to the same conclusion we Kool-Aid drinkers have: DC offers the best combination of basketball and academics. |
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CatsUpNorth
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| catnhat wrote: | | I find Whyte's list to be encouraging. There are no P5 schools on it. There are many good choices for basketball. There are many good choices for academics. I hope he comes to the same conclusion we Kool-Aid drinkers have: DC offers the best combination of basketball and academics. |
Yale is the school that worries me the most because of their recent success and the fact that he is from New Haven. But if he wants to play at a higher level than the Ivy League but still values his education (like his list suggests) I feel like we're in a good spot. |
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Acorn
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A10 Talk published a post regarding Walter Whyte's final list, which includes five A10 schools.
| Quote: | | All we know is that there’s almost a 42% chance that he ends up at a school in the A-10 Conference, and that’s pretty incredible. |
I'm not sure that's how probabilities work.
I tend to think that Yale and Davidson have the best chances of landing Whyte. Yale's a pretty good school, but it has a terrible basketball historyâ€"although its teams were very good the past two seasons (and Ivy League basketball has definitely had an upward trend). It's also close to home for Whyte, which could be a good or bad thing, I suppose.
Davidson, as we all know, combines academics and basketball very well. Coach McKillop has built a program that is fully integrated into the unique Davidson experience. If he recruits you like he's apparently recruiting Whyte, then it means he feels good about how you'll fit in with and contribute to the program's very healthy culture.
It may come down to how much he likes New Haven winters. |
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Acorn
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Was anyone able to read this article? Care to share the gist?
Luke Frampton appears to be another great fit with the Davidson basketball program. |
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