mosdefn14 said:

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Whatever you do, let them join a FLO

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eww gross.

Tookieclothespin said:

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mosdefn14 said:

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Whatever you do, let them join a FLO

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eww gross.

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Fish Leadership Org?

I have a sophomore. She's active in the right groups and just as conservative as when she went in. If anything, I trying to teach her to reason with those who have different rather than try to shame them

Got 12 years till my oldest starts. Hoping things change drastically between now and then.

I think most would be surprised at how conservative the student body at A&M still is compared to most universities. Of course as we've grown, the number of loons has too - its a percentage of enrollment - but the vast majority of students are still pretty damn conservative.

She hot ? You looking for a future aggie son in law ?

The battle isn't fought in the safe rear areas. It is fought on the front lines, and unfortunately, fate has determined that even in ideological battles, it is often fought by the young. I'm not sure it is a better strategy to cede the academic battlegrounds to the progressive left, because they will certainly exploit it and follow you to the next hill.

I first heard the word "libertarian" in student govt as a soph in the fall of 1974. From my daughter's ('12) experience SGA retains a thread of libertarian proclivities...

My thought is why risk it?

The time has come for conservative / traditional minded Americans to simply avoid what the bulk of higher education has become. It is more or less a post world war 2 phenomena with relatively shallow roots, the federal-backed loans and the well known disastrous financial results for young people will probably ensure the bubble bursts even before accounting for the extremely damaging social and ideological results of college for many kids.

Better off giving your kids $100k as real estate down payment and they can learn to landlord

Time for conservative/libertarians to demand excellence in education and non-political indoctrination. Fight every step of the way, just do not accept and demand, demand, demand.

We NEED educated people and as important as STEM is, we need conservative/libertarians that know history, literature, art, etc. We cannot cede higher education to "them".

cecil77 said:

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Time for conservative/libertarians to demand excellence in education and non-political indoctrination. Fight every step of the way, just do not accept and demand, demand, demand.

We NEED educated people and as important as STEM is, we need conservative/libertarians that know history, literature, art, etc. We cannot cede higher education to "them".

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cecil77 said:

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Time for conservative/libertarians to demand excellence in education and non-political indoctrination. Fight every step of the way, just do not accept and demand, demand, demand.

We NEED educated people and as important as STEM is, we need conservative/libertarians that know history, literature, art, etc. We cannot cede higher education to "them".

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Just build parallel institutions. Just as Baptist theology schools are not Catholic, and vice-versa.

Respectively disagree with that analogy. Education should be education. Like preachers, a good teacher will never let politics show. A great teacher will not let politics show, but ever student will be convinced that the teacher is of their tribe.

If we do our job and raise them right when they are young, they will be good when they get older.

cecil77 said:

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Respectively disagree with that analogy. Education should be education. Like preachers, a good teacher will never let politics show. A great teacher will not let politics show, but ever student will be convinced that the teacher is of their tribe.

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Not the least bit interested these days `what should be' Only what IS. You have to deal with what is. The present system is broken. Only a parallel competition (There is that key American word the Left seeks to suffocate) can break it up.

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Yes, but the decision to send her to Colorado School of Mines got a whole lot easier given the bs on campus and not having to be subjected to liberal arts majors/professors.

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My daughter had a 1500+ on her SAT's, graduated Magna Cum Laude (top 100) from a Cy-Fair high school, was captain of her team in two varsity sports, had over 100 hours of volunteer work at a soup kitchen, and still got waitlisted at CSM.

Her non-white friend that had MUCH lower qualifications started at CSM this fall.

God help you with CSM if your kid is white.

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That's nuts.

My daughter is white and finished top 2% in a private high school, also ran cross country four years, did lots of volunteering, etc. This may sound dumb but I really think it stood out on her college resume that she had worked (at Chick Fil A) since she turned 16.

Here's the crazy part. Mines gave her enough in scholarships to make it equal to the cost of A&M. A&M gave her nothing but gave a lower ranked boy in her class (who happened to be a minority) a full ride. These were all for engineering. I don't get it.

I will say this after spending a good amount of time at Mines over the past two years. We made the right decision in my eyes. Everybody is there for a reason, there's no screwing around, zero liberal arts bs, and I am blown away every time at how friendly everyone is. I also don't get the "white" comment. That's the most white bread school I've ever seen. I jokingly told my daughter we were the minorities since we're tanned being from Texas.

Could they have been thinking of another Colorado campus like Boulder?

WestAustinAg said:

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I have a17 year old who can likely get into Texas A&M engineering. I have the same concerns.

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I live in Austin, and have a sophomore in Texas A&M engineering.

- Realize that Texas A&M is still predominantly conservative. It's no Hillsdale, but it's still overwhelmingly conservative.
- Unlike in Austin, where conservative students have to hide, folks in College Station are more open
- Kid moved off campus this year, apartment complex had Come And Take It and Trump flags everywhere
- Unlike ISDs (and definitely unlike AISD) the teachers aren't mostly commies. So far my kiddo has had some
outstanding professors, who are mostly apolitical, and they are really good
- There are plenty of religious organizations that your child can be part of (if so inclined)
- Plus we have Jimbo