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Ok, humble brag time but I do have an issue with my kids I don't know how to handle, and would love some advice: Lots of folks are on here are posting things like "There's no way I could get into UT now" - but I'm in the opposite boat - I'd have no problem getting into UT these days with my grades/scores from 20+ years ago. I was 4th in my class (not 4%, 4th), and had a ~1500 SAT. And I didn't really work hard at it. Never took any prep courses for the SAT, didn't have to cram to study - it all just came pretty easy for me. I was that kid in high school who did all of his homework in the cafeteria right before the bell rang and got all the questions correct, or who could read the 350 page novel for English once and remember everything about it without a problem, or who finished their test first and aced it and then got in trouble for disrupting the class because I was bored since everyone was slower than me. There was this time in AP physics where I just "got" the concept (I don't remember what it was now), and the teacher asked me to come and explain it to the class, but I couldn't explain how it worked, it just made sense to me and I could work it out in my head but not explain what was going on to get to the correct answer. I was the only person who got an A on that test. I also lettered in more than one sport, was in UIL academics, and still had time to get drunk enough at a party to go the hospital for alcohol poisoning because, again, I just didn't need to study hard so I could do all of that stuff and keep my grades up. To some extent UT was a "wake up call" - but it's because I got some Bs my freshman year instead of all As. The only C I ever got in my life was crim law my 1L year of Law School, and even then it was because 1) crim law just didn't engage me, and 2) crim law was on Tuesday/Thursday afternoons in the Spring, and I would skip a lot of Tuesday classes to go watch baseball games at the Disch (it's not my fault they built the Law School so close to the baseball stadium). The problem is I don't think my kids will be like that - I love them, and they are smart kids who aren't struggling academically, but they aren't testing the way I was testing at their ages. My oldest is in 2nd grade and is doing fine - but I distinctly remember taking some standardized test in 1st grade and the school talking to my parents because I had gotten the highest score in the whole grade and they wanted to see about me skipping grades (to my parent's credit - they didn't make me skip grades, and I'm glad they didn't as I think that my social skills would have suffered if I did). She's in the top 85% of her class with her MAP scores, so she's smart and gets the concepts, but she's not the smartest kid in the school smart (which I'm fine with, or course). I still have a lot of time, but I don't know what I need to do to help them be prepared because I didn't need the help myself - so I don't have anything to fall back on as "well, this worked for me." Is anyone else in this boat, and is there anything that has helped you give your kids the assistance they will need at times when you didn't need it yourself when you were their age?

Yeah, heard it for sure. My dog about hit the roof.

Are you living in 2021? The FDA fully-approved Paxlovid in May 2023 (about 2 years after the original EUA) for "the treatment of mild-to-moderate coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in adults who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death. FDA has determined that Paxlovid is safe and effective when used in accordance with the FDA-approved labeling." And there was clinical trials for both patients with a previous Covid infection and vaccines prior to the full FDA approval. From the FDA's website: If a doctor prescribes it, they obviously think there is a potential benefit to their patient. These aren't people going to Tractor Supply and buying ivermectin, these are presumably people who go to a doctor, test positive for Covid, and getting prescribed a treatment, and then following the advice of their doctor. Again, substitute "flu" for Covid, and "TamiFlu" for Paxlovid, and no one would bat an eye.

The post I originally quoted from @Skipper (the one that you quoted when responding to me) was calling the people he knew irrational for taking Paxlovid after they had been vaxxed, boosted, etc. And since you were commenting about on that and talked about irradiating covid instead of using a therapeutic to treat symptoms, it sure seemed like you either missed the point (intentionally or unintentionally), or were supporting the original comments that I was responding to.

As God intended.

If/when Billionaire David Booth dies and his home/acreage off 2222 on Lake Austin becomes a sculpture garden, that will be the day: https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/david-booth-art-collection/home/

I think you missed the point. Why does it matter if someone gets Paxlovid when they test positive? How is that a sign they are acting irrationally? therapeutics aren’t a cure, they aren’t a prophylactic, they don’t try to “eradicate”, they simply treat/lesson symptoms. It’s akin to saying someone who takes ibuprofen for a headache is crazy, because a headache won’t kill them, so why should they try to alleviate the symptom?

I get the flu shot every year. If I contracted the flu, I'd still go get TamiFlu. I generally don't see the issue with going to get an approved prescription that lessons the symptoms/severity of the infection if you contract the virus.

Did you ever read the Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons? It's 4 books. It's very good. Kinda prescient because it deals with AI (he calls it the Techno-Core). It gets a little weird in the last book, but all in all I enjoyed it. I just re-read it again. The Shrike is one of the best "monsters" ever.

Cosine.

What a race-baiting fear monger. Only citizens can vote. Legal status means green card, which does not confer status. It's just a legal residency. Even if you say "but their kids will be citizens" - Biden won't be alive in 18+ years when those kids are first eligible to vote, much less running for anything.

I do, for baseball, because I couldn't get 4 together in the "tier" I wanted. So I have 2 in one tier, 2 in the other, and then just plan to sit in empty seats for 90% of the games.

Freudian slip or joke I don't get?

They are on the lot now most places.

Rivian does, but you have to do a lease first. You do the lease, which gets the $7,500 credit applied to the purchase price (it's available for fleet sales regardless of income or anything else is my understanding), then buy out the lease. I beleive you can do it without any penalty. But they are about 50% more expensive than the MachE or Model Y.

I don’t mind this site sometimes The insights you can glean I can taste the chicken fried steaks And smell them through my screen Pepper and cream gravy Posted by a bunch of tools Who’ll never know how our NIL Stacks up with other schools

The kid's in 6th grade, you lunatic. I didn't start getting drunk until 8th grade.

I ate there so many times as a child. Many times it was before going to Flores Country Store. I guess my parents did alright by me.

That's, uh, based on your browsing behavior there champ.

I'm going to need you to go read a history book and get back to me.

Why does Rice play Texas?

Pics or GTFO

Can't beleive the kitchen sent that out with a bite already taken out of one of the shrimp.

I'm the opposite, I hate Bloody Mary bars, because I always get the ratios messed up. I'd rather have a bartender who knows what he/she is doing make it right.