[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

Please explain then, why in all primates (our closest cousins in the animal kingdom) are the males stronger than the females?

Only women can give birth (last time I checked), so we never "divided" into anything...

Your "office" analogy has absolutely NOTHING to do with sports, the actual topic at hand...

Actually, in Benovo (may not be spelled correctly) Monkeys, the female monkeys dominate the group. I don.t know why?

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

I completely agree with you, I just wish we had capitalism here.

Well we are mostly capitalistic but too many people do not understand that you get ahead with hard work not with govt taking care of you.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Actually, it is that rich people place other rich people on the school board. Then they vote out expensive programs like vocational (big in the old days) making everyone believe that they MUST go to college and shunning those that prefer to work with their hands. The end result is that property taxes are kept as low as possible by lowering public school costs.

Where do you come up with this?

My county (Montgomery County, MD), and the HS my kids went to (Churchill HS, which consistently ranked in the top 3 in the State) spends about 1/2 per student than Baltimore County. They spend about 1/3 of what DC spends per student, with us paying SIGNIFICANTLY higher property taxes.

........The other method is to emphasize PRIVATE schools. And then in the private schools, there are many students that will buy the latest fashions like various VERY EXPENSIVE shoe designs and clothing. It becomes pure Capitalism and a high-level consumer's heaven.

No idea what this has to do with the discussion, but sure, why not...

I guess you're unaware of the kids being robbed (and even killed) over their expensive sneakers and jackets in the poorer PUBLIC schools...

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by RayMan

jimjamuser You should educate yourself before talking such nonsense. No one wakes up and decides to switch genders... Did you have to sleep with a man to "decide" you were heterosexual? No, you just knew...right? The same goes for gays, lesbians, trans, etc... They know. It's just that because of the lack of acceptance from their family, part of society, etc... they wait to come out when they've built up enough courage to deal with all the negativity that comes from ignorant people like yourself. Live and Let Live!!

You see, first you insult someone for disagreeing with you. Then you post something which has little to no scientific evidence to support it. You based your entire post on the idea that LGBTQ "decide" they are not CIS. Some do. Most don't. So, maybe it is you who should educate yourself.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Actually, in Benovo (may not be spelled correctly) Monkeys, the female monkeys dominate the group. I don.t know why?

Because they're closer to humans? Happy wife (monkey) happy life?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by GATORBILL66

So if you had a daughter, would it be okay if she had to compete against men? Adidas is promoting men who are transgenders competing against women. That ain't right!

If a transgender man (someone born with the body parts of a woman, but lives as a man) wanted to compete against men, would you be okay with that? If they had their breasts removed, are taking testosterone to make sure their levels are the same as the biological male counterparts, have facial hair, and no uterus or fallopian tubes?

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

My county (Montgomery County, MD), and the HS my kids went to (Churchill HS, which consistently ranked in the top 3 in the State) spends about 1/2 per student than Baltimore County. They spend about 1/3 of what DC spends per student, with us paying SIGNIFICANTLY higher property taxes.
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Yours is one, I might say it is THE exception however I am sure there are other examples of "good school systems".

MOST are not efficient. Most have overpaid administration structures. And most have very poor outcomes despite all the money being spent.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Actually, it is that rich people place other rich people on the school board. Then they vote out expensive programs like vocational (big in the old days) making everyone believe that they MUST go to college and shunning those that prefer to work with their hands. The end result is that property taxes are kept as low as possible by lowering public school costs.
........The other method is to emphasize PRIVATE schools. And then in the private schools, there are many students that will buy the latest fashions like various VERY EXPENSIVE shoe designs and clothing. It becomes pure Capitalism and a high-level consumer's heaven.

More gibberish……

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

You see, first you insult someone for disagreeing with you. Then you post something which has little to no scientific evidence to support it. You based your entire post on the idea that LGBTQ "decide" they are not CIS. Some do. Most don't. So, maybe it is you who should educate yourself.

Ummm... Methinks that you're actually AGREEING with what RayMan said...

I suggest you go back and CAREFULLY re-read his post...

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Actually, in Benovo (may not be spelled correctly) Monkeys, the female monkeys dominate the group. I don.t know why?

Bonobo, Google is your friend.

[Bayco]

Originally Posted by I'm Popeye!

I agree 100% Stu....., but we found out 2 weeks ago that some people can not determine or identify a "Woman" when asked to define a woman...

Sure. Make this remark and ignore the context the question was asked. This entire post is very political.

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by MartinSE

Yours is one, I might say it is THE exception however I am sure there are other examples of "good school systems".

MOST are not efficient. Most have overpaid administration structures. And most have very poor outcomes despite all the money being spent.

I never said our system is efficient. They waste money with the best of them. They SHOULD be paying their teachers more, as well.

It's just that they don't waste money on the epic scale that other places do...

If spending more money was the answer, those areas spending 3 X's as much should have much better results, right?

Oh, and much of their success comes from parental involvement...

I remember one "Back to School Night". A new teacher walked into his "standing room only classroom, thinking many of us were in the wrong room. When he was assured we were all in the right place, he commented that he had never had that many people over the entire night as he did in his first period class...

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

If a transgender man (someone born with the body parts of a woman, but lives as a man) wanted to compete against men, would you be okay with that? If they had their breasts removed, are taking testosterone to make sure their levels are the same as the biological male counterparts, have facial hair, and no uterus or fallopian tubes?

Point made, I agree. I also say, the same could be said for Intersex people and others.

Whaat about Trisomy women, women with three Chromosomes? There are around 0.1% in the general population - that would be about 150,000 in the general population. Hmm. wonder what they are, since I have been told in this forum under no uncertain terms, that men have 2 and women have two. So, those 150,000 "people" (maybe not people?) are something else?

There is another case called Triploidy with 3 sets of Chromosomes which affects arounds 2% of all pregnancies but it is almost always fatal - the baby/fetus seldom survives. What do we put on their death/birth certificates? Male, female? I guess those fetuses just DECIDED to have 3...

It seems so easy to define "woman" today.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Originally Posted by Stu from NYC

If a woman works her tail off to get an athletic scholarship and than along comes a male who decides to be a female and gets her scholarship is that ok with you?

If it was your daughter would you say who cares? I do not think so.

If a man works his tail off to get an athletic scholarship and along comes a woman who "decides to be a male" and gets his scholarship and beats the snot out of the first man because the transgender man turned out to be just flat out better at the sport than the non-trans man, does that make the non-trans man a wuss? Or does it just make the one who transed better at the sport?

[MartinSE]

Originally Posted by JMintzer

I never said our system is efficient. They waste money with the best of them. They SHOULD be paying their teachers more, as well.

It's just that they don't waste money on the epic scale that other places do...

If spending more money was the answer, those areas spending 3 X's as much should have much better results, right?

Oh, and much of their success comes from parental involvement...

I remember one "Back to School Night". A new teacher walked into his "standing room only classroom, thinking many of us were in the wrong room. When he was assured we were all in the right place, he commented that he had never had that many people over the entire night as he did in his first period class...

Sorry, I should have been clearer and said your school was "more efficient" .

I completely agree, parental involvement is a major factor in school success. Of course that will open the door to what the parents should be involved in, but that is another debate.

Let's just agree that the more a child's parents are involved in their education and "up bringing" (there an oldie phrase) the better the odds are for a positive outcome for the child. If only everyone could be more involved, I wonder what they isn't the case?