Cancer

[FrostKing]

My mother was recently diagnosed with breast. Small & non-aggressive. Last year clear tests. My father has had prostate for almost 5 years. My 40-year old female cousin recently positive too.

What are my odds :lol

Stay healthy. Get tested frequently and prepare fellas.

[spurraider21]

its a bitch and sometimes basically impossible to catch early since you dont figure to run tests until you are experiencing symptoms. regular screening is key particularly when you reach a specific risk age. my wife had hodgkins as a kid so she gets fairly regular screening now. when we're done having kids she plans to get a double mastectomy since she's already at risk

[Joseph Kony]

cancer fucking sucks. sorry about your mom, hope she can beat it

[lefty]

Sorry to hear that man, hoping she'll beat it

[Ef-man]

Yup, cancer sucks.

Best wishes for your family.

[Xevious]

Both my parents and both sets of grandparents have had cancer of one type or the other. The only one that never did was my paternal grandmother who died of Alzheimer's. The odds are not in my favor. But what are you going to do? See your doc once a year and do all the necessary screening.

I'm sorry about your mom.

[baseline bum]

Get that taken care of early and screen every year. If you get breast cancer removed early you have a great chance at many more years. If you don't and it metastasizes you're absolutely boned. Any of us who lives to 70 is likely to get it at some point, just another disease of aging. But with early action when you can get it all cut out before spreading things can look good as scary as it is to hear the c word.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Men over 55 should honestly get their prostate cut out. I mean you're past your prime for sex and procreation anyway and the only thing that's likely beyond that age is prostate cancer. Happens to roughly half of all older men regardless of family history, diet, exercise, or healthy habits.

[SpursforSix]

cancer fucking sucks. sorry about your mom, hope she can beat it

Trust me, she knows how to beat it.

sorry FK.

[SpursforSix]

My mother was recently diagnosed with breast. Small & non-aggressive. Last year clear tests. My father has had prostate for almost 5 years. My 40-year old female cousin recently positive too.

What are my odds :lol

Stay healthy. Get tested frequently and prepare fellas.

Not to play doctor but Tumeric has been shown to help. I wish I could find the article but one of the big Pharmas is integrating curcumin into one of their cancer medications.

[pgardn]

My mother was recently diagnosed with breast. Small & non-aggressive. Last year clear tests. My father has had prostate for almost 5 years. My 40-year old female cousin recently positive too.

What are my odds :lol

Stay healthy. Get tested frequently and prepare fellas.

You can actually get some sort of odds if all the people you mentioned and yourself get genetically tested.
But, your female relatives have to have a certain type of breast cancer.
And it’s not the same as testing for antigens associated with certain cancers. that indicate you probably have the disease.
It gets tough: Do you really want to know (genetically) if you have tested clean for cancer cells antigen wise?

My mother in law decided not to get tested genetically even though one of her daughters has the type of breast cancer that has a genetic test ((marker) My wife decided not to get tested as well. And we still don’t have genetic tests for all cancers. Also the numbers you would be given if you have the genetic marker would best be explained by a genetic counselor.

[Robz4000]

My condolences brother. Hope she's able to beat it and live many more years.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Best of luck, brother. My mom currently has some follow-up appointments in the next 2 weeks to either rule out or confirm some abnormal labs and new onset symptoms. It’s a helpless, scary feeling.

[lefty]

Sending positive vibes to everyone and their families

[Millennial_Messiah]

You can actually get some sort of odds if all the people you mentioned and yourself get genetically tested.
But, your female relatives have to have a certain type of breast cancer.
And it’s not the same as testing for antigens associated with certain cancers. that indicate you probably have the disease.
It gets tough: Do you really want to know (genetically) if you have tested clean for cancer cells antigen wise?

My mother in law decided not to get tested genetically even though one of her daughters has the type of breast cancer that has a genetic test ((marker) My wife decided not to get tested as well. And we still don’t have genetic tests for all cancers. Also the numbers you would be given if you have the genetic marker would best be explained by a genetic counselor.

If you know, and you test positive for likelihood of cancer, then at least you can go full Angelina Jolie and get the necessary organs removed in advance before it's too late. Hey she may not have her reproductive organs anymore but she has kids and she has life, what more do you need?

[pgardn]

If you know, and you test positive for likelihood of cancer, then at least you can go full Angelina Jolie and get the necessary organs removed in advance before it's too late. Hey she may not have her reproductive organs anymore but she has kids and she has life, what more do you need?

You will get a probability most likely.
And if it is really a "necessary organ" I think you would choose not to have both lungs removed. (and your doc wont do it, go to Russia and donate your lungs and your death) jk

It gets tough if the decision comes down to removing both breasts that have no evidence of cancer (and you get them removed after being given a probability.)

[Millennial_Messiah]

You will get a probability most likely.
And if it is really a "necessary organ" I think you would choose not to have both lungs removed. (and your doc wont do it, go to Russia and donate your lungs and your death) jk

It gets tough if the decision comes down to removing both breasts that have no evidence of cancer (and you get them removed after being given a probability.)
If the probability is significantly high and you're 45+ and done with having kids then it's a no brainer imo if your insurance will cover it or at least most of it less some reasonable deductible and coinsurance.

Yeah if it's your lungs then obviously stop smoking (anything), stay away from factories, get a radon mitigation system in your basement if you have one. If you smoked then get a chest x-ray once a year, it's typically covered by insurance.

Obviously there's a few of the rarer cancers like glioblastoma that you cannot typically predict and literally not do anything about, but they're relatively rare, similar to something like ALS or Huntington's disease.

For people at average risk for all cancer (i.e. not at a genetically heightened risk) there are many things you can do to prevent cancer, such as eating an antioxidant rich diet, minimizing both added sugars and artificial sweeteners, not eating fast food and minimizing greasy fried foods, don't eat french fries or otherwise deep fried potatoes like tater tots etc, don't eat charred well done meats, don't eat processed meats that contain nitrites or added nitrates, don't eat stuff like candy or pastries more than once or twice per year, don't smoke (cigs/cigars/weed/e-cigs are all roughly equally bad), minimize drinking to one drink per night or less, exercise plenty, minimize stress, minimize exposure to emotional trauma and/or depression, maximize adrenaline and happiness in life (that's underrated), and maintaining a good social life and sex life helps too surprisingly enough. Loners live shorter lives.

Also, sleeping at least eight hours per 24 hour day (i.e. night) on average is invaluably important, because your brain, organs, and cells need downtime to rest and recuperate. People who are chronically sleep deprived due to work or other life drama also live shorter lives.

[pgardn]

If the probability is significantly high and you're 45+ and done with having kids then it's a no brainer imo if your insurance will cover it or at least most of it less some reasonable deductible and coinsurance.

Yeah if it's your lungs then obviously stop smoking (anything), stay away from factories, get a radon mitigation system in your basement if you have one. If you smoked then get a chest x-ray once a year, it's typically covered by insurance.

Obviously there's a few of the rarer cancers like glioblastoma that you cannot typically predict and literally not do anything about, but they're relatively rare, similar to something like ALS or Huntington's disease.

For people at average risk for all cancer (i.e. not at a genetically heightened risk) there are many things you can do to prevent cancer, such as eating an antioxidant rich diet, minimizing both added sugars and artificial sweeteners, not eating fast food and minimizing greasy fried foods, don't eat french fries or otherwise deep fried potatoes like tater tots etc, don't eat charred well done meats, don't eat processed meats that contain nitrites or added nitrates, don't eat stuff like candy or pastries more than once or twice per year, don't smoke (cigs/cigars/weed/e-cigs are all roughly equally bad), minimize drinking to one drink per night or less, exercise plenty, minimize stress, minimize exposure to emotional trauma and/or depression, maximize adrenaline and happiness in life (that's underrated), and maintaining a good social life and sex life helps too surprisingly enough. Loners live shorter lives.

Also, sleeping at least eight hours per 24 hour day (i.e. night) on average is invaluably important, because your brain, organs, and cells need downtime to rest and recuperate. People who are chronically sleep deprived due to work or other life drama also live shorter lives.

Your eating and healthy life style are important.
Which makes the GENETIC probability that much more unreliable.
Some of these are brand new markers without a huge amount of data.
So if yo get a range of 20% to 50% ….? You have to be in that situation to answer the “what to do”
We can pontificate all we want with the luxury of not being faced with the decision.


The lung thing was a dark joke.
Kinda like my joke about the girl you put up in the rate her thread.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Your eating and healthy life style are important.
Which makes the GENETIC probability that much more unreliable.
Some of these are brand new markers without a huge amount of data.
So if yo get a range of 20% to 50% ….? You have to be in that situation to answer the “what to do”
We can pontificate all we want with the luxury of not being faced with the decision.


The lung thing was a dark joke.
Kinda like my joke about the girl you put up in the rate her thread.
That 20-50% chance would be large enough for me to strongly consider removal of reproductive organs that are not necessary to survival. Hopefully you're not on one of those shitty Obamacare plans that have like zero network and wouldn't cover such an operation.

[DeadlyDynasty]

That 20-50% chance would be large enough for me to strongly consider removal of reproductive organs that are not necessary to survival. Hopefully you're not on one of those shitty Obamacare plans that have like zero network and wouldn't cover such an operation.
Your insurance covers elective prostatectomy?

[Millennial_Messiah]

Your insurance covers elective prostatectomy?

Not yet, but hopefully in the future. Hopefully in the future American society sees the truth which is that healthcare is a right and not a privilege while education is a privilege and not a right. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... healthcare = life. Education is a privilege and should be privatized.

[pgardn]

Not yet, but hopefully in the future. Hopefully in the future American society sees the truth which is that healthcare is a right and not a privilege while education is a privilege and not a right. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... healthcare = life. Education is a privilege and should be privatized.

One of the main aspects of the 50s -60s that put us technologically ahead and gave us more equality in income was public education.
But you want education to become privileged, as in only the ________ get an education?

[pgardn]

That 20-50% chance would be large enough for me to strongly consider removal of reproductive organs that are not necessary to survival. Hopefully you're not on one of those shitty Obamacare plans that have like zero network and wouldn't cover such an operation.

And I’m saying it’s easy for you to say this because you don’t walk in the shoes…
So you are a young man with high risk for prostate cancer… you would never let anyone fool with your chances to pass your seed on to a fat blond midwestern woman to bear your children. Plus she would make casseroles for you only if you were fertile.

[Millennial_Messiah]

And I’m saying it’s easy for you to say this because you don’t walk in the shoes…
So you are a young man with high risk for prostate cancer… you would never let anyone fool with your chances to pass your seed on to a fat blond midwestern woman to bear your children. Plus she would make casseroles for you only if you were fertile.

like I said, you wait until you're 50 ish and past the prime age for procreation

[Millennial_Messiah]

One of the main aspects of the 50s -60s that put us technologically ahead and gave us more equality in income was public education.
But you want education to become privileged, as in only the ________ get an education?

Public education used to be better generations ago, but now it's in the toilet with all these ultra culturally left wing principals, superintendents, indoctrinated educators that went to today's public university system etc. that are extremely permissive and preach infinite chances and safety nets rather than accountability and law and order. From an early age these kids are taught to be dumb and that bad behavior and slacking is okay because there will be infinite excuses and chances made for them compared to past generations. In school suspension has become essentially a second recess. These kids either graduate or drop out of high school and become chronic shoplifters, looters, rioters, and career progressive policy sign holders in mobs as opposed to actual productive members of society.

Defund public education. It was one purposeful but not for at least a generation.

[Big Empty]

Yep. Fk cancer. Lost my sis to it, she had a 2 year old. She didnt drink or smoke so for the last 18 years it turned me into a heavy drinker. My mom then got it but she survived, but i believe the radiation and chemo sped along dementia…sux gotta keep truckin

[pgardn]

Public education used to be better generations ago, but now it's in the toilet with all these ultra culturally left wing principals, superintendents, indoctrinated educators that went to today's public university system etc. that are extremely permissive and preach infinite chances and safety nets rather than accountability and law and order. From an early age these kids are taught to be dumb and that bad behavior and slacking is okay because there will be infinite excuses and chances made for them compared to past generations. In school suspension has become essentially a second recess. These kids either graduate or drop out of high school and become chronic shoplifters, looters, rioters, and career progressive policy sign holders in mobs as opposed to actual productive members of society.

Defund public education. It was one purposeful but not for at least a generation.

Its already defunded.

You mean drop outs cant find a good job like plumbing, electrician, or tattoo artist?
Private education in Texas is half scams. These private schoolers that enter good public schools and try to take tougher classes are way behind.
They wont give the teachers any problems but the catching up is enormous if they try to enter good public schools in well to do socioeconomic areas.
There are however some great private schools as well. But they are almost always real non profit run by really good people.

This is what I gather in SA anyways.

[SpursforSix]

Its already defunded.

You mean drop outs cant find a good job like plumbing, electrician, or tattoo artist?
Private education in Texas is half scams. These private schoolers that enter good public schools and try to take tougher classes are way behind.
They wont give the teachers any problems but the catching up is enormous if they try to enter good public schools in well to do socioeconomic areas.
There are however some great private schools as well. But they are almost always real non profit run by really good people.

This is what I gather in SA anyways.

It all depends on the private school. We sent my daughter to a very small (and relatively inexpensive) private school because the public schools in the area had a lot of issues (poor education, drugs, etc). When she was in 8th grade, we moved to a different county that had some tremendous private schools. But by that point, she didn't want to change schools because of her friends. So we just let her stay at the private school. However, if she had gone to the public alternative, she could have almost knocked out a year of college credits.

But for the really great private schools in our area, you're looking at around $30,000 plus per year. The most widely recognized one has tuition of $23,000 for Kindergarten. But yeah...the education is fantastic.

[leemajors]

It all depends on the private school. We sent my daughter to a very small (and relatively inexpensive) private school because the public schools in the area had a lot of issues (poor education, drugs, etc). When she was in 8th grade, we moved to a different county that had some tremendous private schools. But by that point, she didn't want to change schools because of her friends. So we just let her stay at the private school. However, if she had gone to the public alternative, she could have almost knocked out a year of college credits.

But for the really great private schools in our area, you're looking at around $30,000 plus per year. The most widely recognized one has tuition of $23,000 for Kindergarten. But yeah...the education is fantastic.

All depends on the public school, too.

[SpursforSix]

All depends on the public school, too.

100%. When we moved, the public school had classes or off campus classes for tons of different vocations. All my kid has was two AP classes.
But the district we moved away from didn't have shit really. We pretty much acknowledged that sending her to the cheap private school was just paying to keep her out of potentially bad situations.

[Chucho]

FUUUCCCCKKKKK cancer.

Cancer is what brought us out to California. My father in law died of Mesothelioma on my birthday of 2010, tumultuous to say the least. In the next 3 years, my mother in law would develop uterine cancer, thankfully they caught it in time and she was well for awhile before she had another tumor found in her stomach, she recouped well. My mother and Uncle would develop bone cancer both and die within 60 days of each other in 2013.

I wish you and your mom the best.

[pgardn]

All depends on the public school, too.

The difference between a school like Brandeis and Lanier is enormous.
NISD v. SASD

Look at what section of the city they are in.
Then it becomes very obvious.

[pgardn]

FUUUCCCCKKKKK cancer.

Cancer is what brought us out to California. My father in law died of Mesothelioma on my birthday of 2010, tumultuous to say the least. In the next 3 years, my mother in law would develop uterine cancer, thankfully they caught it in time and she was well for awhile before she had another tumor found in her stomach, she recouped well. My mother and Uncle would develop bone cancer both and die within 60 days of each other in 2013.

I wish you and your mom the best.

Jeeezzz...

I assume your mother and the Uncle you mention was her brother.
Bone cancer at the same time? Did it start in some other organ first... or Lymph system?

[FrostKing]

Surgery next Friday for my Mother. Chip installed this Monday.

Met with the Kaiser surgeon. Very young - late 20s. I could tell dorky Asian. The way we interacted. I trust him. Explained the procedure & options on a white board. Seems typical procedure. We feel confident.

Edit: early on the Hospital shows Surgeon name & picture. I researched for my folks.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Its already defunded.

You mean drop outs cant find a good job like plumbing, electrician, or tattoo artist?
Private education in Texas is half scams. These private schoolers that enter good public schools and try to take tougher classes are way behind.
They wont give the teachers any problems but the catching up is enormous if they try to enter good public schools in well to do socioeconomic areas.
There are however some great private schools as well. But they are almost always real non profit run by really good people.

This is what I gather in SA anyways.
There's such a thing as a "good" public school in SA? :lmao

I myself went to public high schools across SA including Northside and South San... the system is atrocious. They just pass anyone... academic safety nets galore... bad behavior punishment is a turnstile / revolving door... They have done away with discipline and law and order and adopted restorative and permissive justice, and that was over 10 years ago.

[Millennial_Messiah]

The difference between a school like Brandeis and Lanier is enormous.
NISD v. SASD

Look at what section of the city they are in.
Then it becomes very obvious.
I went to 2 NISD high schools. They were laughably bad.

[Millennial_Messiah]

It all depends on the private school. We sent my daughter to a very small (and relatively inexpensive) private school because the public schools in the area had a lot of issues (poor education, drugs, etc). When she was in 8th grade, we moved to a different county that had some tremendous private schools. But by that point, she didn't want to change schools because of her friends. So we just let her stay at the private school. However, if she had gone to the public alternative, she could have almost knocked out a year of college credits.

But for the really great private schools in our area, you're looking at around $30,000 plus per year. The most widely recognized one has tuition of $23,000 for Kindergarten. But yeah...the education is fantastic.
Yeah... that's the problem. Expensive tuition, but at least you are guaranteed to not be a granddaddy before graduation night.

[pgardn]

There's such a thing as a "good" public school in SA? :lmao

I myself went to public high schools across SA including Northside and South San... the system is atrocious. They just pass anyone... academic safety nets galore... bad behavior punishment is a turnstile / revolving door... They have done away with discipline and law and order and adopted restorative and permissive justice, and that was over 10 years ago.

Yes there absolutely are very good public schools in NISD.
And I also went to a public school in NISD. Well prepared for college. So did a number of my friends who are now teachers. But clearly not happy with Greg Abbots TEA.

What schools did you go to? And were you in remedial classes that took on refugees from Somalia? Because Public schools in Texas MUST take remedial education on. So you also want PUBLIC money that REQUIRES taking on remedial learners and give it to private schools who can pick and choose students? Not with my tax money you don’t. This is what the red team is trying to accomplish in Texas. Also, many private schools don’t require any sort of knowledge in a subject to teach it, some are extremely shitty AND THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY and move on. Think Trump U on a supposedly higher level but extraordinarily SUPERFICIAL. “Oh look, the name Trump is on the label, I will learn to be a cheating business man.” And you don’t even accomplish this level.

what kind of classes were you in, I think they failed at some sort of socialization?

[pgardn]

Yeah... that's the problem. Expensive tuition, but at least you are guaranteed to not be a granddaddy before graduation night.

BS. Some are very good and some absolutely shitty.

[SpursforSix]

Yes there absolutely are very good public schools in NISD.
And I also went to a public school in NISD. Well prepared for college. So did a number of my friends who are now teachers. But clearly not happy with Greg Abbots TEA.

Also, many private schools don’t require any sort of knowledge in a subject to teach it, some are extremely shitty AND THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY and move on.

Yep. I went to a small private school and they had coaches teaching classes. The football coach also taught geometry and it was like he was going through the book for the first time just like we were. Also, at my kid's school, they'd have teachers that had kids going to the school so their tuition was free. As soon as that kid was done with school, the parent quit. There was little continuity. I can think of only one great teacher she had between 6th grade and graduating. Everything before then was fine but it's not hard to teach Kindergarten through 5th.

[SpursforSix]

Yeah... that's the problem. Expensive tuition, but at least you are guaranteed to not be a granddaddy before graduation night.


BS. Some are very good and some absolutely shitty.

If you're paying $23,000 for Kindergarten, I'm pretty sure your kids are at a top level private school. I doubt there are many shitty teachers at those schools. Assuming a kid goes there from K-12, that's over $300,000. If they don't get a college scholarship, that's a lot to pay to keep them out of the shit. The upside is that they have a higher likely hood of getting a college scholarship. Also, the connections they might have made. IDK.

[pgardn]

If you're paying $23,000 for Kindergarten, I'm pretty sure your kids are at a top level private school. I doubt there are many shitty teachers at those schools. Assuming a kid goes there from K-12, that's over $300,000. If they don't get a college scholarship, that's a lot to pay to keep them out of the shit. The upside is that they have a higher likely hood of getting a college scholarship. Also, the connections they might have made. IDK.

Problem

Some private schools dont have enough teachers qualified to teach all the AP classes. Even some very good ones because they are smaller schools. In SA anyway.
This can save a tremendous number of college hours and lighten the load considerably during freshman year. Scholarships are absolutely available at big public schools but, not enough people take advantage of them. They dont know about them. A private school with a very good counselor can get kids, almost force them to write many "essays" for scholarships. Also if you want to do sports on the highest level in Texas, you go public.

[SpursforSix]

Problem

Some private schools dont have enough teachers qualified to teach all the AP classes. Even some very good ones because they are smaller schools. In SA anyway.
This can save a tremendous number of college hours and lighten the load considerably during freshman year. Scholarships are absolutely available at big public schools but, not enough people take advantage of them. They dont know about them. A private school with a very good counselor can get kids, almost force them to write many "essays" for scholarships. Also if you want to do sports on the highest level in Texas, you go public.

I agree that many private schools don't have qualified teachers. In our area, the ones that charge the crazy tuition do have the qualified teachers. For the cheaper private schools, they don't. I have no doubt my kid got a worse education at her private school than she would have at the public high school that she could have gone to. The other side of that is that she was able to play sports, be a lead in plays/musicals, know everyone in her class and become friends with almost all of them, and lessen the chances she'd be exposed to the shit that can get you in trouble. On the other hand, I went to a private high school that had crappy teachers and more shit going on than the public schools. Out of a graduating class of 32, four have already passed away due to DUI crashes and drugs. So I don't know the answer to any of this. If you have enough money, you can move into a good/great school district. But you're talking about much higher living expenses. Especially home costs and property taxes. As to the sports, if you're good enough, you can usually get a scholarship to a top private high school and eventually scholarship to college. I'm not sure public/private makes much of a difference for the top level athlete.

[leemajors]

Problem

Some private schools dont have enough teachers qualified to teach all the AP classes. Even some very good ones because they are smaller schools. In SA anyway.
This can save a tremendous number of college hours and lighten the load considerably during freshman year. Scholarships are absolutely available at big public schools but, not enough people take advantage of them. They dont know about them. A private school with a very good counselor can get kids, almost force them to write many "essays" for scholarships. Also if you want to do sports on the highest level in Texas, you go public.

My daughter goes to McCallum in Austin, the "Fine Arts Academy" She has 12 hours of AP credit already and two exams to go, and got a lot of scholarship offers for someone not in the top 5% of her class. She is going to UNM in the fall and is under out of state tuition with her scholarship money for nursing. It is definitely one of the top schools in town, but they still have issues retaining teachers, and the AC barely works in the whole building. Even they could use way more funding instead of giving property tax breaks to companies like Apple, Tesla, Samsung, 3m and the like.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Yes there absolutely are very good public schools in NISD.
And I also went to a public school in NISD. Well prepared for college. So did a number of my friends who are now teachers. But clearly not happy with Greg Abbots TEA.

What schools did you go to? And were you in remedial classes that took on refugees from Somalia? Because Public schools in Texas MUST take remedial education on. So you also want PUBLIC money that REQUIRES taking on remedial learners and give it to private schools who can pick and choose students? Not with my tax money you don’t. This is what the red team is trying to accomplish in Texas. Also, many private schools don’t require any sort of knowledge in a subject to teach it, some are extremely shitty AND THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY and move on. Think Trump U on a supposedly higher level but extraordinarily SUPERFICIAL. “Oh look, the name Trump is on the label, I will learn to be a cheating business man.” And you don’t even accomplish this level.

what kind of classes were you in, I think they failed at some sort of socialization?
Holmes and Taft HSes, spanning pretty much exactly the first half of the Obama administration. Ghetto AF and even though I was in mostly pre AP, AP and dual credit type classes, even half of those kids were stoners. Tons of teen pregnancies everywhere you looked. Over 90% Mexican and more blacks than whites. Everyone not in pre AP was a dropout, stoner, druggy ghetto type and in and out of alternative school, and could barely write a complete sentence and couldn't spell basic words better than an average third grader. A lot of them had to take the TAKS tests a second or third time in order to pass into the next grade.


I was only prepared for college because I was proactive and prepared myself.... only about 2-3 of the classes I had in HS (AP/DC US History, AP statistics and AP music theory to an extent) were actually enjoyable to me and helped prepare me for the academic rigor of college, which was surprisingly easy imo. High school was WAAAAAAAAAAY harder than college IMO, because it's 8am to 4:05pm Monday to Friday plus homework, rather than 15-18 hours per week plus homework. College was a fairly easy 4.0 for me, except the very last class of undergrad (business policy) that I made an "A" (901/1000 points) by the skin of my teeth because that class is notoriously a difficult "A" or "B" even and the teacher was a green teaching fellow from India. Every other class I made a minimum score of 94.5% and many college classes I ended up well over 100% with extra credit.

[Millennial_Messiah]

My daughter goes to McCallum in Austin, the "Fine Arts Academy" She has 12 hours of AP credit already and two exams to go, and got a lot of scholarship offers for someone not in the top 5% of her class. She is going to UNM in the fall and is under out of state tuition with her scholarship money for nursing. It is definitely one of the top schools in town, but they still have issues retaining teachers, and the AC barely works in the whole building. Even they could use way more funding instead of giving property tax breaks to companies like Apple, Tesla, Samsung, 3m and the like.
Hopefully she doesn't end up majoring in cooking meth, tbh. Albuquerque has a reputation. ;)

[Millennial_Messiah]

not happy with Greg Abbots TEA.

What schools did you go to? And were you in remedial classes that took on refugees from Somalia? Because Public schools in Texas MUST take remedial education on. So you also want PUBLIC money that REQUIRES taking on remedial learners and give it to private schools who can pick and choose students? Not with my tax money you don’t. This is what the red team is trying to accomplish in Texas. Also, many private schools don’t require any sort of knowledge in a subject to teach it, some are extremely shitty AND THEY TAKE YOUR MONEY and move on. Think Trump U on a supposedly higher level but extraordinarily SUPERFICIAL. “Oh look, the name Trump is on the label, I will learn to be a cheating business man.”

As far as the remedial shit goes, I think the Bush era NCLB acts should be repealed and those kids should be sent to trade school or military school. If they suck at reading and math maybe at least they can be productive members of our society somehow.

[Xevious]

Public school does exactly what it sets out to do, teaches kids to pass a standardized test. Beyond that, it really depends on where you live and how involved the student/parents are. If you live in a fairly affluent area, the public schools should have plenty of extracurricular opportunities. That, and learning how to interact and function in a large group of your peers is really what's important IMO.