Boca Hp??

[Tennishacker]

Originally Posted by floridatennisdude

It's a bad idea to enter a relationship already planning how to cheat on the other party.

General life advice.

Never fudged on your taxes?

[Tennishacker]

Originally Posted by SoCal10s

if your kid is good enough for a free ride from USTA ,why don't you proposition IMG or Macci for a free ride ? that's what I would try to do ..

Best post.

[Tennishacker]

Originally Posted by coaching32yrs

Compared to top level schools the education they receive at USTA HP is dramatically inferior starting in 8th grade. Before that it may be OK. Kids at top high and middle schools are putting in solid 8 hours a day of high level instruction with top teachers and quality study time (subtracted out lunch, study halls, home room, etc). AP US History alone kids spend average of 2 hours a day. USTA HP kids average 3 hours a day combined study and class time. Just not enough time to learn 5 honors and/or AP classes like Pre-Calc, AP English, Lab science etc.

Yes, USTA could careless about their education.

[Tennishacker]

Originally Posted by TCF

She has pretended to run stores with her stuffed animals since she was 4 years old. Perhaps entrepreneurs run in families. She is not a sit down learner, yet is very smart. Unless we fill her full of Ritalin, she is not going to be a traditional school type of kid.

TCF, in elementary school, they rarely have to sit and listen to teachers. Most of the time they are moving around, doing art projects, or playing outside.
I understand your reasons for home schooling, but let your child try elementary school, if she doesn't like it, then take her out.

[ga tennis]

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[jigglypuff]

Originally Posted by TCF

Wow, quite a labeler aren't we? I am still close friends with many from high school and college....loved the people. Hated being scheduled and having to sit still in class and having to take courses in things that did not interest me to fulfill certain course requirements.

Highlights of my life were meeting my lady, seeing the ultrasound of my kid, her being born, numerous family trips, building and selling a business. Not sure if high school being the 'highlight' is all that wonderful to be honest with you....kind of sad considering people live to be 100 these days. But maybe thats why I see so many 40 year olds with the same hair do they had at the prom! Wow, kind of depressing to think that 4 years at a high school, with kids you did not select to be around, told what class to go to and when, would be the highlight of an entire life.

Looks like you only enjoyed the 2nd part of your life...

[coaching32yrs]

Knowledge of US history is important. What's more important is learning how to read carefully, synthesize material, and think critically. Sure you get some of that in USTA HP schooling, but not enough. Compared to some of the better private high schools: Deerfield, Phillips and public: Stuyvesant, Bronx School Science...well there is no comparison. SAT scores from those schools are exceptional. Don't know what they are from USTA HP but I would want to know before enrolling my kid. I am torn by all this like some of you. The time needed to do well in 6 tough classes makes it very difficult to train and compete in tennis.

[jigglypuff]

Originally Posted by TCF

High school and college are 8 years and over by age 22. Healthy, active people these days live to 80-100.

72-92 years vs only 8 years.....goodness, how can such a tiny % of ones life be the highlight? That seems sad to me.

Hmmm interesting... actually I wasn't thinking of it like that. I was thinking more along the lines of childhood and adulthood.

[jigglypuff]

Originally Posted by coaching32yrs

Knowledge of US history is important. What's more important is learning how to read carefully, synthesize material, and think critically. Sure you get some of that in USTA HP schooling, but not enough. Compared to some of the better private high schools: Deerfield, Phillips and public: Stuyvesant, Bronx School Science...well there is no comparison. SAT scores from those schools are exceptional. Don't know what they are from USTA HP but I would want to know before enrolling my kid. I am torn by all this like some of you. The time needed to do well in 6 tough classes makes it very difficult to train and compete in tennis.

Yes, tough choice but the first option can never be wrong...

[tenniscp]

Originally Posted by ga tennis

IMG would be great!!! I wouldnt send her to Maccis even if it was free. After being there and seeing what its all about it would be such a waste of time. I didnt see it at first and thought Rick was great but once i got home and realized all Maccis is is a money machine. All Rick does is gives privates for 300 an hour and uses a few buzz words and name dropping to make u think hey this guy knows tennis but after being around my daughters new coach i realized Macci is a JOKE!! I mean WHO has Rick produced in the last 20 years??? Word of advice dont get suckered into the Macci scam like i did.

has your kid been offered to train at USTA and you are deliberating an actual scenario, or a hypothetical one?

[Number1Coach]

Originally Posted by barringer97

How to relate to people by home schooling? C'mon man.

TCF is spot on here , we have homeschool our player since 1st grade and he is quite the player but his most significant compliments have been his manners, his ability to hold great conversations with substance , has solid goals set up for now and the rest of his life, you find 2nd year college kids still looking for a major these day its the majority the others are usually set up for the family business .

[ga tennis]

Originally Posted by TCF

High school and college are 8 years and over by age 22. Healthy, active people these days live to 80-100.

72-92 years vs only 8 years.....goodness, how can such a tiny % of ones life be the highlight, or even all that important? That seems sad to me.

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[NLBwell]

If you are an entrepreneur, you don't have to get a job.

[TennisNinja]

Originally Posted by ga tennis

The problem with that is all the top ranked colleges are making A.P.classes a must. If you dont have multiple passed A.P. classes on your transcript good luck getting in. It would be almost impossible making a 4 on the A.P. U.S history without given at least 2 hours a night on that one subject.

Just here to say that yes, you need a ton of AP/IB classes to get into top colleges, but for most classes it's nowhere near 2 hours of work per night.

This is coming from somebody who graduated in 2011.

[BSPE84]

Originally Posted by NLBwell

If you are an entrepreneur, you don't have to get a job.

In that case, it doesn't hurt to go to school to learn Chinese...

[cmb]

Originally Posted by Tennishacker

Yes, USTA could careless about their education.

the USTA is not supposed to care about education. They better not be wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on kids to worry about weather they are educated enough. If I was Pmac, I wouldnt want them doing any school at all.

they are brought there to become tennis players, not to play school

[jigglypuff]

Originally Posted by Number1Coach

TCF is spot on here , we have homeschool our player since 1st grade and he is quite the player but his most significant compliments have been his manners, his ability to hold great conversations with substance , has solid goals set up for now and the rest of his life, you find 2nd year college kids still looking for a major these day its the majority the others are usually set up for the family business .

I don't know if that is good enough to pull down a high paying job.

[NLBwell]

Originally Posted by BSPE84

In that case, it doesn't hurt to go to school to learn Chinese...

One of my sons learned Chinese in the army.

Going to college can be the best thing in the world if you go with a purpose and learn a useful body of knowledge.

The problem with college is that many kids go to get a piece of paper, taking whatever subjects are easiest, and partying as much as possible. Then they see when they get out that they are deep in debt and can't get a job with their degree in whatever-it-is-studies.

[BSPE84]

Originally Posted by NLBwell

The problem with college is that many kids go to get a piece of paper, taking whatever subjects are easiest, and partying as much as possible. Then they see when they get out that they are deep in debt and can't get a job with their degree in whatever-it-is-studies.

That's what happens when they don't take their academics seriously or play too much tennis in high school. They end up at a juco or some party school with low academic standards.

Said it many times before, high level tennis and high level academics are mutually exclusive. It is a very special kid who tries and succeeds at both in the long run.

[Soianka]

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