McGill freshman RB from William Blount transfers to maryville

[AllRegion]

2 minutes ago, MLREB said:

I'm not so sure that statement is 100% accurate. I am sure it is the perception, though. Do you care to expand on that statement?

Absolutely. Citing numbers from the TN DOE website, WB has an economically disadvantaged student percentage of 22.4%, and Maryville's is at 11.9%. Socioeconomic factors and educational performance are never as simple as numbers on a chart, but there is a correlation between schools with a higher percentage of impoverished students and school-wide academic success.

Here is where I obtained my numbers: https://www.tn.gov/education/topic/report-card

[AllRegion]

17 minutes ago, rebelwoman87 said:

You must be an Administrator or Educator at WB. 

I am not an administrator or teacher at WB, although I do have ties to WB (and Maryville, to a small extent). I am proud of both. 

[MLREB]

4 minutes ago, AllRegion said:

Absolutely. Citing numbers from the TN DOE website, WB has an economically disadvantaged student percentage of 22.4%, and Maryville's is at 11.9%. Socioeconomic factors and educational performance are never as simple as numbers on a chart, but there is a correlation between schools with a higher percentage of impoverished students and school-wide academic success.

Here is where I obtained my numbers: https://www.tn.gov/education/topic/report-card

Fair enough....thanks for expanding on this. 

Edited August 22, 2017 by MLREB

[Red Rebels]

2 hours ago, TheGuvna said:

 

Would you feel that way if Cleveland was going through tough times and everyone started jumping ship for Bradley Central?

It is a two way street, in fact it's technically easier to get a city kid in the county schools because there is no tuition and they pay county taxes.

[rebelwoman87]

20 pages by Friday...

[fooseball95]

I go to the gym and come back and theres more madness haha. 

[Red Rebels]

36 minutes ago, AllRegion said:

I don't mean to be contrary, but I believe that a child's academic success has much more to do with parenting and natural-born ability than anything that happens at school. Maryville's student body is different than WB's as a whole, but that doesn't mean anything about WB as an academic institution. WB has excellent teachers and is an excellent school. 

If we're talking about academics instead of football, I will just leave this here: https://sites.google.com/a/blountk12.org/latest-news/news/threewilliamblountstudentswinscholarships

But if we're talking about football, I must say that this whole thread is a little unsettling. I see a lot of posters seemingly excited about WB's misfortunes, and I'm not really sure why.  I wish the player the best of luck at Maryville. It wouldn't be the first time a former Governor has won a ring wearing red and black (as a player or coach). However, for everyone who feels it's necessary to insult William Blount, I must say that I wouldn't trade my time in orange and blue for anything, and those memories mean more to me than my rings. 

 

 

You can achieve great things from either school. I have noticed that the floor or baseline is higher at Maryville, because of all the work they are all expected to complete. I know Merit Scholars, Vanderbilt Law Graduates, University of Chicago PhD candidates, engineers, etc... who have come through WB. I enjoyed my three years there, and unlike THROWDESLANT likes to say, I was not in auto body.

[strongx]

Not sure if I was impoverished or disadvantaged but pretty sure I was not in the highest socioeconomic class. But I done alright at murvil-go figure. 

 

Congrats to to all those merit finalists. They can change the world.

[Red Rebels]

8 minutes ago, rebelwoman87 said:

20 pages by Friday...

How is Mary doing, Half-Pint? I told her not to look up on Monday.

[rebelwoman87]

32 minutes ago, fooseball95 said:

I go to the gym and come back and theres more madness haha. 

You started it big boy lol 

[fooseball95]

3 minutes ago, rebelwoman87 said:

You started it big boy lol 

[32hammer]

56 minutes ago, scots50 said:

Are the Russians involved? 

I knew it!