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You don’t think nepotism happens at places other than unions? That’s funny. And is nepotism not just an overestimation of someone’s human capital, in this case based on where they went to school? You don’t think that happens at plenty other places? And the study found a 20% increase in female career earnings, that’s not significant? It also found a positive relationship among male earnings and private high school, just not as significant as females. Career earning power is a direct indication of how companies view you in terms of human capital. If you don’t think that counts as evidence, you’re the one wasting people’s time, but you’ve been doing this the whole time so it’s not surprising. The study also lists other studies which have shown positive relationships between career earnings and private high school. You haven’t understood my arguments this entire time which is funny. You keep saying my claim was that employers “leap down” to private high school graduates, which is obviously true in certain cases like I just mentioned and which you had no response. You’ve been arguing with everyone on this thread that PPs don’t have obvious advantages and honestly it’s looking very embarrassing and desperate on your part. Maybe when you pull your head out of the sand we can have a real conversation about this but I have a feeling that isn’t going to happen any time soon. Good day sir.

No, clearly you’re not very good at this. It seems you have a hard time following arguments. But if you want some anecdotal evidence, though, and more evidence than the scant amount you’ve asserted about what is likely your imaginary company, here in the Region, many of the Unions are filled with Andrean alumni. So much so, that in many of them, you can get your foot in the door just by being an alum yourself. I’ve heard similar stories about LCC and Eli Lilly. When I went to Andrean, local employers would literally come and recruit seniors every year to come work for them, and would always talk about how they preferred us to the public schools kids. These stories are really a microcosm of the superior job-networking you, in general, get at a private school compared to a public school, because of better-connected guidance counselors and more opportunities to harness these connections due to a smaller enrollment. Couple this with the fact that more and more jobs require a college degree, which a private high school education puts a person in a better position to obtain than their public school counterpart, and all the advantages a private school has over the average public school in terms of “human capital” are clear. The article I linked had all of this information, but I shouldn’t have expected you to read it anyway. But here’s another article that finds positive relationships between private high school education and career earnings, if I haven’t been clear enough for you. Hopefully you’ll actually read this one, but I doubt it. http://ftp.iza.org/dp10135.pdf

Lol the point I was making clearly flew miles over your head. I wasn’t comparing the teachers at all and the fact you think I was is honestly hilarious. The comparison was how companies view the graduates of each in terms of their human capital. Educational history is clearly taken into account when companies are recruiting. High school education matters for college recruiting. And college matters for how much human capital companies view you as having. Go look up starting salaries out of college for Ivy leagues vs Public colleges if you really need evidence of this indisputable fact. Here’s an article from the official college admissions website about how sending your kids to private school increase their chances of getting into an elite college, which as just mentioned, increases their human capital in the job market. https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/private-vs-public-hs/ So yes, I have plenty of evidence and could easily provide more, but I’m sure you still wouldn’t get my argument anyway. And you still only can have your own weak anecdotal evidence of whatever podunk company that you run.

Lol. Your anecdotal evidence is cute. If you don’t think companies recruit based on education history, I don’t know what to tell you. Why do you think kids go to Ivy League schools instead of Ivy Tech. Works the same way with high schools. To try to deny this is either painfully ignorant, or a rather pathetic attempt at trying to deny the obvious.

I mean, in terms of recruiting for companies, many companies specifically target prospective employees that went to private high schools, or at least public high schools in wealthy districts. So in this way, some companies clearly see a difference in the “human capital” of people depending on the school they went to. This is an indisputable fact.

Westfield also just routed what was likely the SAC’s best team, Homestead. As a huge region homer I’d love to see the Pirates pull this one out but I highly doubt they can.

http://scoreboard.homestead.com/football/capsFri.htm#loaded

Was actually just thinking about this today. I’d say 4A South has some very good teams this year, but the North is weaker than 3A North and arguably 2A North as well, as Marion lost by 3 TDs to an Eastbrook team that couldn’t make it out of a 2A sectional and Hobart lost by 11 to an Andrean team that only made it to regionals. Other posters have commented on how the SF “hollowed out” 4A, and this year, specifically in the North, that seems to be the case.

Agree with a lot of what was said here. John Harrell predicts Merrillville-Westfield at 38-17. I think it’ll be closer than this, but I too think Westfield wins. Valpo’s defense has been their saving grace this season, if Zionsville can’t contain Jones and Dingman on the edges, Valpo may be able to ride Burbee to a grinding victory, like they have most of the season. But with Cathedral waiting, maybe it’s a better thing if they don’t win. As for Hobart, I still think they have to be favored this week, but you’re totally correct, a few weeks ago, I would’ve said Hobart was the favorite to represent 4A North at LOS. But these past two weeks, specifically the game against Lowell, have me doubting this team. Marion also seems to be rolling right now. Hobart will need to play much better this week.

Great, maybe they can actually win something in 1A.

Well seeing as you just admitted you didn’t watch the game, I should just disregard your comment altogether. But where did I disrespect Pioneer? They’re a great program and a great team, they played a great game, but apparently I took them more seriously than the Andrean coaching staff did. As for Andrean, other posters who actually watched the game have said similar comments to mine in other threads. Teams beat themselves, anyone that’s ever played a sport knows that, to try to deny that is laughable. And coaches should not be protected from receiving criticism, at least at programs that actually care about results.

Respectfully, I disagree completely. The Lewellans are great players and carried their team last night. That being said, anyone watching that game could see that Andrean beat themselves way more than Pioneer beat them. Refusing to throw the ball on the outside when it was obvious that Pioneer was having a hard time covering, while instead running the ball directly into a 7-man box repeatedly has to be some of the worst play calling I’ve ever seen. The fake punt call was laughable. Horrible turnovers. One of the worst defensive game plans I’ve ever seen. They started moving the ball at will when they finally decided to start passing, only for our genius coach to call a double move into off double coverage when Pioneer was just trying to protect the end zone. Feel bad for the kids, even though they didn’t play their best, they were still in a position to win at the end, and their coaches squandered it.

Horrible coaching and sloppy play. One of the worst losses in Andrean history.

As an Andrean fan and former player, I completely agree. Team played terribly and had a terrible game plan. Seemingly refusing to take advantage of outside matchups early, instead continuously running straight into a 7-man box. Offensive line play embarrassing. Horrible turnovers and penalties. Defense seemingly hadn’t watched a snap of Pioneer offensive film. To say that they didn’t deserve to win is an understatement. Worst part of this loss is that the team will not be anywhere near as good the next few years. Squandered the best team they’ve had in about 6 years, and most likely for another 6 years. Things won’t change at this program until the school hires an actual football coach and doesn’t just make some alumni who played football there and teaches biology the football coach because they don’t want to pay another person. Unfortunately with the nepotism and cheapness at this school I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s coach for life. They better hope that the relocation actually works out or I genuinely feel this will be the last time in a long time that Andrean is mentioned as a top team in the class they play in. End of rant but I’m disgusted.

Pioneer 24 - Andrean 21. Congrats to the Panthers.

Yep, this one’s over. Skinner thoroughly outcoached, terrible offensive and defensive gameplan.

Go to the ihsaa champions network and search for pioneer

Andrean scores and converts the 2pt. Andrean - 8 Pioneer - 8 32 seconds to go in the half

I remember this night. Andrean was supposed to go to Mishawaka to play Marian. By noon, Coach Mason was calling Marian to get the game rescheduled. Marian was running the triple option at the time, and I think Mason knew the weather was favorable to them. The next day our QB threw about 5 TDs on a perfectly calm afternoon.

The only time I could see this happening would be if the temp was so low frostbite was a legitimate concern.

Walsh is playing. His absence has been for precautionary reasons.

I’d be shocked if they beat Marian Friday night.

Enrollment has dropped precipitously. When I graduated in 2015, there were 588 kids at the school, which was already a decrease from the numbers in the 600s just a few years prior. Now there’s barely over 400. Administration issues were definitely a factor, there were 3 different principles during my 4 years at the school, and there was another new principal the next year after I graduated. They’ve got an alumni and former teacher as principal now, however, and he seems to be in it for the long haul. The new building has been a source of great controversy for alumni for various reasons that I won’t get into now. With the uncertainty of the virus and the future of the economy, I’m not sure how smooth the building of the new school will go. And the same economic uncertainty also doesn’t bode well for an enrollment recovery. Also, Marquette High School in Michigan City started offering free bussing to kids in Porter county, which also cut into Andrean’s enrollment. I went to a catholic grade school in porter county, and me and most of my classmates went to Andean, but a lot of the people I went to school with’s younger siblings went to Marquette. Andrean’s enrollment problems look likely to continue.

Grimes hasn’t played since week 1 against Penn, I’m not sure what the injury is exactly but I believe it’s something in the leg.

I think Valpo wins this one, but they’ve looked very vulnerable these last two weeks. Injuries and a disjointed season seem to have them off-balance. I doubt they’ll get by either Dwenger or Zionsville next week.