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John_EightThirtyTwo t1_j9pm9ns wrote

Reply to comment by reptommel in The SS United States by Nishamon

Yes, if we have to lose one or the other, we should lose the United States.

I think we will lose the United States, and we might eventually lose Olympia and even USS New Jersey as well. Saving the United States is an uphill battle in an environment where other ships that are better preserved struggle to stay afloat. That's why I said in my original message that it seems unlikely the SS United States can be saved.

My point is just that there's a difference between saying "This historic ship will, sadly, probably not be preserved" (which makes you a realist) and saying "I can't wait until the former flagship of the American merchant fleet, the finest ocean liner ever built in the USA, is sunk!", which makes you, in my view, a piece of shit.

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smug_masshole t1_j9pjv6c wrote

Reply to comment by jbats in CAT ⬅️ CAT by jbats

My guess would be that it's C.A.T., rather than cat. If you're going to put up directional signs, it's more efficient to print a bunch of ones like this rather than assume you need x number of <--- signs and y number of ---> signs.

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petedogg t1_j9phr5f wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Every year, there are more applicants to Philly charters than seats. But demand is still lower than before the pandemic. by AbsentEmpire

It depends on where you live. Many of the public schools in Center City and adjacent neighborhoods are just fine, especially for grades K-5. Charters might be helpful for families living in neighborhoods further outside of CC if there hasn’t been a critical mass of families choosing to invest and engage in their neighborhood school. There are families (mine included) for whom school isn’t the primary factor for choosing where to live. Some of us actually enjoy being in a place where we don’t need a car, can teach our kids independence by taking septa on their own, can walk to the local park to meet friends, etc. I would not give those up simply for the possibility that my kid might get a better education and more life and career opportunities as a result of going to a suburban school.

There are also a ton of free and easily accessible programs and resources available to Philly public school kids that suburban kids don’t get access to. Even just naming the programs I’ve heard about recently in the past week: someone just told me about a free rowing camp on the Schuylkill exclusively for public school kids in the city. Or a free two week orchestra camp primarily for Philly district public school kids at the Mann Center run by the Philadelphia Orchestra. There are countless other examples.

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