Maybe I was lucky, maybe I'm the exception that proves the rule, but my High School was not as bad a majority of these postings make it out to be.
I had a very high GPA in HS, was a computer geek, participated in football, baseball and swimming and had times where other students were "cruel" to me. There were also times where I was "cruel" to other students. But I definitely don't hate my HS experience.
Contrary to some of the earlier posts, the jocks in my school did not run around in packs beating up geeks; they were generally nice people. For example, our homecoming king and valedictorian was an All-State football player and excelled in track and basketball. After HS he became a doctor. In fact, many of our football players went on to college and became successful community members.
Our geeks and outcasts were not the smartest people in the school; some were downright idiots. The smartest people in our school belonged to the Honor Club, Chess Club and various other extra-curricular groups, including sports. Except for a couple individuals, they never dressed up in trenchcoats or wore goth makeup and they never shot anyone or carried firearms to school.
I don't condone what happened in Littleton and I'm not saying that anyone who is complaining about their school is lying. Each experience is different. I just want people to know that not all schools are pits of Hell, tormenting young people until someone becomes so unstable they kill. Schools can be better.
Qualcomm does not make every cell phone. They had/have a joint venture with Sony in making cell phones. They also hold virtually all the major patents on CDMA (Irwin Jacobs, CEO, discovered how to make the technology practical), so anyone who wants to use CDMA must obtain licensing from them.
Slashdot Mirror
Maybe I was lucky, maybe I'm the exception that proves the rule, but my High School was not as bad a majority of these postings make it out to be.
I had a very high GPA in HS, was a computer geek, participated in football, baseball and swimming and had times where other students were "cruel" to me. There were also times where I was "cruel" to other students. But I definitely don't hate my HS experience.
Contrary to some of the earlier posts, the jocks in my school did not run around in packs beating up geeks; they were generally nice people. For example, our homecoming king and valedictorian was an All-State football player and excelled in track and basketball. After HS he became a doctor. In fact, many of our football players went on to college and became successful community members.
Our geeks and outcasts were not the smartest people in the school; some were downright idiots. The smartest people in our school belonged to the Honor Club, Chess Club and various other extra-curricular groups, including sports. Except for a couple individuals, they never dressed up in trenchcoats or wore goth makeup and they never shot anyone or carried firearms to school.
I don't condone what happened in Littleton and I'm not saying that anyone who is complaining about their school is lying. Each experience is different. I just want people to know that not all schools are pits of Hell, tormenting young people until someone becomes so unstable they kill. Schools can be better.
-harry, Class of '86
Qualcomm does not make every cell phone. They had/have a joint venture with Sony in making cell phones. They also hold virtually all the major patents on CDMA (Irwin Jacobs, CEO, discovered how to make the technology practical), so anyone who wants to use CDMA must obtain licensing from them.
No, they make their money from OmniTracks and CDMA ASICS and licensing.