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Re: McNair Academic High School - racial quota
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I wanted to log in last night to reply to some of the comments, but I can't access JC List at home or work now for some reason. Nothing has changed on either PC, and the only way I can see this site at all now is to turn off the wifi on my mobile devices and use the data plan. And all other websites seem to load just fine on my PCs and via wifi.

As a "model" Asian, I'm totally fine with efforts to diversify schools. I was totally fine with not getting into Harvard or Stanford, and I never viewed a disadvantaged student who got in with perhaps a lower GPA and SAT scores as someone who took my "rightful spot" at the school. If EVERY Asian kid who merely churned out the numbers could get into Harvard, there would no longer be anything special or elite about the school. I look at it this way: if admission to a top school has the transformative power to truly change someone's life, offer them the chance to break into the middle class and perhaps become a role model or leader in their community, I'm all for it. For the upper middle class Asian students who didn't get in, I don't think their lives will change that much. They will still go on to do well professionally and lead largely comfortable lives. Perhaps schools should aim for a mix of students from different economic backgrounds rather than explicit racial targets.

I suspect many Asian students who don't get into Harvard were like me - totally cool with it and perhaps a tad relieved because it meant some of the pressure might be off and you might get to be a more normal student. In many cases, getting into Harvard means more to the parents than the kids themselves. For these parents, it's not about what's best for their child, or what's good enough for them - it's all about "saving face" to relatives and friends. Also, I don't see much point in suing Harvard. As a private institution, aren't admissions standards pretty much at the school's discretion? It would be like suing Notre Dame because it "discriminates" against non-Catholics or Wellesley for gender discrimination.

Posted on: 2015/12/29 14:26
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Re: McNair Academic High School - racial quota
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brewster wrote:
Saw an article about a Asian college consulting firm that charges $100k to groom your kid through high school to look less like the typical Asian grind. Less violin, more theater. Less badminton, more football. They're in this game at a different level than the rest of us, who think our children should have a childhood other than homework and test prep. Lots of my son's classmates never get to socialize after school or on a Saturday night, it's simply not done in their culture.

I'm not sure grades and scores should be all there is to entrance. And Trucker is wrong about the test being ALL at McNair, We've been told the PSAT and essay is less than half of the criteria they use, which includes grades, extracurriculars, recommendations and attendance.


Having been raised in that culture, I can tell you that Asian parents don't think beyond getting their kids into Harvard, Yale or Princeton. They think that once their child gets into one of these schools, they have it made for life. Sure, going to one of these schools does help your job prospects, but plenty of Asian kids go to Rutgers and turn out just fine. Better than fine, in fact. A lot of the top schools aren't just looking for high test scores, they're looking to groom the leaders of tomorrow - someone with that creative spark or that desire to give back to the community. Asian child-rearing simply has no room for thinking outside the box. That's why Asians won't likely come up with the next Apple or Google. It's a pity more Asian parents don't focus on raising a happy, well-adjusted human being. It's all about making as much money as you can as an adult so you can show off that BMW X-5 in your driveway - and, of course, take care of your parents in their old age.

The smart Asian kids rebel and push back. You should have seen what a family crisis/scandal it was when I decided to pursue a liberal arts degree rather than something in math or science. You would have thought there was a drug addict or teen pregnancy in the family. In the end, the parents lightened up when they realized I was still employable and able to make a fairly decent living at something I actually loved doing. Too bad it took them until my late 30s to see the light.

Posted on: 2015/12/28 15:38
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Re: Trump: 'Thousands' in Jersey City cheered on 9/11
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Yvonne wrote:
Kerik, meanwhile, was on CNN later in the morning, where he told the "Newsroom with Carol Costello" program that there were some reports of people celebrating, as Giuliani said, in Brooklyn and Queens, and agreed there were reports from Paterson, N.J. and Jersey City as well.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/rudy ... 911/2015/12/01/id/704079/


Only you would be gullible enough to cite Kerik - a convicted felon who served time in prison for tax fraud and making false statements.

Posted on: 2015/12/2 3:37
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Re: Explosions or Thunder ??
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WhoElseCouldIBe wrote:
Relax

When you rent you tend to take things with a grain of salt. Sorry but I take unknown concerns serious.


WTF?

Yep Brewster, just basing this on the banking and insurance industries. When trying to obtain a mortgage it depends on what percentage of the units are owner occupied, and the rates of insurance are also based on transient occupants in the building.


WTF?
I reacted when told to relax, and you could not understand my response. Didn't my initial post mean anything ?


So, if I've got this straight, owning your home makes you more likely to think distant booms are terrorists and not fireworks, as opposed to those bohemian renters who can afford to be blase about terrorists and such?

WTF? I think there's something in the water you and Yvonne are drinking over there on the Slope. Or, OMG, are you and Yvonne a thing, you know, snugglebunnies? And drinking absinthe or something freaky?


He's either off his meds again, or the doc needs adjust the dosage. I actually speculated awhile back on another thread that Heights and Yvonne are one and the same person.

Posted on: 2015/11/30 3:21
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Re: UBER - car service in Jersey City
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I finally used Uber for the first time last month when I had to go to EWR and had a heavy suitcase. I chose Uber Black because I still am a bit leery over whether Uber X drivers are adequately insured. After all the raves here, especially on cost, I was a bit surprised when I got the bill: $78. Does this sound right? That's about $20 more than what the corporate car service my company uses would charge. It was around 2:30 in the afternoon on a sunny day, so I don't think surge pricing would have come into play.

By comparison what would an Uber X ride cost from downtown to the airport? Also, does the route matter in the price? The Turnpike on-ramp by Columbus Dr. was closed, so the driver had to use the one by LSP. It seemed to me he took a long, roundabout way to get there. Anyway, based on the cost of that first ride alone, I don't think I'll use Uber again.

Posted on: 2015/11/4 14:41
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Re: Moving Company and No Parking Sign
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Maybe things have changed since I last moved 5 years ago, but I had to go to the Parking Authority office on Central Ave. to buy and pick up the signs. I also had to put them up in front of my building. Even though I had put up the signs 2 days before my move, someone still parked there that morning. The cops actually made every effort to locate the car owner (looked up his registration and knocked on his door) before towing him.

Posted on: 2015/9/11 12:55
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Re: Activities for kids??
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Brewster mentioned Staten Island zoo, but if you don't feel like schlepping all the way over there, you can check out the Central Park Zoo, which is much easier to reach via mass transit. The scale is very doable. Took my cousin's three-year-old there, and she loved it. Alas, I don't think they have polar bears there anymore, but there's a penguin house.

Posted on: 2015/8/11 15:00
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Re: Pasta Dal Cuore
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Sutherland wrote:
I'm looking forward to trying this place out. The one observation that concerns me is that it seems they're not open on Sundays, which is the traditional big Italian pasta dinner day.


The store is open until 4 p.m., but no restaurant service (yet) on Sundays. Based on some conversations I've had with them, they're slowly ramping up their offerings in baby steps. I get the sense they want to grow slowly and do things well rather than offer too much at once before they're ready.

Posted on: 2015/8/9 14:18
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Re: Yahoo article Hippest Hood in Every State...
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JcDevil wrote:
Covered all the cuisines so thoroughly, yet, for some reason, 95% of the restaurants in our hip little hood don't know how to properly salt their food. A small complaint, sure, but so weird given the fact that the food is otherwise quite good. I guess it's better to be underseasoned than over, but come on, you're supposed to be the professionals.


I hear you. But I can see why they do it. So many people are now on sodium-restricted diets or have been told by their doctors to cut back that most chefs probably figure it's safer to underseason. It's easy enough, I suppose, to reach for the salt and pepper shakers. After NYC required restaurant chains to post calorie counts on menus, I'm hearing the next big push now is to post sodium levels. I do wonder if going after restaurants on sodium is that helpful. The way I understand it, the worst sodium offenders are the processed food companies.

Posted on: 2015/8/5 12:53
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Re: Cherry Pick - Ice Cream
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Anybody know what's up with these guys? I walked there twice this weekend, on both Saturday and Sunday, hoping to get some ice cream and they were closed on both days. Odd for an ice cream place to be closed on a hot weekend in August.



What time? I walked passed around 7:30PM last night and they were packed.


Around 5 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Posted on: 2015/8/4 4:17
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Re: Cherry Pick - Ice Cream
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Anybody know what's up with these guys? I walked there twice this weekend, on both Saturday and Sunday, hoping to get some ice cream and they were closed on both days. Odd for an ice cream place to be closed on a hot weekend in August.

Posted on: 2015/8/4 1:53
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Re: Historic district may come to Jersey City's West Side
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Pebble wrote:

Here is a link for tax incentives for historic preservation.
Here is a link for tools for historic preservation which includes applying to funds from the state.


Have you actually clicked on any of those links? They're of no use to the average homeowner who is looking for some relief in offsetting the cost of, say, replacing windows or a cornice or repointing bricks. The "tools" are basically aimed at spreading the gospel of preservation, such as helping communities draft ordinances, set up commissions and identify properties for landmarking. The tax credit is only for income-producing properties. Believe me, I searched high and low for tax credits and possible grants. None exist for the average homeowner. To add insult to injury, my historic window replacement actually cost me a tax credit. Those beautiful, Colonial Williamsburg-worthy windows didn't qualify for the energy efficiency tax credit because they weren't Energy Star rated. How f*cked up and unfair is that?

I would have more respect for preservationists if they at least acknowledged the financial burden of landmarking a building or neighborhood and expended some time and effort in finding/suggesting creative funding solutions, pushing for real tax credits, and working for guidelines that balance affordability with preserving the historic elements of a building. Instead, all their efforts are aimed at landmarking as many neighborhoods and buildings as possible, and then pushing for the strictest possible rules that in most cases drive up the cost of repairs and maintenance. In my experience, most preservationists who serve on HPCs are extremists who simply don't care about cost, and they have the luxury of being hardliners because they're not the ones writing the checks. Trying to reason with them to seek a compromise on cost grounds is like trying to reason with the Taliban or ISIS.

Posted on: 2015/8/4 1:46
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I just clicked on this thread thinking it was about auto repair. Nevermind.

Posted on: 2015/7/28 12:43
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Re: Bicycle advocacy groups call for crackdown on double parking in Jersey City, beyond
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Yvonne wrote:
For someone to write "Just shut up" shows you have an aggressive personality. I suggest counseling. But what I said is true, friends are telling me that are going to other businesses outside of downtown because of the parking situation. Next time I will ask for the exact name of the business downtown, so that business will know it has lost a customer.


Your use of single anecdotes to assert your argument of some broader crisis is just pathetic. For every customer a business might allegedly lose due to this parking crisis you have invented, the business has likely gained several more from the influx of new residents moving into all the new apartments being built downtown - residents who want a walkable, dynamic community. Residents who are fit, happy and have money to spend - not some obese, lung-diseased stingy crank who is incapable of walking a few blocks. If the situation were as dire as you claim, why are all these new businesses opening downtown? For businesses downtown, the essential element to their viability is FOOT TRAFFIC, not this idiotic parking scenario you keep pushing.

Posted on: 2015/7/26 13:48
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Re: Historical Preservation Society
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SRhia, please look at the PM I sent you earlier this morning. Fomite mentions the same thing I did. The historic preservation guidelines really only apply to any element of your building that can bee seen from a public right-of-way (such as a street or sidewalk). Anything not visible from a public right-of-way is fair game - i.e., back windows - though I still wouldn't let the historic gestapo know what your're planning to do back there - they would still try to interfere, IMO, and make life hard.

Posted on: 2015/7/23 15:47
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Re: Historical Preservation Society
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His name is Steve (not Gary) Nuding. He's in Hoboken. He is THE go-to guy for historic window replacement around here. Everyone I know in JC who has done a historic window replacement in the last 10-15 years has used him, and I wouldn't consider anyone else when I did mine. I don't have his number handy, but you can probably google him. He's also an authorized Marvin installer, so Marvin is likely to have it.

Posted on: 2015/7/22 14:21
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Re: WHY ARE CYCLISTS BEING ALLOWED TO RIDE THOUGH NEWARK AVE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA??
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I just see a potential danger, even if it's only one permanently scarred child in a five-year period, that could easily be averted


Permanently scarred? Hysterics much? I am soooo glad I wasn't raised in the era of the helicopter parent, where there's a potential danger lurking around every corner that I must be shielded from. I'd be too afraid to leave the house or cope with life. When I was five, I was chased down by an off-leash German shepherd who bit me. My parents dealt with it with the dog's owner and that was that. It didn't occur to anyone to even call the cops, let alone call for a change in rules/laws. I was scarred for all of a week, and after that I still ended up loving dogs. The world doesn't revolve around your freaking child. Jesus, JC is becoming very Park Slope.

Posted on: 2015/7/11 13:08
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Re: WHY ARE CYCLISTS BEING ALLOWED TO RIDE THOUGH NEWARK AVE PEDESTRIAN PLAZA??
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OK, jcrules/jamesj, we get it. You don't like cyclists and you're a seriously bored troll. The weather is supposed to be nice this weekend, please get a life.

Posted on: 2015/7/11 5:33
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Re: aussie hipster cyclist off-leash in dog-free zone in hamilton park
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Successful trolls don't need to keep spamming their own thread. But I guess if you're bored, right?


Hmmmmm..... Both jamesj and jcrules joined JCList in the past couple of days to bitch about cyclists. Methinks they're one and the same VERY BORED person.

Posted on: 2015/7/11 5:26
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Re: Historic district may come to Jersey City's West Side
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Pebble wrote:
There is nothing more pathetic than having an argument built on lies and falsehoods and the repeating it when wrong. The repair costs for these people will not go up. In fact they'll be able to apply for grants and get free money towards repairs.


True. But you are doing the same thing to push your side of the argument as well. As someone who has actually owned historic, I can tell you for a fact that repair and replacement costs will indeed go up. Significantly. For window replacement alone, the difference was nearly $600 per window. Grants and free money towards repairs? From where? I have NEVER heard of any such assistance program for owners of historic homes. If so, please enlighten us. Where do they apply? You don't even get a break on your property taxes. The fact is there are an abundance of "historic" properties throughout this country that merit saving but are crumbling due to the lack of funds, public or private. Case in point: the old Greystone Park asylum. Saving old buildings ain't cheap. And quite frankly, it's money I'd rather spend on health care or education.

Posted on: 2015/6/20 14:37
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Re: JC mayor purchases house in the Heights (PHOTOS)
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bodhipooh wrote:
Your idea sounds EXCELLENT, until you realize that parking downtown is NOT scarce. We have a TON of parking decks that sit mostly empty, certainly never full. What all these nutters obsessed with parking are really bemoaning is the access to FREE parking, EVERYWHERE they go. Well... cry me a river. If you want to own a car, it will cost you. I park on the street. It's not that big a deal. I seldom have to drive around much to find a spot. The worst ever was probably 2 or 3 minutes, certainly less than 5.


Not just free parking. In Yvonneland, it doesn't count as parking unless it's right in front of your destination. She can't fathom a world in which people walk, bike or take the train. Or even walk a couple of blocks between parking spot and destination. In her world, everyone is infirm and always driving to the doctor's office - presumably for obesity-related ailments since no one burns any calories in Yvonneland. All they do is drive... In an endless loop around Jersey City.... Looking for parking...

Luckily for Fulop, he's probably the physically fittest mayor in the state. I wouldn't be surprised if he decides to jog to/from work everyday.


Posted on: 2015/6/18 13:03
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Re: JC mayor purchases house in the Heights (PHOTOS)
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Undertaxed property. There will never be a reval now. Let's see if he'll try to ban chain stores from the Heights and start historic districting there as well...

Posted on: 2015/6/17 1:21
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Re: Carrino Provisions
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A follow-up in the interest of fairness: I stopped by yesterday to get a couple of items from the meat counter. They didn't charge sales tax this time around, so it's good to see that this issue has been fixed.

Posted on: 2015/6/7 14:09
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Re: Rent is spiraling out of control
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Wow. I don't check JC List for 24 hours and this happens. Rents aren't spiraling out of control, but this thread has. In the most awesome way possible! It doesn't matter what anybody says on this thread, because there's only ONE post that anyone will remember: Yvonne's gem stating that Puerto Ricans are immigrants and behind the tight housing market in Hoboken. She saw it firsthand! Yvonne, you are the gift that keeps on giving! I'm only shocked there was a discussion about immigration and Heights didn't weigh in with his usual xenophobic rants. Hmmmmm...Maybe Heights and Yvonne are the same person. Has anyone ever seen them on the same thread?

Posted on: 2015/6/5 13:07
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Re: Rent is spiraling out of control
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JadedJC wrote:
Yes, let's deport all the illegal immigrants to free up housing. And then watch you all complain about how you can't find babysitters/nannies, slow service at restaurants, no food deliveries, having to clean your own home and lettuce costing $6 a head at Shop Rite, among a myriad of other woes. Can you guys possibly be any more short sighted?


Yup. The school savings, at $22K/year/kid, would be incredible.


Yeah, the government has an awesome track record of returning savings directly to taxpayers' pockets.

Posted on: 2015/6/4 13:22
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Re: Rent is spiraling out of control
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Yes, let's deport all the illegal immigrants to free up housing. And then watch you all complain about how you can't find babysitters/nannies, slow service at restaurants, no food deliveries, having to clean your own home and lettuce costing $6 a head at Shop Rite, among a myriad of other woes. Can you guys possibly be any more short sighted?

Posted on: 2015/6/4 13:11
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Re: Is that midnight fireworks on now really permitted for this this of night?
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Were the fireworks launching from further up on the Hudson and not right off Ellis Island? Or, was it just one of those random wind situations that carried the noise further inland by the PAD?


I can only see a small sliver of unobstructed waterfront from my living room window, and the fireworks were definitely launched from Governor's Island or Red Hook. If it had been Ellis Island, I wouldn't have been able to see them at all. Also, I don't think NYC is able to approve fireworks to launch off Ellis or Liberty Islands. Wouldn't that be the jurisdiction of the National Parks Service?

Posted on: 2015/5/25 18:47
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Re: Is that midnight fireworks on now really permitted for this this of night?
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Are all the fireworks at Liberty I, and under NYC permits? I though some were at JC waterfront hotels or at LSP. I can't believe that some were actually listed for 11:30. I can imagine every kid in Paulus Hook must have awakened.


Good question. I thought last night's fireworks were launched from Governor's Island or possibly Red Hook, but it was a bit hard to tell from the angle at my window. I was a surprised at the late hour - the only other time I can remember fireworks going off at midnight is New Year's. Anyway, as a night owl, it didn't awaken me, but I remember thinking people with small kids or who have to work in the morning are just gonna love this.

Posted on: 2015/5/25 12:49
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Re: Two dogs were stolen and sold in Jersey City, owner says
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AlexC wrote:
I spent 3 years during with UNTAC in the early 90's and traveled to most of the provinces and I've never seen anyone eat dogs in Cambodia

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iGreg wrote:
Good Lord !

Hope they did not make it into the Cambodian soup.

I've eaten dog in Northern Laos and will say it is a tad chewy.


I can't speak for Cambodia, but I've traveled up and down Vietnam. It quite common to see roadside eateries with "Thit Cho" signs, even though the government has banned the sale of dogs as livestock. I don't think I ever saw a stray dog in Vietnam, whereas they're all over Thailand. 'Nuff said.

Posted on: 2015/5/23 14:05
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Re: France Proposes to Ban Food Waste in Grocery Stores
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Very ironic proposal in a country where asking a restaurant for a doggie bag is frowned upon.

Posted on: 2015/5/22 18:22
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