SFist: 'SF Promise' Guarantees SFSU Admission to All SF Sixth Graders

Will

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:03:10 -0800

SF State is already crowded as it is, as a 4th year, the current graduation time here is 5-6 years. i think this plan will only delay our education, and SFSU will just get more money..

oskarv

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:39:57 -0800

well. it's cheaper at any rate, and the quality of education would be similar. going to ccsf for 2 years and getting above a 2.0 basically guarantees admission to sfsu anyway. why spend the extra dough? sfsu general ed courses really aren't going to be anymore stimulating than at a community college.

tylerspeaks

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:38:00 -0800

Word.

Xenu

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:43:15 -0800

Another one of Newsom's gimmicks. Just like Shop SF (yet Newsom bought his own car in Colma), the tree planting program (trees were not watered or even planted correctly) and the Healthy SF program (funding and staff are completely inadequate for even basic services.) When will the public realize they've been had by a scam artist?

lejohnnyc

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:42:54 -0800

Wait, one step back, SFSU is a SCHOOL? I thought it was just a nexus of fornication and of-age/underage drunkenness. Either way, now we can ensure that we have actual natives engaging in dorm antic sex with the SoCal girls that had been wanting to escape their parents all senior year, and no way in hell were going to Long Beach State because of such.

hillarys_quivering_lip

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:10:18 -0800

Our Mayor is privileged enough to avoid the random violence that plagues this City each and every day. Schools & education are a key component in fighting that. So Kudos for that. I think some of these comments might have been tempered by perceptions of his ultimate failure in many other aspects of running the City.

Akit

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:43:07 -0800

@oskarv: SFSU is not full of auditoriums and 500 person classes, although the sex ed class is the biggest one around.

megang

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:26:42 -0800

Ahh, the comments of the privileged.

IZ1

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:15:46 -0800

A University that only requires a 6th grade diploma to get in? I guess the reputation is deserving!

windvexer

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:42:34 -0800

What kind of weirdo would complain about this? Education is great.

periqueblend

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:27:30 -0800

I know you just can't stand newsome, but this is a good thing since the alternative is not a third of higher tiered school, but none. Secondly, its not innovative, the state of texas guarantees admission to a certain tranche of students - its pretty widespread. But yes I agree. Newsome is a bag of hair. we get it.

seandub

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:58:38 -0800

Like Newsom or not, it's a good idea. Same for SFSU. Arnie always looks to cut education to to shore up the budget (does he hate kids?), but cutting education its the first way to increase crime and screw over an economy. Better we do it as a city if the state won't. Moreover, adding the incentive of higher education won't hurt teachers, students or their families. As for those who pooh-pooh SFSU, pampered-ass bedwetters will complain that it's not top- or second-, or even third-tier. Not every school is top tier, and if that's what you want, try to get into one. If you failed out, then maybe you're the fuckup, not the school.

hillarys_quivering_lip

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:58:05 -0800

"Flashy Gruesome Gimmicks" for $500, Alex? > All I want are turd free sidewalks. Is that so much to ask for? Maybe not, but I'd like to see someone do something about the murders in the Mission and all the other random violence that no one likes to talk about in SF. But I guess his wise political advisers (the ones WITHOUT hot wives) are thinking he gets elected Governor via the "I brought WiFi to the hood" or perhaps today's flashy gimmick of the now.

redseca2

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:54:00 -0800

I would be impressed if Stanford made the same offer to East Palo Alto.

oskarv

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:49:54 -0800

Guaranteed admission to SFSU is no reward. People who want to put themselves on the SFSU track would be best advised to complete their first two years at CCSF. General Education courses (the courses students would take in the first two years) would probably be much better at CCSF if only because of the much smaller class sizes (30 - 50 compared to auditoriums in SFSU).

mattymatt

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:40:35 -0800

I have to wonder how this is going to affect SFSU's dropout rate.

GlenParker

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:39:58 -0800

Fourth tier my ass. Try ninth or tenth. When I graduated from that dump back in 2000 there were so many crybaby protesters I told friends I went to STFU. And under that idiot who calls himself "mayor' the best you will get is a free turd on every sidewalk. Possibly two or three is you ask him nicely.

jacksevanroo

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:38:53 -0800

I don't think SF State turns anyone right now anyway. How the hell else would I have been admitted?

The Angry Young Man

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:22:58 -0800

Guaranteed admission to a fourth tier school. Gee. Gruesome Newsom needs to spend less time pushing these flashy gimmicks that he thinks will make him look "innovative" in his quixotic run for governor and more time actually running this city. All I want are turd free sidewalks. Is that so much to ask for?

oskarv

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:18:01 -0800

cahletche for everybody!