Education depends
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10/27/2008
I lived in Knoxville for 8 years. I went to The University of Tennessee, and my young children went to local schools. UT Business college was amazing - first class education. The negative about UT is the sports, which is where the university's priorities are. While athletes can park anywhere, and are getting valet treatment, the regular students have a 1 in 11 chance of getting a parking space, lose classes to cutbacks on a regular basis, and can actually receive lower grades in some cases if they are not wearing orange and white on Fridays. In some ways, I wish I had gone to a JC for the first two years, because the first two years at UT, it is the professor's job (don't worry, most of the time you have a TA anyway) to try to fail you. So, in my third year, I was competing with straight A students, who went to the local JC, where they try to pass them at all costs. On the flip side, my first two years at UT made me tougher, and there were more resources available. The local schools should be avoided at all costs, if you want your child to have any education beyond daycare. My daughter went to the magnet schools, because the local schools were so bad (they were out of money in Cedar Bluff schools, so the kids were told that they were going to practice "goggle safety" for 3 years in science class, until they could afford equipment), but she was beat up repeatedly for being white. We finally moved to the UK (same climate, better people), and then back to FL. If you are moving to Knoxville for UT, with a major in Business, I highly recommend it. If you are moving there with young children, home school.
Bp | Ada, OK