So instead of redacting names, why don't they just replace the names of the informants with the names of some Taliban fighters and start an internal war. Am I the only one who thinks spreading FUD into their ranks might be better than handing over our informants?
Please, my cable is so good that it has it's own gold connector for the R,G, and B colors. You know they won't get mixed up on the way to the TV that way!
Most of this stuff is metallic right? Possibly even magnetic? Methinks we need a Wile E. Coyote style ACME space-junk removing magnet! As an added benefit, it may trap fast moving birds in its steady stream of space debris!
Exactly! So how do you teach him what essentially amounts to a by-rote fact (formula use and applications)? Oh well, I guess this is the eternal struggle of education.
I suppose what is more unfortunate is the fact that you must teach by-rote facts at all. I personally much prefer a hands on inquiry based science class, however the curriculum leaves little to no time for that kind of science.
Believe me I tried. He was one of those people who instinctively knew how it worked, but to put it into a formula it stopped making sense. To be honest, I didn't understand how he could grasp the concept but not the formula and its application. However, that is the job of a teacher, to try to inspire and reach students whether or not you understand their reasoning.
Part of that issue is human nature. It is only human to see others as you see yourself. In this case, it means that the policy makers were all people who graduated university, and as such can't imagine anyone having problems with highschool. They see the world through their own eyes.
Quick warning here, by correcting yourself you significantly reduce the odds of entertaining replies, thus reducing the odds of a coffee-spew-on-screen, thus reducing the number of new monitors needed. You sir, are wrecking the economy.
Generally this is only true for early and middle years. Which is great when you get a student in Grade 9 who can't read. Believe me, kids that age are cruel...it would have been better to fail them and have them on an even playing field with their peers.
That is an interesting opinion, however you are failing to take into account that there are students there who aren't slacking, but who are not capable of doing the work. The IQ scale doesn't only extend above 100. You will on occasion get a student who can go through the motions, but cannot understand why they are doing it or what the purpose is. These students will not be able to remember the steps all of the time, and they will not (or probably more realistically, should not) pass the course.
However, these same students will have an aptitude somewhere else. For example, I once worked with a student who could not figure out the gas laws to save his life. It would not click. He failed that unit in a bad way. However, you give that guy anything related to a car and he can work miracles with it. These kinds of students need the D's so they can get through high school and into the trade of their choice. Just because you can't do math, science, or english well, doesn't necessarily mean you will not survive in the world.
Obviously there are some basic skills you need, but being able to fix a car will make you decent coin in today's world and you don't necessarily need to know gas laws.
That being said, I think the premise behind this is a good one, however it needs to be backed with a huge support program to enable those students who don't get it to still pass highschool. Good luck doing anything without that diploma these days.
So they know as much about technology as they do about what makes women attractive. (The Playboy answer: tattoos, a shaved gash, breast implants and lots and lots of Photoshopping)
Ya...I love a woman with lots of practice photoshopping too. Graphic artists rock my world!
Which, for those of you not in the know, is less than car silly, but more than boat silly. Still, I think that method of comparing silly levels is plain silly.
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So instead of redacting names, why don't they just replace the names of the informants with the names of some Taliban fighters and start an internal war. Am I the only one who thinks spreading FUD into their ranks might be better than handing over our informants?
Ya, when orgasms start giving speeches to foreign powers you know you've done it right!
That's what she said...actually if she said that I think I would have to leave the room screaming.
Yes sir! Right away sir! I will start EFFing as soon as I see the opportunity sir!
Same as gasoline...you always require more vespene gas and eventually you just run out.
Mod parent up...+1 emo.
How many Libraries of Congress is that?
Probably not, you need a large amount of waste to be decomposing before you start getting a useful amount of methane gas.
I believe you meant the benefits suck...and man do they suck great!
Please, my cable is so good that it has it's own gold connector for the R,G, and B colors. You know they won't get mixed up on the way to the TV that way!
I'm so sorry, I can't help myself....
Fucking astronomers...how do they work?
Most of this stuff is metallic right? Possibly even magnetic? Methinks we need a Wile E. Coyote style ACME space-junk removing magnet! As an added benefit, it may trap fast moving birds in its steady stream of space debris!
This coming from "smooth wombat"... asl?
Exactly! So how do you teach him what essentially amounts to a by-rote fact (formula use and applications)? Oh well, I guess this is the eternal struggle of education.
I suppose what is more unfortunate is the fact that you must teach by-rote facts at all. I personally much prefer a hands on inquiry based science class, however the curriculum leaves little to no time for that kind of science.
Believe me I tried. He was one of those people who instinctively knew how it worked, but to put it into a formula it stopped making sense. To be honest, I didn't understand how he could grasp the concept but not the formula and its application. However, that is the job of a teacher, to try to inspire and reach students whether or not you understand their reasoning.
Part of that issue is human nature. It is only human to see others as you see yourself. In this case, it means that the policy makers were all people who graduated university, and as such can't imagine anyone having problems with highschool. They see the world through their own eyes.
Quick warning here, by correcting yourself you significantly reduce the odds of entertaining replies, thus reducing the odds of a coffee-spew-on-screen, thus reducing the number of new monitors needed. You sir, are wrecking the economy.
Generally this is only true for early and middle years. Which is great when you get a student in Grade 9 who can't read. Believe me, kids that age are cruel...it would have been better to fail them and have them on an even playing field with their peers.
That is an interesting opinion, however you are failing to take into account that there are students there who aren't slacking, but who are not capable of doing the work. The IQ scale doesn't only extend above 100. You will on occasion get a student who can go through the motions, but cannot understand why they are doing it or what the purpose is. These students will not be able to remember the steps all of the time, and they will not (or probably more realistically, should not) pass the course.
However, these same students will have an aptitude somewhere else. For example, I once worked with a student who could not figure out the gas laws to save his life. It would not click. He failed that unit in a bad way. However, you give that guy anything related to a car and he can work miracles with it. These kinds of students need the D's so they can get through high school and into the trade of their choice. Just because you can't do math, science, or english well, doesn't necessarily mean you will not survive in the world.
Obviously there are some basic skills you need, but being able to fix a car will make you decent coin in today's world and you don't necessarily need to know gas laws.
That being said, I think the premise behind this is a good one, however it needs to be backed with a huge support program to enable those students who don't get it to still pass highschool. Good luck doing anything without that diploma these days.
It would be nice to move people that fail at academic pursuits into a high school designed to teach them a marketable trade like being a ... car.
I agree with this sentiment whole heartedly! As an added bonus, students who fail are also very green transportation.
Am I the only one who pictured something to do with Katamari in regards to flying through the rings forming larger objects?
TroYL won't get a subscription from me till they fix the respawn bug.
I'm a buddhist you insensitive clod!
So they know as much about technology as they do about what makes women attractive. (The Playboy answer: tattoos, a shaved gash, breast implants and lots and lots of Photoshopping)
Ya...I love a woman with lots of practice photoshopping too. Graphic artists rock my world!
Giving it a robotic leg is just plane silly.
Which, for those of you not in the know, is less than car silly, but more than boat silly. Still, I think that method of comparing silly levels is plain silly.
This comment need a "clockworkorange" tag. That would be right on the money.