Schools these days are too big, theres too many students for any kid to truely learn in class, a student needs a mentor, or someone they can ask questions and get answers from, when theres 50 people in the classroom next to them asking questions, and the student who does ask the questions disturbs all the other students, this causes no one to ask questions, and less learning.
Schools should be smaller, Classrooms should be smaller,, there should be equal teacher to student ratio, meaning 1 teacher for every one student
If we ever can achieve this, each and every student will truely have no excuse, the system will begin to work.
but you cannot have 50 students and one teacher, and 3000 people in a school,
More money would mean, more teachers, more schools, and this would mean better students.
Its how the money is used that matters, right now the money is being used to make schools bigger not smaller.
If you were depresssed BEFORE you came on the net, you'll be depressed afterwards, the net has nothing to do with your depression, however, if you are depressed offline and need an escape, the net is always there
now you dont have to turn to drugs, alcohol, bars, or many of the other real life escapes, because you have the internet and can go to a chatroom, talk to people who will listen to your problems even if they dont actually care.
The net may actually help some people.
Show me the actual press release with actual quotes of Sega execs saying "We plan to
develop for rival consoles" "Dreamcast is our final console"
all ive seen is sega planning to license their hardware and develop a few games for
portible devices
Where do you get "consoles" and "rival platforms" from?
Where does sega say this is their final console?
Post the quotes, then its fact.
"11/1/00 - Troubled Japanese videogame maker Sega said on Wednesday it
aims to boost its share of the global market for videogame software to 25
percent, shifting its focus to software from loss-making hardware."
As you can tell from the first sentence, this report obviously is not a direct press release
from Sega.
"Sega Corp, the world's third-largest home videogame maker, unveiled last
Friday a far-reaching strategy including plans to provide game software for
rival makers' consoles."
Still he said she said garbage, wheres the actual press release with the president of Sega
making this statement? Until i see it, why believe it?
"It will also license its mainstay Dreamcast (news - web sites) game console's
design technology to makers of personal computers and cell phones so as to
increase compatible PCs and other devices."
This i did see in the official press release, this is the only fact which can be backed up by
looking at the official press release which I'm about to post.
MY proof.
" Across the Pacific, Sega of America's PR arm Access Communications referred
to the Reuters story as erroneous. The statement that Sega's business
strategy would include providing "content to existing platforms such as PCs,
mobile phones and handheld PDAs" certainly conjures up notions of Sonic on
Gamecube and Phantasy Star on Xbox, but such a notion was dismissed by
the company's American office. Sega of America steadfastly proclaimed that
the company would not develop titles for other platforms, and that the press
release was never intended to imply such."
Even Sega saying themselves the story isnt true isnt enough to keep websites from
posting it up as news.
:
"This announcement has been made in one form or another at least five times
since I've been working at Sega of America," Heather Hawkins, Sega of
America's manager for gaming press relations said. "The announcement that
was made is not about other platforms as you would think of them -- say,
Nintendo or PlayStation. It's about other technologies such as cell phones,
PDAs, and set top boxes. It's about taking Dreamcast technology onto those
other hardware platforms." Hawkins noted that Sega's online plans have
effectively served to increase the Dreamcast's life span. "We're looking at a
business plan that assumes a five- or six-year cycle for the Dreamcast," she
said. "From the very beginning, we've made the Dreamcast so it could be
upgraded, so that it can change as technology changes." Despite Sega's
clarifications, this story gained legs, and the Internet blazed with messages
heralding Sega's impending demise. Videogame websites igndc.com and
computerandvideogames.com posted stories that Sega and Nintendo would
be forming a joint venture -- with computerandvideogames.com proclaiming,
"In a move that could seriously signal the end of the Dreamcast as a viable
platform, Sega has confirmed an online venture with Nintendo." The normally
sane, sober and highly reliable site had bought in to the hype, and was
forced to admit it printed news based on a mistranslation; the supposed
"joint" online venture between Sega and Nintendo was actually between
Sega and Marigul Management, whose director had been linked to Nintendo in
some peripheral way.
There you have it, Sega says they are not developing for rival consoles.
There shouldnt be any more argument about this.
I suppose Daily Radar is the only website willing to admit they made a mistake, all of the
others are trying to save face by claiming it to be fact and not rumor.
Really though, Sega says its false, you cant really say Sega is wrong.
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Schools these days are too big, theres too many students for any kid to truely learn in class, a student needs a mentor, or someone they can ask questions and get answers from, when theres 50 people in the classroom next to them asking questions, and the student who does ask the questions disturbs all the other students, this causes no one to ask questions, and less learning.
Schools should be smaller, Classrooms should be smaller,, there should be equal teacher to student ratio, meaning 1 teacher for every one student
If we ever can achieve this, each and every student will truely have no excuse, the system will begin to work.
but you cannot have 50 students and one teacher, and 3000 people in a school,
More money would mean, more teachers, more schools, and this would mean better students.
Its how the money is used that matters, right now the money is being used to make schools bigger not smaller.
College and highschool was never about learning, at least not for me, it was mainly about passing tests and doing work.
Learning takes place outside the classroom, when you want to know why things are they way they are.
Get off of your 486's and upgrade!
I'm sick and tired of the one guy with a 200mhz pentium keeping the desktop the same because its too "Slow" to run on his machine.
Force people to upgrade, the tech stocks go up when people buy more hardware, and the economy improves.
MAKE people upgrade.
People, Upgrade your machines.
Linux runs fast, on a fast machine, dont expect it to run fast on a peice of junk.
People who dont want to upgrade, should not have state of the art code.
If these scientists want to do something useful they should find out why the cells arent dying, perhaps they can end aging.
If you were depresssed BEFORE you came on the net, you'll be depressed afterwards, the net has nothing to do with your depression, however, if you are depressed offline and need an escape, the net is always there now you dont have to turn to drugs, alcohol, bars, or many of the other real life escapes, because you have the internet and can go to a chatroom, talk to people who will listen to your problems even if they dont actually care. The net may actually help some people.
Show me the actual press release with actual quotes of Sega execs saying "We plan to develop for rival consoles" "Dreamcast is our final console" all ive seen is sega planning to license their hardware and develop a few games for portible devices Where do you get "consoles" and "rival platforms" from? Where does sega say this is their final console? Post the quotes, then its fact. "11/1/00 - Troubled Japanese videogame maker Sega said on Wednesday it aims to boost its share of the global market for videogame software to 25 percent, shifting its focus to software from loss-making hardware." As you can tell from the first sentence, this report obviously is not a direct press release from Sega. "Sega Corp, the world's third-largest home videogame maker, unveiled last Friday a far-reaching strategy including plans to provide game software for rival makers' consoles." Still he said she said garbage, wheres the actual press release with the president of Sega making this statement? Until i see it, why believe it? "It will also license its mainstay Dreamcast (news - web sites) game console's design technology to makers of personal computers and cell phones so as to increase compatible PCs and other devices." This i did see in the official press release, this is the only fact which can be backed up by looking at the official press release which I'm about to post. MY proof. " Across the Pacific, Sega of America's PR arm Access Communications referred to the Reuters story as erroneous. The statement that Sega's business strategy would include providing "content to existing platforms such as PCs, mobile phones and handheld PDAs" certainly conjures up notions of Sonic on Gamecube and Phantasy Star on Xbox, but such a notion was dismissed by the company's American office. Sega of America steadfastly proclaimed that the company would not develop titles for other platforms, and that the press release was never intended to imply such." Even Sega saying themselves the story isnt true isnt enough to keep websites from posting it up as news. : "This announcement has been made in one form or another at least five times since I've been working at Sega of America," Heather Hawkins, Sega of America's manager for gaming press relations said. "The announcement that was made is not about other platforms as you would think of them -- say, Nintendo or PlayStation. It's about other technologies such as cell phones, PDAs, and set top boxes. It's about taking Dreamcast technology onto those other hardware platforms." Hawkins noted that Sega's online plans have effectively served to increase the Dreamcast's life span. "We're looking at a business plan that assumes a five- or six-year cycle for the Dreamcast," she said. "From the very beginning, we've made the Dreamcast so it could be upgraded, so that it can change as technology changes." Despite Sega's clarifications, this story gained legs, and the Internet blazed with messages heralding Sega's impending demise. Videogame websites igndc.com and computerandvideogames.com posted stories that Sega and Nintendo would be forming a joint venture -- with computerandvideogames.com proclaiming, "In a move that could seriously signal the end of the Dreamcast as a viable platform, Sega has confirmed an online venture with Nintendo." The normally sane, sober and highly reliable site had bought in to the hype, and was forced to admit it printed news based on a mistranslation; the supposed "joint" online venture between Sega and Nintendo was actually between Sega and Marigul Management, whose director had been linked to Nintendo in some peripheral way. There you have it, Sega says they are not developing for rival consoles. There shouldnt be any more argument about this. I suppose Daily Radar is the only website willing to admit they made a mistake, all of the others are trying to save face by claiming it to be fact and not rumor. Really though, Sega says its false, you cant really say Sega is wrong.