i don't claim to speak for the rest of the country, but my school is relatively technically able. even in a state that consistently ties for last place when it comes to education, there are some schools with a remarkable grasp of technology. the software isn't up to date, the computers are crap, and the IT department is barely ever here (when they are, they just browse reddit and such like the rest of us). still, i can't blame the school for it. it's jefferson parish's fault. if some aspects of your daughter's school seem outdated, that's because they are. many schools simply don't have the funding to update as regularly as you or i. my school provides (shitty) laptops to every student. granted, the computers still run vista and are over five years old, but you can't have everything. even more surprising? it's a public school. the grades and assignments are shown online, and there is regular digital correspondence between the parents and the teachers. as a result, i am being punished for having a D in a class with three grades entered. such is life.
There have been a lots of updates since this summary was written.
The reading on pornographic material was separate material and not in the books mentioned. It may or may not of happened.
The complaint from the parent mentions swearing and use of guns and violence.
there's the complaint i was expecting. the violence, yes, but guns? really, people? are guns that bad? don't ever send your kid into the real world, then. oh no, drugs, oh my, guns and violence everywhere! no. don't shelter your kids like this. it only hurts them in the end.
i would just like to say that i read Ender's Game when i was in... oh, sixth grade or so. i absolutely adored it, and have been a die-hard OSC fan ever since. my innocent little mind found no problem with the book. he took a damn shower. alert the presses. however, i do find it rather amusing that there was no complaint of violence or discrimination. if i were a parent, that would probably be my primary complaint. (if i were hopelessly devoted to my little snookums and wanted no harm to befall him) i can't see how it's the teacher's fault, though. Ender's Game is a great book, and i'd say that anyone over the mental age of eight would enjoy it. it's stories like these that make me realize that common sense really isn't all that common.
FACEPALM X2 COMBO
i believe that it would be swift, mostly silent, and altogether b0ring; at least, most research points in that direction. space combat would be carried out largely through autonomous drones, n0 manned aircraft, et cetera, et cetera. however, lasers are another story. if they somehow become a viable weap0n by the time all
of this is carried out, i must make several comments:
1. i would pay anything to s33 the first practice in zero g with lasers. thr33 words- idiots in space
2. depending on the range of these lasers and their effectiveness in the vacuum of space, they c0uld be super effective or not very effective at all.
i won't even go int0 the ridiculously p0litical aspects of space combat, though i will say that it is 0bvious that any combat in the near future would be betw33n countries of Earth, rather than any alien race clashing with a miraculously united planet.
thank y0u for your time.
~spacetimeExecuter
Slashdot Mirror
i don't claim to speak for the rest of the country, but my school is relatively technically able. even in a state that consistently ties for last place when it comes to education, there are some schools with a remarkable grasp of technology. the software isn't up to date, the computers are crap, and the IT department is barely ever here (when they are, they just browse reddit and such like the rest of us). still, i can't blame the school for it. it's jefferson parish's fault. if some aspects of your daughter's school seem outdated, that's because they are. many schools simply don't have the funding to update as regularly as you or i. my school provides (shitty) laptops to every student. granted, the computers still run vista and are over five years old, but you can't have everything. even more surprising? it's a public school. the grades and assignments are shown online, and there is regular digital correspondence between the parents and the teachers. as a result, i am being punished for having a D in a class with three grades entered. such is life.
There have been a lots of updates since this summary was written. The reading on pornographic material was separate material and not in the books mentioned. It may or may not of happened. The complaint from the parent mentions swearing and use of guns and violence.
there's the complaint i was expecting. the violence, yes, but guns? really, people? are guns that bad? don't ever send your kid into the real world, then. oh no, drugs, oh my, guns and violence everywhere! no. don't shelter your kids like this. it only hurts them in the end.
i would just like to say that i read Ender's Game when i was in... oh, sixth grade or so. i absolutely adored it, and have been a die-hard OSC fan ever since. my innocent little mind found no problem with the book. he took a damn shower. alert the presses. however, i do find it rather amusing that there was no complaint of violence or discrimination. if i were a parent, that would probably be my primary complaint. (if i were hopelessly devoted to my little snookums and wanted no harm to befall him) i can't see how it's the teacher's fault, though. Ender's Game is a great book, and i'd say that anyone over the mental age of eight would enjoy it. it's stories like these that make me realize that common sense really isn't all that common. FACEPALM X2 COMBO
and the di0des in his left side certainly don't help!
i believe that it would be swift, mostly silent, and altogether b0ring; at least, most research points in that direction. space combat would be carried out largely through autonomous drones, n0 manned aircraft, et cetera, et cetera. however, lasers are another story. if they somehow become a viable weap0n by the time all of this is carried out, i must make several comments: 1. i would pay anything to s33 the first practice in zero g with lasers. thr33 words- idiots in space 2. depending on the range of these lasers and their effectiveness in the vacuum of space, they c0uld be super effective or not very effective at all. i won't even go int0 the ridiculously p0litical aspects of space combat, though i will say that it is 0bvious that any combat in the near future would be betw33n countries of Earth, rather than any alien race clashing with a miraculously united planet. thank y0u for your time. ~spacetimeExecuter