...Is it on rice paper or something? As a teacher, we learn that Maslow's hierarchy of needs says that seeking knowledge comes after one's base needs (food, water, shelter, safety, etc.) are filled.
Why would someone in the developing world want knowledge if what they are seeking is something to eat? I doubt equally that one is going to settle down with a nice copy of Wikipedia while the bullets from rival militias are zipping through your house...
...I imagined going to the beach and finding an Office CD washed up on shore.
I'd put it on a spare machine, at least...
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If you are a TRUE uber-geek, your keyboard will already be missing most of the markings from using it so much...and the ultimate uber-geek will usually be missing the markings from only one side...;)
S-U-C-K-S...in terms of copyrights and how they've been extended ad nauseum because the Disney cronies have a lot to lose in their mouse IP. This article explains how the Mouse and his crew have officially screwed us over in the realm of public domain:
"The CTEA [Copyright Term Extension Act]extended the term of protection by 20 years for works copyrighted after January 1, 1923. Works copyrighted by individuals since 1978 got "life plus 70" rather than the existing "life plus 50". Works made by or for corporations (referred to as "works made for hire") got 95 years. Works copyrighted before 1978 were shielded for 95 years, regardless of how they were produced."
And thus, the reason why I cannot sell my bootleg Mickey shirts for another few decades.:)
--Teechur007
Wow...so you're basically saying that disabilities like Attention Deficit Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Dyslexia, and Emotional Impairments, to name a few, are not really disabilities?!
And our country wanting to include those students in an overall program of education is "elitist?"
I do agree that the U.S. being low on the chart is frightening, but again, I hold to my assertion that other countries are not necessarily holding their entire school population accountable. That would certainly lower the U.S. on the chart, but it would be artificially, and not based on the true statistics representing all students.
I'm sorry to say, my friend, but your ideology about the U.S. should be checked at the door before trying to counter an expert in the field in question.
...towards our average. I'm a high school teacher (Civics, so I guess I'm off the hook for now!:) and we are struggling with having to include 99% of our students in our standardized test scores.
If you take out certain populations, like special education (which I'm sure many other countries do), our numbers would dramatically improve. Many countries have certain requirements for who even goes to school.
As a coach also, I guess it's like having a large school, and trying to find a good football team out of all those students. Sure, you have more to pick from, and the talent of those few is high. However, if you tried to average out the "football skills" of the entire student population at the large school, the talent would be lower.
...if downloading it off Steam. If you purchased the boxed version, didn't the store give you a receipt when you bought it? I teach Civics, and I always tell my students that smart consumers keep their receipts.
Get into the habit now, and you'll be a lot better off, trust me. You won't worry about things like "proving" you purchased the game.
If you print on yellow, and yellow ink is used, it does not stop those that have the means from seeing the ink...it just makes it harder. Yellow ink on yellow paper is unreadable by the human eye perhaps, not impossible to read through chemical analysis.
...was devised by Merriam Webster as an attempt to break away from "the King's English" as it was called. Americans started "misspelling" words on purpose (colour --> color), as well as changing some British words entirely, in order to seem more separate from the motherland.
So you can take your "misspellings," and shove 'em in your "loo.":P
The PS2 has 2 games now that are fairly detailed: "Crash & Burn" and "Hit & Run." While the maps are not the most accurate, perhaps, they are still immense in their scope and accuracy of detail. (at least in terms of buildings that have been featured in the show).
...rebate BB is printing now??? What did you think I was going to say?!
Anyways, has anyone noticed how long the rebate forms are now? Makes it a pain in the @$$ to try and copy.
However, for those who are having trouble with rebates being denied, this is the note I am including in all of my rebates since getting screwed by Office Max's last November:
"Dear rebate representative,
I am including EVERYTHING that your company has asked for on the rebate form. I expect my rebate form to be accepted, and if it is not, I want you to know that I have ALL the included information copied and in a folder marked "TO SUE FOR MAIL FRAUD."
If you fulfill my rebate request, I will cheerfully take that rebate out of the folder. If you refuse to fulfill my rebate request, I will forward my folder onto my personal attorney. Thank you for your time."
...straight out of Back to the Future II. Anyone remember the mini-fusion generator that powered the Delorean? Now, if we could only get hoverboards , we'd be set...
I have a friend who works on a similar idea in the rteatment of schizophrenia and other hallucinatory mental illnesses.
They use VR and graphics technology to simulate the visual and auditory hallucinations that sometimes accompany these diseases.
Um...isn't the point of schizophrenia that you ALREADY have "visual and auditory hallucinations"?! (Some forms of schizophrenia, at least, not all are alike)
This is called maturing. It has little or nothing to do with the teachers that come along the way. It is a biological process.
Can you honestly say that you are solely the sum of your biology? If so, you are going against all known science. I thought that we were past the "nature vs. nurture" argument...it's been agreed that it is a combination of both that makes us the people we are...but since you are apparently a student of the sciences, I assume you knew this.
I have taught both 8th and 9th graders for some time now, and would like to inquire who gave that young, gangbanging girl her confidence? I would hope her parents (it looks like it was not, from what I know), but it was most likely from the success and care she experienced in her prior year of school. Many children do not "blossom" in 9th grade...in fact, I've found the opposite to be true. Ninth graders are actually less outgoing in general than eighth graders. They are scared to death of many aspects of high school; for most, it's new and in a different building, with much older, more mature kids. Don't you all remember how you viewed seniors when you were freshmen?! They were gods! But that's all just anecdotal...here's some more substantial proof.
Under law, teachers act "in loco parentis," or "in lieu of parents" while they are at school. Think about it...by law, teachers are the "parents" of every one of their students while those students are at school. Most teachers view this in a legal sense only...that they are responsible if a child gets hurt while at school. But are parents only responsible for making sure their children are not "hurt?" NO! They are responsible for their student's overall well being, and many teachers do not view teaching in this way. Thus, just as there are negligent, uncaring parents, there are many teachers who are negligent in their duties as well.
So yes, you are correct, many teachers could be replaced with a beach ball, and little more would be accomplished in their classrooms. A heated blanket has more electricity running through it than some teachers do! However, please do not dismiss those teachers who truly DO care for their students, and wish to help give them the confidence they need to mature into strong, intelligent, successful people. They are usually the ones we remember as our "best."
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/not paranoid
//why, what did *they* tell you?
Why would someone in the developing world want knowledge if what they are seeking is something to eat? I doubt equally that one is going to settle down with a nice copy of Wikipedia while the bullets from rival militias are zipping through your house...
Good luck to them though. Hope it works!
...they'll set off the alarms at store entrances?
:)
Or is that only if you're approved for the Platinum card?
--Teechur007
...I imagined going to the beach and finding an Office CD washed up on shore.
I'd put it on a spare machine, at least...
If you are a TRUE uber-geek, your keyboard will already be missing most of the markings from using it so much...and the ultimate uber-geek will usually be missing the markings from only one side... ;)
How about "Women's Studies?" :)
"The CTEA [Copyright Term Extension Act]extended the term of protection by 20 years for works copyrighted after January 1, 1923. Works copyrighted by individuals since 1978 got "life plus 70" rather than the existing "life plus 50". Works made by or for corporations (referred to as "works made for hire") got 95 years. Works copyrighted before 1978 were shielded for 95 years, regardless of how they were produced."
And thus, the reason why I cannot sell my bootleg Mickey shirts for another few decades. :)
--Teechur007
And our country wanting to include those students in an overall program of education is "elitist?"
I do agree that the U.S. being low on the chart is frightening, but again, I hold to my assertion that other countries are not necessarily holding their entire school population accountable. That would certainly lower the U.S. on the chart, but it would be artificially, and not based on the true statistics representing all students.
I'm sorry to say, my friend, but your ideology about the U.S. should be checked at the door before trying to counter an expert in the field in question.
...towards our average. I'm a high school teacher (Civics, so I guess I'm off the hook for now! :) and we are struggling with having to include 99% of our students in our standardized test scores.
If you take out certain populations, like special education (which I'm sure many other countries do), our numbers would dramatically improve. Many countries have certain requirements for who even goes to school.
As a coach also, I guess it's like having a large school, and trying to find a good football team out of all those students. Sure, you have more to pick from, and the talent of those few is high. However, if you tried to average out the "football skills" of the entire student population at the large school, the talent would be lower.
...if downloading it off Steam. If you purchased the boxed version, didn't the store give you a receipt when you bought it? I teach Civics, and I always tell my students that smart consumers keep their receipts.
Get into the habit now, and you'll be a lot better off, trust me. You won't worry about things like "proving" you purchased the game.
If you print on yellow, and yellow ink is used, it does not stop those that have the means from seeing the ink...it just makes it harder. Yellow ink on yellow paper is unreadable by the human eye perhaps, not impossible to read through chemical analysis.
Believe it or not...real estate IS being sold in space ...damn you Tom Cruise! :)
--Teechur007
Did we switch to ebonics all of a sudden? Let me try my hand at it...
Yee-yah, the way they writes they reports is the shiznit! :D
...but I'm pretty sure that since one of their crew "spent 15 minutes editing each picture," they have a claim on that edited picture.
--Teechur007
...was devised by Merriam Webster as an attempt to break away from "the King's English" as it was called. Americans started "misspelling" words on purpose (colour --> color), as well as changing some British words entirely, in order to seem more separate from the motherland.
:P
So you can take your "misspellings," and shove 'em in your "loo."
--Teechur007
The PS2 has 2 games now that are fairly detailed: "Crash & Burn" and "Hit & Run." While the maps are not the most accurate, perhaps, they are still immense in their scope and accuracy of detail. (at least in terms of buildings that have been featured in the show).
...rebate BB is printing now??? What did you think I was going to say?!
Anyways, has anyone noticed how long the rebate forms are now? Makes it a pain in the @$$ to try and copy.
However, for those who are having trouble with rebates being denied, this is the note I am including in all of my rebates since getting screwed by Office Max's last November:
"Dear rebate representative,
I am including EVERYTHING that your company has asked for on the rebate form. I expect my rebate form to be accepted, and if it is not, I want you to know that I have ALL the included information copied and in a folder marked "TO SUE FOR MAIL FRAUD."
If you fulfill my rebate request, I will cheerfully take that rebate out of the folder. If you refuse to fulfill my rebate request, I will forward my folder onto my personal attorney. Thank you for your time."
Try it sometime...it works wonders.
It's King Edward I, which interestingly enough, would mean that they are related to Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.
:)
I knew being a history major would come in handy...someday!
--Teechur007 (teechur@hotmail.com)
Um...wouldn't it be more properly categorized as a satellite phone?
This case DOES matter to the other 30 states that DIDN'T already have this law on the books...
...straight out of Back to the Future II. Anyone remember the mini-fusion generator that powered the Delorean? Now, if we could only get hoverboards , we'd be set...
Um...isn't the point of schizophrenia that you ALREADY have "visual and auditory hallucinations"?! (Some forms of schizophrenia, at least, not all are alike)
Lookie in the middle of the picture at the hand-like formation©©©think the Cydonia "face" people will make something of it? The unfortunate thing is that if it IS an alien hand, it looks pretty threatening©©©what with the claws and all©©© : Teacher007 ~~Keeping the adolescent world safe from themselves~~
Well, it's hard to choose between "ports or WineX," so I think I'll just choose port wine.
Making the world a safer place to learn...
Teechur007Can you honestly say that you are solely the sum of your biology? If so, you are going against all known science. I thought that we were past the "nature vs. nurture" argument...it's been agreed that it is a combination of both that makes us the people we are...but since you are apparently a student of the sciences, I assume you knew this.
I have taught both 8th and 9th graders for some time now, and would like to inquire who gave that young, gangbanging girl her confidence? I would hope her parents (it looks like it was not, from what I know), but it was most likely from the success and care she experienced in her prior year of school. Many children do not "blossom" in 9th grade...in fact, I've found the opposite to be true. Ninth graders are actually less outgoing in general than eighth graders. They are scared to death of many aspects of high school; for most, it's new and in a different building, with much older, more mature kids. Don't you all remember how you viewed seniors when you were freshmen?! They were gods! But that's all just anecdotal...here's some more substantial proof.
Under law, teachers act "in loco parentis," or "in lieu of parents" while they are at school. Think about it...by law, teachers are the "parents" of every one of their students while those students are at school. Most teachers view this in a legal sense only...that they are responsible if a child gets hurt while at school. But are parents only responsible for making sure their children are not "hurt?" NO! They are responsible for their student's overall well being, and many teachers do not view teaching in this way. Thus, just as there are negligent, uncaring parents, there are many teachers who are negligent in their duties as well.
So yes, you are correct, many teachers could be replaced with a beach ball, and little more would be accomplished in their classrooms. A heated blanket has more electricity running through it than some teachers do! However, please do not dismiss those teachers who truly DO care for their students, and wish to help give them the confidence they need to mature into strong, intelligent, successful people. They are usually the ones we remember as our "best."