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  1. Re:You're right its cool to be stupid on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    are any of those books written using studies, or are they just blowhards with an axe to grind?

  2. Re:Great on Consensus on Global Warming · · Score: 2, Informative

    exactly. Australia did not sign the protocol but they are aiming to find ways to reduce their emissions to the levels that Kyoto says with out harming their economy. it might take them longer to get the to to the levels stated in the treaty, but they are at least committed to getting there.

  3. Re:Egalitarian? Who are you kidding? on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    I go to school with a woman from Canada who is in my education program at the university I go to. in canada there is almost no standardized testing done to gauge the performance of the students and they kick the states' butt in quality of education.

    for some reason we in the states feel the need to track out children's performance through standardized testing. it is odd really.

    and the way they apply the tests is odd as well. it would make more sense to have multiple tests through out the year that took the place of other kids of tests in a subject area.

    then only the kids in a math class would be tested on a certain type of math and only kids in an english class would get tested on their abilities for that class etc.

    rather than a huge all encompassing test, break the tests out into subject areas and have the teacher's give them.

    but anyway.... you understand what I mean now I beleive.

  4. Re:Proper English and education..... on Too Many Computers Hurt Learning · · Score: 1

    Proof that Home Schooling stinks.

  5. Re:Egalitarian? Who are you kidding? on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    Canadian's also do not test like in the US.

  6. Re:Even worse in minority communities on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    no, the white kids thought that you cheated because you were black. that is why they resented you.

    not really an outright racist view, more like they looked around, saw that 99% of the other black kids were morons and just associated that with you.

    sure, they should look at the person and not the skin, but most people in this world have not reached that level in Kholberg's scale to be able to measure a person that way.

  7. Re:It's COOL to suck at math on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    I hope to develop a math system in my classroom that sets forth a project for the chapter for the kids to do. as we go along in the chapter, they will learn skills needed to accomplish the project (of course, they will need to go over the stuff on their own again in order to use it because no one gets it 100% the first time).

    this, along with a constructionist approach to learning ( having them come up with an example of a concept and apply it in a 1 page essay or some other method) should help the kids to master the skills they are learning.

  8. Re:You're right its cool to be stupid on Math Skills Survey Shows U.S. Lags Behind · · Score: 1

    do you have a study that looks at that to which you can reference me? I wold like to read it and see what solutions they come up with/ a new approach to teaching kids needs to be espoused in this country.

    thanks.

    though if you are just spouting off crap from what you perceive... then kindly put up (do some research on your assertions) or shut up because you are not helping to do anything but spread a culture of self victimization which leads to apathy and results in the consequences that you claim are caused by the schools in this country..

  9. Re:Hrmm on Too Many Computers Hurt Learning · · Score: 1

    that is stupid. that is like saying "who gets to define localizations"

  10. Re:How does CELL solve the software problem? on Cell Workstations in 2005 · · Score: 1

    I thought the point of the Kernel being on the chip was so that the main Core could distribute jobs to the other cores on the chip.

  11. Re:Windows on Cell Workstations in 2005 · · Score: 1

    they got ride of the HAL so it is as tied to the x86 chip as intel is.

  12. Re:Best PDA/Reader for E-books? on Upbeat on E-books · · Score: 1

    do you need more memory than the 8MB built in on that visor?

  13. Re:This won't work on NASA Hoping To Create Super X-Prizes · · Score: 1

    it all depends on if it is with another guy or another girl....

    if she got pounded in both holes at the same time, then I am sure she would love to do it all the time.

  14. Re:Congress on NASA Hoping To Create Super X-Prizes · · Score: 1

    how are they looking out for your money? getting a product delivered at the most cost effective rate will save money. when you award these contracts to the lowest bidder, they tend to take for ever, have cost overruns, and it ends up costing more to get the system to work.

    I would rather pay a guy 1 billion dollars for a working space craft than pay a guy 1 billion dollars because he said he can build me one.

  15. Re:I wonder why? on NASA Hoping To Create Super X-Prizes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but why worry about pork when this prize competition could spark more industry in more places than a single awarded contract could. when you have 5-10 teams, each building with their own cash, they are in more disperse places, and they do it more cost effectively because they want to maximize profit.

  16. Re:No Thanks on Wikinews Project Launched · · Score: 2, Interesting

    ORRRRR it is a way for folks in small towns in disperse areas of the globe to write about what is happening to them or in their area and having it reported on.

  17. Re:Time to rename IBM? on IBM Puts PC Business Up for Sale · · Score: 1

    IBS....

    Irritable Bowel Syndrome

  18. Re:Time to rename IBM? on IBM Puts PC Business Up for Sale · · Score: 0

    IBS? sorry that sounds to much like a Bowel problem.

  19. Re:Makes sense on IBM Puts PC Business Up for Sale · · Score: 1

    not making is different than just accepting what ever crap an outsourcer gives you.

    a company can have Quality Standards that they tell the Outsourcer they want. that is why 2 computers made b the same company and sole through different OEMs can be of completely different quality.

  20. Re:Who would have guessed... on IBM Puts PC Business Up for Sale · · Score: 1

    umm... PPC is an open standard. but apple haters are not to bright.

    also, IBM sort of did not want to give away the PC. they were forced by pressures put on them while under Anti-trust litigation to not take action against Compaq who reverse engineered the bios.

    and, having failed to at least get an exclusive license with MS, screwed up all around.

  21. Re:Fawed Research on Human Activity to Blame For 2003 Heatwave · · Score: 1

    not to mention they ignore what the weak Gulf Stream will do to Europe when the Northern Polar Ice Cap puts massive amounts of fresh water into the ocean.

    Europe will be a Popsicle when that happens.

  22. Re:BLADOW! on ROTK:EE Trailer Released · · Score: 1

    that is kind of a Lame excuse. just because you can't constrain yourself long enough to wait for the extended edition, which EVERYONE knew was coming, does not mean that having a special edition is a bad thing. some people like to get those SE sets, some do not. why not have both? then there are the crazy fans who buy everything.

  23. Re:Looks nice... on Fanless Media Center Box · · Score: 1

    umm, the cube was 1800 dollars, this machine in the article is 3500....

  24. Re:Windows Media 9 on HD-DVD Wins Support of 4 Studios · · Score: 2, Informative

    umm, actually, no. HD dropped it because MS lied about its abilities.

  25. Re:Will be interesting... on The Mystery of Cell Processors · · Score: 1

    remember to make an anonymous article submition about it when they get back.