Well, here they ahve standardized testing for grades 3 6 and 9. The schools are ranked, and result is the parents get involved and institute change as needed.
No I want and live in a free country. But I don't want people running around mistakenly thinking that they are 'free' to do anything they like. Whether it is sexually moleting their children or pumping their heads full of lies - both ends up traumatizing them for life.
Your body your freedom - I completely agree with that. You should be able to do anything you like, harmful or not. But your freedom stops where it impacts another human being.
Lets say it as it is - you are an anarchist who believes the laws do not apply to you. You think you can do anything you like regardless of the consequences, and then hide behind a social document like the constitution, probably never having read the thing. You are a hypocrite.
Why do you believe there is a wider variety of ideas available to school kids than homeschooled kids
I don't. I think homeschooling can be a great thing. But I also know that exposure to different teachers with different ways of teaching and different beliefs, as well as other children with different beliefs can also be a good thing.
The vast majority of homeschooled kids have substantially more intellectual freedom.
While this should be true, I'd say for the majority it is not. Parents take their kids out of school because they don't like what is being taught. Generally this is not an education standard (parents who care about the quality of teaching would help teach their child at home in addition to that taught in school), but an ideals standard - usually sex, religion or science.
When a parent takes a child out of class because they don't want certain topics taught to them, that is less intellectual freedom, not more. In a public school the parent and child are free to augment that teaching with whatever they like. In a home school environment, there is no such opportunity, for better or for worse.
2. Ideal curriculum. Not interested in defining an ideal curriculum - thats impossible. However a minimum standard should be easy to define (i.e. by grade 8 your child should be able to do A, B and C)
Read some George Orwell. Specifically Animal Farm.
I'd try and impose a MINIMUM standard. If you want to set a curriculum that exceeds that, sure go ahead.
One reason is that schools (public or private) cater to near the lowest performing kid in the class. A child may know something backwards and forwards, but if the rest of the class doesn't get it then he/she must sit there. Homeschooling would allow the child to learn at his/her own pace. Of course a good teacher would allow the student to forge ahead, but it gets difficult to teach if everyone is at different levels.
Another reason is that the child may not learn well in a crowded classroom with distractions. They may learn better at home in a more familiar structured environment.
You copied my post very well, so if you read it, you'd know I suggested standardized testing and minimum curriculum rules for ALL schools, not just home schools.
Government MUST have a role here to set a minimum standard of child care for education. Basically because some people are too stupid to leave it unchecked.
If you physically abuse your child, or refuse to feed them, give them proper basic care, the government does (and should) have the right to step in and correct it. Standard of education should be the same thing.
While we did have formal religion class, taught exactly like other classes with exams and everything, they included things such as "comparative religious studies" to actually look at what various religions believed. Not only did I get the Catholic Doctrine, but we read from the Torah and the Qur'an as well.
My public school was like that (I'm in Canada). I thought it was great as it really sparked some good discussions as to the origin of religion.
Uh - Catholics don't believe in the 8000 year old earth nonsense. The official church position is that science and religion are complementary, not contradictory.
No, it doesn't. Windows doesn't have virtual desktops at all, so the set-up the OP wants (separate virtual desktops on each display) is completely impossible.
If you assume what he wants is separate virtual desktops, plus the ability to move applications from one to another, then that doesn't exist.
The fact is that if you truly do have virtual desktops, then they cannot know about each other by definition, therefore dragging applications between them is impossible.
It's ridiculous that such a place is allowed to exist. There needs to be some sort of oversight; many of my classmates may never recover. Most of the parents had no idea just how radical it all was.
Yes, which is why I said there has to be some sort of curriculum standard that ALL schools must adhere to.
I have no problem with homeschooling, but there needs to be a check and balance to ensure that the kids are being taught the same or better than kids in a regular school. Maybe there should be standardized testing, and recommended curriculum, for all schools including home schools.
Otherwise what is to stop someone from brainwashing their kids under the guise of homeschooling?
Me too. But apparently there is only a size limit on the recycle bin, not an age limit. When you hit the size limit it will delete older stuff to make room.
If you delete something, then never delete anything further, the file will stay in the recycle bin forever (unless you manually dump it of course).
1) Ditch the ridiculous moon plans that were pulled out of Bush's ass without any consultation to the space industry as to what actually would be useful.
2) Now that the space station is finally build and is useful, FUND the thing to make it even more useful, instead of cancelling it like Bush wanted
3) Fund new space technologies like advanced power sources (like Stirling RTG) and engines (like magnetoplasma rockets) that will provide the foundation for planetary exploration
4) Continue science through space probes and robotics
Lest get the fundamentals down before we spend a few more trillion on a project with no real scientific purpose.
Ok sure - I can see once in a blue moon where you may be able to trick yourself into thinking the waste of time was justified. But if I had to read and print an email that urgently, I'd boot whoever was on the PC off for the 30 seconds it took to do that instead of trying to dual boot a PS3 and kicking off whoever was watching the TV.
So if PS3 already supports Linux, then what is the point of hacking it?
All very fine except this cannot possibly be considered an act of civil disobedience - unless Scientology somehow became the actual government and they forgot to announce it.
Every one of your examples is a fight to get government rule or law changed - the definition and purpose of civil disobedience.
However COS is a religion and a business. Attacks against any business cannot be classified as civil disobedience. That excuse is just that - an excuse to lay judgement by a few individuals against an entity that they don't personally like. It's vigilantism. It equivalent to someone in a neighborhood not liking how someone else painted their house and trying to burn it down because of it.
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But so? What can you do with it?
This seems as useful as a flying toaster or geothermally powered airplane.
Well, here they ahve standardized testing for grades 3 6 and 9. The schools are ranked, and result is the parents get involved and institute change as needed.
No I want and live in a free country. But I don't want people running around mistakenly thinking that they are 'free' to do anything they like. Whether it is sexually moleting their children or pumping their heads full of lies - both ends up traumatizing them for life.
Your body your freedom - I completely agree with that. You should be able to do anything you like, harmful or not. But your freedom stops where it impacts another human being.
Lets say it as it is - you are an anarchist who believes the laws do not apply to you. You think you can do anything you like regardless of the consequences, and then hide behind a social document like the constitution, probably never having read the thing. You are a hypocrite.
Why do you believe there is a wider variety of ideas available to school kids than homeschooled kids
I don't. I think homeschooling can be a great thing. But I also know that exposure to different teachers with different ways of teaching and different beliefs, as well as other children with different beliefs can also be a good thing.
The vast majority of homeschooled kids have substantially more intellectual freedom.
While this should be true, I'd say for the majority it is not. Parents take their kids out of school because they don't like what is being taught. Generally this is not an education standard (parents who care about the quality of teaching would help teach their child at home in addition to that taught in school), but an ideals standard - usually sex, religion or science.
When a parent takes a child out of class because they don't want certain topics taught to them, that is less intellectual freedom, not more. In a public school the parent and child are free to augment that teaching with whatever they like. In a home school environment, there is no such opportunity, for better or for worse.
1. Better taught - more then the minimum standard
2. Ideal curriculum. Not interested in defining an ideal curriculum - thats impossible. However a minimum standard should be easy to define (i.e. by grade 8 your child should be able to do A, B and C)
Read some George Orwell. Specifically Animal Farm.
I'd try and impose a MINIMUM standard. If you want to set a curriculum that exceeds that, sure go ahead.
One reason is that schools (public or private) cater to near the lowest performing kid in the class. A child may know something backwards and forwards, but if the rest of the class doesn't get it then he/she must sit there. Homeschooling would allow the child to learn at his/her own pace. Of course a good teacher would allow the student to forge ahead, but it gets difficult to teach if everyone is at different levels.
Another reason is that the child may not learn well in a crowded classroom with distractions. They may learn better at home in a more familiar structured environment.
All depends on the child, teacher and parent.
You copied my post very well, so if you read it, you'd know I suggested standardized testing and minimum curriculum rules for ALL schools, not just home schools.
Completely disagree.
Government MUST have a role here to set a minimum standard of child care for education. Basically because some people are too stupid to leave it unchecked.
If you physically abuse your child, or refuse to feed them, give them proper basic care, the government does (and should) have the right to step in and correct it. Standard of education should be the same thing.
Even Obama's address to school kids last year was controversial in some quarters
As a Canadian, it was shocking how upset people became about their kids listening to the president speech. Really don't understand what the problem.
It's brainwashing if its clearly nonsense like 8000 year old earths and dinosaurs and man walking together.
While we did have formal religion class, taught exactly like other classes with exams and everything, they included things such as "comparative religious studies" to actually look at what various religions believed. Not only did I get the Catholic Doctrine, but we read from the Torah and the Qur'an as well.
My public school was like that (I'm in Canada). I thought it was great as it really sparked some good discussions as to the origin of religion.
Uh - Catholics don't believe in the 8000 year old earth nonsense. The official church position is that science and religion are complementary, not contradictory.
Oh thats right - lock them in the closet away from dangerous ideas. That'll make them well rounded.
No, it doesn't. Windows doesn't have virtual desktops at all, so the set-up the OP wants (separate virtual desktops on each display) is completely impossible.
If you assume what he wants is separate virtual desktops, plus the ability to move applications from one to another, then that doesn't exist.
The fact is that if you truly do have virtual desktops, then they cannot know about each other by definition, therefore dragging applications between them is impossible.
And what is to say about the brainwashing the kids under the guise of public education?
said the home schooled religious crackpot..
It's not clear to me that a homeschool religious brainwashing is worse than a left-pop-PC brainwashing at public school.
I'm not sure what you are referring to when you say left-pop-pc...
It's ridiculous that such a place is allowed to exist. There needs to be some sort of oversight; many of my classmates may never recover. Most of the parents had no idea just how radical it all was.
Yes, which is why I said there has to be some sort of curriculum standard that ALL schools must adhere to.
At least they will be exposes to a variety of other ideas, and hopefully be able to decide which is right and wrong.
I have no problem with homeschooling, but there needs to be a check and balance to ensure that the kids are being taught the same or better than kids in a regular school. Maybe there should be standardized testing, and recommended curriculum, for all schools including home schools.
Otherwise what is to stop someone from brainwashing their kids under the guise of homeschooling?
Me too. But apparently there is only a size limit on the recycle bin, not an age limit. When you hit the size limit it will delete older stuff to make room.
If you delete something, then never delete anything further, the file will stay in the recycle bin forever (unless you manually dump it of course).
Sorry to hear your fingers are broken and cant use a search engine.
Here's the nvidia link stating what hardware and software is OpenGl 3.x capable. it's quite extensive. http://developer.nvidia.com/object/opengl_3_driver.html
FYI, my laptop has a Quadro FX 1700M.
Ok, so theres a few hundred people taken care of.
Here's a better idea.
1) Ditch the ridiculous moon plans that were pulled out of Bush's ass without any consultation to the space industry as to what actually would be useful.
2) Now that the space station is finally build and is useful, FUND the thing to make it even more useful, instead of cancelling it like Bush wanted
3) Fund new space technologies like advanced power sources (like Stirling RTG) and engines (like magnetoplasma rockets) that will provide the foundation for planetary exploration
4) Continue science through space probes and robotics
Lest get the fundamentals down before we spend a few more trillion on a project with no real scientific purpose.
Ok sure - I can see once in a blue moon where you may be able to trick yourself into thinking the waste of time was justified. But if I had to read and print an email that urgently, I'd boot whoever was on the PC off for the 30 seconds it took to do that instead of trying to dual boot a PS3 and kicking off whoever was watching the TV.
So if PS3 already supports Linux, then what is the point of hacking it?
All very fine except this cannot possibly be considered an act of civil disobedience - unless Scientology somehow became the actual government and they forgot to announce it.
Every one of your examples is a fight to get government rule or law changed - the definition and purpose of civil disobedience.
However COS is a religion and a business. Attacks against any business cannot be classified as civil disobedience. That excuse is just that - an excuse to lay judgement by a few individuals against an entity that they don't personally like. It's vigilantism. It equivalent to someone in a neighborhood not liking how someone else painted their house and trying to burn it down because of it.
Scientology isn't legal. It's a business using religion as a tax shelter.
That's true of hundreds of Christian evangelical ministries in the US. Do you really think these TV ministers believe what they are saying?
So again, why single out Scientology when there are so many other institutions doing the same thing?