I wouldn't be so sure on this one...there's magazines and other serials out there that take short stories and other writings from authors. The writings for these kinds of publications, being shorter, would take far less then a year. Actually, if I recall, a lot of good older stories (Lord of the Rings comes to mind) were actually published in these types of serials, with installments each issue. Thus, it is still be possible for a writer to make money in the short term, even on more extended works like novels.
They are not taught what is wrong except in very broad terms again for fear of offending someone. Hell my friend's kid has even said that they cannot mention which religion the terrorists who beheaded journalist were! Hows that for a dysfunctional system.
This may not be entirely the fault of the teachers. I underwent instruction to acquire a water safety instruction certification from the red cross, and the course heavily emphasized teaching skills. My instructor did explicitly tell us that we indeed should not be telling children "That's right/wrong" or anything else remotely offensive because there is no way to know if the child will repeat it to their parent, or if the parent is willing to sue over whatever we told their child. The problem in this case is not that the education necessarily sucks, but that parents are far to protective of their children, and are willing to make a teacher's life hell if they think said teacher has somehow slighted their little precious child. If people weren't so overly protective, it probably wouldn't have to be this way.
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That line seriously made me want to vommit...
Hey, not all of us interns are complete morons...
I wouldn't be so sure on this one...there's magazines and other serials out there that take short stories and other writings from authors. The writings for these kinds of publications, being shorter, would take far less then a year. Actually, if I recall, a lot of good older stories (Lord of the Rings comes to mind) were actually published in these types of serials, with installments each issue. Thus, it is still be possible for a writer to make money in the short term, even on more extended works like novels.
They are not taught what is wrong except in very broad terms again for fear of offending someone. Hell my friend's kid has even said that they cannot mention which religion the terrorists who beheaded journalist were! Hows that for a dysfunctional system. This may not be entirely the fault of the teachers. I underwent instruction to acquire a water safety instruction certification from the red cross, and the course heavily emphasized teaching skills. My instructor did explicitly tell us that we indeed should not be telling children "That's right/wrong" or anything else remotely offensive because there is no way to know if the child will repeat it to their parent, or if the parent is willing to sue over whatever we told their child. The problem in this case is not that the education necessarily sucks, but that parents are far to protective of their children, and are willing to make a teacher's life hell if they think said teacher has somehow slighted their little precious child. If people weren't so overly protective, it probably wouldn't have to be this way.
Hey, don't laugh, slashdotters could seriously use that, seeing as how we have no chance of ever getting to make them the natural way...
Could you still get pr0n back then? If yes, I think we could safely say that a large contingent of /. would not mind the 'old internet'.
The arguement, if there was one. Google 'Godwin's Law', you'll get it.
In a similar vein, "I hate Microsoft" returns 50 results, "Evil Empire" returns a solid 100.