Important notice from the GRAMMAR POLICE. Plz read. This means you.
Assmitten:
Quote from: LMahesa on 2009 June 11, 04:46:37
I do believe this has been the most entertaining thread I have ever read. Now, before I go LURK MOAR, I'd like to point a vaguely trembling finger in the direction of the registration page.
The last time I checked, Assyria no longer existed as a nation, and therefore has no business having a capital city. Either the wrong answer is correct, or the grammar is wrong.
LMahesa:
Quote from: rohina on 2009 June 11, 05:34:51
Indeed. Grammar is not enough, you must also understand literary and pop culture references.
Holy Grail, perchance? No matter. On a related note, here's an excessively detailed article on Estimating the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow.
awrevell:
Quote from: Stitches on 2009 June 08, 18:20:05
Am I the only one that feels that any teacher that needs to outsource their grading is DOING IT WRONG?
My sister is a teacher. More than once I have been at her house on a weekend and seen her grading papers late in the evening. One time I offered to help her grade papers and she replied "(i)f I don't grade their papers, I won't know what they need help with." Therefore I can say with certainty, "no, you aren't the only one who feels that they are doing it wrong". :)
teebs:
"Service Learning." How droll. I suppose using "Community Service" makes it sound rather less appealing.
My main concern with the whole concept is the incessant brainwashing used by teachers or the university to further their own social/political agendas. I've seen first hand the power that professors wield over children away from home for the first time. Their mindset is similar to that of someone being indoctrinated into a cult. I watched a teacher actively use cult tactics such as love-bombing to further the agenda of a sociopolitical organization of which she is a member.
As a firm believer in the principle that the individual is greater than the group, this type of activity terrifies me. Then, groups terrify me anyway. The current trend in socialist conformity literally makes me shiver. Conformity breeds stagnation and rewards mediocrity. There is already more than enough mediocrity in this world, where the stupid breed without surcease, and the intellectually superior worry about overpopulation and don't breed at all.
Universities are filled to the brim with students who have no business being there and are putting themselves into massive debt to attain a degree that becomes more worthless with each passing year. Higher education is NOT for everyone. Why is it that "leveling the playing field" invariably means making it easier for the stupid ones?
I could get into the role of government in this trend and the current dumbing down of the populace as a form of crowd control, but then I'd begin to sound like a paranoid freak.
I couldn't resist adding this; "Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."
LMahesa:
Quote from: teebs on 2009 June 11, 07:14:26
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There is already more than enough mediocrity in this world, where the stupid breed without surcease, and the intellectually superior worry about overpopulation and don't breed at all.
Idiocracy. A disturbingly prophetic movie disguised as a lame comedy.
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Higher education is NOT for everyone. Why is it that "leveling the playing field" invariably means making it easier for the stupid ones?
I don't know about the states, but that phrase is being bandied about more and more in the UK, and gaining a foothold in Asia. "Our system of education is borked, so we're going to make the tests easier to make it seem the kids are brighter."
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