Are you smarter than a 17-year-old?
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Meh. I got all 6. Brought it to my 18 y/o son (today is his birthday!) who is interning in the mechanical engineering office across the hall and he too got all 6.
Mike Mullikin wrote:
I got all 6. Brought it to my 18 y/o son (today is his birthday!) who is interning in the mechanical engineering office across the hall and he too got all 6.
We need more people like you raising kids. Luckily, you seem to be replicating yourself.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Yeah, I did know that. In fact, I've read that a major reason for the successful settlement of the USA, is the number of Indians who had died due to disease brought about by folks who arrived before the Jamestown/Plymouth Rock settlers.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
a major reason for the successful settlement of the USA, is the number of Indians who had died due to disease brought about by folks who arrived before the Jamestown/Plymouth Rock settlers.
and people think the bio-warfare is some new form of warfare brought about by technology and evil scientists. personally, i am holding out for the zombie invasion
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Are you suprised that many parents now depend entirely on the school system to educate their children? Weekends are all about "quality time" not sitting down to study a book together. Surely a childs education is the parents responsibility. If the school system is lacking then its their job to find a better school or pick up the slack.
I agree - I had a parent try to get me in on a campaign to attack a teacher who I thought was really good, and she said 'we've had to do maths with her at home'. I looked at her like she was insane. We've always done math and spelling in the car, read with the kids, and generally expected to take part in their education.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
I got all 6. Brought it to my 18 y/o son (today is his birthday!) who is interning in the mechanical engineering office across the hall and he too got all 6.
We need more people like you raising kids. Luckily, you seem to be replicating yourself.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Oakman wrote:
Luckily, you seem to be replicating yourself.
Most people essentially do. The sad thing is how rarely that's a good thing.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Christian Graus wrote:
a major reason for the successful settlement of the USA, is the number of Indians who had died due to disease brought about by folks who arrived before the Jamestown/Plymouth Rock settlers.
and people think the bio-warfare is some new form of warfare brought about by technology and evil scientists. personally, i am holding out for the zombie invasion
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Well, to be fair, the Europeans thought it was proof of Gods deliverance and the Indians were despondent b/c their religion could not explain it. Neither side planned it or expected it.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
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Christian Graus wrote:
a major reason for the successful settlement of the USA, is the number of Indians who had died due to disease brought about by folks who arrived before the Jamestown/Plymouth Rock settlers.
and people think the bio-warfare is some new form of warfare brought about by technology and evil scientists. personally, i am holding out for the zombie invasion
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jgasm wrote:
personally, i am holding out for the zombie invasion
Still looking for love, eh? ;)
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
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Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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I believe the meme you're wanting goes by "No Child Left Behind" .edit. 5/6, i thought the walt whitman one was misleading due to capitalization of 'i' :doh:
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Christian Graus wrote:
a major reason for the successful settlement of the USA, is the number of Indians who had died due to disease brought about by folks who arrived before the Jamestown/Plymouth Rock settlers.
and people think the bio-warfare is some new form of warfare brought about by technology and evil scientists. personally, i am holding out for the zombie invasion
----------------------------------------------------------- "When I first saw it, I just thought that you really, really enjoyed programming in java." - Leslie Sanford
jgasm wrote:
and people think the bio-warfare is some new form of warfare brought about by technology and evil scientists.
Genghis Khan used to catapult the bodies of his warriors who died from disease over the walls of the towns and cities he was attacking. . . I guess that was as close to a zombie invasion as you are going to get. . .
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Are you suprised that many parents now depend entirely on the school system to educate their children? Weekends are all about "quality time" not sitting down to study a book together. Surely a childs education is the parents responsibility. If the school system is lacking then its their job to find a better school or pick up the slack.
No baby yet?
-------------------------------------------------------- Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!
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No baby yet?
-------------------------------------------------------- Knowledge is knowing that the tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad!!
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Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
6/6 but the last one was a guess.
John Carson
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OK - well, that's something, I guess. I just don't understand why it gets taught at all ? Well, I do, it's part of the creation myth. It's a shame tho.
Christian Graus No longer a Microsoft MVP, but still happy to answer your questions.
Christian Graus wrote:
it's part of the creation myth
uh, not sure what you're getting at there, but factual archeology has supported what is written in the Bible and anything other than creation falls down on the job.
Don't take any wooden nickels.
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Christian Graus wrote:
it's part of the creation myth
uh, not sure what you're getting at there, but factual archeology has supported what is written in the Bible and anything other than creation falls down on the job.
Don't take any wooden nickels.
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Are you surprised that in June 2004 when Achieve, Inc., a bipartisan, nonprofit education organization formed by governors and prominent business leaders, found that math and English tests for high school diplomas require only middle school knowledge, and that those math graduation tests measure only what students in other countries learn in the seventh grade? Are you surprised that 2000 mathematicians and scientists, including four Nobel Prize recipients and two winners of a prestigious math prize, the Fields Medal, deplore math teaching methods saying they are 'horrifyingly short on basics' Are you surprised that in February 2005 a report stated that China produced 4 times more BS engineering degrees than the U.S., and Japan twice as many. Nobel Prize-winning scientist R.E.Smalley of Rice University reported "by 2010, 90% of all Ph.D. physical scientists and engineers in the world will be Asian living in Asia." The International Math & Science Study reported U.S. 12th graders were out-performed by 90% of other nations in math and 76% in science. In advanced math the US was out performed by 94% and in science by 100% of other nations. The American Association for the Advancement of Science reported 90% of math books and 100% of science text books are unacceptable. Are you suprised that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reported in 2005 that the testing of 300,000 students nation-wide showed that 82% of 12th grade students were not proficient in math and science - - even worse than 10 years earlier. 73% of 4th graders failed to gain proficiency scores. 8th graders showed no improvement in the past 10 years. Are you surprised to learn that, in 2006, 65% of 12-graders were not proficient in reading, a worse result than 1992 when the test was initiated. Are you surprised that the president of the American Association of Physics Teachers and his review committee say, 'none of the 12 textbooks used by 85% of middle school students have an acceptable level of accuracy' - - and that 'honors high school texts are no more difficult than an eighth grade reader was before World War II.'
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
So far as I know, I've never read a word of Whitman's poetry. Nevertheless, I know that "Walt Whitman" is the author of "Leaves of Grass," even without the multiple choice, and that the book is considered "significant" by those who care about that sort of thing. Shoot, I even know that "I celebrate myself, and sing myself" is from "Leaves of Grass." But, look at the format of this little quiz: multiple-choice! Public education has been being dumbed-down for a long time.
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The creation of the US / America, Dirk. ;)
Citizen 20.1.01
'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'
????? ok you got me. I give up. When I was in school History was factual and consistent all the way from grade school to graduation. A lot of wierd things happened after that but I paid little attention cause I never had kids.
Don't take any wooden nickels.
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????? ok you got me. I give up. When I was in school History was factual and consistent all the way from grade school to graduation. A lot of wierd things happened after that but I paid little attention cause I never had kids.
Don't take any wooden nickels.
I have no doubt that it was consistent. Parts were definitely not factual. You probably didn't notice because, if you've paid little attention since then, you probably weren't paying that much attention in the first place.
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I have no doubt that it was consistent. Parts were definitely not factual. You probably didn't notice because, if you've paid little attention since then, you probably weren't paying that much attention in the first place.
Vincent Reynolds wrote:
Parts were definitely not factual.
such as?
Don't take any wooden nickels.
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