What's the guy's resumé look like?
Born and raised in The Congo. Great guy. Came to the States in 1996. He is the Loading Dock Manager at my building. Majored in International Business in school. Pretty sure he finished. And GORGEOUS.
You want to meet the real me now?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Natter 34: Freak With No Name
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Aims - Apr 18, 2005 1:27:39 pm PDT #6675 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
JenP - Apr 18, 2005 1:30:30 pm PDT #6676 of 10001
Gud's spring pictures are fantastic. And the children adorable.
Oz - that is a cute, cute, cute puppy. Oh, my.
Happy Birthday to beth and to Beej!!
It warm and sunny here. Dogs are barking, birds are chirping, children are... well, sort of having meltdowns, it sounds like. Still. Spring is good.
Took my niece to the park yesterday. You know what's still fun? Swinging on a swing. Extremely fun.
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2005 1:31:38 pm PDT #6677 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Born and raised in The Congo
I am all about the formerly French cultures. Sign him up!
Aims - Apr 18, 2005 1:33:30 pm PDT #6678 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I'll get to work on it.
DawnK - Apr 18, 2005 2:10:30 pm PDT #6679 of 10001
giraffe mode
For msbelle (and others who love pink) [link]
Jesse - Apr 18, 2005 2:16:01 pm PDT #6680 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
but when a history textbook gets a historical fact wrong, I (as a hypothetical student) would think, "well, why should I even do the assigned reading from this book if I can't count on it?"
That's your job as a teacher -- to teach kids that every book is going to have wrong/biased/missing stuff, and that's why they need to read more than one book.
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2005 2:27:57 pm PDT #6681 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How else are they going to learn the moon landing was faked?
Jesse - Apr 18, 2005 2:30:14 pm PDT #6682 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
This is what I'm saying.
Emily - Apr 18, 2005 2:31:59 pm PDT #6683 of 10001
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
That's your job as a teacher -- to teach kids that every book is going to have wrong/biased/missing stuff, and that's why they need to read more than one book.
Is that really going to work, though? I mean, in college, or even if it's something they're doing a report on, sure, but every week for homework in their social studies class?
Eh, it's not like they meant to get it wrong, and I assume they probably corrected it in later editions. It's particularly bothersome because it not just gets it wrong, it makes a point with it. Anyway, I suppose such a teacher would be familiar enough with the material to know when there's a problem with the text.
Fortunately, I'm not gonna teach history. Thank God.
Jesse - Apr 18, 2005 2:33:59 pm PDT #6684 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Is that really going to work, though? I mean, in college, or even if it's something they're doing a report on, sure, but every week for homework in their social studies class?
I just meant in principle, not that they should fact-check every line of every textbook. It would be more like a head's up.