When I watch "Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader" I am absolutely boggled at what is being taught in 5th and below. I would swear we didn't see some of that stuff when I was in school.
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Connie Neil - Sep 10, 2008 8:29:15 am PDT #5110 of 10001
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Kathy A - Sep 10, 2008 8:33:04 am PDT #5111 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My nephew was one of those "skip the homework, ace the test" kids in school, too, but he found out it bit him in the ass this past year when he couldn't get into the school he wanted because of his grades being so low from lack of homework.
I think college will be much more his style, but his major, computer programming, is still going to require lots of homework to be turned in.
Trudy Booth - Sep 10, 2008 8:40:21 am PDT #5112 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My first college had a strict attendance policy and you could be flunked for missing... three? four? not sure.
Anyway, I had a friend who missed class religiously and then would beg and plead the professor to take the exam anyway. And he would ace the exam. And they'd give him a C because you can't really flunk a guy who aced the exam, but since he'd done dead nothing all semester he wasn't getting anything but a pass.
Trudy Booth - Sep 10, 2008 9:08:50 am PDT #5113 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
OMG WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!?!
Atropa - Sep 10, 2008 9:15:28 am PDT #5114 of 10001
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You know what I hated worse? There were teachers I had who made us pass in our notes, to make sure we were taking notes. Didn't matter if you aced the test if you didn't do enough notes.
What?! Oh lord, I would have failed EVERYTHING. Because my notes were some important words or phrases, surrounded by song lyrics by Adam Ant and Duran Duran.
Sean K - Sep 10, 2008 9:16:27 am PDT #5115 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
OMG WHERE ARE YOU PEOPLE?!?!?!
SHHHH!!! We're hiding from Trudy.
EpicTangent - Sep 10, 2008 9:32:38 am PDT #5116 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
What?! Oh lord, I would have failed EVERYTHING. Because my notes were some important words or phrases, surrounded by song lyrics by Adam Ant and Duran Duran.
Yeah, would you lose points if the margins were torn off? Because no way would my teachers get my fancy "I love 'insert crush of the week' " covered margins.
Aims - Sep 10, 2008 9:34:47 am PDT #5117 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Joe laughed at my 20th Century History class notes last semester when he was trying to quiz me before exams. Some key points:
*Rommell = Desert Fox
Patton = AWESOME!!
*Belgium--->Leopold--->Congo--->Rubber--->GIANT ASSHOLE
EpicTangent - Sep 10, 2008 9:38:10 am PDT #5118 of 10001
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
ION I'm tasked with organizing the lunch for an Engineering Department meeting next week. The PTB decided on Italian. I'm comparing menus, getting prices together...and did I mention that the canteloupe I brought for my morning snack was completely overripe and inedible and I had to throw it away and I'm hungry? ...Tortellini with Chicken: Cheese-Filled Tortellini, Roasted Chicken, Artichoke Hearts, Onions, Sun-Dried Tomatoes in an Alfredo Sauce...
::cries and cries::
Sophia Brooks - Sep 10, 2008 9:49:43 am PDT #5119 of 10001
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I didn't actually take good notes. I just borrowed a friend's notebook, and neatly printed all of their notes to turn in. In high school, the teachers who wanted notebooks also seemed to want them to say ONLY what they wrote on the board.