If a person can't have a disability and be snobbish about her intellectual gifts, the terrorists have won, Teppy. But I confound nearly every educational theorist who's ever met me anyway.Because I'm both Gifted and LD.(maybe a lot of people are?) but testers are always flummoxed.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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erikaj - Nov 21, 2009 8:37:50 am PST #1219 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
sj - Nov 21, 2009 8:42:00 am PST #1220 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
If a person can't have a disability and be snobbish about her intellectual gifts, the terrorists have won, Teppy. But I confound nearly every educational theorist who's ever met me anyway.Because I'm both Gifted and LD.(maybe a lot of people are?) but testers are always flummoxed.
Bwah! Yes, I would be more offended with the automatic assumption that one cannot be both disabled and intelligent. An assumption I have encountered more than once.
Hil R. - Nov 21, 2009 8:48:43 am PST #1221 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, I remember reading that post, and definitely disagreed with it. She's right about how intelligence testing has been used, but I don't think that's a reason to throw out the entire concept altogether.
Jessica - Nov 21, 2009 9:00:24 am PST #1222 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
She's right about how intelligence testing has been used, but I don't think that's a reason to throw out the entire concept altogether.
Yes - there's a HUGE difference between saying "IQ tests are flawed and have been used to justify all sort of horrific racism/etc" and saying "No human being is more or less intelligent than any other human being," and she seems to be conflating the two in a big way.
[eta: And while I can see where she's coming from with the "let's stop testing intelligence and just teach everyone everything" stuff, I'd be pretty fucking uncomfortable in a world where that line of thinking extended to, say, medical school.]
erikaj - Nov 21, 2009 9:03:32 am PST #1223 of 30000
Always Anti-fascist!
Also, people seem to ascribe a lot to physical functioning, which I know I'm not good at. I've told people my functional limitations and been told "But you're so smart..." hello? different parts of brain. Yes, I think it's freaky too. But here we are. Basically, I'm wired like a Fiat. Only Tony took one look and decided he's not a miracle worker and they don't pay enough anyway so... Jessica, yes. You don't want me in engineering...you just don't.my proportions are all off and I count on my fingers sometimes. Am I as smart as an engineer? Sometimes, sometimes not.
Shir - Nov 21, 2009 9:06:25 am PST #1224 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Seems like most of my weekend has been kidnapped by homework (frankly, I somewhat fast forwarded the past hour of even more articles) and house chores.
Please send help, and/or a time machine.
sj - Nov 21, 2009 9:13:31 am PST #1225 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I was just now invited to a birthday party on Monday for a friend who is going to be in from England for Thanksgiving. It's too late to order pounds for a gift, and I don't want to get her anything that will take up too much room in her luggage. Does anyone have any ideas?
Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2009 9:16:50 am PST #1226 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Doctor Who comics? Obama comics?
sj - Nov 21, 2009 9:18:29 am PST #1227 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I'm not sure she is a comic fan.
Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2009 9:22:45 am PST #1228 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Turkey jerky?
I'm out of ideas.