Giles: I'm sure we're all perfectly safe. Dawn: We're safe. Right. And Spike built a robot Buffy to play checkers with. Tara: It sounded convincing when I thought it.

'Dirty Girls'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

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.


Kat - Jun 05, 2013 12:57:32 pm PDT #24906 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

le nubian, the best?

AMAZING that they did all of that. But I guess the CB only has one thing to sell and that's the validity of their test scores.


Dana - Jun 05, 2013 1:03:09 pm PDT #24907 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

So they ran an analysis on everyone around her and found a kid with a matching book and score.

Wait, how does that even work? Isn't the SAT paranoid about cheating?

I have an hour-and-a-half teleconference coming up. I'm going to need some entertaining.


msbelle - Jun 05, 2013 1:03:38 pm PDT #24908 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Kat - I'd go because it is important to the others who requested you. She is a con and she will try and con for the rest of her life. shame on everyone who passed her along the way.

Because I am petty I would be tempted to say something to her when on stage with her.


Laura - Jun 05, 2013 1:07:01 pm PDT #24909 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Good grief, Kat. Whether you choose to go to graduation or not will not change this kid's chances for success. Her inability to take responsibility for her choices isn't going to turn around overnight. If possible try and make your decision with complete disregard for her presence. (unless you might pop her in the jaw, in which case maybe pass) Also, I am sorry. I hope you can focus on your accomplishments and accept the things over which you have no influence.


Amy - Jun 05, 2013 1:07:20 pm PDT #24910 of 30001
Because books.

Or walk off the stage when she gets up there.

But I guess the CB only has one thing to sell and that's the validity of their test scores.

That's true.


Kat - Jun 05, 2013 1:07:58 pm PDT #24911 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Dana, there are about 8 randomized test forms. When proctors give the test, they submit a seating chart with the book serial numbers and how the books were handed out and which desk received which book. It's pretty easy to have kids near each other with the same form.


Laura - Jun 05, 2013 1:08:01 pm PDT #24912 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.

Or walk off the stage when she gets up there.

Oh, I like this idea!


Kate P. - Jun 05, 2013 1:09:43 pm PDT #24913 of 30001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

Oh, Kat, what a mess!

I don't understand, though: if she's not getting a diploma at graduation, what will you be handing her? A blank piece of paper?


Kat - Jun 05, 2013 1:10:42 pm PDT #24914 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Kat - Jun 05, 2013 1:11:25 pm PDT #24915 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Everyone gets a blank jacket. Once you return the gown you get the diploma paper. Since we get charged for lost gowns.

Also walking and not getting a diploma because you still have oustanding requirements is relatively common at UCLA, even in grad programs.