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Hovind and Thunderfoot both back on track.

by ed » Wed Sep 16, 2015 11:53 pm

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I will moderate.

Tell them.

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I expect Hovind to do as well as he usually does: his followers will believe his bullshit.

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Fri Sep 18, 2015 1:16 am
Computers lower school grades

by Rob Lister » Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:46 pm

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This is a bit convoluted

A report issued by the UK's Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has evaluated how technology in...

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I agree completely. A quibble ...

And that learning to be an end user is computer literacy .

If they would just teach that it would be 'good...

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Last post by Rob Lister
Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:13 pm
Angry parents sending death threats on social media to their children's teachers (UK)

by sparks » Mon Aug 31, 2015 2:43 am

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What, I wonder, makes these jerks think they can get away with this kind of horseshit?

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Reminds me of what I use to carry my craidheamh-ròm. . . .

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Thu Sep 03, 2015 4:07 am
Thundetf00t back on track at last.

by Rob Lister » Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:14 pm

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ytube tag is blocked?

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I have that affect, yes.

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:32 am
This is scary. How bad is education in the US?

by the_ignored » Sun Aug 23, 2015 9:28 am

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Aron Ra gives a depressing talk:
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I keep seeing this on the front page as how bad is ed... and I have to say, he's not all that bad.

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Last post by whitefork
Tue Aug 25, 2015 4:25 pm
Student’s stunning plea: Why did NYC let me graduate high school?

by Pyrrho » Mon Aug 03, 2015 1:19 am

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Sometimes you passed means thank god we can finally get you the fuck outta here.

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A good example is the French baccalauréat (high school diploma), an annual hot potato endlessly debated in the press. The government wants at least...

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Last post by Witness
Thu Aug 13, 2015 4:03 am
Emotions

by Witness » Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:12 am

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All the old, enlightened means of discussion and analysis —from due process to scientific method — are dismissed as being blind to emotional concerns...

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Thanks. Seriously though, what are they? Can I get a job as a Paidagõgoi? Would I want that job? Or is it a fancy entertainment term like Glitterati...

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Last post by hammegk
Tue Jul 07, 2015 9:51 pm
Corinthian Abruptly Shuts All Campuses, in Mid-Semester

by Anaxagoras » Mon Apr 27, 2015 3:21 am

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Way to go! Many students were just weeks away from graduation.

Corinthian Abruptly Shuts All Campuses, Ending College for 16,000

Corinthian...

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The emerging alliance points to a new calculation by the higher education lobby. By throwing in with the for-profits, traditional schools might be...

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Last post by Anaxagoras
Sat May 09, 2015 9:30 pm
Not a special snowflake? What a dope!

by Witness » Thu May 07, 2015 12:28 am

Seems the right thread:

For some time I've been mean to university students who feel entitled to a safe space — by which they seem to mean a space...

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Last post by Witness
Thu May 07, 2015 12:28 am
Elementary school talk

by Salomea » Sun Apr 19, 2015 12:19 am

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Hello,

I have children in elementary school. And I do know a few people who are good explaining to children what they are doing - doctors,...

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Hi. Welcome to the forum. Good luck with your presentation. :)

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Last post by Anaxagoras
Sun Apr 19, 2015 9:58 pm
I can't figure it out.

by Anaxagoras » Thu Apr 16, 2015 2:38 am

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Can anyone deduce the answer from the information given?

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Same here.
Now, does Bill get the job if he misses the bus and the bus is late?

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Last post by whitefork
Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:33 pm
What makes for good science and mathematics education?

by hammegk » Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:40 pm

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What doesn't.

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I liked the costo. Good Spanglish.

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Last post by DrMatt
Mon Mar 23, 2015 6:42 pm
The war on education

by Pyrrho » Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:05 am

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As trite and cliche as that statement is, legal efforts such as the one below tend to support that premise.

A bill in the Kansas Legislature...

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Yes, but I am sure her rejection letter did not suggest she was a complete waste of oxygen.

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:42 am
Students just say no to "Be Somebody"

by Pyrrho » Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:32 pm

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A student editorial published a few weeks later said Shaikh's message fell flat.

Sure #BeSomebody has a feel-good message meant to inspire the...

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If you don't have money, you're a nobody.

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Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:13 pm
Ya Allah, I love science education.

by ed » Thu Feb 19, 2015 12:34 am

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Why do you hate cultural diversity?
:x
Why do you mock other cultures?
:x :x
Why are you an Islamophobe?
:MuhammadBoom: :MuhammadBoom:...

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If it weren't so damned sad, it'd be laughable. But, no, I just feel badly for that unedumacated fuck. Are you with me? Concentrate now!
Agree with...

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Last post by sparks
Thu Feb 19, 2015 9:05 pm
Hardly any point to being a Harvard prof these days.

by Anaxagoras » Sun Feb 08, 2015 12:55 am

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Specifically, the school adopted a new policy this week that prohibits romantic relationships between undergraduates and professors. The previous...

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Wait a minute. Wasn't it always prohibited? :?

Only with a student in your own class. Not with students generally.

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Last post by Ben Trovado
Wed Feb 11, 2015 7:50 pm
Rich white Ivy League men can be officially victims, too.

by whitefork » Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:59 pm

Kewl whoop.
The fact that he says it at all, or even knows what it is, disqualifies him from being a Rich White guy.
Hillbilly. Probably got into...

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Last post by whitefork
Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:59 pm
Karl Marx and even Foucault out of fashion on campus at last

by DrMatt » Fri Jan 30, 2015 12:55 pm

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Yeah, right.

Okay.

But also:

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Enforced ideological purity is hardly unique to any particular politics or coalition... isn't it inaccurate to characterize it as a leftist issue?...

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Last post by gnome
Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:11 pm
The revolution eats its children. Again.

by Rob Lister » Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:33 am

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fuuuck.

I hope they have a lot of teaching positions for the students they are teaching.

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Or LOL

Or both.

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Last post by gnome
Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:58 pm
Dartmouth: 64 Students Cheated (athletes)

by sparks » Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:16 pm

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A 'sports ethics' class?

Jeebus Buffy. What a crock of shit.

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Some are positively atheistic.

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:08 am
Learning your native language

by whitefork » Fri Jan 02, 2015 1:52 pm

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If you're a non-native speaker of English (I don't know anyone here who is, besides Pillory and Grammatron, but I'm sure there are others), how is...

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OMG! You translate patent claims!? If I could find a worship smiley I'd put it here []

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Sat Jan 10, 2015 5:03 am
Profs Have Stopped Teaching Rape Law

by DrMatt » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:00 am

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Thus undermining 50 years of progress.

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They make money the old FASHIONED way . . . they steal it!

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:15 am
can I report my teacher for spreading mis-info?

by LadyGaia95 » Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:31 pm

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I was in bio class then the teacher said cells cannot get very hot because enzymes denature. humans can catch fire from their own body heat it's a...

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If you find something went wrong with the teacher, you may set down with her/him and talk to her/him. If he/she insist then that's the time to take...

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Tue Nov 18, 2014 6:12 am
Are college course syllabi really protected by copyright?

by Rob Lister » Thu Oct 23, 2014 11:11 pm

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yes, to the topic title question.

but all else that follows in your post is up for debate.

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school of ed sucks.

Well, duh.

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Last post by DrMatt
Fri Oct 24, 2014 7:53 pm
Good (UK) news

by Witness » Thu Jun 19, 2014 4:36 pm
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The British Just Banned Something Taught to Millions of American Students

The news: Teaching students that creationism is an evidence-based theory...

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God's well on the way to retirement already. Brenda? Won't be long now.
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Last post by asthmatic camel
Mon Jul 14, 2014 6:37 am
Stupidity -- Critical Theory & Social Justice

by Harikrish » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:11 pm

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Stupidity has never been adequately defined either philosophically or psychologically. The elements of stupidity were too temporary and easily...

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What about Curly Joe?

Please, I'd like to keep my dinner down.
With your head buried up your ass. You get to go for seconds.

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Last post by Harikrish
Wed Jun 25, 2014 4:49 pm
Dissing trigger warnings is the latest hot ticket

by Witness » Fri May 23, 2014 10:44 pm
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Time to bowdlerize everything, especially History.

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But I always do.

--J.D.
Mommy after you do all the others. Now that is TMI.
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Last post by Harikrish
Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:02 am
Is this the latest "superstar" professor?

by Anaxagoras » Tue Jun 03, 2014 5:32 am

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Sounds to me like Fashionable Nonsense redux.

So, I first ran into this article in Slate:
Please Stop Worshipping the Superstar Professor Who Calls...

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Me neither until reading this article.

I like that there's an International Journal of Žižek Studies .

:cowbell:
Full of pomo bullshit. fuck!

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Last post by hammegk
Tue Jun 03, 2014 2:20 pm
((( CRITICAL THINKING )))

by JasonAristotle » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:32 am

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You skeptics seems to feel that blindly believing people like Michael Shermer, Sam Harris & Amazing Randi proves that you are critical thinkers. What...

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FIRST!

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Last post by asthmatic camel
Tue May 27, 2014 9:37 pm
Cursive: Has it any value?

by Rob Lister » Sun May 01, 2011 11:44 am
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(Newser) – Cursive handwriting may seem archaic in a time of word processors and text messages, and in schools nationwide, it’s being taught less and...

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בְּהַנְחֵ֤ל עֶלְיוֹן֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם בְּהַפְרִיד֖וֹ בְּנֵ֣י אָדָ֑ם יַצֵּב֙ גְּבֻלֹ֣ת עַמִּ֔ים לְמִסְפַּ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י אֱלֹהִ֑ים

--J.D.

:P
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Last post by DrMatt
Thu May 08, 2014 3:10 pm
Academic Freedom -- Abandoning all pretense

by hammegk » Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:57 am

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I hope she takes a bullet, fatal, in the head. And then start on other SJWs.

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SHARED COMMENT:

The fact that I am more than willing to change my point of view and openly admit when I am incorrect makes me a superior human to...

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Mon May 05, 2014 11:24 pm
My website - wordpress.com

by Miles » Mon Apr 07, 2014 11:38 am

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I founded a website in the summer of 2013 - in short, it is a website exploring the most notable controversies and conspiracy theories, including the...

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--J.D.
If you are winning why are you still asking. What bitch X is doing?

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Last post by Harikrish
Sat May 03, 2014 2:06 am
Tackling ‘Placetimematter’

by Witness » Tue Apr 22, 2014 12:45 am

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Terrible, but I'm not really astonished; you're just, as usual, ~ 10 years ahead of what's going on here.

Most education experts have never seen a...

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“Eco-Pedagogy and/Through Entheogens: For a Critical Sustainability Education as a Science of Cosmic Well-Being, Consciousness Alternation, and New...

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Tue Apr 22, 2014 4:42 am
Chrome Plated Education

by Rob Lister » Sat Apr 12, 2014 12:54 pm

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I happened across a slashdot article guiding me to an opensource article about some guy starting some movement to make the chromebook, or a...

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I like stories.

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:09 pm
((( WHAT IS A SKEPTIC )))

by JasonAristotle » Sat Apr 12, 2014 11:10 pm

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MY COMMENT:

There is a veritable universe of difference between an OPEN-MINDED skeptic and a CLOSED-MINDED skeptic. From my studies of Michael...

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FIRST!

OOoooooh, now that one is a keeper! Thanks AC .

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Sun Apr 13, 2014 2:35 am
why can't nerds swim?

by LadyGaia95 » Mon Mar 24, 2014 12:47 pm

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i know dozens of nerds and so does a friend. none of them can swim . not bashing nerds or anything but i cant help but notice this. a nerd i knew...

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Cannot spew far in the Corn Field.

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:33 am
Why do philanthropists give so much to universities?

by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:22 pm

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Why not elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, nursery schools?

You hear about these big-shot Ivy League universities with billions in...

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The negative consequences of endowments as well as other third-party subsidies (state appropriations, alumni donations, foundation grants) are huge....

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Last post by Bruce
Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:41 am
Students Film Feminist Protest Porno ...

by Anaxagoras » Thu Feb 06, 2014 1:59 am

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If only they knew. How tame!

Some interesting headlines for other stories below the article:

University’s Sex Week Includes Flogging, Electrocuting...

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That's porn? Maybe in the early 60's. Looks like most of it was shot on a GoPro camera, judging by the slight fisheye bloom in the wide scenes....

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Last post by Beanbag
Sat Feb 08, 2014 5:38 pm
An ode to religious indoctrination in public school

by Anaxagoras » Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:38 am

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Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:38 am
An ode to A+

by hammegk » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:51 pm

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lulz**2

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So it sounds more like this story than what you thought it was.

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Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:33 pm
Another ode to A+

by gnome » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:00 pm

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O Certification, that I don't have
You have something to do with PC hardware
I can put a machine together,
But I probably couldn't pass your test...

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I went to

and started the 80 question practice exam

I got to question 20 before getting bored.

At different points in past time I knew the...

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Last post by Rob Lister
Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:50 pm
Holder remains the type section for fucking idiot

by hammegk » Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:11 pm

On the surface, however, someone looking at these statistical facts alone might be persuaded to believe that a gang of conservative-Asian bigots was...

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Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:11 pm
Guess what the Commies over by Mother Jones are pushing now.

by DrMatt » Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:53 pm

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Did you read the article?

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The article mentioned creationism.
Abdul Alhazred mentioned the article.
By the transitive property of Abdul-reasoning, Abdul Alhazred is pushing...

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Last post by DrMatt
Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:39 pm
Accelerated Christian Education

by DrMatt » Mon Dec 09, 2013 3:18 pm

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Wait. I thought Accelerated Christian Education was worked out by a nun.

:hunter: Another one straight up to heaven!

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In a theocracy like the UK . . . apparently.

--J.D.

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Last post by Doctor X
Tue Dec 10, 2013 7:33 am
The Demographic Challenges Ate My Homework

by Rob Lister » Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:11 pm

To achieve the same lousy math scores as the U.S., Slovakia spends a third of what we do.

These scores accurately reflect a system that is lavishly...

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Last post by Rob Lister
Thu Dec 05, 2013 3:11 pm
Micro-aggression on campus (UCLA)

by Anaxagoras » Fri Nov 29, 2013 2:52 am

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He said the protesters were also responding to a conversation in class between two students about critical race theory that he allowed to take place...

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Where are the Kent State military when we need them?

Kill 'em all.

What you're not getting is that the micro-aggressive professor in question...

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Last post by hammegk
Fri Nov 29, 2013 2:49 pm
Death of an adjunct

by Anaxagoras » Tue Nov 19, 2013 2:00 am

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This is a really sad and touching story of how a university treated a loyal employee of 25 years. I thought it was worth passing on.

Death of an...

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The president of a large university earns a lot. But not as lot as the scrimmage coach.
DrMatt might as well be bitching
Please point to the...

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Last post by DrMatt
Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:38 pm
Boy suspended from school for carrying purse

by Anaxagoras » Fri Nov 08, 2013 5:59 am

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The excuse they are giving doesn't ring true to me. When I went to school you took you knapsack or bookbag or whatever the case may be into the...

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Next they will be banning forums from schools and libraries.

Reported and quoted to prevent later editing.

jdReport

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Last post by Doctor X
Sat Nov 09, 2013 5:39 pm
No more Honour Roll

by Bearguin » Wed Oct 30, 2013 8:12 pm

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For fucks sake

A Calgary school has ended its honour roll program so as not to hurt the feelings of those who don’t make the cut and, it’s...

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I had suspicions of racism, but this is odd:

La Vergne High has become embroiled in a dispute with the county over an assembly to which only black,...

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Last post by fromthehills
Sat Nov 02, 2013 4:51 pm
Were you there? (Creationist argument against evolution)

by Anaxagoras » Tue Oct 01, 2013 9:49 am

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A pretty good response from a Biology teacher:

He Was There In Spirit

Biology Teacher: “Now, as you should have read in the text, the most...

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Funny. Just the other day, my stepson saw this being argued on a documentary about evolution. He said, to the TV, How do you know there's a heaven...

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Sat Oct 19, 2013 3:46 am

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