Author Topic: I USED to think I was smart... (Read 693 times)

lazs2 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 12, 2005, 08:07:37 AM »

Public school is the disease and it thinks it is it's own cure. (to paraphrase)

lazs

Casca · « **Reply #16 on:** October 12, 2005, 09:24:04 AM »

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Originally posted by ballgag
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba,Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fermandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.

Isnt Juan Fermandez the coffee guy?

I think it's Juan Valdez.

ChickenHawk · « **Reply #17 on:** October 12, 2005, 10:54:11 AM »

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Originally posted by Hangtime
"No Child Left Behind" equates to "system dumbed down so all may pass".

Amen. You hit the nail on the head.

Stringer · « **Reply #18 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:21:01 PM »

I was born and raised in Salina, and I can confirm that people from Salina are smarter than everybody else!!

J_A_B · « **Reply #19 on:** October 12, 2005, 01:53:05 PM »

"No Child Left Behind" equates to "system dumbed down so all may pass".

It's kind of a "Harrison Bergeron" world, isn't it? If you want everyone to be equal, you can't make the dumb people smarter, but you can make everyone else dumber.

J_A_B

BlueJ1 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 12, 2005, 02:04:31 PM »

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Originally posted by Waffle BAS
Evidently my great-grandfather went to school walking 10 miles through snow with no shoes just to get there......

Up hill both ways ?

ballgag · « **Reply #21 on:** October 12, 2005, 09:33:51 PM »

Hey, that guy stole my avatar!

no I didnt, Ive had this forever, just not on this board, then I come to this board and youve got the same avatar I do...

like two chicks showing up at a party with the same dress on...

BTW, your avatar makes you look fat

Silat · « **Reply #22 on:** October 12, 2005, 10:40:10 PM »

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Originally posted by MrCoffee
aha BS

2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?

like they had a solid understanding of meteorology in 1895!

In Kansas the answer is "Because its GODS will"

rpm · « **Reply #23 on:** October 12, 2005, 11:06:02 PM »

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7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per m?

The test is bogus. They did not use the metric system then. Lumber is sold in board feet and has been for a long time.

Darkish · « **Reply #24 on:** October 13, 2005, 01:38:22 AM »

Well spotted that man ..... Concur -urban myths

What got me was the time permitted for each section, the history section seems to allow a little over 5 mins a question.
"6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion. "

2 minutes a battle then, plus thinking time, surely the question should have been:
"6. Describe three of the shortest battles of the Rebellion."

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #25 on:** October 13, 2005, 01:46:38 AM »

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7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $20 per m?
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Originally posted by rpm
The test is bogus. They did not use the metric system then. Lumber is sold in board feet and has been for a long time.

Not meters...

$20 per thousand board feet...

abbreviated as

$20 / m

but the test is bogus....