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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Rob52240 on April 15, 2012, 09:51:25 AM
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Laughing my arse off at this one.
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/04/15/article-2129971-1299BD06000005DC-480_468x435.jpg)
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I want in on that chat group. :O :O
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Who's Winston Churchill?
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Who's Winston Churchill?
I'll go with functional drunkards for $500 Alex.
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Sad.
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I want in on that chat group. :O :O
you and me both! Hot+stupid=easy
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I want in on that chat group. :O :O
+1
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Suppose it's a hoax?
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Todays youth.
All that technology literally at their fingertips. And still do not know much.
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Todays youth.
All that technology literally at their fingertips. And still do not know much.
im in that today's youth ill vouch for 2/3 of us on the Titanic and only 1/4 on who Hitler was. also ill vouch 1/50 of us know who either Steven Hawking or Albert Einstein were and most of whom i vouch for are in college :confused:
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See Rules #4, #14
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NO. Just look at all these fools who spread content from the Onion around believing it is real. Including a congressman.
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:rofl
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Reminds me of that Sopranos episode, the one with the Russian where Paulie walnuts and Chris get lost in the Forest preserve. Paulie says to Chris, "yeah they had the nerve to park nuclear missiles 90 miles away in Cuba", and Chris replies, "thats was real"? "I saw that movie and thought is was all B. S."
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im in that today's youth ill vouch for 2/3 of us on the Titanic and only 1/4 on who Hitler was. also ill vouch 1/50 of us know who either Steven Hawking or Albert Einstein were and most of whom i vouch for are in college :confused:
Same here. I'm honestly a bit ashamed of my generation's ignorance :bhead.
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I want in on that chat group. :O :O
No you don't, just belonging to that chat group would destroy brain cells.
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See Rule #6
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You're kidding me, right? Is this real? If so, it clearly shows the poor state
that our education system has fallen to. That was Elementary School History
for me.
:cheers: Oz
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The Titanic was real? Yeah right... It's just some romance movie from the 90s
Next you'll tell me the Germans never attacked Pear Harbor.
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You're kidding me, right? Is this real? If so, it clearly shows the poor state
that our education system has fallen to. That was Elementary School History
for me.
:cheers: Oz
I'd place a little of the blame on the education system. I'd put the majority of the blame on the parents. They're allowing their kids to grow up stupid.
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I'd place a little of the blame on the education system. I'd put the majority of the blame on the parents. They're allowing their kids to grow up stupid.
A lot of the blame.
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Todays youth.
All that technology literally at their fingertips. And still do not know much.
I recall reading that having so much capability to search for information exacerbates ignorance in some people as they react by reasoning that they don't need to know it as they can just look it up if they ever need the information.
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Weird as it sounds, and maybe a little sad, but I learn more by watching discovery channel than paying attention in school. By 6th grade, I already knew how black holes works (or how scientists think they work), Proxima Centauri, how light years worked, just how big our universe is, evolution, theory of relativity, etc etc.
I still learn in class, just not as much as I do watching TV.
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:huh People these days...
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I saw a cartoon of a couple of kids (young adults) standing in line to see the move "Titanic". A couple is leaving after just seeing the film and says "Wow, that scene where the boat is sinking was awesome". And the kids reply "The boat sinks ? Thanks for ruining the film by giving away the ending ya jerk !"
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I saw a cartoon of a couple of kids (young adults) standing in line to see the move "Titanic". A couple is leaving after just seeing the film and says "Wow, that scene where the boat is sinking was awesome". And the kids reply "The boat sinks ? Thanks for ruining the film by giving away the ending ya jerk !"
:rofl God dang thats just sad
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Same here. I'm honestly a bit ashamed of my generation's ignorance :bhead.
Today I had to teach the high school seniors at my work who Mark Antony and Cleopatra were. :bhead :bhead :bhead
Two of them didn't even know who Augustus Ceasar was...
I mean I know it's ancient Roman History and not all that important in your day to day life... but they had never even heard of them. Didn't even know they were Romans.
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Weird as it sounds, and maybe a little sad, but I learn more by watching discovery channel than paying attention in school. By 6th grade, I already knew how black holes works (or how scientists think they work), Proxima Centauri, how light years worked, just how big our universe is, evolution, theory of relativity, etc etc.
I still learn in class, just not as much as I do watching TV.
Edutainment really doesn't teach you much, certainly not as much as you like to think.
Just think about how bad a reputation the History Channel has here- the Discovery Channel, Science Channel, etc. are just as bad, if not worse. It gives you a general idea of what's going on if you don't actually have any knowledge of it but it's far oversimplified and often misleading.
Just with the knowledge I've sucked from high school AP Chemistry, I sometimes cringe at how the Science and Discovery channel sometimes describe that area of science much the same way we all cringe when the History Channel claims that the P51 was the most maneuverable aircraft of WWII or something like that.
Honestly kids who think that they can get all of the knowledge they need from edutainment and walk around with their heads held high talking about quantum mechanics and such when they actually don't know anything of the subject in detail, or the math, etc. are just as much a problem as those who are completely oblivious, as they end up feeling that school is beneath them and never learning anything in detail and completely wasting whatever potential they had. I know plenty of people like that.
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I blame the schools, and about everything else that I as an American can blame for all my problems :devil
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Edutainment really doesn't teach you much, certainly not as much as you like to think.
Just think about how bad a reputation the History Channel has here- the Discovery Channel, Science Channel, etc. are just as bad, if not worse. It gives you a general idea of what's going on if you don't actually have any knowledge of it but it's far oversimplified and often misleading.
Just with the knowledge I've sucked from high school AP Chemistry, I sometimes cringe at how the Science and Discovery channel sometimes describe that area of science much the same way we all cringe when the History Channel claims that the P51 was the most maneuverable aircraft of WWII or something like that.
Honestly kids who think that they can get all of the knowledge they need from edutainment and walk around with their heads held high talking about quantum mechanics and such when they actually don't know anything of the subject in detail, or the math, etc. are just as much a problem as those who are completely oblivious, as they end up feeling that school is beneath them and never learning anything in detail and completely wasting whatever potential they had. I know plenty of people like that.
Don't get me wrong, if I came off as arrogant, I apologize. Yea, I know these TV Channels are only general info and somewhat biased, but you still learn a thing or two from them. And I'm one of those people who has that extra "curiosity" level. Every game I played or almost all movies I watched, after doing it, I would go online and look up the background or the true story behind it.
For example, I started playing Shogun 2 a few months back, and coincidentally, I was doing a paper about the Tokugawa Shogunate as well. Even before I started writing, I already knew the Sengoku Jidai period, the tactics, the battles, and the men involved. And of course, my love for war games has me acing every test, project, paper, or homework about the 20th century conflicts. (Wish they would make a good pre-19th century military game though, ;)).
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My senior year a teacher asked the class who their favorite historical figure was. Some girl said Jack Dawson from the Titanic.
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My senior year a teacher asked the class who their favorite historical figure was. Some girl said Jack Dawson from the Titanic.
:rofl
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My senior year a teacher asked the class who their favorite historical figure was. Some girl said Jack Dawson from the Titanic.
:rofl :rofl :rofl
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we all know what really happened.
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To me It only feels that the generation of the 90's-00's is lacking in intelligence more than generations prior because we are constantly bombarded with stories of people's stupidity through all forms of the media. I'd blame grade school ignorance on the lack of drive to be interested in anything but themselves. The kids i thought were idiots during school just had absolutely no ambition; only cared about achieving immediate and impulsive desires.
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a sad commentary on the educational system we have devolved to.
The youth of America is the future of America,
We screwed. :old:
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Histoy teachers all been killed over there eh?
Just have to fix this so I can dodge :D
To me It only feels that the generation of the 00's to present are lacking in intelligence more than generations prior, because we are constantly bombarded with stories of people's stupidity through all forms of the media.
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Dolby, you have a spazzing Boxxy in your signature while I have weeabooism in my avatar. We ain't dodgin' nothin'.
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Histoy teachers all been killed over there eh?
Just have to fix this so I can dodge :D
a sad commentary on the educational system we have devolved to.
The youth of America is the future of America,
We screwed. :old:
While the US education system is far from perfect, it's completely ridiculous to place all of the blame squarely on it. In spite of it's shortcomings the USA still manages to turn out more then it's fair share of brilliant scientists, engineers, doctors, researchers, historians, etc and well educated people in general
Learning is a 2 way street, it requires a good teacher AND a good student. These kids may have had the greatest teacher on the planet, but it wouldn't help them a bit if they don't want to learn.
I think stuff like this is just one of many symptoms of much greater problems that are now plaguing western society as a whole.
I'd love to converse about it, but this is not the place as any conversations on those lines would attract the kind of responses that violate rule 14.
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Dolby, you have a spazzing Boxxy in your signature while I have weeabooism in my avatar. We ain't dodgin' nothin'.
Aww crap
:lol
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I totally agree with you that it takes a student who wants to learn.
It just seems like our schools have become babysitters.
Also, you're right about it being just one of many problems facing us today. :old:
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Personally, I feel that the biggest issue with Western society is that many kids feel that they're owed a living, and that they don't have to do anything to earn it.
A couple years on a farm would cure most of their symptoms I think.
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Personally, I feel that the biggest issue with Western society is that many kids feel that they're owed a living, and that they don't have to do anything to earn it.
Many so called adults think the same way.
My youngest daughter was lucky she was singled out in kindergarten for the G.A.T.E. program. She had 2 teachers for 12 students through 6th grade.
The main issues today is that there are folks having kids who have no business having kids.
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LOL
I just heard this on Howard Stern..
Sherry Sheppard from the show 'The View' is convinced the world is flat.
I guess she had an argument with Barbara Walters on the subject and her funniest quote
"How do you know the earth is round Barbara, have you been to space to see if it is?"
With media personnel like that no wonder those kids thought that.
lawnDart
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well bless the internet, i would not know much of anything with out it
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Many so called adults think the same way.
My youngest daughter was lucky she was singled out in kindergarten for the G.A.T.E. program. She had 2 teachers for 12 students through 6th grade.
The main issues today is that there are folks having kids who have no business having kids.
Well theres our solution right there; quit providing treatment and care for self-inflicted injuries with stupidity as a primary cause.
We'll kill two birds with one stone: save money and reintroduce natural selection to the human population.
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All I have to say in regards to this.
(http://orosman.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/education-works-on-children-dogs-and-men-demotivational-poster.jpg?w=440)
^^^ They need one.
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Well theres our solution right there; quit providing treatment and care for self-inflicted injuries with stupidity as a primary cause.
We'll kill two birds with one stone: save money and reintroduce natural selection to the human population.
Tank ace, I'd love to get two birds stoned at once too but if you think that the education system is the only place that nurtures stupidity you're quite wrong.
I'll share some insane happenings and company philosophies I've experienced working for a few different types of companies over the past 20 years.
Family Owned Butcher Shop: "Fingers grow back" my boss actually said that when a coworker sawed off some fingertips. He just looked at me with a straight face and said "don't worry bobO, they'll grow back."
Family owned mechanical contractor: Nevermind my interview took place in a bar, and they looked at me like I was insane when I didn't order any alcohol. The owner also took offense to my putting on a seatbelt while he was driving as though the problem was my lack of faith in him. They didn't care if a circuit was hot or not, anyone who was working with single phase was a "popsicle" for taking extra time to find the breaker and shut it down. After I bent the frame and broke all the axles off my company truck they started referring to me as the stuntman.
Fortune 50 Mechanical Contractor with 165,000 employees on 6 continents.
They just went for maximum safety overkill and placed all employees in situations that essentially forced us to break all the rules in order to keep the customer happy.
Holding any hand tool without company approved cut resistant gloves = Get sent home for a day without pay. This included screwdrivers. If I were to use a power tool we had to change to leather gloves or get sent home for a day without pay.
Set foot in a boiler room without hard hat, safety glasses, ear protection and gloves = Sent home for a day without pay.
Set foot in a room with 600 volt circuits without changing into an arc flash rated jumpsuit with accompanying gloves, face shield, ear protection and hard hat = Get sent home for a day without pay. At one of my weekly customer's foundries we would literally climb on 13,000 volt lines to get to a few of my responsibilities. Not once did I see anyone use their arc flash gear there.
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tbh how many in this thread are confident with their 19th century history. Who can talk about Carpathia without hitting wikipedia, or tell us what the most significant 19th century political events were.
Better still who here still think the U-571 movie was real?
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tbh how many in this thread are confident with their 19th century history. Who can talk about Carpathia without hitting wikipedia, or tell us what the most significant 19th century political events were.
Better still who here still think the U-571 movie was real?
Oh whatever. I bet he says Game of Thrones is fake next.
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Tank ace, I'd love to get two birds stoned at once too but if you think that the education system is the only place that nurtures stupidity you're quite wrong.
I'll share some insane happenings and company philosophies I've experienced working for a few different types of companies over the past 20 years.
Family Owned Butcher Shop: "Fingers grow back" my boss actually said that when a coworker sawed off some fingertips. He just looked at me with a straight face and said "don't worry bobO, they'll grow back."
Family owned mechanical contractor: Nevermind my interview took place in a bar, and they looked at me like I was insane when I didn't order any alcohol. The owner also took offense to my putting on a seatbelt while he was driving as though the problem was my lack of faith in him. They didn't care if a circuit was hot or not, anyone who was working with single phase was a "popsicle" for taking extra time to find the breaker and shut it down. After I bent the frame and broke all the axles off my company truck they started referring to me as the stuntman.
Fortune 50 Mechanical Contractor with 165,000 employees on 6 continents.
They just went for maximum safety overkill and placed all employees in situations that essentially forced us to break all the rules in order to keep the customer happy.
Holding any hand tool without company approved cut resistant gloves = Get sent home for a day without pay. This included screwdrivers. If I were to use a power tool we had to change to leather gloves or get sent home for a day without pay.
Set foot in a boiler room without hard hat, safety glasses, ear protection and gloves = Sent home for a day without pay.
Set foot in a room with 600 volt circuits without changing into an arc flash rated jumpsuit with accompanying gloves, face shield, ear protection and hard hat = Get sent home for a day without pay. At one of my weekly customer's foundries we would literally climb on 13,000 volt lines to get to a few of my responsibilities. Not once did I see anyone use their arc flash gear there.
Umm...... I never said the problem was with the educational system alone. And I posted in a toung-in-cheek manner.
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tbh how many in this thread are confident with their 19th century history. Who can talk about Carpathia without hitting wikipedia, or tell us what the most significant 19th century political events were.
Better still who here still think the U-571 movie was real?
The U-571 movie was real.
The depictions illustrated in the movie "U-571" were not real.
:neener:
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The U-571 movie was real.
The depictions illustrated in the movie "U-571" were not real.
:neener:
LOL wow...I rest my case.
I'll give you a clue... the U-571 was sunk.
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LOL wow...I rest my case.
I'll give you a clue... the U-571 was sunk.
you...completely missed the sarcastic pedantry in his post.
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you...completely missed the sarcastic pedantry in his post.
ahhh gotcha now.
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we all know what really happened.
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And on topic....you think THAT was bad....
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I am going to say this once:
"If you are looking for the guilty, you only need to look in a mirror"
These "Kids" are learning their habits from somewhere... time to take a look at ourselves and how we raise these children... the generation that "worked" for a living are trying to provide a worry free life for their kids... and here is the result.
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(http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/10959/633737587376730360-titanic.jpg)
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" When the student is ready the teacher will appear. "