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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance         Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days |
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| Sad, but true.
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| Closing in on 500 behind Xeo, who's busy walking around naked. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rogue If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days |
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Originally posted by Katana Yeah, stick around. I need someone else to talk to around here. |
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Apparently with American education ranking 17th in the world, experts are speculating on how to fix the system. One suggestion is dropping A-F grading.
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This graphic (Source) doesn't cover all of the countries, but is rather a sampling, juxtaposing "an aggregate of the test scores in reading, mathematics and science literacy" with each countries gross domestic product. These are not the official ranks, which may be found here. Continuing on, studies show that 80 percent of kids base their self-worth on academic performance. Low self-esteem in youth, consequently, leads to poor health, criminal behavior, and limited economic prospects. So what do some think there should be instead of grades? "Independent study, community service, adventures in experience, large doses of privacy and solitude, a thousand different apprenticeships, the one day variety or longer - these are all powerful, cheap and effective ways to start a real reform of schooling," writes John Taylor Gatto, a retired educator of more than 30 years who's frequently written of the hegemony within the American education system. Many other countries practice grading, including those with higher test scores than the U.S. (like South Korea, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Honk Kong, and Finland, which ranks first in education). So if these countries can be successful with a grading system, why get rid of it, you might ask? What do you think? What should we have if we, in fact, do away with grades? (Last edited by Rogue on 05-03-13 01:20 AM)
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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The "Jurassic Bark" episode of Futurama is on.
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Can't hold back the tears. 
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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To be honest, I thought the cartoon was pretty corny, even as a kid.
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I just think this version's funny, especially with Wheeler becoming an alcoholic.
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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There's a rule of thumb when it comes to the Star Trek movies, that being that odd numbered films are lesser than the even numbered. They weren't as successful, box office-wise, and frankly they just weren't as good.
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The odds being: Star Trek: The Motion Picture Search for Spock Final Frontier Generations Insurrection (which I actually really liked) The evens: Wrath of Khan The Voyage Home (my personal favorite of the original series cast films) The Undiscovered Country (the last with all of the TOS cast, and frankly pretty epic) First Contact I'm not including Nemesis, because it SUCKED. It actually broke the the odd/even streak. Anyway, the TOS movies are actually really good (well, except for the the first and fifth -- in which Shatner directed himself killing God).
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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I'd expect some terrible made-for-TV docu-drama deals coming out of this one. |
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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I think that's the site my friend used when he finally got a girlfriend after nearly a decade without. They've been together about 3 years now. |
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Originally posted by Cteno 
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Do you remember the AIDS episode? That was some serious shit to swallow. |
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Brandon loves DS9, but Voyager was always my favorite. At least all of the different series tried to be unique from the others (though I never got into Enterprise).
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Voyager was special in that they were bonding in their journey home, stuck in the Delta Quadrant, which would have taken them 75 years at their highest warp to reach Earth. You also got characters like the Doctor who was the EMH, who was trying to learn what it was like to be human from an Ocampan, and then when Seven of Nine showed up, he took over teaching HER what it's like to be human. It's an archetype that was near and dear to Roddenberry's heart -- a non-human entity trying to become such (hence where you get Data, Questor, etc). Anyway, I only watched the first couple seasons of DS9. I never really got into it, but then I didn't get to the Dominion War stuff.
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Had a pretty happenin' Free Comic Book Day. Now off to the Renaissance faire in the rain!!!
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Let's all remind ourselves of how this all started.
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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It's based on the new animated series... I think. I haven't gotten to it yet.
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I've been feeling incredibly lethargic lately. 
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Heading to the vet because it looks like someone tore my cat a new vagina. |
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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The best part of DS9 (for me) was Quark. Oh that shady Ferengi motherfucker with a heart of gold-pressed latinum.
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Anyway, the Dominion War takes up the majority of DS9's latter seasons. I don't know much about it myself, except that it's what makes a lot people love the series over the others.
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If you're reading this... You are the Resistance Since: 08-17-04 Since last post: 668 days Last activity: 477 days
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Also, if you get as engrossed in the Trek-verse as I am, you might get choked up watching videos like this:
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