Some Jarhead last night: "this dumb a$$ thinks hes fireproof"
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
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My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
quote:The problem with phonetics is that it requires the whole population to learn a new set of symbols; simplified spelling uses the existing way of writing but removes the inconsistencies.
Originally posted by frostypaw:
unfortunately it's MUCH more complicated than our simple 26 characters dyslexias deeply built into people's DNA, it'd happen with seven letters!
wouldn't ya teach them some sport though? there's value in knowing how to compete, and lose, with grace and dignity
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Metal Rulezzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!!
E pluribus unum, baby.
quote:Whoa there. Our spelling, while complex, has a purpose! It's not just about sounds. Different spellings reflect different etymologies and morphemes. Our spelling system is rich with information! Simplified spelling would lose all of that. How terrible that would be.
Originally posted by onewheeldave:
[QUOTE]but my feeling is that much of our current problems with reading difficulties and what is often classed as dyslexia, would be eliminated if our spelling system was logically coherent.
At present, much of spelling consists of 'rules' with so much inconsistency and lack of logic that they don't deserve to be called rules; it's no wonder that so many children give up on reading.
As for sport, there's a place for it, but currently it's vastly overemphasised in education at hte expense of equally worthy, but non competitive, physical activities such as spinning etc.
E pluribus unum, baby.
i would have changed ***** to phallus, and claire to petey Petey
Rougie: but that's what I'm doing here
Arnwyn: what letting me adjust myself in your room?..don't you dare quote that on HoP...
quote:firstly an early emphasis on speaking english properly so there isn't yet another generation running around saying: "y'all"
Originally posted by Raymund Phule:
...What do yall...
In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird, now the world is weird and they take prozac to make it normal again.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
Why is it that everthing which is fun is illegal, immoral, or fattening?
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purity :: clarity :: balance
quote:I'm not entirely sure what you mean here.
Originally posted by regyt:
[QUOTE]Whoa there. Our spelling, while complex, has a purpose! It's not just about sounds. Different spellings reflect different etymologies and morphemes. Our spelling system is rich with information! Simplified spelling would lose all of that. How terrible that would be.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
quote:I'm not saying competitive sport is bad.
Originally posted by Ali-bird:
I have to disagree with the idea that competitive sport is bad. Kids have to learn how to win and lose gracefully, and work as a team, and play to their strengths while minimising their weaknesses.
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
quote:Generally the context of the sentence they occur in is more than sufficient for the difference to be clear.
Originally posted by frostypaw:
fore and four? free and three?
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
quote:Esperanto is a language.
Originally posted by Matthew B-M:
onewheeldave: I have one word for you: "Esperanto". English has a history, it's been integrated with so many languages. Esperanto has been made to be easy to learn and spell. Russian is also spelled pretty much as you'd expect. Esperanto is a really ugly language to look at, in my opinion, equally ugly whatever language you're coming from...
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
quote:How do you account for the high levels of illiteracy then?
Originally posted by Pele:
...Oh, and I think that our spelling system works just fine...
"You can't outrun Death forever.
But you can make the Bastard work for it."
--MAJOR KORGO KORGAR,
"Last of The Lancers"
AFC 32
Educate your self in the Hazards of Fire Breathing STAY SAFE!
Some Jarhead last night: "this dumb a$$ thinks hes fireproof"
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Luv 'n' Lemons
purity :: clarity :: balance
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Patrick badger king: *they better hope there's never a jihad on stupidity*
In the 60's people took acid to make the world weird, now the world is weird and they take prozac to make it normal again.
quote:Right, I think this is an utterly crazy idea. Anyone with any hiring sense knows that an MCSE is pretty much meaningless, and a CCNA and CCNP are not much better. (CCIE on the other hand, but that's a different story). It is worth pointing out at this point that a Computer Science degree (emphasis mine) is based on more than just "can you write C++ or Java" neither of which are languages I particularly like, not to mention that I don't think schoolkids necessarily have the maturity to write decent maintainable code.
- Focused vocational training ( in area of interest ie: a set of 3 or so classes that are set out as a group. for example students interested in computer science would take a class in Computer programming (preferably in C++ or Java), in hardware something like MCSE, A+ etc (and industry standard cert), and in networking and sys admin something like CCNA or CCNP (again industry standard cert). If they were to do this starting in grad 11 when they graduate high school they'd leave with a cert in there area of choice.)
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