This kind of stuff is why I think schools should be optional, not madatory. Also, History should NOT be taught in school. Also why I refer to anything below collage as a "brainwashing camp." Anyway. the biggest lie I was taught in school, was that touching a child "down there" is an acceptable form of punishment.
Chrono180: This kind of stuff is why I think schools should be optional, not madatory. Also, History should NOT be taught in school. Also why I refer to anything below collage as a "brainwashing camp." Anyway. the biggest lie I was taught in school, was that touching a child "down there" is an acceptable form of punishment.
WHAT???!!!
I really hope you just mean paddling as a form a discipline, which is bullshit anyway, but what?
That Christopher Columbus was a great guy when in reality he was a rapist, murdering, money grubbing bastard of the first degree. Also that he was the first European to get to North America when in fact Europeans have been coming to North America since around 17,000 years ago from what is now France and Spain. There were called the Solutreans.
Chrono180: This kind of stuff is why I think schools should be optional, not madatory. Also, History should NOT be taught in school. Also why I refer to anything below collage as a "brainwashing camp." Anyway. the biggest lie I was taught in school, was that touching a child "down there" is an acceptable form of punishment.
WHAT???!!!
I really hope you just mean paddling as a form a discipline, which is bullshit anyway, but what?
Actually, I mean that I was molested by two of my teachers, in 4th and 6th grade. The 6th grade one was the worst, as she would soometimes take me into the corner and squeeze my crotch when I was bad. I tried to tell her I would tell my parents and she responded "Tell whoever you like, nobody will believe you."
The south isn't as bad as most people think. still bad though but it doesn't deserve as bad a rap as it gets. Now, Alabama is a different story.
And, I call it homeschooling, but I really just study whatever the fuck I want. I have no interest in advanced Calculus or Algebra, so I don't take it. Its kinda like college but I'm in high school. I major in Psychology, Graphic Design, and Creative Writing.
lol why do we get the bad rep. Im sure its much more smelly in New York than it is down here.
Lol and why Alabama? Is it as bad as Georgia?
I wish I could get out of Math....[/quote]
Its a lot darker in New York. No one ever smiles there and everyone's always dressed in dark colors. Its like the exact oppisite of the south.
And, I say Alabama, because its (no offense to anyone who lives there) but it was kinda creepy. Plus they have signs all over the place for Christian propaganda. One I saw had a picture of Satan on it and it said "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get You!" and other billboards that say similar things like, "Dont make me come down there!-God" or "You're in My Chosen Land"[/quote]
Wow. Hmmm..ya know in Oklahoma everyone is either a prep or dresses black. I wish there was some sort of happy medium. Anyways. Alambama sounds alot like some parts of Texas.
But the Whole "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get you! is by far the most far out sign I have ever heard of or seen.[/quote]
I remember when I went to New York for a winter vacation and I was the only one who was dressed in color. I always wore a bright green or blue hoodie. I got some weird looks.
Anyway, yeah, the sign thing was pretty bad. I'm sure you can find a picture of it or something like it on google.
Chrono180: This kind of stuff is why I think schools should be optional, not madatory. Also, History should NOT be taught in school. Also why I refer to anything below collage as a "brainwashing camp." Anyway. the biggest lie I was taught in school, was that touching a child "down there" is an acceptable form of punishment.
WHAT???!!!
I really hope you just mean paddling as a form a discipline, which is bullshit anyway, but what?
Actually, I mean that I was molested by two of my teachers, in 4th and 6th grade. The 6th grade one was the worst, as she would soometimes take me into the corner and squeeze my crotch when I was bad. I tried to tell her I would tell my parents and she responded "Tell whoever you like, nobody will believe you."
They didn't
Holy shit. I'm sorry, I probably shouldn't have asked.
Chrono180: This kind of stuff is why I think schools should be optional, not madatory. Also, History should NOT be taught in school. Also why I refer to anything below collage as a "brainwashing camp." Anyway. the biggest lie I was taught in school, was that touching a child "down there" is an acceptable form of punishment.
WHAT???!!!
I really hope you just mean paddling as a form a discipline, which is bullshit anyway, but what?
Actually, I mean that I was molested by two of my teachers, in 4th and 6th grade. The 6th grade one was the worst, as she would sometimes take me into the corner and squeeze my crotch when I was bad. I tried to tell her I would tell my parents and she responded "Tell whoever you like, nobody will believe you."
They didn't
Holy shit. I'm sorry, I probably shouldn't have asked.
Did they go to jail or anything?
Not as far as I know. At the time when I told my parents, they got so angry at me for "telling lies" that I became afraid to tell anyone else. It wasn't until I brought it up a few years ago to a school counselor that anyone said I should tell the police, but by now there wouldn't be any point. For one thing, the statute of limitations has probably long expired,for another, there wouldn't be any evidence, so it would essentially be my word against theirs. Even if I could get them put in jail (which would be very unlikely), it wouldn't change the past. besides, I'm more angry at my parents for not believing me.
Chrono180: This kind of stuff is why I think schools should be optional, not madatory. Also, History should NOT be taught in school. Also why I refer to anything below collage as a "brainwashing camp." Anyway. the biggest lie I was taught in school, was that touching a child "down there" is an acceptable form of punishment.
WHAT???!!!
I really hope you just mean paddling as a form a discipline, which is bullshit anyway, but what?
Actually, I mean that I was molested by two of my teachers, in 4th and 6th grade. The 6th grade one was the worst, as she would sometimes take me into the corner and squeeze my crotch when I was bad. I tried to tell her I would tell my parents and she responded "Tell whoever you like, nobody will believe you."
They didn't
Holy shit. I'm sorry, I probably shouldn't have asked.
Did they go to jail or anything?
Not as far as I know. At the time when I told my parents, they got so angry at me for "telling lies" that I became afraid to tell anyone else. It wasn't until I brought it up a few years ago to a school counselor that anyone said I should tell the police, but by now there wouldn't be any point. For one thing, the statute of limitations has probably long expired,for another, there wouldn't be any evidence, so it would essentially be my word against theirs. Even if I could get them put in jail (which would be very unlikely), it wouldn't change the past. besides, I'm more angry at my parents for not believing me.
That really sucks, man. Sorry to hear that.
I couldn't imagine not having anyone believe something like that happened, especially my own parents.
Just another reason that the school system and everyone in it is fucked up.
I was told earlier this week that Ben Franklin invented both the fire department and central heating. But both of those have been around since the ancient Roman times.
Everyone tells me Columbus discovered America. I do believe that there were Vikings here several hundred years earlier and some evidence points to the Knights Templar being in America before Columbus as well.
The south isn't as bad as most people think. still bad though but it doesn't deserve as bad a rap as it gets. Now, Alabama is a different story.
And, I call it homeschooling, but I really just study whatever the fuck I want. I have no interest in advanced Calculus or Algebra, so I don't take it. Its kinda like college but I'm in high school. I major in Psychology, Graphic Design, and Creative Writing.
lol why do we get the bad rep. Im sure its much more smelly in New York than it is down here.
Lol and why Alabama? Is it as bad as Georgia?
I wish I could get out of Math....
Its a lot darker in New York. No one ever smiles there and everyone's always dressed in dark colors. Its like the exact oppisite of the south.
And, I say Alabama, because its (no offense to anyone who lives there) but it was kinda creepy. Plus they have signs all over the place for Christian propaganda. One I saw had a picture of Satan on it and it said "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get You!" and other billboards that say similar things like, "Dont make me come down there!-God" or "You're in My Chosen Land"[/quote]
Wow. Hmmm..ya know in Oklahoma everyone is either a prep or dresses black. I wish there was some sort of happy medium. Anyways. Alambama sounds alot like some parts of Texas.
But the Whole "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get you! is by far the most far out sign I have ever heard of or seen.[/quote]
I remember when I went to New York for a winter vacation and I was the only one who was dressed in color. I always wore a bright green or blue hoodie. I got some weird looks.
Anyway, yeah, the sign thing was pretty bad. I'm sure you can find a picture of it or something like it on google.[/quote]
Why does everyone dress dark though? I mean are they in suits or is the whole city populated by emo goth kids?
Athena was the Greek goddess of war/victory. WRONG she was the goddess of wisdom. what makes it even worse is the teacher was greek :(
Actually she was both :P (Yeah my mums Greek and taught yr12 Classics for 10 years) Athena was the Goddess of War and Victory as well as being the Goddess of Wisdom, you were both right :).
yeah. so? were did she get that info from? western history books often get things wrong. Besides Athena can't be the goddess of victory because "Nike" was the Greek goddess of victory/triumph look it up
No. 'Nike' is the classical Greek word for victory. Athena was the Goddess of Wisdom and War
Athena was the Greek goddess of war/victory. WRONG she was the goddess of wisdom. what makes it even worse is the teacher was greek :(
Actually she was both :P (Yeah my mums Greek and taught yr12 Classics for 10 years) Athena was the Goddess of War and Victory as well as being the Goddess of Wisdom, you were both right :).
yeah. so? were did she get that info from? western history books often get things wrong. Besides Athena can't be the goddess of victory because "Nike" was the Greek goddess of victory/triumph look it up
No. 'Nike' is the classical Greek word for victory. Athena was the Goddess of Wisdom and War
The south isn't as bad as most people think. still bad though but it doesn't deserve as bad a rap as it gets. Now, Alabama is a different story.
And, I call it homeschooling, but I really just study whatever the fuck I want. I have no interest in advanced Calculus or Algebra, so I don't take it. Its kinda like college but I'm in high school. I major in Psychology, Graphic Design, and Creative Writing.
lol why do we get the bad rep. Im sure its much more smelly in New York than it is down here.
Lol and why Alabama? Is it as bad as Georgia?
I wish I could get out of Math....
Its a lot darker in New York. No one ever smiles there and everyone's always dressed in dark colors. Its like the exact oppisite of the south.
And, I say Alabama, because its (no offense to anyone who lives there) but it was kinda creepy. Plus they have signs all over the place for Christian propaganda. One I saw had a picture of Satan on it and it said "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get You!" and other billboards that say similar things like, "Dont make me come down there!-God" or "You're in My Chosen Land"
Wow. Hmmm..ya know in Oklahoma everyone is either a prep or dresses black. I wish there was some sort of happy medium. Anyways. Alambama sounds alot like some parts of Texas.
But the Whole "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get you! is by far the most far out sign I have ever heard of or seen.[/quote]
I remember when I went to New York for a winter vacation and I was the only one who was dressed in color. I always wore a bright green or blue hoodie. I got some weird looks.
Anyway, yeah, the sign thing was pretty bad. I'm sure you can find a picture of it or something like it on google.[/quote]
Why does everyone dress dark though? I mean are they in suits or is the whole city populated by emo goth kids?[/quote]
People were mostly in suits (even at night and on weekends) but everyone still dressed in dark colors like black pea coats or dark blue jackets of some sort and most people who dressed casually either were in dark jeans and a black top or they were one of the many gay New Yorkers who dressed in lighter colors like bright blue or white.
Now that I think of it, people probably thought I was gay.
The south isn't as bad as most people think. still bad though but it doesn't deserve as bad a rap as it gets. Now, Alabama is a different story.
And, I call it homeschooling, but I really just study whatever the fuck I want. I have no interest in advanced Calculus or Algebra, so I don't take it. Its kinda like college but I'm in high school. I major in Psychology, Graphic Design, and Creative Writing.
lol why do we get the bad rep. Im sure its much more smelly in New York than it is down here.
Lol and why Alabama? Is it as bad as Georgia?
I wish I could get out of Math....
Its a lot darker in New York. No one ever smiles there and everyone's always dressed in dark colors. Its like the exact oppisite of the south.
And, I say Alabama, because its (no offense to anyone who lives there) but it was kinda creepy. Plus they have signs all over the place for Christian propaganda. One I saw had a picture of Satan on it and it said "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get You!" and other billboards that say similar things like, "Dont make me come down there!-God" or "You're in My Chosen Land"
Wow. Hmmm..ya know in Oklahoma everyone is either a prep or dresses black. I wish there was some sort of happy medium. Anyways. Alambama sounds alot like some parts of Texas.
But the Whole "Go to Church, or the Devil will Get you! is by far the most far out sign I have ever heard of or seen.
I remember when I went to New York for a winter vacation and I was the only one who was dressed in color. I always wore a bright green or blue hoodie. I got some weird looks.
Anyway, yeah, the sign thing was pretty bad. I'm sure you can find a picture of it or something like it on google.[/quote]
Why does everyone dress dark though? I mean are they in suits or is the whole city populated by emo goth kids?[/quote]
People were mostly in suits (even at night and on weekends) but everyone still dressed in dark colors like black pea coats or dark blue jackets of some sort and most people who dressed casually either were in dark jeans and a black top or they were one of the many gay New Yorkers who dressed in lighter colors like bright blue or white.
Now that I think of it, people probably thought I was gay.[/quote]
It may be mocking my choice of government but it's still fucking hilarious.
the idea of Fascism ain't all that bad its true flaw is that it doesn't allow space for the "individual" to grow and projects the ideals of one onto many. were as its polar opposite Anarchy allows all the space for an individual but as a system of society having no structure means all efforts of said individual goes to waste. i truly believe there is a golden balance in between these to but by all means if there was "one" who was born who could project good onto many without damaging the individual fascism would work wonderfully! :D
Don't know if its been said already, but my teacher was a religious nut. Everyday she would come up with reasons on how masterbation would give everyone cancer, send us to hell, melt us(?), and everyday it would be something new. I remember some kids tried to argue against her, fun day.
Monkeyman8: Communism is a totalitarian regime with a command economy, and has been shown not to work by the former USSR. This in a college class on government.
this is one of the most perpetuated lies i hear. i also hear so much crap about communism when people are talking about socialism, not to mention the abuse of the word anarchy.
OT: nuclear energy is completely safe.... i'm pritty sure radioactive waste, the defilement of landscape, nuclear reactions them selves, a few other things are completely harmless.
Nuclear energy IS safe, just not the level we have achieved yet, if we could obtain complete nuclear fission, we would be left with non-radioactive isotopes of elements, extracting all possible energy from actinides and lanthanides,
i'm pritty sure soaking up too many gamma rays will give you 'sunburn' at the very least. (cancer useually takes a while after exposure)
AAAAh, but the whole purpose of a nuclear reactor is to take the alpha, beta, gamma, and less common radioactive particles and use them to spin a magnet around a wire, if the reactor was perfected, the radiation escaping from it would be trivial compared to sunlight
I thought I'd get through the whole thing. Damn.
You need to study more. Nuclear reactors use radiated HEAT to make STEAM to turn turbines. They're just like coal plants except we get our heat from a different place. It's not like the Enterprise's warp core where we somehow harness the radiation itself to do our techno-magic.
If a leads to b, b leads to c, and c leads to d, than a leads to d, if only indirectly. So, yes, the radiation heats water, which turns to steam, which turns a turbine, which spins a magnet to generate an electric current, so the radiation turns the magnet to form an electric current
You're going to stick with that story? Because you very clearly referred to the "particles" being used, not the heat. Also, care to tell us what some of the "less common radioactive particles" are? Or how the "particle" is radioactive? I thought the isotope was.
There's nothing wrong with being mistaken, but backpedaling to try to justify why you weren't after all is not a mature thing to do. There's a lot of that in this thread.
You guys really NEVER use any kind of math in your lives? You never try to figure out how much gas you need to put in your car to go on a trip, or figure out what your share of a restaurant bill is? Never had to cut something to fit something else?
Most of the math I use in my daily life is of the old +-*/ variety, but I don't go a day without having to put numbers to something.
It may be mocking my choice of government but it's still fucking hilarious.
the idea of Fascism ain't all that bad its true flaw is that it doesn't allow space for the "individual" to grow and projects the ideals of one onto many. were as its polar opposite Anarchy allows all the space for an individual but as a system of society having no structure means all efforts of said individual goes to waste. i truly believe there is a golden balance in between these to but by all means if there was "one" who was born who could project good onto many without damaging the individual fascism would work wonderfully! :D
communism is sometimes a halfway inbetween. like any democracy, the minority is at risk of being ignored, but that's democracy for you. my problem with fascism is that it can be a minority abusing a majority, which is worse. and you're completely mistaken about anarchy. anarchy means no standing government, not no law. anarchy is the opposite side of the scale to totalitarianism, so really, a middle ground is not far off what we had, but it's what end of the middle ground you're talking about (anywhere on the communist/socialist/capitalist scale) with no real deviation to either side of anarchy/totalitarianism (have a look at a cross chart) absolute middle (socialism) is the easiest to run, but i'd still much rather collective anarchy.
also, about the whole 1812 thing, americans, listen up. there is this thing called the commonwelth. australia, canada, new zealand and lots of other countries were all part of the brittish empire. you were fighting the commonwelth, so naturally the brits got involved, and being canada, they weren't gonna pick you guys over them. now days all the commonwelth is really good for is the games, and an excuse to bag on everyone else!
Haseo21: hahahaha! Who the hell taught you?! The war of 1812 was between America and Britain, Canada just fought on Britains side.
I am still out of breath from laughing so hard because you said that. LOL :D
Canada was part of Britain...
There basically was no such thing as Canada in 1812--there was Upper and Lower Canada. It's the War of 1812 that put 'Canadians' on the road to becoming Canada.
Ygfi: also, about the whole 1812 thing, americans, listen up. there is this thing called the commonwelth. australia, canada, new zealand and lots of other countries were all part of the brittish empire. you were fighting the commonwelth,
The Commonwealth would not exist for another 100 years.
communism is sometimes a halfway inbetween. like any democracy, the minority is at risk of being ignored, but that's democracy for you. my problem with fascism is that it can be a minority abusing a majority, which is worse. and you're completely mistaken about anarchy. anarchy means no standing government, not no law. anarchy is the opposite side of the scale to totalitarianism, so really, a middle ground is not far off what we had, but it's what end of the middle ground you're talking about (anywhere on the communist/socialist/capitalist scale) with no real deviation to either side of anarchy/totalitarianism (have a look at a cross chart) absolute middle (socialism) is the easiest to run, but i'd still much rather collective anarchy.
well if not Anarchy then Objectivism(eeh even though its more of a philosophy) would be the polar opposite. and yes i agree with what you say. if only humans were better....Also! have you seen this?
Wow, I remember this happening 2 years ago, in my health class. My teacher told us that we were starting a "drug unit", things just went downhill from there.
Also, I've had a couple of teachers who say that communism doesn't work, socialism isn't used effectively in any "modern" country, and capitalism is the most effective modern economy.
1. In reality, "true" communism CAN be kept stable (no corruption, capitalist "values"), but most likely not as a large country, maybe in a small independent town.
2. ever heard of Europe?
3. don't get me started on capitalism and it's shortcomings... (depression, our current "recession", etc.)
What about Europe? Communism isn't used here. Neither is Socialism.
How is not socialism used here? Well, ok, I have to admit I don't know about the rest of the europe but in finland one of our three major political parties is the social-democratic party. We also have the ..uh, I'm not sure how to translate this.. the Left union, a major party which "identifies with socialism but resigns from "the totaliarism related to it".
I know we have a smattering of Socialist parties here and there, but how many countries actually have Socialism leading them?
Well, Norway at least is currently led by a coalition made up of the Workers Party, Socialist Left-Party, and the Centrist Party... That should count as Socialist...
Eh... It's socialist on paper, but I wouldn't really call Norway a socialist country
This kind of stuff is why I think schools should be optional, not madatory. Also, History should NOT be taught in school. Also why I refer to anything below collage as a "brainwashing camp."
Anyway. the biggest lie I was taught in school, was that touching a child "down there" is an acceptable form of punishment.