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New Zealand has sunk to a new low in modern education. A number of high school students have started a petition to not be failed on a national history exam as they did not understand the meaning of the word 'trivial'. For those not in the know, trivial means "of little value or importance" which aptly describes this petition given that it is being made by grade 13 high school students who by all rights should know the meaning of this word. More than 2400 people have signed the petition 'expressing their frustration with the exam question'. Student Logan Stadnyk claimed that he was "lucky" to have known what the word meant, as half his class didn't. "New Zealand History Teachers' Association chairman Graeme Ball has sided with the students calling the exam a 'little bit of a snafu'" but not providing an adequate answer as to why students in grade 13 would not understand a common English word.
Have the three Rs lost all meaning in schools? Are we failing our students? Or is this just another case of today's teens being snowflakes?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 17 2018, @11:57PM (11 children)
Even in shitville aka El Centro, California, teachers made great effort to expand the horizons of their third-grade kids. A common teacher exercise in this state was to have each teacher come up with their own random "grab-bags" of their favorite words and phrases, such as "Maori" or "Faux pax", instilling not only the definitions of "weird words from foreign lands," but the importance of their meaning. It is funny how I discovered who the "Maori" were when I was 9 years old, and all by one teacher's fetish.
There was no political nonsense in that training, the goal was to show to the student that there are weird words and phrases out there that not only show the importance of vocabulary, but worldliness.
Unfortunately, (((they))) decided that the method was making the generations of youth too intelligent for their own good, and proper public education had to be made dumber to foment future generations of mindless, obedient consumers. Hence, we have common-core. Where the teacher can decide even in basic mathematics who to pass and who to fail regardless of the skill of the student.
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 18 2018, @01:37AM (3 children)
According to their own website, Common Core was a joint effort between 48 states,
http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/development-process/ [corestandards.org]
Your post made some sense until you started your anti-Semitic rant in the last paragraph...
but I guess this is normal for an E-F post?
(Score: 1, Troll) by archfeld on Sunday November 18 2018, @02:02AM (2 children)
Where in that post is even a mention of anti-Semitism, or a mention of any religion, or people except a vague reference to (((((They))))) ?
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(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Pslytely Psycho on Sunday November 18 2018, @07:09AM (1 child)
While you're correct there was no direct reference, our alcohol soaked friend is quite fond of dog whistles and uses 'they, or them' frequently to refer to the Jews that really run the country and are hiding under his bed and in his closet.
If a bagel shop opened up across the street, it would be confirmation to him that 'they' were invading his neighborhood.
He's also not fond of anyone darker than typing paper.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 19 2018, @08:13PM
There was a direct reference. If I say 'jew' or 'kike' or '(((they)))' the meaning is direct and clear. Two of these carry vitriol and imply hatred and bigotyr, though.
If you don't know 'trivial' or you don't know '(((they)))' that's fine. But when someone else uses them, you should assume they do know the words they're using.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Sunday November 18 2018, @01:39AM (4 children)
LOL and you used the word fetish. I knew I liked your smart ass for some reason. So is there a recreational pot shop in El Centro that allows for walk-ins ? I'm in Yuma and been looking for something nearby over the border but have had no luck ?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 18 2018, @01:48AM (3 children)
Haven't needed to do this for some time now...
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=recreational+pot+shop+in+El+Centro [lmgtfy.com]
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Sunday November 18 2018, @01:57AM (2 children)
Tried that...
About half the shops listed are out of business or don't answer the phone. The others that did answer were delivery ONLY, to a private residence. I was hoping that someone local would know of good source. Thanks anyways.
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(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Sunday November 18 2018, @07:36AM
Wow, a pot shop that went out of business??? Were they run by the government? Who are the only people who couldn't make money selling hookers and whiskey in Nevada when they took over the Mustang Ranch!
Up here in the PNW (land of forests, lakes, mountains, rivers and four actual seasons..) I pass seven recreational pot stores on my way to work (10.2 miles). They are nearly as ubiquitous as espresso stands, of which I pass eleven.
Hehehe, every day is an excuse for a sale as well. Weed, oil, wax and such are not only tested for purity (no chemicals allowed) and potency and packaged in nice, well lit stores with upwards of fifty strains of indica, sativa, and hybrids, but it's cheaper than the street prices were.
The black market here is dead.
Fucking win-win!
Sample text from the Green Nugget today (Saturday)
Vendor Day! Uncle Roaner in the house for vendor day! 30% off on Uncle Roaners buds all night long! 100mg candies for $17.50! 25% off all concentrates and cartridges! Open till 11:45 pm!
Of course Lovely Buds, Satori, Cannabis and Glass along with Green Leaf and others all have daily sales, it's a weed tokin' paradise...
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(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Sunday November 18 2018, @07:38AM
Oh yeah, ALL of our stores are walk in.
Some deliver too, but they are the minority and it's not free.
Ya live on the wrong border for buds bud!
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 18 2018, @03:44AM
No, (((they))) weren't involved in that. It was [[[they]]] who dumbed down the school system!
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 18 2018, @06:58AM
You're just too f'ing stupid and absolutely nobody cares about your childhood shit.