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I am finding I hate using this site on my phone. Such a pain!
I do not think I am old enough for AARP.
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I am finding I hate using this site on my phone. Such a pain!
I do not think I am old enough for AARP.
But clearly still young enough to let it all hang out!
Way to shine on your first (and second) pages!
EDIT: I'm only 50. AARP has low standards.
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Speaking of which, anyone else here joined AARP yet? I got a nice tote bag and everything. And I have to admit, getting their e-mails and letters makes me feel wanted.
I now get emails from Victoria's Secret because I got the General's Christmas present from there.
They make me feel wanted.
And a whole bunch of other things.
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"50 is the new 65" - The AARP
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Strangely, I can no longer find this topic in the forum. Did I break something?
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You might have accidentally hid it.
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"Miss, do you want to play Monopoly with us?"
"...could you have chosen three games with more need for refereeing to salvage friendships?"
"Oh, come on, it'll be-"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE ASSASSINATING ME?! I WILL KILL YOU!"
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In a college poetry class, one of the students plagiarized a poem. And it wasn't a final assignment or anything, like "Write a poem in the style of a classical epic of 800+ words in iambic pentameter" -- no, it was just a "Write a poem, any poem of any length and style you choose" assignment.
The plagiarized poem was obscure enough that the prof didn't recognize it -- one of the other students did. But to this day, I don't know why anyone would risk getting booted from an easy-A class over an easy-A assignment like that.
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Yep. I had accidentally hidden it.
Okay, no more phone posting before I accidentally delete my account or something.
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I actually like using my phone, in fact 90% of my posts are made by phone.
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I plagiarized a poem for school, once, unfortunately I did it right before a long trip so my mom spent the whole four hours lecturing me about it.
That's what happens when you're home schooled, by an investigate journalist.
As you can imagine, I did not get away with much.
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I actually like using my phone, in fact 90% of my posts are made by phone.
We know, CY. Oh, gods, do we know!
(Can you tell work is pretty light today. I'm thinking I may be able to finagle Friday off...)
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I also turned Skin O' My Teeth by Megadeth into a poem about drunk driving as extra credit to pass drivers ed (insurance math sank me, fast).
So I guess I didn't learn my lesson..
Although I did learn that 60 year old alcoholic drivers ed teachers don't know s!*& about heavy metal... But then I guess I already knew that...
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Oh, there are some fantastic sound effects in here.
"I'm taking two coins from you."
"MNYERGH"
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Ooooh, I heard someone get blue-shelled from next door.
I am beginning to question the wisdom of these fun, friendship-building holiday activities.
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"Miss, do you want to play Monopoly with us?"
"...could you have chosen three games with more need for refereeing to salvage friendships?"
"Oh, come on, it'll be-"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE ASSASSINATING ME?! I WILL KILL YOU!"
*cough* Diplomacy *cough*
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wife went through issues with this when in school not too long ago. Massive cultural divide with respect to plagarism. So many asian kids did. Not. Get. It.And that, dear friends, is the superpower that all teachers share.It's astounding. Some of them just don't believe that we can tell when they've done it. The ones I've caught this year have at least owned up to it, but some of them will argue.
I have to agree with Scint; it's not so much a superpower as the kids that do it are so, so, SOOOOOO bad at it.
I was a frigging math professor, but when I taught a January term entitled, "Research and the Web", you'd think that the students would know that I'd, y'know, use the web to check for plagiarism. Especially considering we spent several sessions on the difference between quoting and citing a source and out-and-out plagiarism. But no, I'd start reading, and a sentence or paragraph would be jarringly out-of-place with the rest of the essay, I'd Google the sentence, and sure enough, find good chunks of the paper copy-and-pasted verbatim.
The worst was a poor South Korean kid -- absolute genius at math, got over 100% in the math classes he took from me, but ended up failing this course because he could not comprehend that copying-and-pasting was not allowed. We had multiple meetings and included the dean and another higher-up. We had a translator work with him to explain that in the U.S., you could not copy-and-paste content from the web and call it your own. And he just kept doing it.
Weird.
Yeah, that is absolutely true. But what's astonishing is that you can say, "This is not legal in this country," and they still do it.
I know chewing gum is illegal in Singapore. It's a very odd law, but if I were to travel to Singapore, I wouldn't chew gum.
So it's a combination of, "This rule is alien to me," and, "I cannot not do it."...
indeed, what is seen as cheating in most American schools is pragmatism or another day at the office in many asian ones.
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*cough* Diplomacy *cough*"Miss, do you want to play Monopoly with us?"
"...could you have chosen three games with more need for refereeing to salvage friendships?"
"Oh, come on, it'll be-"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE ASSASSINATING ME?! I WILL KILL YOU!"
Funny enough, a couple of my CT kiddos are in here.
"So, why can't we play that?"
"MOVE YOUR DOG BACK. YOU ARE IN JAIL."
"NO I'M NOT."
"Oh. Okay."
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Achievement unlocked: Let Tequilia Sunrise spectate me playing HS! =D
And what a couple of matches they were! WTH was that 6-damage board clear plus 8-to-the-face spell?! Maybe it was a Kazakus spell.
If you want to see my style -- and probably watch me fail -- I'm going to have another go at the Lich King, probably tommorrow. :)
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And btw, why does Singapore ban gum-chewing?!
[Insert Jack Sparrow you've-clearly-never-been-to-Singapore joke here.]
And is sale and possession criminalized as well, or just the chewing of?
I'm guessing that enforcement isn't much of a priority in any case...
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My assumption would be due to litter, but that is my no-research, Stupid AmericanTM speculation.
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And btw, why does Singapore ban gum-chewing?!
[Insert Jack Sparrow you've-clearly-never-been-to-Singapore joke here.]
And is sale and possession criminalized as well, or just the chewing of?
I'm guessing that enforcement isn't much of a priority in any case...
oh no.
They know foreigners chew gum.
They are watching you.
Closely.
Waiting to strike.
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Singapore has a king. The king found gum-chewing distasteful and the litter it created vile. So he banned it.
There are advantages to being the king.
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It is, it is.
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Oh, God. Someone just brought in Risk.
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Something something land war in Asia.
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Oh, God. Someone just brought in Risk.
as long as it wasnt catan.
Tempers rise during that game.
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Oh, God. Someone just brought in Risk.
Step 1: Start betting pool.
Step 2: Talk up the European advantage.
Step 3: Bet all your money on whoever starts with Australia.
Profit.
Speaking of which, anyone else here joined AARP yet? I got a nice tote bag and everything. And I have to admit, getting their e-mails and letters makes me feel wanted.
I get stuff from them all the time and I don't get qualify.
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Well, my teacher superpowers list looks a bit different from Scint's (because pre-K/K), but this morning I have successfully added "ability to administer antibiotics to a frightened rabbit" to it.
I feel smug.
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Well, my teacher superpowers list looks a bit different from Scint's (because pre-K/K), but this morning I have successfully added "ability to administer antibiotics to a frightened rabbit" to it.
I feel smug.
I could not handle your kids.
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It's 3:14 PM. Time for Pi. :D
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And this is the reason as to why I prefer either my laptop, or my PC at home. My fingers are generally too large for what passes for a keyboard on phones. And the larger screen is a definite plus.Yep. I had accidentally hidden it.
Okay, no more phone posting before I accidentally delete my account or something.
And better keyboard with the ability for tactile feedback.
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Speaking of which, anyone else here joined AARP yet? I got a nice tote bag and everything. And I have to admit, getting their e-mails and letters makes me feel wanted.I get stuff from them all the time and I don't get qualify.
I thought living in Florida was an auto-qualify for them...
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Come on, Freehold. It's a joke. Laugh a little.It's 3:14 PM. Time for Pi. :D
This IS fun!
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Err...
Hmmm....
*Taps index fingers together*
So, there is this thread which rhymes somthing close to *Wow touch adversity biz lynn back door flames*
They have been talking about mediveal history, so I'm chomping at the bit to provide a bit of context, straighten out a few missconceptions and generally provide some context to the subject.
Then I read on...
and no. There's no way I can even attempt to give anykind of historical context to this, without getting chased out of the thread.
Makes me a little sad, cause I love talking about this stuff, but it does get into political/social dangerzones, that these boards have been burned by before.
It just that this is interest stuff! But I afraid that discussing it in detail, without the topic being reduced to mudslinging isn't really something the boards are equipped for.
I don't know, I'm rambling...
Edit: Yea, moderators just went through it and removed some of the parts pertaining to medieval history...Not gonna touch it then.
I have to list a bunch of party games kids can play without getting hurt or intoxicated or otherwise damaged, and also can be played without making a mess (so food games are out). I've got 15 minutes. So far, Simon Says and Dodge ball (and I'm iffy on the latter); freeze tag remains possible, but the space is small and the mass chaos of tag is right out.
Edit: I don't even know.
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Somebody forgot to go to the store today, like he promised.
Looks like I get to fit it in after school but before work.
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I have to list a BK h of party game skids can play getting hurt or intoxicated...
From the coherence of that sentence, I'd have to respond, "too late"...
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John, I have a question for you. I (eventually) need to learn the basics on Linux. I don't want to partition my current hard drive right now. I do know that it is possible to boot off a thumb drive. I was wondering if you know any good tutorials on that and Linux in general. Thanks in advance.
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I have to list a BK h of party game skids can play getting hurt or intoxicated...From the coherence of that sentence, I'd have to respond, "too late"...
Hey! I fixed it, dang it! ... wait, ARG, gotta go back and fix more...
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I could not handle your kids.Well, my teacher superpowers list looks a bit different from Scint's (because pre-K/K), but this morning I have successfully added "ability to administer antibiotics to a frightened rabbit" to it.
I feel smug.
The kids are great.
It's the parents who require a natural 20 Diplomacy check to keep oneself from wanting to slap them half the time.
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It's been a long time since summer. I forgot how great it is to sit here at work while the kids play Minecraft (Impus Major in the room with me, Impus Minor in his bedroom in back):
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Impus Major: Wow! The house is really burning pretty badly!
NobodysHome: Oh my goodness! Yeah, I think your house is really pretty much done for.
Impus Major: It's not my house.
: Impus Maaaaaaaaaajor!!!!!!!!!
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Impus Major: Yeah, I knew you wanted this cat so I built a town around her for you.
Impus Major: Well, yeah. She's not there because I accidentally killed her while I was building the town, but that's why there's this shrine right here...
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Impus Minor: Why is there a creeper on my roof?
Impus Major: I don't know! What makes you think it was me?