TheBoost

Alexrd said:

 I bet someday we'll get a novel about that X-Wing and TIE Fighter in Ep. II...

 And I'd read them

Warb said:

 I am curious what Boost thinks of my comments. 

Gee, I feel the pressure.

I also got bad grades because I was too slow doing things.   Math is a good example of this.   I was very good in math,  but it took me longer to solve equations and stuff like that than it would for others.   The results: a I failed (or got a lower grade than I should have had) a lot of math tests not because gave the wrong answers or didn't know or understand the material, but because I couldn't answer all the questions in the time giving for the test.  

I feel with you here. The question is: what is being tested? Skill at math or test taking ability? Some things in life require speed... CPR for one. I never thought Math was one of them.

Yet another frustrating thing in math: teachers that only look at the final answer to math questions.  ...  Some teachers would look at the math work and would give partial credit if it looked like you went about solving the equation in the correct way.  But other teachers just looked at the answer and if it was wrong, it was wrong.  

My high school algebra teacher would dock me points because all I'd show was the answer (I could do a lot in my head). I'd get pissed, but he explained (and rightly so I see now) that he was interested in that I know HOW to solve the problem. As he said, he already knew the answers.

Warbler said:

xhonzi said:

We cab't stob.  We haf to slow down first!

I can't slow down either.     *continues to sob*

seriously, is there ever gong to be a Valentines Day when I actually have a woman to celebrate it with?   

V-Day is the perfect day to make that move on whatever lady has caught your eye.

Give some candy to the girl at the video store. Pick a flower for the lady downstairs. Ask that woman who does her laundry the same time you do to coffee.

Throw some game dude, you don't even need a beard.

TV's Frink said:

 

Here's the thing, though.  Who is to say that someone else isn't framing TheBoost?  It could be any one of us.  It could even be...

...

...me!

 It could be any of you. You all have a motive.

Frink, I called you a dweeb.

I put a beard on Wabler.

I keep robotically beating Ripplin at his own quiz.

Gaffer Tape is jealous because I'm sexier than he is.

the list goes on and on.

Ghostbusters said:

 Or have public laptops that students can rent if they don't have their own and require them to have laptops in class to access the articles they go over.

 

 The Federal Williams Act makes that illegal.

My last year at college felt exhausting when I was almost going full time. I feel like I am constantly on the go from one thing to another and I hear all these lectures and read all this information and I wonder, is all this really necessary? How much of this information am I going to remember? Why do I have to document so many things? I'm not even going to look back at my documentation even if I do document it. Why does life have to be so complicated?

Perhaps academia just isn't for you.

Thermostat said:

What's a "forum?"

 I'm going to destroy you.

TV's Frink said:

I just meant you can't use it now because you admitted to it before you even did it.

 Oh.

Yeah, I guess you can't possibly be a sock if anyone knows who you really are. That's never happened. Impossible.

TV's Frink said:

TheBoost said:

TV's Frink said:

TheBoost = Thermostat

HAWT!

 If I ever make a sock, I'll be known as Thermostat.

Ruined :-(

 But it's perfect for me. Both hot and cool, and always in control. Boo-Yeah!

TV's Frink said:

TheBoost = Thermostat

HAWT!

 If I ever make a sock, I'll be known as Thermostat.

TV's Frink said:

 

Regardless, all I can see is that you are whining about your personal high school experience.  High school sucks for a lot of people.  It sucked for me.  I got through it.  I dealt with it.

...

Hence...deal with it.

 I loved high school. Had a great time. But then again, I wasn't a DWEEB like soooome peeeeople. ;-)

 EDIT:
By "some people" I mean Frink

Ghostbusters said:

TheBoost said:

You are aware that public education varies greatly district to district, and is actually organized by the states with the exception of certain standards and requirments for federal funding? If you plan on condeming all of American education with the brush of your own unpleasant high-school experience, feel free to condemn the rest of the Western-world as well. They tend to start fairly early in the morning too.

I am aware, maybe I should have titled this thread: my high school experience sucked.

 Fair enough.

Ghostbusters said:

TheBoost said:

I'm curious what his schools test scores were? What was the graduation rate? How many went on to 4 year uiversities? Drop out rate? What percentage of students were ELL? Transient populations? What was the AYP or API scores?

Very good and still is.

 ? ? ?

So you went to a very successful school that had great results across the board? That seems counter to your OP.

TheBoost = The Boost

LAME

I'm curious what his schools test scores were? What was the graduation rate? How many went on to 4 year uiversities? Drop out rate? What percentage of students were ELL? Transient populations? What was the AYP or API scores?

This strikes me as something dumb to get angry at.

There's a tiny little spaceship in a wideshot. It's easy to not even see. If you do see it, it looks like the Falcon true, but so what. It's a lot of work to read a crappy novel to get verification that the ship in question is supposed to actually be the Falcon. And then I ask, who gives a rat's ass?

I spent a lot of time in school in counselor's offices discussing various things from my attendance, academic deficiencies, to just being socially inept.

Forgive me for saying, but from your own description it sounds like you had a rough time personally in high school and that probably colors your perceptions.

Schools should be fully engaged with the internet, posting assignments due and should be done completely electronically, we shouldn't have paper involved in anything anymore. The internet has become completely superior to paper based information.

This would be possible in a world where every student had access to their own computer, ipad, and internet connection. That however, is not the case.

Another issue I had was this attitude schools have that you're a piece of shit if you don't wake up at 5am everyday. I was never a morning person, I always had a hard time getting up and I like to stay up late. That has never changed and it never will.

If you're fortunate you'll always find work that matches your sleeping preferences. But I think you'll find many people in the world have to wake up before they'd like, and not many people have sympathy for them.

Most of you on this forums are Americans, but I do know that an handful of you are not American so this post does not apply to your schools but you may be able to relate to this thread.

You are aware that public education varies greatly district to district, and is actually organized by the states with the exception of certain standards and requirments for federal funding? If you plan on condeming all of American education with the brush of your own unpleasant high-school experience, feel free to condemn the rest of the Western-world as well. They tend to start fairly early in the morning too.

Almost anytime I say "good luck" I automatically follow it with "you're gonna need it."

Warbler said:

it isn't just about what he, it is about how stupidly he went about it.   Someone as stupid as him does not belong in Congress.

 

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) —  just passed along how wind power might aggravate climate change.

Wind is God’s way of balancing heat. Wind is the way you shift heat from areas where it’s hotter to areas where it’s cooler. That’s what wind is. Wouldn’t it be ironic if in the interest of global warming we mandated massive switches to energy, which is a finite resource, which slows the winds down, which causes the temperature to go up? Now, I’m not saying that’s going to happen, Mr. Chairman, but that is definitely something on the massive scale. I mean, it does make some sense. You stop something, you can’t transfer that heat, and the heat goes up. It’s just something to think about.

So this dude doesn't believe in climate change, except that windmills might cause it.

Some guy emailing cheesecake pictures doesn't even touch this in terms of stupidity.

Alexrd said:

TheBoost said:

Alexrd said:

I'm interested. This a character they could greatly explore in the series.

 But every character from the OT that's been 'explored' has become lamer because of it.

Such as...?

 Boba Fett: ESB: Awesome, mysterious bounty hunter. AOTC: The homely clone son of Jango Fett. Clone Wars: The whiney little urchin who doesn't really want to hurt people but fell in with a bad crowd.

Darth Maul: TPM: Mysterious badass Sith Lord. Clone Wars: One of a planet of interchangeable Darth Mauls.

Darth Vader: OT: y'know, Vader. PT: "Yippee!" "I hate sand" "What have I done?!"

Alexrd said:

I'm interested. This a character they could greatly explore in the series.

 But every character from the OT that's been 'explored' has become lamer because of it.

Warbler said:

Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages . . .  I give you the dumbest politician in the history of American government:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20110209/US.New.York.Congressman.Quits/

 Wait! So this dude DIDN'T sleep with anyone, DIDN'T misuse government funds, DIDN'T commit any crime outside of extreme tackiness... and he resigns? 

That's like expecting the District Manager of Arby's to resign because he didn't pick up after his dog in the park. How does one lead to another?

EyeShotFirst said:

I wish I knew enough people to play a good game of baseball. I have a shit load of equipment to play, I just don't know anybody that plays baseball.

Really sucks.

 Baseball is the hardest sport to play. Huge field, lots of equipment, needs at least 10 dudes to even play a pickup game on the sandlot.

Warbler said:

Ladies and Gentlemen, children of all ages . . .  I give you the dumbest politician in the history of American government:

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20110209/US.New.York.Congressman.Quits/

 Cant even say I'm shocked. Well... the teenage girl on MySpace cellphone-camera-in-the-mirror picutre was surprising.

Lee, who won his seat in 2008, cultivated a family-values voting record in the House, earning an 88 percent approval rating from the American Conservative Union for his 2010 votes

Ever notice how it's always dudes like this who get caught in these things?

EDIT: Oh snap! Dude's name is CHRISTOPHER LEE?!?!? How dare he defile that awesome name with these shennanigans!!!?!?

Not enthused.

xhonzi said:

Is this the right thread to announce that I changed my Avatar to Tex Murphy?

::: head explodes:::