As a Catholic, we dont worship the Bible. We read it as a book of philosophy. I think I remember something about Worshipping Idols and such. Seems the Holy Rollers dont like Mary, the Mother of Jesus, but put the Bible on a higher pedestal than the actual teachings of Jesus himself. Because if I wa
Well you asked to let you know when you are wrong. If you were talking about me calling Catholocism a cult, I did not. Someone said they felt Mormonism and Christian Science were cults based on something and then I replied with "Well....maybe....but along the same lines...couldnt catholocism be considered a cult as well?" I never directly said it was a cult; as I dont believe it is. I just believe that many of the things it practices are things tha
Sighs..I swear you guys think everything I post is either somehow about you or directed towards you. lol......all righty then...I take back my comment about wanting to thank you. Dharma, thanks for the suggestion...Ill think about it. We do walk occasionally...but lately when we get home we ar
Why did you post this article, then? You have a definite way to contribute: take the two jobs and sell the bike. Are you too good to be working like that? Too smart? Too educated? Are you too precious to be away from your girlfriend? I think you're being far too sensitive in your decision-making. You must do what it takes. </
Take a couple hours and read Nickle and Dimed about working at wallyworld well I think I actually did read that book in college. Also...why would I want to be associated with any union? Im half and half on unions. On one side, they do a good job in fighting for workers rights and all that jazz, and
Since the ridiculous sum that it requires to maintain that motorcycle comes directly out of the household expenses, (OUR bills) Marcie is paying just as much for that bike as you are. I never said your comments werent welcome on here. I have alot to reply to, but I have an interview in a while so Ill r
Hi all, Ok...so a big issue for Marcie and I is our finances. Marcie has the full time job so she is making more than me, by a lot. Im working when I get called, contrary to the "youll be working every day" thing they told me earlier. She makes x amount and is, being the primary money maker, paying most of the bills. I have about 700 bucks of bills a mon
Yeah, but I wouldn't think to yourself that you'd be able to come off your blood pressure meds if you lost some weight, Ziggy. Well...good point...my dads side of the fam has a issue with BP (dad said "either our hearts explode, or our brains explode"). BP usually isnt an issue in the fam until we are
I recall that too, and I recall the furor that went along with it. I'm not going to say that he didn't say it, because he did.....but I'm starting to think that Ziggy might say some stuff that he either doesn't think out very well or just doesn't express himself clearly. Pretty much. Im having a hard t
It's not going to come back to haunt you, Ziggy. Now that you've clarified what you were trying to say....I got your back, man (on this subject, anyway). woohoo! or....hmm....partial woohoo! Ill reply on the second comment later today....but Im late for work.
"Whilst I was waiting today, I learned all about the subtleties of the disability system – how to manipulate it so’s you can stay on it for….well, the rest of your life. " Remember that discusssion (aka...big ass argument that went all over the freaken place on JU) back in August? Part (or most) of it was on disabilities. I mentioned how some people actually are able to manipulate the system and get in it, stay in it when they dont really ne
Ok well Im a pro-lifer here MM so here goes. I guess it all depends on what you call suicide. There are those that are dying that refuse to take meds...to me that isnt suicide. Im a Pentacostal so I have the whole...."God can help you out" thing going on. I guess I cant define exactly what it is. To me, I think of suicide as a way to get out. I think of it as a thing that people do, when they very well have plenty of life left, that th
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I didn't come to your "set the record straight" blog because I have not a single question to ask you. Did that never occur to you? Also...I hardly believe you didnt come to it, you just didnt reply. You didnt ask one thing...meaning you kept your assumptions to yourself. You had free choice to ask me
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Obviously the article was generic enough to satisfy the ToU, or it would have been removed. Cant figure out how it is generic, outside of the fact that you didnt name the person who the entire article was desgined around. I dont think the admins read every article, but Im sure yours was read. Id lik
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Me, I gave up arguing with you long ago, because ....yet you keep coming back. Must like the attention. Do you like to be scratched behind the ears too? EVERYBODY mi
WOM...most likely...the tech support is a company that Samsung pays for tech support. The company i worked for was a national call center company. They had a big contract from SBC. They had many call centers devoted only to SBC. My center specialized in the PC and Smacintosh DSL internet connections. There was a center somewhere else in the midwest that was devoted to, i believe it was 56k and similar connections. Then if I had a issue that had
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No, what was said was that only 32% of HS grads have the necessary skills to succeed in college. OK....for the umpteenth time...what skills? Colleges take pretty much anyone for cripes sake. You sit and talk about how students arent ready to enter college or that they dont have the skills, what skills?
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grade. Are you sure about what you just said? I highly doubt that I went to an "advanced" school. In my schooling, I wasnt encouraged to write much on my own, at least in the regard as to how they are doing so today. Never had small group instruction. Never had reading time or writing time. Reading
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Only 70% of all students in public high schools graduate, and only 32% of all students leave high school qualified to attend four-year colleges. Not sure what number they are talking about....70% of seniors, or what. To me, 70% seems like a low figure...I figured it was higher, twoards 85-90%. There
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In the current system, it appears to me that it's okay that we are graduating kids from high school at a fourth grade level, as long as they are at a fourth grade level in a ton of different, and mostly unbeneficial, subjects. lol first off, you have no proof as far as Im aware of to back this up. Seco
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Inbloom, Thanks for your comments. I never intended for this to be a two person thing or even for it to have this many replies...but it has become that. Thanks for presenting your opinions. Also...as far as the water cycle example...one year they could just learn about water and its three cycles. The next year, they could do more exploration to find out where the water really goes in its various forms and do more hands on stuff.
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If you are trying to get people to understand your stance, you are most definitely doing it the wrong way. Why do you continue with this? lol its hard to get people to understand my stance when they have a slanted view of education. All Im hearing from people like Baker is that the students of today a
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lol, "teaching to the test" is at least in this case teaching those skills you are supposed to be teaching. What the US education system calls a "well rounded education" is mostly fluff, frankly, time sinks and material that will be redundantly gone over at different levels of detail every couple of years until graduation. </
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All we have to do is post our opinion, and then sit back and watch you validate it over and over... And what do you do Baker? All I need to do is say something along the lines of "teachers should talk to parents if they have a concern about the student" to which you either would a) flip out and leav
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And also...you dont know me other than what I write on here and to really sit there on your computer and think that I am how you somehow manage to take me....is beyond comprehension. I could post emails from students and parents from last year. I could post my evaluations on my teaching ability...but to you....you wouldnt give a rip because that would make you shut up and be proven incredibly wrong.