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Topic: Just One More Example
LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Mon 07/27/09 12:55 PM
After seeing people like this go thru the college system,I would describe it as being like a person that can build a machine but without actually understanding how it works. Like putting together a puzzle but without being able to actually see the picture that it makes once its put together. Like they can remember things but they dont have any understanding. And it comes out all jumbled when they try to explain concepts I see you've spent some time in Indiana....!

JasmineInglewood Joined Wed 11/28/07 Posts: 4447	Mon 07/27/09 12:55 PM Edited by JasmineInglewood on Mon 07/27/09 12:56 PM
teaching children how to pass tests as opposed to actually teaching them how to think.

snarkytwain Joined Thu 09/11/08 Posts: 2789	Mon 07/27/09 12:56 PM
After seeing people like this go thru the college system,I would describe it as being like a person that can build a machine but without actually understanding how it works. Like putting together a puzzle but without being able to actually see the picture that it makes once its put together. Like they can remember things but they dont have any understanding. And it comes out all jumbled when they try to explain concepts GREAT description Mirror!

AGoodGuy1026 Joined Wed 04/22/09 Posts: 1333	Mon 07/27/09 12:56 PM
hmmm, sounds like Sarah Palin wrote her stuff for her !!!

invisible Joined Mon 04/09/07 Posts: 7692	Mon 07/27/09 12:56 PM
Of what will cause the downfall of America. This is, quite possibly, the dumbest thing I have ever heard. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/24/is-this-the-stupidest-per_n_244440.html Please scroll down a bit and watch the video. You'll be amazed, and probably baffled, at the same time. Methinks, Lex is just gonna LOVE this one...lol I only WISH it was a joke.

Rapunzel Joined Tue 08/22/06 Posts: 16246	Mon 07/27/09 12:57 PM
teaching children how to past tests as opposed to actually teaching them how to think. claws extended towards that kind of education & upbringing

Nova86 Joined Sun 06/29/08 Posts: 4547	Mon 07/27/09 12:58 PM
palin 2012!! Oh GOD no! PLEASE NO!!!!! the NEXT civil war?? lol

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Mon 07/27/09 12:58 PM
After seeing people like this go thru the college system,I would describe it as being like a person that can build a machine but without actually understanding how it works. Like putting together a puzzle but without being able to actually see the picture that it makes once its put together. Like they can remember things but they dont have any understanding. And it comes out all jumbled when they try to explain concepts GREAT description Mirror! I have observed it a lot ,and thought about it a lot ,and that really is what it seems to be like to me.

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Mon 07/27/09 12:59 PM
teaching children how to pass tests as opposed to actually teaching them how to think. Yes, like they operate through mimicry rather than thru comprehension

JasmineInglewood Joined Wed 11/28/07 Posts: 4447	Mon 07/27/09 01:00 PM
if i had a dollar for everytime i asked a teacher a queston about something that wouldn't appear on my exam paper only to be told "you don't need to know that"...

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Mon 07/27/09 01:02 PM
teaching children how to past tests as opposed to actually teaching them how to think. claws extended towards that kind of education & upbringing I dont know what it is exactly that causes it. I think it may be society itself. Like television and music and things like that are dumbing down people early in their lives.

snarkytwain Joined Thu 09/11/08 Posts: 2789	Mon 07/27/09 01:03 PM
teaching children how to past tests as opposed to actually teaching them how to think. claws extended towards that kind of education & upbringing Gonna be a teacher. Gonna kick some educational AZZ! the NEXT civil war?? lol Hey, I'm enjoying Obama while he lasts... and watching VERY closely... if i had a dollar for everytime i asked a teacher a queston about something that wouldn't appear on my exam paper only to be told "you don't need to know that"... Keep telling me this stuff. It'll be GREAT motivation in grad school. (Not mad at you, at the "teachers"...)

Nova86 Joined Sun 06/29/08 Posts: 4547	Mon 07/27/09 01:05 PM
look at what has happened to EVERY superpower throughout history....when they thought that they were ABOVE everyone else and were the best at everything....their society collapsed uh oh!!

snarkytwain Joined Thu 09/11/08 Posts: 2789	Mon 07/27/09 01:17 PM
OMG Nova, I say that ALL THE TIME, and I get looks ranging from to to . But it is SO true...

JustAGuy2112 Joined Sun 12/16/07 Posts: 18033	Mon 07/27/09 10:03 PM
Man. I thought about this ALL DAY at work and I am still utterly baffled as to how someone like this actually manages to make it through the school system. @Snarky. We have coyotes here too. I just had one move into my neighborhood in the last couple of weeks. Ballsy sucker, he is.

Rasmus916 Joined Wed 06/24/09 Posts: 496	Mon 07/27/09 10:08 PM
Honestly, I couldn't finish it, my drinking for the night has ensued and just that first 4 sentances out of her mouth made me want to throw my speakers away.

earthytaurus76 Joined Wed 04/08/09 Posts: 6603	Mon 07/27/09 10:10 PM
This is the whole reason why rape scene porn is hilarious to me.

MirrorMirror Joined Fri 10/26/07 Posts: 89680	Mon 07/27/09 10:12 PM
This is the whole reason why rape scene porn is hilarious to me.

JasmineInglewood Joined Wed 11/28/07 Posts: 4447	Mon 07/27/09 10:13 PM
This is the whole reason why rape scene porn is hilarious to me. wait... what?

JustAGuy2112 Joined Sun 12/16/07 Posts: 18033	Mon 07/27/09 10:16 PM
This is the whole reason why rape scene porn is hilarious to me. wait... what? I am usually pretty good at keeping up......but that one is beyond me as well..lol