quade 4 #1 December 15, 2007 More easy questions.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bozo 0 #2 December 15, 2007 Quote More stuff you might have learned in grade school. Paul....you are starting to worry me. bozo Pain is fleeting. Glory lasts forever. Chicks dig scars. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #3 December 15, 2007 Quote Quote More stuff you might have learned in grade school. Paul....you are starting to worry me. Only STARTING to? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
misaltas 0 #4 December 15, 2007 Yes, those are the three types. Why do I believe this? Because my 7th grade New Jersey Education Association union member told me so. I wrote the same back to her on a piece of paper at the end of the marking period, and she put a green check mark next to it and a gold star sticker at the top.Ohne Liebe sind wir nichts Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #5 December 15, 2007 If so, which type does The Resurrection Stone belong to. ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 December 15, 2007 Quote If so, which type does The Resurrection Stone belong to. Fictional objects.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #7 December 15, 2007 Quote Quote If so, which type does The Resurrection Stone belong to. Fictional objects. Spoil sport! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgoose71 0 #8 December 15, 2007 I don't think I will make it on to "Are you smarter than a 5th grader" any time soon."There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 December 15, 2007 So what kind of rock is a meteoritecomposed of? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
1969912 0 #11 December 15, 2007 Quote More easy questions. You're causing SC Warming "Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ." -NickDG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Royd 0 #12 December 15, 2007 You forgot conglomerates. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #13 December 16, 2007 QuoteYou forgot conglomerates. By definition, part of sedimentary.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,148 #14 December 16, 2007 You missed sticks of rock with a name printed all the way through. www.totalmerchandise.co.uk/pics/RockStick.jpg www.ukstudentlife.com/Travel/Tours/England/Blackpool/Rock2.jpg... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #15 December 16, 2007 Why do you ask?Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #16 December 16, 2007 QuoteWhy do you ask? Ah . . . a question rather than speculation! I'm trying to reconcile some widely held beliefs in facts among various factions. Some very basic understanding of some very basic things ought to help me understand people and perhaps why they believe what they do. So far, we have about a 80-20 split on some very basic facts.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #17 December 16, 2007 QuoteI'm trying to reconcile some widely held beliefs in facts among various factions. Some very basic understanding of some very basic things ought to help me understand people and perhaps why they believe what they do. So far, we have about a 80-20 split on some very basic facts. I voted "no." Not because I'm un educated on geology, but rather because we haven't been to all parts of the Earth, much less other planets. I don't KNOW that 25-50yrs from now, we won't look back and find that we were wrong. Our knowledge today is limited (and I say this carefully knowing that someone else got banned recently for refering to limited intellect) But knowing and admitting what I don't know is one way that I try to better understand what I do know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #18 December 16, 2007 QuoteSo far, we have about a 80-20 split on some very basic facts. Considering this appears to be a well-educated group, what does that say education in general?"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #19 December 16, 2007 QuoteQuoteSo far, we have about a 80-20 split on some very basic facts. Considering this appears to be a well-educated group, what does that say education in general? Hard to say really. Might be they're just saying the opposite of what most people would normally accept as facts just to be contrarians or maybe they just want to mess with the pollster.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #20 December 16, 2007 I would sure hope it is something like you are suggesting, but as a college math teacher, I spend a lot of time wondering why I am having to teach basic arithmetic in an algebra class for adults. And applications cause such grief that it is raally sad. Even when students manage to figure out the mechanics of what we are doing, they really struggle to use the math. Many students can't even recognize when they have a solution that is absolutely unreasonable for the context."safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tink1717 2 #21 December 16, 2007 Yeah, it always amazes me that facts, data, truth, logic and rationality are totally ineffective weapons when dealing with a belief. Skydivers don't knock on Death's door. They ring the bell and runaway... It really pisses him off. -The World Famous Tink. (I never heard of you either!!) AA #2069 ASA#33 POPS#8808 Swooo 1717 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #22 December 16, 2007 Think of it this way....My cousin homeschooled his 3 kids in his home in North Carolina. His wife is a fundie who did not want their children exposed to the secular world. I think they did a great job preparing the children for life in the 19th century.. not the 21st century where they will have to live. They are completely and utterly inept in any form of social interactions with other human beings outside of their church. I get the feeling if there was not a chapter on algebra in the Bible that it did not get taught. I am not sure how much of that is going on in our country. Talking to them about anything other than the bible... is like talking to a box of rocks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #23 December 16, 2007 Although I have seem some excellent home schooling, I've seen more of the kind you're describing. I think it's doing a terrible disservice to the kids. They really are prepared for the world in so many ways, not just socially. What that kind of education does to their science knowledge could almost be considered child neglect IMHO"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #24 December 16, 2007 Or perhaps they believe these things as basic facts, but by nature of *who* is doing the asking, it causes people to question themselves. If Einstein posed what appears to be a basic question vs say....me posing that same question, you might see different responses? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ltdiver 3 #25 December 16, 2007 Quote Or perhaps they believe these things as basic facts, but by nature of *who* is doing the asking, it causes people to question themselves. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! ltdiver Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
