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We still had to learn cursive in elementary school despite the fact it was the early 2000s I blame the boomers
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It’s not intrinsically a boomer thing, more like passage of time changes technology. As I understand it, cursive exists to minimize the amount of times than a pen leaves the paper, which cut down on ink splashes when pens were much more volatile. Think fountain pens and such. I still think cursive is useful to know. Anyone that has to write a lot quickly almost definitely uses a lot of pidgin cursive. I know I do. My writing is a mixture of cursive and print. It’s also why, technically, people are supposed to double space after periods. That’s because typewriters could somehow muddle the end of sentences and you needed a clean sentence break. They’re both cultural artifacts that at one point served a purpose, but now they’re just (decreasingly) how it is. I even think double spaces after the period has been removed from a lot of style guides. I know that’s the case for APA.
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Jun 30, 2022 17:41
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I have one yearly bill that is old school as poo poo and I can only pay by check. I have to sit there for like 15 minutes not only trying to remember cursive but also how to write out "one- hundred fifteen and 17/100------------------" dollars, i still probably hosed that up
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Jun 30, 2022 19:48
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This open classroom design will totally improve the learning environment. It did not.
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Jun 30, 2022 19:51
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Do schools still teach writing? it's such a useless waste of time I'm pretty sure we literally spent 30+% of the week learning how to write perfect letters like who gives a gently caress. Especially now days with computers, and the fact doctors and chemists write like downies so obviously writing skill is worth nothing in real life
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Jun 30, 2022 19:56
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Schools still teach children how to write, yes
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Jun 30, 2022 20:01
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Lascivious Sloth posted:Do schools still teach writing? it's such a useless waste of time I'm pretty sure we literally spent 30+% of the week learning how to write perfect letters like who gives a gently caress. Especially now days with computers, and the fact doctors and chemists write like downies so obviously writing skill is worth nothing in real life The gently caress is a downie?
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Jun 30, 2022 20:59
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Narzack posted:The gently caress is a downie? turn off your monitor
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Jun 30, 2022 21:13
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I asked the AI about good lies: What is a good lie to tell to children? One good lie to tell children is that if they eat all their vegetables, they will grow up to be strong and healthy.
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Jun 30, 2022 21:28
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Maybe not every kid is gonna be an engineer or doctor or whatever but if you don't teach them math and science then none of them will be.
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Jun 30, 2022 22:10
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In middle school Civics, we were taught how taxes and tax brackets work. If you earn more money, you get taxed more, and you might move up into a tax bracket where you actually take home less money. So sometimes it's better to not get a raise. I don't remember ever being taught how a progressive tax works in a math class, or ever having any real financial education in any class until one 300 level course in college.
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Jun 30, 2022 23:10
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Narzack posted:The gently caress is a downie? A belly button that points straight down, happens to about one out of every ten thousand people. (this is a lie I would tell kids if I were a teacher)
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Jun 30, 2022 23:24
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Salami Surgeon posted:In middle school Civics, we were taught how taxes and tax brackets work. If you earn more money, you get taxed more, and you might move up into a tax bracket where you actually take home less money. So sometimes it's better to not get a raise. This isn't true? Or does it depend where you live and the tax rules. I was/am sure that you can be in a tax bracket where you pay more tax than it is worth within a lower % of the tax bracket. Unless this was a big lie from the 90s
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Jun 30, 2022 23:27
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Lascivious Sloth posted:Do schools still teach writing? it's such a useless waste of time I'm pretty sure we literally spent 30+% of the week learning how to write perfect letters like who gives a gently caress. Especially now days with computers, and the fact doctors and chemists write like downies so obviously writing skill is worth nothing in real life Narzack posted:The gently caress is a downie? Lascivious Sloth posted:turn off your monitor Nah, you need to explain yourself or I'm giving you a time out. Is that Australian or UK slang of some sort? What is it referring to if not Down's syndrome?
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Jul 1, 2022 00:21
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Lascivious Sloth posted:This isn't true? Or does it depend where you live and the tax rules. I was/am sure that you can be in a tax bracket where you pay more tax than it is worth within a lower % of the tax bracket. Unless this was a big lie from the 90s Not counting weird obscure municipalities who don't know how to run a civic government there has never been a progressive tax that encourages you not to take raises. There's like no reason to short of imagined communes taught as republican's Boogeymen.
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Going up in a tax bracket taxes you at the money in that bracket. If there were a bracket at 5000$ and you made 7500 you would be taxed on 2500$ in the 5000+ tax bracket. The tax bracket legend isn't true. The only way it actually kind of happens is in payroll whereby if you make more on one cheque and they deduct as if you made that amount all year. You'll get a return after when taxes are done if you didn't exceed the bracket.
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Jul 1, 2022 01:09
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CaptainSarcastic posted:Nah, you need to explain yourself or I'm giving you a time out. Is that Australian or UK slang of some sort? What is it referring to if not Down's syndrome? lmao just give me a "time out" you loser power tripping mod. As if I'm going to type out the justified explanation of a word colloquialized to my region because you feel offended and want me to trigger you into a reaction because you cant identify it. holy poo poo LOL captaindipshit no i wasn't referring to down syndrome but you can suck my rear end (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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Jul 1, 2022 01:09
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oh yeah teachers often said you "must respect my authority" but irl respect is earned 
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Jul 1, 2022 01:10
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*puckers up glasses higher on to the nose* "Please tell me how you offended the audience so I can please punish you!" Imagine looking for offense in order to justify your unpaid and useless role. Same losers who seek out powers of position as teachers but don't know poo poo and turn up on a forum thread called "Lies your teachers told you".
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Jul 1, 2022 01:19
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okay i got it all out i feel good now
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Jul 1, 2022 01:20
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Narzack posted:The gently caress is a downie? not much what's a downie with you Lascivious Sloth posted:*puckers up glasses higher on to the nose* "Please tell me how you offended the audience so I can please punish you!" it is truly inspiring how not mad this guy is
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Jul 1, 2022 01:24
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Lascivious Sloth posted:okay i got it all out i feel good now No keep going this is really funny
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Jul 1, 2022 01:27
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So what is a downie? I am actually curious.
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Jul 1, 2022 01:36
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If you need to ask what is a downie then you can never understand, what, is a downie.
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Jul 1, 2022 01:39
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The opposite of an uppie
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Nice Guy Patron posted:So what is a downie? I am actually curious. Yeah, I hate the word police but realistically a one sentence definition should do. I don't need to know the history or etymology of the word.
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Jul 1, 2022 01:44
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Nuts and Gum posted:Every girls handwriting I’ve seen has been better than every guys. But the last time I checked on that it was 1998. The trick is to only use capital letters and it'll be just fine.
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Jul 1, 2022 01:54
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Lascivious Sloth posted:*puckers up glasses higher on to the nose* "Please tell me how you offended the audience so I can please punish you!" I was embarrassed reading this.
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Jul 1, 2022 01:55
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Lascivious Sloth posted:*puckers up glasses higher on to the nose* "Please tell me how you offended the audience so I can please punish you!" this is a mcdonalds
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Jul 1, 2022 02:02
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My teacher told me that a god exists and loves us all.
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I hope this wasn't UK only, but does anyone remember the software name you used in middle school where you answered loads of questions and it told you which 3 careers you'd be best suited to? You'd then have to speak to a career councilor about what you wanted to do in life, it was all lies though. I want to retake it and see if it's as bad as it was at the time.
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Jul 1, 2022 02:07
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The "ban" is underlined and everything
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Lascivious Sloth posted:Do schools still teach writing? it's such a useless waste of time I'm pretty sure we literally spent 30+% of the week learning how to write perfect letters like who gives a gently caress. Especially now days with computers, and the fact doctors and chemists write like downies so obviously writing skill is worth nothing in real life
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Doug Sisk posted:I hope this wasn't UK only, but does anyone remember the software name you used in middle school where you answered loads of questions and it told you which 3 careers you'd be best suited to? You'd then have to speak to a career councilor about what you wanted to do in life, it was all lies though. I remember doing this in middle school when I was growing up in Arkansas and one of the careers it gave me was 'math teacher', which I knew immediately was a lie because I have dyscalculia.
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Doug Sisk posted:I hope this wasn't UK only, but does anyone remember the software name you used in middle school where you answered loads of questions and it told you which 3 careers you'd be best suited to? You'd then have to speak to a career councilor about what you wanted to do in life, it was all lies though. I just talked to teacher partner who says they still do this, but doesn't know the name of it. It told me I should be a priest. Funny enough I am ordained now but it was one of the ones you just pay like $10 for online. With the right amount of witnesses, I can legally marry you in most US states! I'm gonna see if I can track down that software/website.
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Lampsacus posted:how is this post not caused a ban yet? what a piece of poo poo ablest slur to justify as "regional dialect". of course you were referring to people with Down syndrome you absolute awful human being. Jesus christ, please leave this website and never come back, and shame on the mods for entertaining this piece of poo poo How is this post not a cause of ban? Such judgement and hypocrisy. Of course you are a hypocritical self righteous awful human being. Jesus Christ, please leave this website and never come back, and shame on the mods for being bitch babies for entertaining this sensitive piece of poo poo. lmao loser Teachers lied to me that adults can cope Lascivious Sloth fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Jul 1, 2022 |
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Jul 1, 2022 02:52
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Lascivious Sloth posted:How is this post not a cause of ban? Such judgement and hypocrisy. Of course you are a hypocritical self righteous awful human being. Jesus Christ, please leave this website and never come back, and shame on the mods for being bitch babies for entertaining this sensitive piece of poo poo. lmao loser Bad day?
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Lascivious Sloth posted:lmao just give me a "time out" you loser power tripping mod. As if I'm going to type out the justified explanation of a word colloquialized to my region because you feel offended and want me to trigger you into a reaction because you cant identify it. holy poo poo LOL captaindipshit no i wasn't referring to down syndrome but you can suck my rear end Yes, the ultimate power trip of giving a consistently bad poster the benefit of the doubt. You have exposed my most Machiavellian depths, truly.
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Doug Sisk posted:I hope this wasn't UK only, but does anyone remember the software name you used in middle school where you answered loads of questions and it told you which 3 careers you'd be best suited to? You'd then have to speak to a career councilor about what you wanted to do in life, it was all lies though. Isn't that what they did on The Simpsons?
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