US to boycott racism conference

[Hamiltonya]

AP

Ah. Take it from a 2009-2010 survivor then: NS will not be your friend.

How'd you do on the AP test?

[Kreanoltha]

Ah. Take it from a 2009-2010 survivor then: NS will not be your friend.

How'd you do on the AP test?

Got a 4, and a 595 on the SOL. One and five points away from perfect respectively. So close, yet so far away.

[Hamiltonya]

How'd you do on the AP test?

Got a 4, and a 595 on the SOL. One and five points away from perfect respectively. So close, yet so far away.

Man I'd shoot myself in the face. LOL. I promise I took the class but what's the SOL?
Oh and I don't get my score back till July.

[Kreanoltha]

Hmmm, on the one hand, if the conference is truly anti-semitic, which I could easily see, then I'd say the US is right to boycott, but on the other, if the US and Israel's claims to anti-semitism uses their traditional definition of "anything vaguely critical of Israel", which I can also easily see, then I'd say they are firmly in the wrong.

Tough call there.

This strikes me as a publicity stunt, more than a principled stand. US policy is simply "Israel can do no wrong," it seems.

I'd say it actually a legit. The last two times this conference has been held the Arab nations just grand stand and call for Israel to be destroyed and for Sharia Law to be made into international law.

[Dododecapod]

Ah, so you'd go for AP versions of subjects to improve your chances of getting into University?

Yes, and you can take the AP tests which count as college credit depending on your score.

Useful. Not an option here - you take your Tertiary Entrance Exam at the end of Year 12, that gets averaged out with your grades in appropriate subjects over the past two years, and then Universities send out invitations to apply. It's seriously overcomplicated and not well considered, actually. I got in through a mature age entry system after I left the military.

[Kreanoltha]

Got a 4, and a 595 on the SOL. One and five points away from perfect respectively. So close, yet so far away.

Man I'd shoot myself in the face. LOL. I promise I took the class but what's the SOL?
Oh and I don't get my score back till July.

The SOL is the Virginian standardized end of course test bullshit. And yeah, I'm waiting on four scores right now; Calc, Bio, Gov, and Eng 12. This year sucked.

[Hamiltonya]

Yes, and you can take the AP tests which count as college credit depending on your score.

Useful. Not an option here - you take your Tertiary Entrance Exam at the end of Year 12, that gets averaged out with your grades in appropriate subjects over the past two years, and then Universities send out invitations to apply. It's seriously overcomplicated and not well considered, actually. I got in through a mature age entry system after I left the military.

Our education system is capitalized after highschool. You can go to any school you want, if you have the money, but your scores will help you get scholarships which lower your college cost. AP tests allow you to spend less time in college and therefore save more money.

[Hamiltonya]

Man I'd shoot myself in the face. LOL. I promise I took the class but what's the SOL?
Oh and I don't get my score back till July.

The SOL is the Virginian standardized end of course test bullshit. And yeah, I'm waiting on four scores right now; Calc, Bio, Gov, and Eng 12. This year sucked.

Ah okay. I was worried about why I'd never heard of it. Hahaha

[Hamiltonya]

Yes, and you can take the AP tests which count as college credit depending on your score.

Useful. Not an option here - you take your Tertiary Entrance Exam at the end of Year 12, that gets averaged out with your grades in appropriate subjects over the past two years, and then Universities send out invitations to apply. It's seriously overcomplicated and not well considered, actually. I got in through a mature age entry system after I left the military.

Way to be! Serving in the armed forces. I applaud your bravery. Thanks for sacrificing your time and life for the betterment of your country!

[Hamiltonya]

Yes, and you can take the AP tests which count as college credit depending on your score.

Useful. Not an option here - you take your Tertiary Entrance Exam at the end of Year 12, that gets averaged out with your grades in appropriate subjects over the past two years, and then Universities send out invitations to apply. It's seriously overcomplicated and not well considered, actually. I got in through a mature age entry system after I left the military.

Way to be! Serving in the armed forces. I applaud your bravery. Thanks for sacrificing your time and life for the betterment of your country!

[Hamiltonya]

I thought the whole France argument thing was over.... I was enjoying the downtime.

[Dododecapod]

Useful. Not an option here - you take your Tertiary Entrance Exam at the end of Year 12, that gets averaged out with your grades in appropriate subjects over the past two years, and then Universities send out invitations to apply. It's seriously overcomplicated and not well considered, actually. I got in through a mature age entry system after I left the military.

Our education system is capitalized after highschool. You can go to any school you want, if you have the money, but your scores will help you get scholarships which lower your college cost. AP tests allow you to spend less time in college and therefore save more money.

That's one advantage I had here (and why I went back here to go to Uni). As long as you're a citizen or permanent resident the Government covers most of your expenses - you only need to pay tuition and book costs and your cost of living, and you can even get a government allowance for the latter if you're under thirty. I still needed to do a part time job, but I came out with my degree free and clear.

[Kreanoltha]

Alsace-Lorraine is another situation as Israel: Compensation. The citizen of Alsace-Lorraine aren't launching rockets, nor do they feel that France is occupying them.

France isn't building new houses in Germany and later telling the world "this is now France"...

I'll be nice about that bit about my grades and ignore it.

If the Germans had you can bet your ass the French wouldn't have given it up so nicely. They would have said, "This is French land. This has always been French land. Get used to it."

[Hamiltonya]

No, but France had conquered Alsace and Lorraine (with our help) by the end of the war, and they kept that.

Your help? You, you did nothing. You're just another kid with a big mug and low history grades.

Alsace-Lorraine is another situation as Israel: Compensation. The citizen of Alsace-Lorraine aren't launching rockets, nor do they feel that France is occupying them.

France isn't building new houses in Germany and later telling the world "this is now France"...

Doesn't feel like France is occupying them ANYMORE. Rockets didn't existed after WWI. By help, he was talking about US assistance in WWI. Though your insults prove my earlier statement of France more true.

[Hamiltonya]

Our education system is capitalized after highschool. You can go to any school you want, if you have the money, but your scores will help you get scholarships which lower your college cost. AP tests allow you to spend less time in college and therefore save more money.

That's one advantage I had here (and why I went back here to go to Uni). As long as you're a citizen or permanent resident the Government covers most of your expenses - you only need to pay tuition and book costs and your cost of living, and you can even get a government allowance for the latter if you're under thirty. I still needed to do a part time job, but I came out with my degree free and clear.

By here are you talking about Australia or US?

[Hamiltonya]

I thought the whole France argument thing was over.... I was enjoying the downtime.

No one is forcing you to shout fucking nonsense.

Cussing is the first sign of degradation within the mind.

[Dododecapod]

Useful. Not an option here - you take your Tertiary Entrance Exam at the end of Year 12, that gets averaged out with your grades in appropriate subjects over the past two years, and then Universities send out invitations to apply. It's seriously overcomplicated and not well considered, actually. I got in through a mature age entry system after I left the military.

Way to be! Serving in the armed forces. I applaud your bravery. Thanks for sacrificing your time and life for the betterment of your country!

Thank you. It wasn't entirely selfless, mind you - the money I saved went a long way towards setting myself up to get my degree and a (so far) good civilian life. I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to go into further education, the four years pass by fast and you can really learn a lot.

[Kreanoltha]

No one is forcing you to shout fucking nonsense.

Cussing is the first sign of degradation within the mind.

I was working under the assumption that it was a sign that I'd just pulled their argument out from under them.

[Hamiltonya]

Way to be! Serving in the armed forces. I applaud your bravery. Thanks for sacrificing your time and life for the betterment of your country!

Thank you. It wasn't entirely selfless, mind you - the money I saved went a long way towards setting myself up to get my degree and a (so far) good civilian life. I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to go into further education, the four years pass by fast and you can really learn a lot.

NP. I just feel like we don't thank our troops enough.

[Hamiltonya]

Cussing is the first sign of degradation within the mind.

I was working under the assumption that it was a sign that I'd just pulled their argument out from under them.

Ha, true as well.

[Kreanoltha]

Way to be! Serving in the armed forces. I applaud your bravery. Thanks for sacrificing your time and life for the betterment of your country!

Thank you. It wasn't entirely selfless, mind you - the money I saved went a long way towards setting myself up to get my degree and a (so far) good civilian life. I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to go into further education, the four years pass by fast and you can really learn a lot.

ROTC can do much the same thing in the US, but it may not cover all expenses.

[Kreanoltha]

Thank you. It wasn't entirely selfless, mind you - the money I saved went a long way towards setting myself up to get my degree and a (so far) good civilian life. I'd recommend it for anyone who wants to go into further education, the four years pass by fast and you can really learn a lot.

NP. I just feel like we don't thank our troops enough.

Well, we still have the specter of the '60s hanging around when we would spit on GIs and call them baby killers.

[Dododecapod]

No, but France had conquered Alsace and Lorraine (with our help) by the end of the war, and they kept that.

Your help? You, you did nothing. You're just another kid with a big mug and low history grades.

Alsace-Lorraine is another situation as Israel: Compensation. The citizen of Alsace-Lorraine aren't launching rockets, nor do they feel that France is occupying them.

France isn't building new houses in Germany and later telling the world "this is now France"...

Close enough to a hundred years of occupation gives plenty of time for assimilation. particularly between two very similar cultures.
But there WERE riots in Alsace after the French annexation. To be fair, there were riots in Lorraine after the German one...

[Hamiltonya]

NP. I just feel like we don't thank our troops enough.

Well, we still have the specter of the '60s hanging around when we would spit on GIs and call them baby killers.

UUGGHHH. I know. That kills me on the inside. It makes me want to punch a hippy.

[Kreanoltha]

Well, we still have the specter of the '60s hanging around when we would spit on GIs and call them baby killers.

UUGGHHH. I know. That kills me on the inside. It makes me want to punch a hippy.

Yeah, the '60 were a bad time for everyone. We made some pretty sweet cars though...