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Postby Xmara » Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:23 pm

The Reformed American Republic wrote:
Incelastan wrote:I got a career option for those not interested in school, for the jocks and athletes and such: army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard.

I'm assuming you do not like the military all that much.

No, I think it’s because he hates so-called “Chads,” judging by his name and previous posts.
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Postby Necroghastia » Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:24 pm

Incelastan wrote:
The Reformed American Republic wrote:I'm assuming you do not like the military all that much.


I like it for the chads. Everyone has their specialty. Brute force is their specialty, not mine. Mine is brains, not brawn.

Ah, someone who studied under the philosophies of Bofades.
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Postby Incelastan » Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:26 pm

Necroghastia wrote:
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I like it for the chads. Everyone has their specialty. Brute force is their specialty, not mine. Mine is brains, not brawn.

Ah, someone who studied under the philosophies of Bofades.


Who?
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Postby Xmara » Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:27 pm

Incelastan wrote:
Necroghastia wrote:Ah, someone who studied under the philosophies of Bofades.


Who?

Should we tell him?
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Postby The African Emirates » Thu Nov 18, 2021 9:57 pm

Xmara wrote:
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Who?

Should we tell him?


Isn't that the Sugondese guy?
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Postby -Astoria- » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:26 pm

Xmara wrote:
Incelastan wrote:
Who?

Should we tell him?

No.
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Postby Great Algerstonia » Thu Nov 18, 2021 10:27 pm

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Postby Soviet Progonya » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:48 am

Free Ravensburg wrote:Education systems should teach kids how to start businesses instead of just preparing them for college


Maybe they should for kids who want to go into that field of work, but that wouldn't be useful for me and others at all. Schools should teach a wider range of stuff than they do now imo, but not instead of the stuff they do now.
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Postby The Second JELLIAN Republic » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:52 am

My hot take is that college should be part of k-12.
So it’s more like k-16.

Raise the standard, and you fix a lot of probloms.
But more so that the entire education system needs an overhaul to increase effectiveness.

(I think I can say a bit about this being a high schooler)
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Postby Page » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:57 am

The Second JELLIAN Republic wrote:My hot take is that college should be part of k-12.
So it’s more like k-16.

Raise the standard, and you fix a lot of probloms.
But more so that the entire education system needs an overhaul to increase effectiveness.

(I think I can say a bit about this being a high schooler)


If you overhauled the education system and made it more effective, I don't think you'd need 17 years of mandatory schooling. If I could get back the precious time of my life wasted on busy work through k-12, I might have a PhD.
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Postby The Second JELLIAN Republic » Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:59 am

Page wrote:
The Second JELLIAN Republic wrote:My hot take is that college should be part of k-12.
So it’s more like k-16.

Raise the standard, and you fix a lot of probloms.
But more so that the entire education system needs an overhaul to increase effectiveness.

(I think I can say a bit about this being a high schooler)


If you overhauled the education system and made it more effective, I don't think you'd need 17 years of mandatory schooling. If I could get back the precious time of my life wasted on busy work through k-12, I might have a PhD.


But what if that time was not spent doing busy work, but something fun and interesting, where you would Auctally learn things ?
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Postby Hemakral » Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:43 am

Incelastan wrote:I like it for the chads. Everyone has their specialty. Brute force is their specialty, not mine. Mine is brains, not brawn.


Are you a member of Li-Qing? The society of Chokunon or the Likeenalova group? Have you travelled to the Slirpen Pavilion or studied the works of Klenenoff? Have you been to the House of Etendes, walked the path of the prophet Sogonin, spoken with the wise men of the Temple of Raelishen Dae Taesto? If not, you're not a real intellectual.
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Postby Eahland » Fri Nov 19, 2021 11:16 am

The Second JELLIAN Republic wrote:My hot take is that college should be part of k-12.
So it’s more like k-16.

Raise the standard, and you fix a lot of probloms.
But more so that the entire education system needs an overhaul to increase effectiveness.

(I think I can say a bit about this being a high schooler)

I mean, given that we're currently wrestling with whether it's okay for schools to teach facts, I don't think we're getting an overhaul to actually teach things effectively any time soon.
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Postby HISPIDA » Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:11 pm

The African Emirates wrote:
Xmara wrote:Should we tell him?


Isn't that the Sugondese guy?

no, i'm pretty sure he's from bopha. you know, where that other guy came from, the goblin.

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Postby Free Ravensburg » Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:14 pm

Hispida wrote:
The African Emirates wrote:
Isn't that the Sugondese guy?

no, i'm pretty sure he's from bopha. you know, where that other guy came from, the goblin.

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Postby Unified Communist Councils » Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:45 pm

Soviet Progonya wrote:
Free Ravensburg wrote:Education systems should teach kids how to start businesses instead of just preparing them for college


Maybe they should for kids who want to go into that field of work, but that wouldn't be useful for me and others at all. Schools should teach a wider range of stuff than they do now imo, but not instead of the stuff they do now.


If we didn't live in a capitalist society where we NEED work to survive, and starting a business (Private ownership of the means of production and the ability to exploit others in turn) to be successful, we wouldn't need such an inefficient education system where we are forced to learn things we aren't interested about.
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Postby Saiwania » Sat Nov 20, 2021 12:03 am

Incelastan wrote:I got a career option for those not interested in school, for the jocks and athletes and such: army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard.


It falls apart if someone isn't eligible for military service, such as if they can't pass a physical. Sometimes it is a matter of having good enough eyesight or no major disabilities and not just putting on enough muscle to get able to pass through basic training or various obstacle courses/training regimes.

Can't be an air traffic controller, can't be a pilot, can't be a lot of things without being close enough to 20/20 vision.
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Postby Bear Stearns » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:49 pm

The Flynn Effect is very misleading and probably not true.

Human intelligence peaked in the late victorian age.
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Postby Bear Stearns » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:50 pm

Incelastan wrote:I got a career option for those not interested in school, for the jocks and athletes and such: army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard.


you are unaware of how much of corporate america is dominated by jocks and athletes. they tend to have better careers than average people
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Postby Necroghastia » Sun Nov 21, 2021 8:52 pm

Bear Stearns wrote:The Flynn Effect is very misleading and probably not true.

Human intelligence peaked in the late victorian age.

is it because of the cocaine
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Postby Page » Mon Nov 22, 2021 2:10 am

Necroghastia wrote:
Bear Stearns wrote:The Flynn Effect is very misleading and probably not true.

Human intelligence peaked in the late victorian age.

is it because of the cocaine
be honest


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"Hello. I have a cough and..."

"Here's your heroin."

"Thanks. I also have a toothach-"

"Here's your cocaine."

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Postby Hemakral » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:27 pm

Bear Stearns wrote:
Incelastan wrote:I got a career option for those not interested in school, for the jocks and athletes and such: army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard.


you are unaware of how much of corporate america is dominated by jocks and athletes. they tend to have better careers than average people

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Postby Kerwa » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:54 pm

Bear Stearns wrote:The Flynn Effect is very misleading and probably not true.

Human intelligence peaked in the late victorian age.


It’s a comforting lie so we can ignoring the onrushing horror.
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Postby Kerwa » Mon Nov 22, 2021 6:55 pm

Page wrote:
*Walks into Victorian pharmacy*

"Hello. I have a cough and..."

"Here's your heroin."

"Thanks. I also have a toothach-"

"Here's your cocaine."

Good times.


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