I apologize in advance, but i felt this relevant!
Kids Are Idiots
Kids are idiots
Odin.Liela said: »
That's mostly because I'm a bad test-taker in general.
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
~Daniel Tosh
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mortontony1 said: »
Odin.Liela said: »
That's mostly because I'm a bad test-taker in general.
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
~Daniel Tosh
Sorry had to
hah love that
Leo, we're supposed to team up against the Americans :(
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I suck at taking tests. I honestly brain fart at the start of any test(Except history), then with like 15minutes left i'm like
AH HA! thats how you do it all. then i scribble stuff down really fast and sloppy and end up passing :S
them video games....must be killing brain cells
AH HA! thats how you do it all. then i scribble stuff down really fast and sloppy and end up passing :S
them video games....must be killing brain cells
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mortontony1 said: »
Odin.Liela said: »
That's mostly because I'm a bad test-taker in general.
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
~Daniel Tosh
Sorry had to
lol ;; For some of my beginning college courses they actually sent all the freshmen through various little testing things to see what method we learned best in and how we tested. I turned up as average intelligence but bad tester. The only class I ever got a C in was in Anatomy/Physiology, and I'd get great scores in class and then bomb every single test. Sucks.
Fairy.Spence said: »
Leo, we're supposed to team up against the Americans :(
I'm Canadian now spence don't worry, we're in this together!
Asura.Bartimaeus said: »
And I never bothered to remember the states capitals. I retained them long enough to get through school, and if really pressed, I could probably recall most of them. I didn't (and still don't) think knowing state capitals is important. Location of the state, sure. But capitals?
mortontony1 said: »
This is just... astonishing...
How does US history and geography determine IQ? i think math/physics, chemistry, biology, art/music and literature would like a word with u...
The ability to regurgitate a certain amount of information doesn't make someone more or less stupid. It just makes them good at memorizing.
The ability to analyze and quantify situations, and develop conclusions in a timely manner, NOW that determines intelligence.
Bahamut.Baconwrap said: »
mortontony1 said: »
This is just... astonishing...
How does US history and geography determine IQ? i think math/physics, chemistry, biology, art/music and literature would like a word with u...
The ability to regurgitate a certain amount of information doesn't make someone more or less stupid. It just makes them good at memorizing.
The ability to analyze and quantify situations, and develop conclusions in a timely manner, NOW that determines intelligence.
so is this an argument about the differences between being smart and intelligent?
it's all relative imo..i know two people who are going to harvard, and i don't think theyre anything special having spent time with them :x
It's not really "I suck at taking tests", as much as it is people just being anxious about time constraints and then psyching themselves out.
I can't remember where it was said, but American education is taught to take test well, while retaining very little.
I can't remember where it was said, but American education is taught to take test well, while retaining very little.
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Doubtful, there will always be the smart kids. :)
Carbuncle.Joeywheeler said: »
It's not really "I suck at taking tests", as much as it is people just being anxious about time constraints and then psyching themselves out.
I can't remember where it was said, but American education is taught to take test well, while retaining very little.
I can't remember where it was said, but American education is taught to take test well, while retaining very little.
chinese education even more so! we at least develop some practicality and implementation skills, whereas china (imo) just sucks.
Fenrir.Scragg said: »
@Sagiaurex, come on dude, I get the history rant but this is basic stuff. As for the math thing, I resent that! :) I will link to maddox for a counter argument.
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When is the last time you wrote a haiku, ***?
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Bahamut.Krizz said: »
Fenrir.Scragg said: »
@Sagiaurex, come on dude, I get the history rant but this is basic stuff. As for the math thing, I resent that! :) I will link to maddox for a counter argument.
Quote:
When is the last time you wrote a haiku, ***?
everyone writes haikus wrongly >_> no one ever understands that its 5 7 5 mora count and not syllables :x and nevermind all the other rules and cultural uses about them that people just pass by ><
Bahamut.Krizz said: »
Fenrir.Scragg said: »
@Sagiaurex, come on dude, I get the history rant but this is basic stuff. As for the math thing, I resent that! :) I will link to maddox for a counter argument.
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When is the last time you wrote a haiku, ***?
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a perfect example :x "haikus" has 3 mora whereas its 2 syllables, making the first sentence have 6 mora and therefore invalid as a haiku :x
I have no idea what a mora is, and I believe I was taught syllables in school. I'm just going to go back to sleep.
(Edit: As in taught that haikus are based off syllables...)
(Edit: As in taught that haikus are based off syllables...)
Leviathan.Hohenheim said: »
it's all relative imo..i know two people who are going to harvard, and i don't think theyre anything special having spent time with them :x
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meh, unimpressed. They're asking a bunch of random *** questions, that you either know or don't. Nothing that you can use actual intelligence to deduce, such as a math or chemistry problem.
I sure as hell don't know the capital of Washington, lol. I've never been to Washington, probably never going to go. Useless information, etc.
I sure as hell don't know the capital of Washington, lol. I've never been to Washington, probably never going to go. Useless information, etc.
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Leviathan.Draylo said: »
How does that make someone dumb? I mean, it's not like you will use that knowledge in your everyday life. It's random facts that they obviously don't care about.
can't wait for the majority of the human race to realize this . . honestly. Sure hope perfect memory is the next thing for human to develop . . so this idea that memorizing facts makes you smart or important.
Sylph.Tigerwoods said: »
meh, unimpressed. They're asking a bunch of random *** questions, that you either know or don't. Nothing that you can use actual intelligence to deduce, such as a math or chemistry problem.
I sure as hell don't know the capital of Washington, lol. I've never been to Washington, probably never going to go. Useless information, etc.
I sure as hell don't know the capital of Washington, lol. I've never been to Washington, probably never going to go. Useless information, etc.
ya thats understandable, but really.. what are the countries surrounding the united states and ppl couldn't answer... now thats just bad
mortontony1 said: »
Odin.Liela said: »
That's mostly because I'm a bad test-taker in general.
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
~Daniel Tosh
Sorry had to
Tosh is a pretentious ***. His argument would have some validity if memorization for a test had any bearing whatsoever on how smart a person was.
Quetzalcoatl.Xueye said: »
mortontony1 said: »
Odin.Liela said: »
That's mostly because I'm a bad test-taker in general.
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
~Daniel Tosh
Sorry had to
Tosh is a pretentious ***. His argument would have some validity if memorization for a test had any bearing whatsoever on how smart a person was.
a person who can remember the 1000 numbers after 3.14 in pi would be pretty impressive
volkom said: »
Quetzalcoatl.Xueye said: »
mortontony1 said: »
Odin.Liela said: »
That's mostly because I'm a bad test-taker in general.
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
~Daniel Tosh
Sorry had to
Tosh is a pretentious ***. His argument would have some validity if memorization for a test had any bearing whatsoever on how smart a person was.
a person who can remember the 1000 numbers after 3.14 in pi would be pretty impressive
Maybe it was just the person leaving the voicemail though.
Fenrir.Nightfyre said: »
volkom said: »
Quetzalcoatl.Xueye said: »
mortontony1 said: »
Odin.Liela said: »
That's mostly because I'm a bad test-taker in general.
"Don't you love it when people in school are like, 'I'm a bad test taker.' You mean you're stupid. Oh, you struggle with that part where we find out what you know? I can totally relate see, because I'm a brilliant painter minus my god awful brushstrokes. Oh, how the masterpiece is crystal up here but once paint hits canvas I develop Parkinson's."
~Daniel Tosh
Sorry had to
Tosh is a pretentious ***. His argument would have some validity if memorization for a test had any bearing whatsoever on how smart a person was.
a person who can remember the 1000 numbers after 3.14 in pi would be pretty impressive
Maybe it was just the person leaving the voicemail though.
I hate people who leave voicemail!
/shudders
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