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Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:50 pm

DB Cooper wrote:Fuck yer Day originated in JubJub.

Drink more water is the new fuck you.

Human urine,,,, the champagne of body fluids,,,,,,

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:59 am

Trishntek wrote:
DB Cooper wrote:Fuck yer Day originated in JubJub.

Drink more water is the new fuck you.
Human urine,,,, the champagne of body fluids,,,,,,

i would say more the pale ale, but perhaps thats the brit thing (or my budget)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:22 am

CAn we get a show of hands of people who know who King Harold is?

Post by **Elderberry** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:39 am

theCryptofishist wrote:CAn we get a show of hands of people who know who King Harold is?

The last Anglo-Saxon King of England King Harold?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 11:46 am

jkisha wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:CAn we get a show of hands of people who know who King Harold is?
The last Anglo-Saxon King of England King Harold?

Yeah, that's the one. And I laughed at his appearance in graidawg's post. But I wondered if everyone understood it. And I just don't think history is well-taught in american schools.
I wasn't interested in the answer, per se, and someone had to blurt out the answer. Of course, who knows how many people would have googled it...

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:18 pm

I was thinking norway.

Post by **Savannah** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 12:35 pm

I think there's plenty of variance in skin-thickness among Burners, but not all the thin-skinned ones are going to admit to oversensitivity, and not all the thick-skinned ones are going to admit to cluelessness.

Post by **Eric** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:05 pm

Savannah wrote:
i dont like fuck your day, so i will think of something else
I don't blame you. I'm probably out of the loop, but I never heard anyone saying that precise arrangement of words before ePlaya

I hear it in our village constantly, but not a lot elsewhere in BRC. I don't think it's a super common thing... yet.

Maybe we'll put it in playa lingo this year & see if we can make it catch on more.

Post by **AntiM** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:14 am

We use Fuck Yer Day a lot. Probably caught it from you.

Major Krash · Post by **Major Krash** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 6:43 am

theCryptofishist wrote:
jkisha wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:CAn we get a show of hands of people who know who King Harold is?
The last Anglo-Saxon King of England King Harold?
Yeah, that's the one. And I laughed at his appearance in graidawg's post. But I wondered if everyone understood it. And I just don't think history is well-taught in american schools.
I wasn't interested in the answer, per se, and someone had to blurt out the answer. Of course, who knows how many people would have googled it...

I knew who he was, even in high school, but funny thing is I skipped all but US history and all Literature classes (feud with a couple of Teachers that I won). I ended up having to take every single optional other class to qualify for enough credits (Debate, Forensics, Journalism, Bible as Literature, Word Power, Civics, etc) I was always a natural History buff, still am. I have since gone back and read some of the "classics" I "missed out on"....

Post by **AntiM** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:14 am

My teaching certificate has me down as a history major, although I never did get my own classroom. The tough part is covering all the eras, making it interesting and imparting the lessons learned, the precedents for today, while not losing the wonderfully interesting stories. It is nearly impossible, and the standardized tests narrow the teaching opportunities down to next to nothing.

Being raised Navy, we moved and traveled a lot. My parents made sure I knew where we were, the history, took me to museums, exposed me to as much art and culture as possible, let me play with maps. Everywhere fascinated me. We went to Wlliamsburg repeatedly when dad was stationed in Norfolk. One year I didn't go to school, we went to Japan and Europe. My freshman year was spent in Iran, I took Persian history. Even as a teenager, I loved the silent places full of time in Persepolis.

The overall effect was that I was bored to tears with high school, and my credits were messed up. I dropped out and took the GED, went to college instead of finishing high school. Somewhere over the years, I finished my psych degree, and later turned it into a teaching certificate. Had to re-major to do it, so now I have a nice piece of parchment claiming I know a lot about history, anthropology, geography, and of course, psychology. Ha.

I love history, I do not love how it is compressed into history lessons.

I can't memorize dates worth a damn, that's what reference materials are for.

Post by **Elderberry** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 7:20 am

Yup, having to memorize dates is what kills history for kids.

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 8:48 am

It seems history is rarely taught with much continuity. Truly historic events that change the direction of a society, a war, a revolution are not put into context of actions/decisions and the intended/unintended consequences. To me, those are the true lessons of history.

For instance: Why were the 1920's "roaring"? Why did the "Great Depression last so long in U.S. and only considered 'a' depression in the rest of the world?

Things like that which have an affect on our generation rarely seem to be truly scrutinized with the application of hindsight and critical thinking.

Post by **AntiM** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 7:52 am

Naturally, educators are taught about higher order learning rather than rote memorization, and all the good ones implement it in their lesson plans. Learning is the ideal, testing is the reality. The pressure to turn out students who perform well on the standardized tests undercuts true learning; standardized tests do not measure critical thinking, much less authentic learning.

Teaching to the test is the lowest form of education, but politicians find that the simplest measurement of student ability.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:03 am

I was lucky enough to grow up in a family that valued thought. Also, my father was on sabbatical for a year at Cambridge. We got a different perspective.

Post by **Elderberry** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:29 am

Trying to remember way back when I was in School, I know there were statewide standardized tests that we took in math and science because I can stlll remember some of my percentile rankings in those tests. But, I don't ever remember specifically studying for them.

If I remember correctly, it just seemed that we went about our normal classwork and then one day there would be an announcement that the tests would be next week and there would be no normal classes during specific periods that the tests were administered.

Which seems the only way to really judge the quality of the student's education. Again, this is if I'm remembering correctly.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:38 pm

We had standardized tests in my school years, too. But not as much rode on them. Pretty much the same deal as you remember, but I don't think funding was tied to it.
And what's a measure, filling in bubbles or having an intelligent conversation? Writing an intelligent essay?

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:27 pm

I personally learnt far more history when i was doing reenactment than when i was at school, not really test stuff but general information, proabably because i was interested and didnt want to look to stoopid when people asked me questions (plus i used to make up really good lies to fill in the blanks)

Anyway i hate the romans

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:15 pm

They like you

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 9:23 pm

The romans probably deserve it. Plus they brought the scourge of catholicism to europe. I have a soft spot, but they took me to ruins (Bath and Hadrian's Wall) when I was eight and nine, and they were too impressive for me not to look kindly on them.

teardropper · Post by **teardropper** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:06 pm

(Man, am I glad this topic drifted. Not being one of the cool kids, I was really feeling left out...)

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:11 am

theCryptofishist wrote:The romans probably deserve it. Plus they brought the scourge of catholicism to europe. I have a soft spot, but they took me to ruins (Bath and Hadrian's Wall) when I was eight and nine, and they were too impressive for me not to look kindly on them.

catholicism, women as second class citizens, standing armies, thesystematic destruction of the planet, religious intolerance, centralised goverment, standarisation of money, capitalism and probably incest (though they may have got that from the egyptitians)

teardropper how can you say that? your cool, cooler than me anyway

Monkeypoo · Post by **Monkeypoo** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 12:30 am

March is National Womenâ€™s History Month. Dig in, ladies!!!

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:30 am

graidawg wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:The romans probably deserve it. Plus they brought the scourge of catholicism to europe. I have a soft spot, but they took me to ruins (Bath and Hadrian's Wall) when I was eight and nine, and they were too impressive for me not to look kindly on them.
catholicism, women as second class citizens, standing armies, thesystematic destruction of the planet, religious intolerance, centralised goverment, standarisation of money, capitalism and probably incest (though they may have got that from the egyptitians)

teardropper how can you say that? your cool, cooler than me anyway

The Romans were pagan originally, and respectful of most religions....as long as they didn't threaten the empire...They absorbed cultures of nations they conquered. Pax Romana

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:01 am

What the hell is this thread about anyway?

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:06 am

TomServo wrote:
graidawg wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:The romans probably deserve it. Plus they brought the scourge of catholicism to europe. I have a soft spot, but they took me to ruins (Bath and Hadrian's Wall) when I was eight and nine, and they were too impressive for me not to look kindly on them.
catholicism, women as second class citizens, standing armies, thesystematic destruction of the planet, religious intolerance, centralised goverment, standarisation of money, capitalism and probably incest (though they may have got that from the egyptitians)

teardropper how can you say that? your cool, cooler than me anyway
The Romans were pagan originally, and respectful of most religions....as long as they didn't threaten the empire...They absorbed cultures of nations they conquered. Pax Romana

yep the romans where pagan but they chritianity bad. they didnt so much absorb other cultures as destroy them and enforce romanity on the remians. dont fall for the propoganda

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 3:46 pm

gyre wrote:What the hell is this thread about anyway?

ummmmm,,,,, errrrrrr,,,,, that is it's,,,,,, well it's like this ya see,,,,,,

idunno

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 6:21 pm

jkisha wrote:Yup, having to memorize dates is what kills history for kids.

Actually, 1066 is one of the only two dates you have to memorize in the Sellers and Yeatman course of history.

geospyder · Post by **geospyder** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:08 pm

Battle of Hastings. The other was probably 1215.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:33 pm

graidawg wrote:
TomServo wrote:
graidawg wrote: catholicism, women as second class citizens, standing armies, thesystematic destruction of the planet, religious intolerance, centralised goverment, standarisation of money, capitalism and probably incest (though they may have got that from the egyptitians)

teardropper how can you say that? your cool, cooler than me anyway
The Romans were pagan originally, and respectful of most religions....as long as they didn't threaten the empire...They absorbed cultures of nations they conquered. Pax Romana
yep the romans where pagan but they chritianity bad. they didnt so much absorb other cultures as destroy them and enforce romanity on the remians. dont fall for the propoganda

With USG idle, Im hoping to restart the Empire! It will be Pagan, I promise! Stopped trusting the roman propoganda about 53AD.