Where in the World is Bob Saget?

[englanddg]

Do we need to save the chickens?

Why? They are dancing...

 

[englanddg]

Replace pepino with pollo...

 

[PUSH]

Yeah, I got the highest that my school offers and it's still going to cost my parents (they won't let me take out loans or anything). So I have to be really careful. If I lose it, the tuition shoots way up

I'm not eligible for a lot of them. Most around here require you to specify your intended degree, and there aren't a lot for mine. Plus, my high school didn't offer ones big enough to cover even a semester, but yet they have money to buy each student and iPad starting this year, but that's another story that I'm mad about.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

It just takes your breath away - you really have to experience it. But I guess that's true about most places - our National Parks for instance.

Honestly, I'm not wild about the nature stuff. I've seen the Grand Canyon and the Rocky Mountains, not to mention some of the nature stuff in Hawaii (last year) but I'd rather see historical sites and museums, or zoos. The nature stuff bores me.

 

[Nemo14]

Why would we shave the chickens?

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Why? They are dancing...

Yeah, but look...

 

[StarWarsGirl]

Why would we shave the chickens?

Shave them???

Um, their feathers...are infected? I don't know

 

[englanddg]

Yeah, but look...

That's just a catty remark. I take general offense!

 

[StarWarsGirl]

That's just a catty remark. I take general offense!

She might eat those poor dancing chickens! Save them!

 

[PUSH]

It just takes your breath away - you really have to experience it. But I guess that's true about most places - our National Parks for instance.

I'm going to be honest here, but the farthest west I've been is some place in Iowa. I've been dragged into Disney, and it's the only place my family could ever agree to go. It might sound weird, but I think these boards have turned me away from Disney a little. I'm not dying to go back like I normally am.

 

[englanddg]

I'm not eligible for a lot of them. Most around here require you to specify your intended degree, and there aren't a lot for mine. Plus, my high school didn't offer ones big enough to cover even a semester, but yet they have money to buy each student and iPad starting this year, but that's another story that I'm mad about.

I work in technology. Don't get me started on a rant about how technology in the school system is a terrible idea. (Grin)

 

[Nemo14]

Honestly, I'm not wild about the nature stuff. I've seen the Grand Canyon and the Rocky Mountains, not to mention some of the nature stuff in Hawaii (last year) but I'd rather see historical sites and museums, or zoos. The nature stuff bores me.

I've spent a lot of time in the Grand Canyon, from above it, from the rims, and down inside of it, and it never ceases to amaze me.

 

[PUSH]

I work in technology. Don't get me started on a rant about how technology in the school system is a terrible idea. (Grin)

It's not that I don't like technology in the schools, it's just that my high school could have used that money to do so much more. The roofs would leak every time there was a decent rainstorm. The algebra 2 textbooks were old as can be, and they were literally falling apart if you picked the right book. And we can't update the disgusting bathrooms at all? Or buy supplies so the teachers don't have to use their own personal money? My high school administrators were so out of touch with reality it wasn't funny.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I've spent a lot of time in the Grand Canyon, from above it, from the rims, and down inside of it, and it never ceases to amaze me.

I've seen it from airplanes. I looked, thought it was cool, but was ready to move on. It doesn't really hit me. Don't know why. Even in Hawaii, standing on top of Diamond Head wasn't really a thrill at all. Not like the way seeing animals at the zoo is (or at Animal Kingdom). I saw my first panda at the San Diego Zoo when I was 14. Now that was awesome. Or like going to Williamsburg and playing the harpsichord. I can't believe they actually let me do it.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

It's not that I don't like technology in the schools, it's just that my high school could have used that money to do so much more. The roofs would leak every time there was a decent rainstorm. The algebra 2 textbooks were old as can be, and they were literally falling apart if you picked the right book. And we can't update the disgusting bathrooms at all? Or buy supplies so the teachers don't have to use their own personal money? My high school administrators were so out of touch with reality it wasn't funny.

And I thought my high school was bad...I mean, the bathrooms were terrible and half the school has no air conditioning, not to mention it's just plain dirty, but at least we had new textbooks, computers, supplies, even money to distribute a school paper every month. The only reason we have technology in school is because the superintendent is young and into it

 

[Nemo14]

If you've only seen it from an airplane, you haven't seen it. I like seeing animals too, but I much prefer to see them where they live, not where they're kept.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

I'm not eligible for a lot of them. Most around here require you to specify your intended degree, and there aren't a lot for mine. Plus, my high school didn't offer ones big enough to cover even a semester, but yet they have money to buy each student and iPad starting this year, but that's another story that I'm mad about.

Oh gosh. Seriously, let students pay for their own technology...there are enough student discounts and such out there. If students really want a tablet (like I did, btw, I love it) they'll find ways to get one.

The schools I applied to had general merit-based scholarships, and my weighted GPA was really high, so I applied to six schools, five of them offered me money, one offered me a free ride, but I didn't take it because the school has a horrible reputation and the only reason I applied was because it was my dad's alma mater, he forced me to, and I needed a back up. Thank goodness when I went and interviewed at my school before even applying they said, "Uh, we really really want you."

 

[PUSH]

And I thought my high school was bad...I mean, the bathrooms were terrible and half the school has no air conditioning, not to mention it's just plain dirty, but at least we had new textbooks, computers, supplies, even money to distribute a school paper every month. The only reason we have technology in school is because the superintendent is young and into it

Oh yeah, the policy was that the air conditioning couldn't be turned on until it reached 80 degrees outside. But yet the principal's offices and superintendent's office was always air conditioned. In a photography class I had, it was literally below 60 degrees in that room at all times during the winter.

We had nice computers and supplies, but there was one set of laptops that only one teacher was allowed to use. They didn't have to check them out, they were just for them. And then the rest of the teachers couldn't use them unless they asked that teacher. And a lot of the supplies were bought by teachers. They have a budget, but it's not much.

 

[StarWarsGirl]

If you've only seen it from an airplane, you haven't seen it. I like seeing animals too, but I much prefer to see them where they live, not where they're kept.

To each his own, I just really don't care about seeing where they live. Boring for me. But hey, if you enjoy it, more power to ya.

 

[englanddg]

It's not that I don't like technology in the schools, it's just that my high school could have used that money to do so much more. The roofs would leak every time there was a decent rainstorm. The algebra 2 textbooks were old as can be, and they were literally falling apart if you picked the right book. And we can't update the disgusting bathrooms at all? Or buy supplies so the teachers don't have to use their own personal money? My high school administrators were so out of touch with reality it wasn't funny.

That is in line with my frustrations...

I will leave it at that for now. If you continue this line of conversation, I will unload about how computers, in particular, actually are a disservice to students, offering them less satisfaction for their accomplishments which has a spiral mass psychological impact, as they are increasingly immature.

It also removes a tool for teachers for every "tool" it adds, with out being a net gain, thereby causing further discipline and general disruption issues by creating faulty "community support".

Not to mention how it ignores core development of base thinking, which is required for higher level thinking. Over-saturation of mindless entertainment and easy, but mindless, information eventually catches up with you. There's a reason that a well respected news anchor thinks an office joke of "tampon earrings" is a good idea to do on air, regardless of how you feel about her "message"...in fact, it's even worse that she thought it made a bold political statement at all...

</rant before I eat up another 200 lines>

Sheesh, I could write a whole disseration about it.ing tools (not providing them) from teachers, and eliminating administrations understanding of what the final mission of a general liberal arts education is.