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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #660 on: February 15, 2008, 02:58:04 pm »

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #661 on: February 16, 2008, 04:03:00 pm »
Americans are hostile to science and education? Surely, you jest!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/books/14dumb.html

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #662 on: February 16, 2008, 04:47:00 pm »
Americans are hostile to science and education? Surely, you jest!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/14/books/14dumb.html

Not much of a jest when the US continuously falls in international ranking.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #663 on: February 16, 2008, 06:40:54 pm »
Nah, I totally agree with that article. But part of the problem is that the image of the American idiot is exported to other countries. TV and Hollywood here thrive on reality television centered around inept, emotionally immature idiots, among other bad stereotypes (such as the entire gangsta black people thing). Americans don't realize that this image and popular culture is yes, exported to other countries, making the entire country look like a ship of fools.

I would like for the teaching profession to follow the...I forget if its Norway or Finland, but one of those countries has the best example. There, teaching is considered on par with being a lawyer or doctor, and takes the same amount of education to achieve (a Master's degree, proficiency tests, etc.) and it's subsequently looked upon with great respect and dignity. Here, however, being a teacher means working for peanuts.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #664 on: February 16, 2008, 09:51:05 pm »
I would like for the teaching profession to follow the...I forget if its Norway or Finland, but one of those countries has the best example. There, teaching is considered on par with being a lawyer or doctor, and takes the same amount of education to achieve (a Master's degree, proficiency tests, etc.) and it's subsequently looked upon with great respect and dignity. Here, however, being a teacher means working for peanuts.

And I'm sure every gangsta black person carries a gun and a full bag of peanuts if he/she dares to go to school.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #665 on: February 19, 2008, 04:01:27 pm »

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #668 on: February 20, 2008, 03:29:08 am »

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #670 on: February 20, 2008, 07:53:34 pm »

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #671 on: February 27, 2008, 05:57:27 pm »
Gentlemen! BEHOLD! HARLE SOAP ON A ROPE!

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #672 on: February 28, 2008, 09:53:16 am »
Straight out of a nightmare! Yay!

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #673 on: February 28, 2008, 09:24:16 pm »
Where's the rope? All I see is Harle.

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Re: The "WTF? Check this link out!" thread!
« Reply #674 on: February 28, 2008, 11:55:12 pm »