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Teachers are all in shock 15 comments
guest · 9 years ago
I remember taking one of those state tests that (fortunately) had no relation to my grades. It was just to see how we were doing. On the front of the test, it says "Use of calculators is permitted". But because there were less than a handful of students in the class who didn't have calculators, our teacher made EVERYONE put our calculators away. "John is painting the neighborhood homes for money. If he charges $1.07 per cubic yard of house, how many nachos will Bill need to sell in order to get to the train she is meeting in Topeka?" That is about what some of the questions looked like on a high school state test. If you had your TI graphing calculator, that question would have made perfect sense, but alas, we went without.
TL;DR Calculators save lives.
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Not good USA, not good 33 comments
guest · 9 years ago
We haven't made guns illegal because we're a cowardly lot. We hide behind the Constitution ("Dunt you tuch muh guns! I'ma 'Murican!") when it suits us ("We can't allow THOSE people to vote, so we'll make it harder for THEM come election time."). Special interests (namely, the NRA) convince enough people that ANY action that doesn't result in more weapons getting into the hands of white, Anglo-Saxan people will lead to the creation of a NAZI state and all our guns will be taken away. Whenever a tragedy occurs involving guns, we're told to wait until after the grieving to find solutions but the problem is the grieving never ends. We face too many gun incidents and the cycle keeps repeating itself. It's sad when people tell us the answer to of all the gun violence is to have more guns available to everyone. That is how twisted we, as a nation, have become. Sorry, I'll get down from my soapbox now. Thank you.
When You Come Back to School and Realize 8 comments
guest · 9 years ago
You need to quit hanging out with only yourself.
Wedding photographer focuses in on the real prize 11 comments
guest · 9 years ago
That, dear sir/madam, is the best response for today. Everyone can pack up, we'll see you all tomorrow.
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