Non-IT News Thread
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Snap Elections, the fifth in six years, in Greece
It is going to be a close race in Greece as they go to the polls yet again to elect a new government.
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Concorde May Fly Again
After many a year grounded, a group of enthusiasts is working to fund a project to get the Concorde back into flight by 2019. The world's second fastest passenger plane remains far faster than any transportation method available today, an uncommon situation where our modern world lags significantly behind the available technology and comforts of just twenty to forty years ago.
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Ig Nobel Prize Goes to the Research on Universal Urination
A study shows that nearly all mammal urinate for about the same duration of time.
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Cedarburg, Wisconsin: 2,000-Pound Pumpkin Breaks North American Record, Report Says
The pumpkin, grown by Gene McMullen, broke the North American record for largest pumpkin produced, Fox 6 reported. It was certified Saturday at the Cedarburg Wine and Harvest Festival.
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Santiago, Chile just had ANOTHER earthquake within the hour. 6.5 this time, but it might be a warm up, who knows. Tsunami warning but no watches yet.
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Kathleen Kane: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Suspends Attorney General's Law License After Arrest
The court on Monday moved to temporarily suspend Kane's law license. Kane was arrested in August on charges she revealed classified information and then lied about it under oath.
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Common Core: Father Writes Check to Elementary School Using Math Strategy From Teaching Standards
Doug Herrmann posted a Facebook photo of a check he wrote to Melridge Elementary in Painesville, Ohio, using the technique his child was taught through Common Core standards.
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@mlnews said:
Common Core: Father Writes Check to Elementary School Using Math Strategy From Teaching Standards
Doug Herrmann posted a Facebook photo of a check he wrote to Melridge Elementary in Painesville, Ohio, using the technique his child was taught through Common Core standards.
Is it sad that I can't read that
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It has two of the core mistakes in schools today: cursive and common core freak math. Two things that have no place in the adult world but take up a huge amount of time in "schools".
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@Dashrender I can't either, wtf is that
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@scottalanmiller said:
It has two of the core mistakes in schools today: cursive and common core freak math. Two things that have no place in the adult world but take up a huge amount of time in "schools".
What's funny, there was a meme running around FB last weekend where a teacher wrote the student a note on their homework stating that Cursive was not allowed, and they have been warned twice before, and would now be written up for it.
I can't tell if I'm comin' or goin' anymore... LOL
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It has two of the core mistakes in schools today: cursive and common core freak math. Two things that have no place in the adult world but take up a huge amount of time in "schools".
What's funny, there was a meme running around FB last weekend where a teacher wrote the student a note on their homework stating that Cursive was not allowed, and they have been warned twice before, and would now be written up for it.
I can't tell if I'm comin' or goin' anymore... LOL
That, for once, is encouraging. Cursive would never be allowed in business. That's craziness.
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@scottalanmiller This is true, but weren't a lot of documents originally written in "script" of some form instead of the "print" letters that so many of us love? If we are not going to teach kids to write cursive, at least teach them to read it.
I get letters from family members every now and again... their print is barely legible, but their cursive is beautiful to look at, lol. (It forces them to slow down and do it right).
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller This is true, but weren't a lot of documents originally written in "script" of some form instead of the "print" letters that so many of us love? If we are not going to teach kids to write cursive, at least teach them to read it.
Teaching to read it takes littler effort, although I'd argue provides little value. I grew up writing cursive and when I see things written in it I can rarely make out what it says.
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@dafyre said:
I get letters from family members every now and again... their print is barely legible, but their cursive is beautiful to look at, lol. (It forces them to slow down and do it right).
In theory that should work the opposite. The original objective of cursive was to make quick, sloppy writing easier.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It has two of the core mistakes in schools today: cursive and common core freak math. Two things that have no place in the adult world but take up a huge amount of time in "schools".
What's funny, there was a meme running around FB last weekend where a teacher wrote the student a note on their homework stating that Cursive was not allowed, and they have been warned twice before, and would now be written up for it.
I can't tell if I'm comin' or goin' anymore... LOL
That, for once, is encouraging. Cursive would never be allowed in business. That's craziness.
I assume you mean a handwritten whatever (other than personal notes) wouldn't be accepted, print or cursive.
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@scottalanmiller This is true. But you and I (and probably all of us here) know that theory and practice sometimes don't go hand-in-hand, lol.
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@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
@Dashrender said:
@scottalanmiller said:
It has two of the core mistakes in schools today: cursive and common core freak math. Two things that have no place in the adult world but take up a huge amount of time in "schools".
What's funny, there was a meme running around FB last weekend where a teacher wrote the student a note on their homework stating that Cursive was not allowed, and they have been warned twice before, and would now be written up for it.
I can't tell if I'm comin' or goin' anymore... LOL
That, for once, is encouraging. Cursive would never be allowed in business. That's craziness.
I assume you mean a handwritten whatever (other than personal notes) wouldn't be accepted, print or cursive.
Print is needed sometimes, although very rarely now. Hopefully no one is using pens and paper at all in business. But when they do, they should be taking the time to write well and not using cursive.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller This is true. But you and I (and probably all of us here) know that theory and practice sometimes don't go hand-in-hand, lol.
Anyone can just choose to be sloppy and unreadable if they want.
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@scottalanmiller said:
Print is needed sometimes, although very rarely now. Hopefully no one is using pens and paper at all in business. But when they do, they should be taking the time to write well and not using cursive.
half or more of the woman I work with write everything in cursive. Granted they aren't handing out many notes, messages etc to people, but they take personal notes that sometimes I have to borrow and they are always in cursive.
