Agnes 2's Comments
Gabrielle said ONE thing I agree with:
kids who WANT to learn WILL learn.
That's true of public schoolers and homeschoolers. I wish people would stop getting so hung up on demographics and percentages that are utterly skewed and slanted according to who funded the research. There are quacks and geniuses in both schools of learning, and it seems like the more volatile arguers on this thread have simply clung to a few non-representative extremes that have made headlines, and then formed their own badly-informed generalizations from there. Especially about homeschoolers being either "hippies" or religious nuts. This is the same narrow-minded stereotyping that lazy minds never think to question.
kids who WANT to learn WILL learn.
That's true of public schoolers and homeschoolers. I wish people would stop getting so hung up on demographics and percentages that are utterly skewed and slanted according to who funded the research. There are quacks and geniuses in both schools of learning, and it seems like the more volatile arguers on this thread have simply clung to a few non-representative extremes that have made headlines, and then formed their own badly-informed generalizations from there. Especially about homeschoolers being either "hippies" or religious nuts. This is the same narrow-minded stereotyping that lazy minds never think to question.
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I'm suspicious of this video.
Maybe I don't know much about suspension bridges, but is it really possible for the bridge to warp that much and not immediately crack the paved road surface? It looked like rubber in some of the longer shots. Weird.
Maybe I don't know much about suspension bridges, but is it really possible for the bridge to warp that much and not immediately crack the paved road surface? It looked like rubber in some of the longer shots. Weird.
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Hi! I'm a 21F acting student from New England. My favorite color is green and my dream is to work in London. If I could share one thing with the entire world (especially the US) it would be that the food we eat is more important than we think. It comes from desperate places and is full of poisonous things. Fair trade! Organic! Don't eat SOY!
... I can only preach anonymously :)
... I can only preach anonymously :)
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I think we need to see more of the video and find out where they were going and why in order to make any judgment. It's unfortunate that those people in that street have to have this impression of American soldiers, but, like them, we don't really have the whole story, do we?
Yes, Ian, I heard the horn. Although, I would assume, and maybe I'm wrong, that if they were rushing to an emergency, that we'd also hear some sort of radio communication or instructions. Of course, we didn't exactly hear them giggling and snorting either.
In these times when we're constantly bombarded with extreme, sensational images like this (from ALL sides and opinions), it's hard not to jump to conclusions.
Yes, Ian, I heard the horn. Although, I would assume, and maybe I'm wrong, that if they were rushing to an emergency, that we'd also hear some sort of radio communication or instructions. Of course, we didn't exactly hear them giggling and snorting either.
In these times when we're constantly bombarded with extreme, sensational images like this (from ALL sides and opinions), it's hard not to jump to conclusions.
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(gulps)
Oh. Sorry....
Too loud?