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   Night-Gaunt49 said, 4 months ago

   There’s a catch 22. I wonder how many people are pissed they were taught things they had no interest in. Math, biology, history, etc.
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 4 months ago

   re:night-gaunt

   Imagine being a kid today where the three Rs are so neglected and the teachers know less than the high school students did in the 1980s.
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   Linux0s said, 4 months ago

   There’s no ignorance like stubborn ignorance.
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   thebird55 said, 4 months ago

   @Night-Gaunt49

   The subjects I disliked the most I now find fascinating.
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   thebird55 said, 4 months ago

   @Nabuquduriuzhur

   Our teachers do not even use proper grammar, much less correct students. I once saw a TV news story, interviewing a school principal. She actually said, “I seen……”
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   Arye Uygur said, 4 months ago

   @thebird55: That reminds me: When my sister was a teacher, she walked past a classroom where she heard a teacher referring to “World War Eleven,” when the teacher really meant, World War II.
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   margueritem said, 4 months ago

   _{Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise}
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   thebird55 said, 4 months ago

   @Gweedo Murray

   You just made me think of a trick I learned in sixth grade.
   

   
   Have someone write down a 4 digit number. Example: 3581. Subtract 2 from it, and paste it on the front. Result: 23579. Write this number down, off to the side. Now have the person write down another 4 digit number, directly under the first one (so they be added together later). Let’s say they write 4729. Under that, you write down digits that equal 9 when added to the digit above. In this example: 5270. Have them write one more number under that, and you repeat the process. If you add all the four digit numbers together, you will now get the five digit number that you wrote off to the side.
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   ratlum said, 4 months ago

   Corner Gas tv series .
   I dont know what you dont know,Calvin could make use of this in his frame of mind .
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    Vandal00 said, 4 months ago

    I was a math whiz when I was a kid, and didn’t really care for other subjects. Inevitably, English and writing ended up becoming my forte.
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    orinoco womble said, 4 months ago

    My cousin Jim has a college degree and he’s still ignorant. A strong enough will can do it, Calvin. Just ignore anything you don’t want to accept.
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    LX013 said, 4 months ago

    Not all people can know the same things! In this days people are considered to be ignorant, when they are not so good in computering, but no one is considered to be ignorant, when he is not able to play the piano! This is hard work too, and you must train hours and hours to be able to play it well!!
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    thebird55 said, 4 months ago

    @LX013

    My house mate has a good job as a nurse in a hospital ICU. That means he also has has a certain level of education. He has been “successful” in life. The boy is as dumb as a stump. I, on the other hand, am somewhat intelligent, know a lot of things about many subjects, ……and have a life that has gone nowhere. So which of us is really the intelligent one?
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    dukedoug said, 4 months ago

    @thebird55

    Don’t confuse intelligence with competence.
    

    
    Also don’t confuse intelligence with perseverence … many successful people are not necessarily intelligent but work very hard in one specific area to reach their success.
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    JohnnyDiego said, 4 months ago

    I never realized that Calvin was a Southern Republican.
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