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Is it unreasonable to suggest to someone that if they are wearing out an object frequently that-- perhaps-- they might not be using that item in a responsible manner?
 
why are the church bells ringing? I don't think they always ring at 9 am everyday...:confused: I heard them last night too....maybe I just never noticed:rolleyes:


and could somebody please get this monkey off my back..
 
Schools put so much pressure on students. Many of my classmates are in fact cheaters and they but their papers online and schools don't even notice... They are getting an A in their classes with no stress and me I'm under so much stress because I don't chat.
 
Why are you in school? For yourself; your future, your life.
Forget about them. Karma will get them ;)
 
Bearsyzf said:
It will , when they find out that they are just as dumb coming out of school as when they went in and didn't learn a thing ....... why go to college if your not willing to learn :confused:
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While I understand that it is a rhetorical question, there really is an answer to that-- because they are expected to.
 
Bearsyzf said:
It will , when they find out that they are just as dumb coming out of school as when they went in and didn't learn a thing ....... why go to college if your not willing to learn :confused:
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Well you got to think if it in a different way. Some things are forced to be learned. Called general education. Some students couldn't care less about English class and chances are they will never use the material used in the classroom in their lifetime. In some cases.

When the time comes to write an essay for the job they want. Good luck Charlie.

Take sociology for example. if you have to write a 10 page essay on the subject one could easily cheat and pay someone else to write the essay. Chances are they will get A. It will go unnoticed and they will never use that ever in their life again.

But if one were to cheat in a subject of their major then yes that would be stupid because they did not learn anything when they should have.
 
hey!:p I have a degree in Sociology!;)
so......hmmmmm...paid to write papers you say?.....and how much are these 10 page sociology essay's going for now days?:D:D:D

btw.... there is a whole racket out there for college application essay's as well..
 
sfbloodbrother said:
Well you got to think if it in a different way. Some things are forced to be learned. Called general education. Some students couldn't care less about English class and chances are they will never use the material used in the classroom in their lifetime. In some cases.

When the time comes to write an essay for the job they want. Good luck Charlie.

Take sociology for example. if you have to write a 10 page essay on the subject one could easily cheat and pay someone else to write the essay. Chances are they will get A. It will go unnoticed and they will never use that ever in their life again.

But if one were to cheat in a subject of their major then yes that would be stupid because they did not learn anything when they should have.
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It seems like you assume that the majority of the materiel learned in school, be it high school or college, is largely irrelevant in 'the real world' and therefore of no practical use to the individual, whether they choose to actively learn it or not.

If that is the case, then I assert that intelligent, thinking people use the knowledge, and more so the skills, acquired during the active learning process in school throughout their lives.

No, it is very rare for anyone to have to know the specific day that Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, but knowing that he was, and what the repercussions of that act were are useful, if only to understand the context of the happenings of your favorite PBS show...

When I left electronics school, the first thing I was told in my new shop is that everything I learned was BS.

I found out that it wasn't-- that knowledge, while not 'practical' during everyday work, came in very handy when everyone else was stumped by an esoteric problem. It's more than twenty years since I had that training, and yet I still have to pull up some engineering knowledge on occasion to save the day.


As for sociology, applying the principles gleaned from that class can help one get along better with their colleagues and supervisors (or convince your boss to do things a better way).
 
Dngrsone said:
It seems like you assume that the majority of the materiel learned in school, be it high school or college, is largely irrelevant in 'the real world' and therefore of no practical use to the individual, whether they choose to actively learn it or not.

If that is the case, then I assert that intelligent, thinking people use the knowledge, and more so the skills, acquired during the active learning process in school throughout their lives.

No, it is very rare for anyone to have to know the specific day that Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, but knowing that he was, and what the repercussions of that act were are useful, if only to understand the context of the happenings of your favorite PBS show...

When I left electronics school, the first thing I was told in my new shop is that everything I learned was BS.

I found out that it wasn't-- that knowledge, while not 'practical' during everyday work, came in very handy when everyone else was stumped by an esoteric problem. It's more than twenty years since I had that training, and yet I still have to pull up some engineering knowledge on occasion to save the day.


As for sociology, applying the principles gleaned from that class can help one get along better with their colleagues and supervisors (or convince your boss to do things a better way).
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Oh, I completely agree with you :)

I meant that for my classmates that impractical knowledge won't be useful to them because they aren't learning it at all. Sure, they will get by, but simple every day thing won't have meaning to them. I like how my new professor for English class makes English relevant to the real world rather than our old professor. (Old professor got sick and couldn't complete the semester).

Sociology was a great class. I got a 97% in the class.
Do I apply it to every day? No, but I'm sure that I have applied it once or twice since I have taken the class.
Psychology was a great class. I probably won't take another class of it, but I learned a lot there. That's a class that teaches one how we learn. That's one thing I got out of that class.

I remember in High School, we read a story or book or something I forget about counties that don't teach things like Shakespeare, or anything impractical like that. It was so sad and depressing, it's good to be part of a country that values and teaches that sort of thing.
Now, just implementing better technology and teachers who care to teach and actually teach is key. Many K-12 schools don't do that.
 
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