Do you know "Maori?"

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 12:29 PM

Half the people in my office have never heard of the Maori. This kind of stuff drives me batshit! Did everybody sleep through Social Studies but me? Shouldn't this be part of general, common knowledge?

lookout123 · 07-22-2008, 12:38 PM

I could google it, but it doesn't sound like something I'll use in day to day life so I'll just wait for someone here to explain it to me.

bluecuracao · 07-22-2008, 12:46 PM

Cloud, you should have made it a public poll. So we could make fun of people 'n' stuff.

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 01:03 PM

not that mean

SteveDallas · 07-22-2008, 01:22 PM

"Maori . . ... I've just met a girl named Maori . . .. ."

Griff · 07-22-2008, 01:31 PM

You need to quit that job Cloud. You'll be reading People Magazine and watching NASCAR next.

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 01:33 PM

ah, but where else could I be accepted in all my arrogant nerdiness, laughing along with the good-natured teasing of my friends aka co-workers?

wisdom and knowledge drop as pearls from my lips . . . I stamp out ignorance in my wake . . .

AHHH! TAKE THAT IGNORANCE! BE GONE!

glatt · 07-22-2008, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Half the people in my office have never heard of the Maori. This kind of stuff drives me batshit! Did everybody sleep through Social Studies but me? Shouldn't this be part of general, common knowledge?

Yes, I do, but I never learned about them in school. I first learned of them from the movie "The Piano" and then later I learned a bit more when I visited New Zealand and visited a Maori church on the Otago Peninsula.

This is a tattoo question, isn't it?

classicman · 07-22-2008, 02:16 PM

So... Whats a maori? lol

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 02:17 PM

not specifically. I learned about them in 6th grade, because I had a teacher from New Zealand.

Lookout's comment about not needing this knowledge in real life is typical of some of the responses I'm getting. This saddens me in a very personal way.

Shoulda been a social studies teacher. Do they even teach that anymore?

SteveDallas · 07-22-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

not specifically. I learned about them in 6th grade, because I had a teacher from New Zealand.

Wait, hold on a minute... I'm all for edjumacation and stuff, but this sounds very random. If you had had a different teacher, from, say, Philadelphia, and he told stories about the Mummers, would you now know about the Maori? Would you care?

lookout123 · 07-22-2008, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

Lookout's comment about not needing this knowledge in real life is typical of some of the responses I'm getting. This saddens me in a very personal way.

Why does this sadden you? You know a specific piece of information that someone else doesn't and that is wonderful. But step into the other position for a just a moment. Can you tell me the significance of Currahee without googling it?

It is one of those little factoids rattling around in my brain because it has a relationship to something I find fascinating therefore I've learned a bit about it. New Zealand has never grabbed my interest so I haven't spent any time learning about it. I don't find anything in that situation to be sad about.

BigV · 07-22-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

not specifically. I learned about them in 6th grade, because I had a teacher from New Zealand.

Lookout's comment about not needing this knowledge in real life is typical of some of the responses I'm getting. This saddens me in a very personal way.

Shoulda been a social studies teacher. Do they even teach that anymore?

[other side of the coin]
Weird.... This from the lady who didn't know anything about cars. Yet, you drive one every day, you're surrounded by them every day. Don't you think you have a "need for this knowledge in real life"?

I can remember clearly being saddened as a child when I learned what a Renaissance Man was and that I probably couldn't be one. Someone who knew the most about everything (my childhood understanding, close, but no cigar). Now I can see quite clearly, especially in my professional field, technology, that I could *never ever* be the most knowledgeable in all fields. I can barely keep up with these freakin computers.

My point is that we all have to choose what to put into our heads. For those quick studies among us, they may have a chance to put in more and us slow learners have to be content with either less knowledge or less sleep. Sadly, I usually wind up with both booby prizes. :yawn:

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by BigV

[other side of the coin]
Weird.... This from the lady who didn't know anything about cars. Yet, you drive one every day, you're surrounded by them every day. Don't you think you have a "need for this knowledge in real life"?

oh, absolutely, which is why I ask for help in filling the gaps in my knowledge, and actively research those issues which come up.

Cloud · 07-22-2008, 02:19 PM

Maoris are the indigenous people of New Zealand. (or, at least, they were there when the Europeans came)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=maori&gbv=2

View Poll Results: Do you know "Maori"?
Sure, I know what the Maori are. Doesn't everyone?	35	89.74%
What? Is that someone's name? A singing group?	2	5.13%
Have some vague notion, but not too sure . . .	2	5.13%
Voters: 39. You may not vote on this poll

07-22-2008, 12:29 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Do you know "Maori?" Half the people in my office have never heard of the Maori. This kind of stuff drives me batshit! Did everybody sleep through Social Studies but me? Shouldn't this be part of general, common knowledge? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 12:38 PM	#2
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I could google it, but it doesn't sound like something I'll use in day to day life so I'll just wait for someone here to explain it to me. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-22-2008, 01:03 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not that mean __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 01:31 PM	#6
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You need to quit that job Cloud. You'll be reading People Magazine and watching NASCAR next. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-22-2008, 12:46 PM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	Cloud, you should have made it a public poll. So we could make fun of people 'n' stuff.

07-22-2008, 01:22 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	"Maori . . ... I've just met a girl named Maori . . .. ."

07-22-2008, 01:33 PM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	ah, but where else could I be accepted in all my arrogant nerdiness, laughing along with the good-natured teasing of my friends aka co-workers? wisdom and knowledge drop as pearls from my lips . . . I stamp out ignorance in my wake . . . AHHH! TAKE THAT IGNORANCE! BE GONE! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 02:16 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	So... Whats a maori? lol __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

07-22-2008, 02:17 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	not specifically. I learned about them in 6th grade, because I had a teacher from New Zealand. Lookout's comment about not needing this knowledge in real life is typical of some of the responses I'm getting. This saddens me in a very personal way. Shoulda been a social studies teacher. Do they even teach that anymore? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-22-2008, 02:19 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	the answer Maoris are the indigenous people of New Zealand. (or, at least, they were there when the Europeans came) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=maori&gbv=2 __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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