Should All Things Always Be Equal - Page 2

Spexxvet · 06-07-2010, 04:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fargon

So I became an asshole.

Haggis!

Shawnee123 · 06-04-2010, 11:19 AM

*shrugs* Sweet-n-Low will do in a pinch.

Cloud · 06-04-2010, 12:14 PM

should auld acquaintance be forgot?

DanaC · 06-04-2010, 04:10 PM

Should all things always be evil?

Aliantha · 06-04-2010, 07:55 PM

I think life would be very stagnant if all things were equal.

What I mean is that it's the inequalities in life that encourage us to strive for something better.

lumberjim · 06-04-2010, 08:02 PM

being deep fail is not equal.

Aliantha · 06-04-2010, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

being deep fail is not equal.

This isn't equal either.

I think you should strive for something better.

Aliantha · 06-06-2010, 02:56 AM

Yeah...just like in Australia! (not)

casimendocina · 06-06-2010, 05:22 AM

My thoughts exactly because we're sooooooooooooooo egalitarian and everyone gets a fair go all the time.

Aliantha · 06-06-2010, 06:01 AM

Uhuh...now just wait a sec while I make my leg a bit more comfy. It's a bit sore from being pulled too much.

casimendocina · 06-06-2010, 08:37 AM

Would I take the piss???????????? Never!

Pico and ME · 06-06-2010, 09:14 AM

Really now, only republicans ask this question. It comes off as whiny.

casimendocina · 06-07-2010, 07:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Really now, only republicans ask this question. It comes off as whiny.

So, what's a Republican? (just kidding)

casimendocina · 06-07-2010, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Really now, only republicans ask this question. It comes off as whiny.

Seriously, I don't live in the States or have much exposure to the subtle nuances aside from what one gets through the media and TV...I had some friends who taught in the UK for a couple of years and they mentioned that the ultimate insult was for a kid to say "your mum" to someone (presumably their teacher). Given that the friends in question had no context for it, it meant absolutely nothing and therefore had no effectiveness.

wolf · 06-07-2010, 11:30 AM

No. We are by our nature unequal. Some excel, some fail, and most putter around in the middle. Education, particularly in the early grades, has suffered ever since they started teaching to the lowest common denominator, rather than stratifying classes/groups and teaching each group to the highest level of their ability, and working to push past that.

I keep thinking of Vonnegut and the weights, the clunky shoes, and the noiseboxes.

06-04-2010, 11:19 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	shrugs Sweet-n-Low will do in a pinch. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-04-2010, 12:14 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	should auld acquaintance be forgot? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-04-2010, 07:55 PM	#5
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I think life would be very stagnant if all things were equal. What I mean is that it's the inequalities in life that encourage us to strive for something better. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-04-2010, 08:02 PM	#6
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	being deep fail is not equal. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

06-06-2010, 02:56 AM	#8
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yeah...just like in Australia! (not) __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-06-2010, 05:22 AM	#9
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	My thoughts exactly because we're sooooooooooooooo egalitarian and everyone gets a fair go all the time.

06-06-2010, 06:01 AM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Uhuh...now just wait a sec while I make my leg a bit more comfy. It's a bit sore from being pulled too much. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-06-2010, 08:37 AM	#11
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	Would I take the piss???????????? Never!

06-06-2010, 09:14 AM	#12
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Really now, only republicans ask this question. It comes off as whiny.

06-07-2010, 11:30 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	No. We are by our nature unequal. Some excel, some fail, and most putter around in the middle. Education, particularly in the early grades, has suffered ever since they started teaching to the lowest common denominator, rather than stratifying classes/groups and teaching each group to the highest level of their ability, and working to push past that. I keep thinking of Vonnegut and the weights, the clunky shoes, and the noiseboxes. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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