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Trollheart · 10-15-2017, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Fair enough. He's pretty formulaic. What don't you like?

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Originally Posted by Frownland

It's very plain and he puts so much time into boring and irrelevant details.

On the nose. On. The. ****ing. Nose. Spot on. I started reading Salem's Lot for Karen, the guy took like thirty pages or something to introduce one character, or concept. I don't remember which but damn it was boring.

Another author who does this, but who I like, is Stephen Donaldson. My brother has a phrase: "Donaldson has to describe every blade of grass on the journey." It's not far from the truth. I do a lot of exposition and setting up with my own work, but I try to check it when it looks like it might be getting boring (which is never, of course!)

I just don't get King. He's dined out on Carrie, The Shining and Salem's Lot, maybe Pet Semetary and a few others for decades now, but most of the stuff he writes seems to be pretty standard grade, yet you'll meet many people who will tell you "Oh all I read is Stephen King."

In some ways, he's both cornered the market on, and simultaneously ruined, the horror novel genre. Give me Barker any day.

Trollheart · 10-17-2017, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

not sure what to type in here.

Best. Post. Ever!

The Batlord · 10-17-2017, 10:40 AM

I am also just here to say that I have nothing to say.

Trollheart · 10-17-2017, 10:47 AM

I am also here to say that you have nothing to say.

The Batlord · 10-17-2017, 10:44 AM

I've stirred up enough **** and am satisfied.

**Frownland** · 10-24-2017, 09:47 PM

From what I've seen, common core math makes a lot of sense and most likely helps kids understand large numbers and how to approach using them in math a lot better.

Neapolitan · 10-25-2017, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

From what I've seen, common core math makes a lot of sense and most likely helps kids understand large numbers and how to approach using them in math a lot better.

I heard otherwise, that common core math is very difficult. That is why grade people refer to it as "hardcore" math.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 10-25-2017, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

From what I've seen, common core math makes a lot of sense and most likely helps kids understand large numbers and how to approach using them in math a lot better.

I help 4 children with their math homework every week. I can tell you that from my experience, common core is not about learning, but about control.

They don't even teach them the original / basic ways of math. They won't let you just add the fucking numbers together and get an answer. You have to round each number to the nearest 10, then to the nearest 100, then add those, then subtract the originals from the rounded, add those, then subtract that from the answer you got by rounding and adding. Or some stupid shit like that.

If you do it the old way and get the right answer, they count it wrong b/c you didn't follow directions properly.

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Originally Posted by Trapjunkie

Any thoughts on the arising #MeToo-campaign? Imo it has gotten a bit out of hand undermining the real victims when Every girl on social media spams this hashtag..

I have seen some god awful fugly chicks post it and I had to [mentally] call BULLSHIT. And when a male posts it, they get laughed at. Like men can't be victims?

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I don't know why we don't offer trade school options in high school. Why not offer kids the knowledge of how to fix cars or weld when they're still in school? They'd clearly do better with that than Algebra 2 that they'll forget in a week if they even learned it in the first place.

Couldn't agree more!

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Compulsory education of any kind is a failure.

Forcing people to do things against their will is hardly the best approach to bettering our society.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

What is the goal of compulsory education?

Control of the population. Push agenda into the minds of kids who don't know any better.

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

in America education needs to be free and non-compulsory.

Free education sounds enticing. I think access to knowledge should be free in this day and age. But free education only comes from tax money. And taxation is theft. I can understand the argument that if we are going to be taxed anyways, we may as well use those taxes for something good like free education. Find a way to make education free w/o using tax money and I'm all for it.

OccultHawk · 10-24-2017, 10:52 PM

What they expect is reasonable. The kids stop doing math after 3rd grade. Try teaching fractions to kids who don’t understand what division is. If the people who profit from common core would back a system that doesn’t allow 5-10% of the students to make the class unteachable it would be fine. No one. And I mean literally no one. Can teach or learn with five kids shouting profanity non-stop for the entire class. And the way they test common core is insane. You give a three hour exam broken into four segments on computer in schools that only carry enough bandwidth for one grade to take it at one time. Other classes have restricted movement all day and drive the teachers insane. The kids being tested sleep through the exam. Then the teacher gets branded unsatisfactory. But yeah, it’s pretty good. Give it a try. See how those low income So Cal students react to it. I’m sure they would love your white ass.

**Frownland** · 10-25-2017, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by OccultHawk

What they expect is reasonable. The kids stop doing math after 3rd grade. Try teaching fractions to kids who don’t understand what division is. If the people who profit from common core would back a system that doesn’t allow 5-10% of the students to make the class unteachable it would be fine. No one. And I mean literally no one. Can teach or learn with five kids shouting profanity non-stop for the entire class. And the way they test common core is insane. You give a three hour exam broken into four segments on computer in schools that only carry enough bandwidth for one grade to take it at one time. Other classes have restricted movement all day and drive the teachers insane. The kids being tested sleep through the exam. Then the teacher gets branded unsatisfactory. But yeah, it’s pretty good. Give it a try. See how those low income So Cal students react to it. I’m sure they would love your white ass.

Ja, our school system needs a lot of work. That's not much to do with what I was saying though, since we all know that you can't teach the poors anyway.

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