November 15, 2006: Giant clock of sweets - Page 3

wolf · 11-18-2006, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

Then again I learned poems off by heart at school too and am amazed that some people (educated at the same time just in different schoools) don't know where the most basic quotes come from. I didn't realise how lucky I was....

I run into that all the time. I learned great chunks of Shakespeare and can still recite with only minor prompts.

At least in the U.S., most schools are supposed to teach the same stuff, it's just a matter of whether or not the kids pay attention ... or at least it used to be. Our educational system has gotten so dumbed down to the lowest common denominator that I'm surprised people can still tie their own shoes.

CaliforniaMama · 11-18-2006, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Our educational system has gotten so dumbed down to the lowest common denominator that I'm surprised people can still tie their own shoes.

But I'll bet they'd learn how to tell time more quickly if WE required making clock cakes!!!

dar512 · 11-20-2006, 08:10 PM

I keep reading this thread as "Giant glock of sweets" which has a whole different atmosphere to it.

SPUCK · 11-21-2006, 05:25 AM

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Errrrr, you realise it's a Japanese cake, right?

HELL NO I didn't realise or I won't have made that crack. tehehe

Oh and thanks ashke for the translation..

Made at a nutrition school huh?

ashke · 11-21-2006, 08:32 AM

I suppose those students graduate to become certified nutritionists or something...

CaliforniaMama · 11-21-2006, 07:52 PM

"Dad is great! He gave us chocolate cake!"

Why not cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner? It has all the main food groups: flour, eggs, dairy, chocolate . . .

11-20-2006, 08:10 PM	#33
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	I keep reading this thread as "Giant glock of sweets" which has a whole different atmosphere to it. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-21-2006, 07:52 PM	#36
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	"Dad is great! He gave us chocolate cake!" Why not cake for breakfast, lunch and dinner? It has all the main food groups: flour, eggs, dairy, chocolate . . . __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

11-21-2006, 08:32 AM	#35
ashke Don't look at me! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 288	I suppose those students graduate to become certified nutritionists or something...

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