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#721 |
polaroid of perfection
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 24,185
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Cold cow orkers.
Am they lizards?! It's still WARM here. Shush. Thank goodness for a large drafty old high-ceilinged building. I will revel in it as the temperature drops. Damn. Forgot there's a thermostat here. So far they've only used the stand-alone heater.
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#722 |
dar512 is now Pete Zicato
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Chicago suburb
Posts: 4,968
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I dunno. I'm pretty sure I've seen in his posts where he says, "I'd hit that."
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#723 |
I know, right?
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,539
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I got a B on my history exam.
Not an A. Damn. But you know, that's not what bugs me the most about the test. My actual percentage on the test was a 73. You may wonder, and rightly so, on what planet a 73% is a "B." Well, my friends, it's Planet Curve. Out of 75 points, the highest anybody got was 69. The lowest was 12. The class average was 40. How many points were required to pass? Anyone wanna guess? Never mind. It's 25 points. That's right, if a student got 34% of the questions right, he passed. Again, this is on Planet Curve. Why do teachers grade on a curve? Because they SUCK. If this guy was a half decent lecturer and did an adequate job of telling us what was expected on the test (ie. how to answer the short essays) and didn't make the stupid multiple choice questions so damn vague, maybe he wouldn't NEED a curve. I got 98, 97, and 98 on the first three exams in History 102 last year. Granted I might have studied a wee bit more for those - not much - that was a GOOD teacher. Very good. Blech. I'm going to roast him on ratemyprofessors.com, when I finish the term. So there. |
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#724 |
Only looks like a disaster tourist
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: above 7,000 feet
Posts: 7,208
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Juniper, are you going to school for the grades or to learn something? As long as you're learning, who cares about the grade? And if you're not learning anything the grade is still not important.
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#725 |
I know, right?
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,539
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Yes, but let's think about this for a moment.
Because of the curve, in order to pass the exam, students only had to get one third of the answers correct. A "C" grade was equivalent to one half of the answers. Which means that a C student only has to learn half of the material. And an A student has to learn approximately 80% of the material. When the curve is that big, what does that tell you? It tells me that the students aren't learning much, and the professor doesn't give a shit, he just wants 'em to pass so he doesn't get fired for being such a crappy teacher. And yes, actually, my grades are important to me. I would like to remain in the honors program, not to mention, have the option to get into grad school. |
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#726 |
Come on, cat.
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area
Posts: 7,013
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An entry in the manky feet category.... my current blister collection:
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#727 |
twatfaced two legged bumhole
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 3,143
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That's what you get for buying Nike's. . .
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#728 |
Come on, cat.
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area
Posts: 7,013
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I have no freaking idea but its not the first one there as you can [maybe] see from the healed scars...
My last Nike's were the best shoes ever... not one complaint... these looked like they were exactly the same just different colors. Can't tell they have issues until about a 1/2 hour on the treadmill.... I'm ordering the expensive ones I saw on Zappos damnit... fucking shoes...
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#729 |
all hollowed out
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ridgecrest, CA
Posts: 982
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Whats irritating me today? Why did the chicken halfway cross the road? So my husband could pick it up and bring it home to live with us!
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#730 |
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 20,012
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I'm sorry... are you saying your husband brought home an actual chicken?
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#731 |
Your Bartender
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Philly Burbs, PA
Posts: 7,651
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Looks like you'd better get to work, binky!
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#732 |
all hollowed out
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ridgecrest, CA
Posts: 982
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yes. It's about half grown, and sitting in a cardboard box in our family room, until he can build a cage this weekend
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all hollowed out
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ridgecrest, CA
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Quote:
But i will present the idea to my husband, and my ("oh lets keep him Mom, he's soooo cute!!) 12 year old daughter
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#734 |
Doctor Wtf
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Badelaide, Baustralia
Posts: 12,861
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Didn't you just take in a cat?
At least the chook should come up with the occasional egg to earn her keep.
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#735 |
I know, right?
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 1,539
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Aw, chickies are good little pets. Stupid, though.
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