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(...) Add not-so-industrialized nations to these..:-) At least for high schools. One of my friends from high school went to US via an international student exchange program for a period of one year in a US high school. I remembered that he was not (...) (25 years ago, 10-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I have nothing really important to say. I just thought I'd ramble on about something I'm making, but haven't taken any pictures of yet. (I had planned to take pictures of the building process, but you know how it is when you get on a roll...you (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hey Jeff! I'm always happy to hear any kind of "ramble" (IMO it's not ramble anyhow) as long as it's castle related <grin>... In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes: <snip> Sounds like a great layout! Using hinges is really good, I like accessible (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Yep, and since this is being built specifically for a story, accessible interiors are very important! I actually always try to have accessible interiors, just because things are so much cooler that way. After all, why have an interior if you (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(XP to .org.cw 'coz part of it is about CW stories... but not FUT 'coz it's not totally CW. if replying to the CW part, kindly FUT .org.cw!) (...) Right! On an aside, interiors are my favorite part of buildings.... somewhat because it's just as (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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I've just thrown some quic pics up on my site. They're in the directory (URL) captions, no HTML, just eight 640x480 pics of the castle as it is now. (...) The Sphinx Secret Surprise (for $9!) mostly, I think. But there must have been others. I know (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) hey, looks great! I'll comment later, I gotta be brief now, but -- very cool! (...) Actually, I'm not quite to the Sweet 16 yet... but so close that I can't help thinking of it as 16... ("just two more months, Shiri... relax!" ;-) So nope, (...) (25 years ago, 11-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Very impresive. Excelent use of BURPS and wall peices. I love the way you built the castle over water and worked it so well into the interior. Cant wait to see it completed. Cale (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes: <snip> (Have an adult cut along the dotted lines) ---...--- (...) LIAR!!! You still have 2 months to go! Just like me!!! <<KM>> (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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(...) Hey, yo, whoa! I know, and I admitted it! (see bottom part of (URL) hold yer horses, and cars too! I won't be able to drive for two months yet, neither will you; but hey, a girl can dream, can't she? <grin> -Shiri FUT .people, .off-topic.fun (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.castle.org.cw, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Ooooh, very nice. I loved the beach especially, and the door leading to the beach. I make my docks a little differently: I use one height of 1x2 and 1x4 brown "wood" sections (what Fort Legoredo is built with) above and below the rightmost and (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've done docks like that, too. The Shanghai Surprise set has one like that, in fact. Trouble is that almost all of my 'log bricks' are in use in the Desert Outpost. (...) There isn't one at present, but that's because I haven't finished the (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) No, no you can't dream. Dreams are to be wiped from the face of the earth! Happy people will then follow, creating a world full of mean, pessimistic individuals like myself! Or, hold your dreams until after my midterms (coming up tommorrow, (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Well at least you don't have to take the MCAS (1)!!! Uch, bleah! I had the long composition part today, I totally blacked out and barely managed to write the stupid essay. And I still have 5 more testing days in May. Ugh! -Shiri (1) (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) long (...) Doh! That must be where I got the idea. *whistles innocently* Lots of extra cylinders work too, as piles. Black and brown are good colors for those. (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Is that where everyone sneezes at the same time? That must be gross...and loud... eww. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) You forgot: wet, slimey, and green :) Richard (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sheesh. I had a Mass-ACHU experience yesterday evening, but I don't know if yall want it described or not... -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I heard an NPR report about this test yesterday. They interviewed a 10th-grader who was organizing a protest against the test by having around 40 students write about a different topic than the one that was prompted in the test. The guy (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Hey, talk about bogieplates in the .trains group. ;-) --Todd (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I didn't know trains used boogerplates... Or were you talking about Humphry Bogartplates? :) Jeff (25 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Well, sort of. The plan was to: a. show up for the test b. not write *anything* on the test forms c. use the time "constructively" to write a letter to the superintendent or other representatives. At least that was the boycotters plan in my (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Keep on truckin', man! You gotta make the best out of school. They like to do it backwards here: instead of teaching you useful stuff and letting you practice it on your own, they have you perform a bunch of essentially meaningless tasks and (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) I can answer this one... It's vacation week for Massachusetts (and coincidentally many other places). It's vacation week in MA because this is the week which contains Patriot's Day (April 19, nor the closest Monday to April 19). For other (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) Uh, yeah, I noticed. I have a lot to rant about the US school system, and for that matter the Israeli one too. I do think the Israeli one (in which I spent most of my years) is slightly better, but not by much. The school I went to for the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I've just GOTTA stick my two cents into this one. I've been going to the same school district for 13 years; (I'm a senior, YAY!) good ol' Albia Community School District in Albia, IA. And they are the most bass-ackward bunch I've ever seen. They try (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't even know where to trim Chris' words, so I'll just quote the whole dang thing. I'd venture to say that the attitude he displays helps drag down the standards of American education. It's one thing to be upset with the quality of your (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Of course you did, and I bet you and everyone else at that school learned things they were really interested in. I think one problem with American schools is that they think that there's a strict curriculum which everybody needs to learn in (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Good thing you're saying this in .fun, because it really is pretty funny. But if you're seriously espousing this line of thought instead of just being silly, take it up in .debate where it can be properly skewered. ++Lar (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.people)
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(...) What about when the teacher brings in lots of Star Wars LEGO sets and lets the students play with them?(1) Alan (1)I've seen it happen! (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That is one of my major *major* beefs from the normal schooling system. They teach you things which definitely might turn out to be useful; but do you hear the teachers ever mentioning that? Not in my current school. One of my favorite and (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sorry, my public school was so poor they couldn't even afford to teach us how to express irony on a computer keyboard. Heck, we were lucky if we could find a computer and it even had enough working keys to type the word "irony". -Ph l (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) In my experience, the teachers who fail to convey the usefulness of basic concepts just don't have a good understanding of how they are actually used. I might be wrong, but it seems to me that not many people are willing to give up an (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, I realise you were speaking ironically. My beef is more that you're speaking incorrectly from my viewpoint, and that you're espousing political opinions in an incendiary way in the wrong group. You (and Shiri) clearly have issues with the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) This is playing dangerously close to equivocation: using one mindset’s definition of success to refute the success of another mindset that uses a different definition. If you define success as happiness or job satisfaction (and that’s a valid (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Shiri Dori wrote about MCAS: (...) Judging from present company, I'd guess the ESL'ers would make the natives look bad. Steve (25 years ago, 20-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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<snip> I'd venture to say that the attitude he displays helps drag down the (...) Touche. I'm not trying to drag down standards, nor criticize you. I'm not saying you criticized me; we each have our own opinion, and are entitled to it. My GPA is (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Aye, there's a teacher at our school (he teaches history) who brought in about 20 blue tubs of Legos. He divided us into groups, and we each built an Early English Castle model. THIS is the kind of stuff I learn from! -Chris (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Some of the best teachers i had in highschool taught this way. If you didn't understand something they would try hard to find out why you were having trouble and did whatever they could to help. And did this without holding up the rest. (...) (...) (25 years ago, 22-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) a (...) If you haven't already, read "What Color is Your Parachute". A great book of practical advice on job-hunting. Bruce (25 years ago, 24-Apr-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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