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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> I have several Turkish friends studied at US high schools during a one year period by scholarship from AFS (an international student exchange program for high school students). While all of them impressed their USian high (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Rush: "Lego is a Tool for 4 year olds"
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I am glad I read this whole thread before jumping in. I just want to say that I agree with Robert. -- Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Brunskill wrote in message ... (...) They (...) original (...) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) This is changing. Businesses want people who know how to work together, cooperate, and communicate. While a high grade student probably won't have trouble getting a job, an average student from one school is more likely to be passed over for a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) The statement that initiative and leadership, etc., have nothing to do with going to college is dead wrong. It's not exhibited in college as often as it should be, and that's part of the reason for the search for better processes. People who (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow Lar your just lightin em up huh? LOL I can see Mindstorms maybe a excuse for college application.. Because thats some serious Lego shtuff (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The snipper from heck strikes again... (...) You forgot advanced beer drinking, how to file previous year exams to make them easy to find, why eggs are legal only at breakfast time, why freshman lab students might want to jump their lab instructor, (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Again, selectively snipping for the heck of it. (...) I agree with you, private colleges *should* be able to. But it's a forlorn hope. They provide public accomodations so they're stuck with the same loony regulations as everyone else. Even if they (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I'm just sort of picking tiny snippets to comment on... (...) I know for a fact from personal experience that a high SAT score is not a perfect predictor of college success (at a good college, where good study skills are important). Don't even ask (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm not sure I agree with this. At least not the part about bleeding. For example, if there were a Satan, would he bleed? I don't think so. Rush is certainly moronic, though. In a good mood tonight because dubya got trounced in NH. Not that I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Who oversees the rec.toys.LEGO newsgroup?
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Well, we're both right. I think the phrase must be a bit more common on your underside of the world ;-), because of your more pure English heritage. You guys probably use it more, and probably have the right to spell it how you like. I only found (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote: <snip> (...) I have to totally disagree with you here... We work in groups in school right now, You have to learn the team spirit and how to work in a group in order to be productive in the REAL world.. Companys don't want (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm a parent of children ranging from age 6 to 16, and I happen to really appreciate suggested age ranges. Although all of my kids are well past the age of putting things into their mouth that they could choke on, I've observed that the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Umm, no. In this case it is long bow. It's describing what I'm doing to the bow, that is drawing long on it, or "stretching the truth/argument" to interpret it as a colloquialism. So I'm not drawing a longbow (noun), I'm drawing long (adverb) (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) To say that the United States saved anybody's butt in WWII is ridiculous. I am American and have a tremendous amount of pride for the role that the US played in WWII but I wouldn't begin to think that the US saved anyone's butt. I personally (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) _not_ (...) Generally when someone professes to be a conservative they are refering to their belief in conservative values, i.e. God, family, rule of law, and individual freedoms. The term conservative has nothing to do with foresight or (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (major snip) (...) This is true, for the most part, and for most majors. However, for CompSci, at least at my alma mater, there was a "team programming" course where your grade depended on the output of your team. I think the architectural (...) (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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(...) someone (...) What I was stating in the initial message was that a Lego robot test would harm the acadamically intelligent student. And it would. As have stated before that does not mean that I am content with the current system. I admit that (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And a "academically intelligent" person is always the best person to solve a problem? This is the thing, the collages have to look outside the box (outside the top 5-10-33% of students _by marks_ or _by SAT_ or by any other method that is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I would _disagree_ with you that the test to see how well a group of you can rebuild a lego robot is a poor test. I think that it is _just_ as valid a test as a SAT or other "grade" test, it is _not_ the only thing that should be tested for (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What I ment by "academicallly intelligent" person was somebody who excels in the traditional areas of academics, reading, writing, history etc. Not someone who can make the best duplicate of a Lego robot. -Rich (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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