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(...) Rich, and every one else out there!...Conservative _IS_ exactly that, IE, not all that forward looking. You are by definition if you look to new ideas _not_ a conservative. It always strikes me as funny that here in Canada, one of the major (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, most conservatives, in the US, are classical liberals, that do want to change a lot of things. I think we are going into different issues here. (...) Just because you are a progressive, doesn't mean you look forward either. Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) conservative (...) _not_ (...) Conservative-1, Tending to conserve 2, Tending to preserve established institutions: opposed to change. This is the definition of the word "conservative" that is given in the Websters New World Dictionary. I am a (...) (25 years ago, 1-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) What exactly is an "academically intelligent" person? Is that a person that just knows how to get good grades? I remember many excellent students that were not so intelligent. Especially in High School, where there was a much more direct (...) (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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) _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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