Posts posted by Knoxtnhorn
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I really don't understand the condescension of parents by some on this thread. If a parent is aware enough to struggle with or question a new teaching concept then, more than likely, the child of said parent will probably be successful whether they use CC or not.
The increasingly smaller percentage of students that have involved parents will be fine regardless of how they add 2 + 2. Does CC help the other 50-80%? That should be the question. And it can be asked w/o trashing those that are concerned.
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I'm a teacher, so I'll opine.
There are two different issues here - the practical and the political.
Practically, it is a math strategy that could help some children but confuse the hell out of others. A good teacher knows to differentiate teaching so as many students as possible become successful/proficient. If CC was instituted as one of multiple strategies to teach math (and/or ELA), there probably wouldn't have been much of a controversy. The problem is that, in many cases, it was quickly adopted at the state levels and instituted as the only way to teach math/ELA.
What's interesting about the politics is that people from both sides of the aisle have raised hell both for and against it. You had the Obama administration, Chamber of Commerce Associations, and Exxon/Mobil, for example, lauding it while liberal teacher unions and The Heritage Foundation joined forces against it. Some of the initial objections came from the Feds tying funding to its acceptance at the state level. Essentially, organizations/groups from both sides hated it and supported it.
I started teaching in TN in 2012. At the time, we had spi's for each grade level to teach for the state's standardized test - TCAP. Each district treated the teaching process differently, as they had autonomy. All of the sudden, TN adopts CC and all hell breaks loose. All the districts were basically told that CC would be fully implemented within 3 years and to get your shit in gear. Long story short. The computer versions of the CC tests crashed the first three years, districts were pissed because they spent quite a bit of money on both materials and training, teachers were pissed because they had to do all this new training, parents were pissed because, "WTF is going on". It was a complete disaster. At last check, the TN DoE was trying to figure out how to get out of something they had completely committed to w/o losing even more money and pissing off even more people.
I could add more, but I'm pretty sure I've crossed into tl;dr territory more than once.
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22 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:
It doesn’t change. If you don’t like it, you won’t.
It got a tad better towards the end. I'm just not a big fan of horror movies in which things happen for no reason.
SpoilerSo the mysterious painter had a bad life, died, and his paintings weren't destroyed. This led to them coming to life or something and killing people? Whatevs.
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Watching Velvet Buzzsaw right now. This is one of the stupidest movies I've ever seen. Granted, I'm only about halfway through, but geez. It's about a bunch of uber douches in the art world and paintings come alive and kill people or something.
@Pato del Muerto should I keep going?
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I'm mostly off it (keto) now. It's allowed me to adjust my eating habits for the better, but I'm not sure I needed it for more than just getting a little weight out of the way.
I have three things going for me that should help with the last few lbs.
1) I don't eat or crave sweets. You can stick a cake, pie, cookie, etc... in front of me and I won't touch it - even if I'm hungry. Just don't like them.
2) I'm pretty active comparatively speaking. I teach, so I'm on my feet all day. I also bike and play soccer.
3) I think I have a high metabolism compared to most. I spent the first 30 years of my life trying to gain weight. Granted, I took it about 20 lbs too far, but just eating like a normal human being should do the trick. Not hitting Whataburger, Taco Bueno, etc.. every night plus a 12 pack every weekend is prob going to go a long way in getting where I want to be.
Thanks for all the advice and help to everyone on here. I'll check in periodically.
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4 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:
Murray lived in Lewisville. He transferred in. Along with 73 other football players to Allen during a 5 year period.
Nothing to see here folks!
Thanks. That's what I thought, but I wanted to ensure I had it correct before running my mouth.
So, by my count, he:
Left Lewisville for the greener pastures of Allen.
Almost left aggy for Texas at the last minute. (Rumors have his last minute visit as a douche-bag gimmick so either way....)
Left aggy for OU.
Left the A's for the NFL. Or, maybe not. Who know because he seems mildly brain dead.
What a guy.
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Is there some sort of formula that can put my mind at ease re: changing fat to muscle and the subsequent effect on weight?
I went from 224 and extremely sedentary (for about 3 months before Jan 1st) to keto a couple of weeks ago to keto + lots of activity/workouts a week ago. I droppred down to a low of 207 last Fri. I'm actually up to 210 today. I'm trying to convince myself that I've lost fat and added muscle, but I don't want to make excuses.
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1 hour ago, PantsTent said:
Go ask your Shaka questions...
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Hook 'em, Horns!
Good luck with that Shaka.
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aggy kind of reminds me of the time I broke up with a girl in high school. We had the same friends, so we had to sit near each other at lunch. She would go out of her way to let everyone know how happy she was and how many guys she talked to and how she was in such demand. Everyone around her just snickered the entire time. Joke was on her similarly to aggy.
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I've cheated like hell the lasr 24 hours. Partially because I needed a break but also paryially because I wanted to get a sense of how my body feels after 2 weeks.
Now I know it won't be that hard to get back on the horse plus I start a much more rigorous exercise routine tomorrow to get me ready for soccer and cycling races.
The movie you just watched
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Edited by Knoxtnhorn
I'd never seen The Outsiders. I knew it had a bunch of actors in their first rolls. I didn't know Coppola directed it.
What a terrible effing movie. Just terrible. The music was horrible. The acting was horrible. The only good thing was Diane Lane, who somehow managed about 2 mins of screen time after the initial drive-in scene.