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so did McCain just blow it? (pg. 56)
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
I'm going to preface this by saying I have nothing to back it up, but isn't it at least possible that a standardized test like the GRE doesn't exactly play to the strengths of elementary educators?
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Quite possible.
Honestly, temperament is probably a lot more important than brains in elementary education, so long as a basic level of competence is present. But it's getting people who have less than that "basic level" that I worry about... |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| quote: | Foreign Policy
by Sarah Palin
Foreign Policy is an important part of the job of vice president. It means what you're going to make foreigners do, especially in Iraq.
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at Umm Qasr on the Persian Gulf. There are two major flowing rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia.
Iraq is in the Middle East, where there is a lot of oil. However, some of the people there hate America. There are some countries nearby that love freedom and America (i.e. Saudi Arabia), but Iraq is not one of them, as proved by them electing Saddam Hussein. Most people think that he probably had something to do with 9-11, however it is now considered politically incorrect to say so out loud.
America got rid of Saddam, however the people of Iraq are still ungrateful. This makes Democrats sad, they want to leave Iraq. But President Bush wasn't looking for thank you's, he just wants to do what is right, which means we should stay in Iraq. Something which MCCAIN/PALIN will do!
Also near Iraq is Iran, a country that is run by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who also hates America. He is trying to get nucular weapons, which is something that North Korea is doing, too. We can't let them get them! This is why we are building a missile defense in Poland. Poland is an important ally in the war on terror.
In conclusion, Foreign Policy is a complex but fascinating topic.
Bibliography
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
3. http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing...c7ea83f11d8.htm |
http://sarahpalin.typepad.com/my_we...ign-policy.html |
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| RJT |
Jesus. It's like reading a report written by a fifth grader. :( |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| I'm pretty sure that site is a joke, not actually written by Palin. :p |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Jesus. It's like reading a report written by a fifth grader. :( |
Don't get that sad its fake. |
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| RJT |
| Color me an idiot. I didn't actually click the link. :( |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| This site is even better than www.tonyhomo.com -- Drew Bledsoe's blog from 2006. |
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| Zild |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Color me an idiot. I didn't actually click the link. :( |
You should read through the whole site as it is ing hilarious. |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Also, just throwing this out there - but no one with even a single bachelors degree (high school, even?), much less two masters degrees, would cite some of the sources cited in this thread.
Either that, or standards for education really have gone to absolute ing hell in a hand basket.
To be honest, I'm actually more concerned that the latter is true. :( |
Yes, you're right on the money... because a truly educated person would only spend their time soaking up the sources that you, being the deft sociologist that you are, read from. Very open minded. So, are you flat out calling me a liar? That I'm completely making up my college education? because I just noticed in your post a few pages back that you said you and everyone else doesn't buy it. |
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| Lebezniatnikov |
| Are we still exchanging credentials? Because in a thread like this, I think I can win this game! :) |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
Yes, you're right on the money... because a truly educated person would only spend their time soaking up the sources that you, being the deft sociologist that you are, read from. Very open minded. So, are you flat out calling me a liar? That I'm completely making up my college education? because I just noticed in your post a few pages back that you said you and everyone else doesn't buy it. |
No, what I said is:
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
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Give me a ing break with this bullshit, "this is how big my academic pen0r is" nonsense. I'm not buying it, and I'd wager few others are either. |
Which means that regardless of it's veracity, your education is meaningless here, it's what you've said in this thread that matters to anyone reading it - and having seen that, you could have a Ph.D. in "I'MA DUH PREZUHDUNT" and it still wouldn't matter to anyone who'd read the kinds of drivel you've churned out page after page here.
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Are we still exchanging credentials? Because in a thread like this, I think I can win this game! :) |
I'm just askin dude... because I got basically called out for being a liar. I have nothing to say about your credentials... but if they are great, then more power to you man (not being sarcastic). |
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