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The Stupid Success Awards
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Lol, true, my pricniple is Flip and she want everyone to get staright A's
05-11-2008 02:20 PM
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lol. again, note my location. richmond hill is called rice man hill

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


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I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

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05-11-2008 02:21 PM
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La Barata Wrote:OOOOO YA. Trust me, it is the same, but with more work. that's why i dropped out of the gifted program
Yeh, it is. The gifted program at my old school...The english class one...You basically skip ahead a year...and for some reason end up with 5x as much homework.

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Kinda like... regular school wasn't turning "gifted" kids into mindless drones well enough, so they give 'em 5x as much work to make 'em more exhausted and less likely to think about anything in their spare time (like, the 5 minutes before they go to sleep). Suspicious

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SoulRiser Wrote:Kinda like... regular school wasn't turning "gifted" kids into mindless drones well enough, so they give 'em 5x as much work to make 'em more exhausted and less likely to think about anything in their spare time (like, the 5 minutes before they go to sleep). Suspicious
Yah, >.>. I only actually lasted in that program for like 2 and a half years. It wasn't hard at all, just took too much time to do (homework), so I didn't do it.

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that, and the teachers were psychopaths

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


Though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

[Image: copbusted.jpg]
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note: ignor spelling

How many of you have ended up on the honor roll............. if you have I applaud you. My understanding is that you must have an average of 80 in order to get on. Every semester I have tried to get on, and every time im just off by 2 or three. Then one year Im off by 1.5, I figured this was the year I would get on the honor roll.
NOPE!!!!!!!!! I didn’t get on, however all the dumb asses who are so good at sports they get like a 97% got one..... after that point I just stopped giving a bleeding heart about that damn award. And I know allot of other people who have had the same thing happen.

The schools give these things out to those who do good to motivate them to do good, but what about the kids who arnt doing good. What do they get (unless your a LD anyway) nothin
That just goes to show that unless your smart enough for them they could care less about you. The school isn’t there to make kids smart its there to sort the smart from the dumb and try and force the dumb kids to learn obedience.

but that’s just one guys opinion Ranting

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there's no point to the honour roll except to exemplify some people to make others feel badly about themselves

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


Though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

[Image: copbusted.jpg]
Phail.

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05-12-2008 01:52 AM
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La Barata Wrote:there's no point to the honour roll except to exemplify some people to make others feel badly about themselves
I cope with it by planing my evil plot Mwahaha to kill them all Mwahaha
05-12-2008 05:58 AM
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dose it involve fish?

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


Though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

[Image: copbusted.jpg]
Phail.

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05-12-2008 08:19 AM
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How did you know
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note: ignor spelling

i once went to a public school were it was manditory that everyone got at least one award.....all i can say is that the reasons for getting the awards got pretty stupid.

another public school i went to devoted an etire period twice a year to giving out awards.....they did that so that all the people who didnt get an award would know they didnt get an award which would cause them to feel like worthless peices of sh|t and brake...allowing the school to mold them into obedient worker drones.

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We Are The Public Education System. Prepare To Be Assimilated. Resistance Is Futile.

(lol, i think i found my new sig
Razz

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


Though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

[Image: copbusted.jpg]
Phail.

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Sigs are for fat people.
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i have the baby fail pic in your sig, btw

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


Though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

[Image: copbusted.jpg]
Phail.

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Yeah my friend sent it to me a while back.
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huh, as did mine

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


Though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

[Image: copbusted.jpg]
Phail.

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*Twilight Zone theme song plays in the background*
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lol, zelda is teh shits

John:"ONLY YOU! ONLY YOU WOULD THINK OF PUTTING A SCREAMER IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SUMMATIVE PRESENTATION!! IN WORLD RELIGIONS!
Me: Come on! I was just seeing if they were paying attention!


Though I walk through the valley
Of the shadow of death
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK,
'CAUSE I'M INTO
DRAGONFORCE!

[Image: copbusted.jpg]
Phail.

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Merich Wrote:note: ignor spelling

How many of you have ended up on the honor roll............. if you have I applaud you. My understanding is that you must have an average of 80 in order to get on. Every semester I have tried to get on, and every time im just off by 2 or three. Then one year Im off by 1.5, I figured this was the year I would get on the honor roll.
NOPE!!!!!!!!! I didn’t get on, however all the dumb asses who are so good at sports they get like a 97% got one..... after that point I just stopped giving a bleeding heart about that damn award. And I know allot of other people who have had the same thing happen.

The schools give these things out to those who do good to motivate them to do good, but what about the kids who arnt doing good. What do they get (unless your a LD anyway) nothin
That just goes to show that unless your smart enough for them they could care less about you. The school isn’t there to make kids smart its there to sort the smart from the dumb and try and force the dumb kids to learn obedience.

but that’s just one guys opinion Ranting

I was on the honor roll in the 5th grade, and I thought it was easy, it was also the last school year until things went downhill for me.
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