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Does anyone have anything like this?

Current events: We must find an article and write a one page paper on it. WTF is this supposed to do for us? (besides teach us to follow orders of the teachers that think they are so special)

Reading Cards: About the same thing as current events but it must be on a note card.

Both of these have absolutely no point at all and need to be abolished
Is any one with me on this?
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09-13-2007 08:21 AM
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OMG OMG ME AND CURRENT EVENTS.. GOOD TIMES

So last year every other friday on last period we would arange our desks in a circle and brign in a news article of our choice, write a short summary and sate ur opinions. it was as fun as hell, we would ALWAYS GET INTO HUGE DEABTES (almost all of which involved me and me contreversy XD) and i would always brign in ant-bush article.. or almost always.
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09-13-2007 08:24 AM
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christillusion Wrote:Current events: We must find an article and write a one page paper on it. WTF is this supposed to do for us? (besides teach us to follow orders of the teachers that think they are so special)

You probably go to a school with "high academic standards"(MORE HOMEWORK), right?


Current events is usually up there with the fun stuff, similar to what darthmat described(especially when your opinion on something makes people laugh).
09-13-2007 08:36 AM
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christillusion Wrote:Current events: We must find an article and write a one page paper on it. WTF is this supposed to do for us? (besides teach us to follow orders of the teachers that think they are so special)

You probably go to a school with "high academic standards"(MORE HOMEWORK), right?


Current events is usually up there with the fun stuff, similar to what darthmat described(especially when your opinion on something makes people laugh).

I do go to a school with a high standerd. Standerdized test scores are extremely high.

As for current events being fun. My teacher sucks the fun right out of it. He tells us what the article must be about. if it is not we get a 0. Then if the paper is too short by even one line We lose 25 points. It happened to me and my friend.
09-13-2007 09:01 AM
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christillusion Wrote:I do go to a school with a high standerd. Standerdized test scores are extremely high.

As for current events being fun. My teacher sucks the fun right out of it. He tells us what the article must be about. if it is not we get a 0. Then if the paper is too short by even one line We lose 25 points. It happened to me and my friend.

I knew it!

And based on your spelling, the standards mean nothing. Laugh

Schools like that suck the fun out of everything.
09-13-2007 09:13 AM
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Mista Conspiracy Wrote:
christillusion Wrote:I do go to a school with a high standerd. Standerdized test scores are extremely high.

As for current events being fun. My teacher sucks the fun right out of it. He tells us what the article must be about. if it is not we get a 0. Then if the paper is too short by even one line We lose 25 points. It happened to me and my friend.

I knew it!

And based on your spelling, the standards mean nothing. Laugh

Schools like that suck the fun out of everything.

I know. My spelling sucks but I make good grades (except in stuff that requires correct spelling of course)
09-13-2007 09:15 AM
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Ugh, I had to do things like that last year too. We had to summarize the article and then write our response to it...my responses were always really sarcastic and cynical. It was bad, bad, bad.
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darthmat Wrote:OMG OMG ME AND CURRENT EVENTS.. GOOD TIMES

and i would always brign in ant-bush article.. .

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Zomg we have current issues this year =D
I love them because they're worth 40 points and I can do another for 10 extra credit.

But the proplem is we have to use an article or something for our sumamry of the event.
I mean I can jsut summarize a basic issue (Yes, I've read that much about shit)

And when I write current issues, we discuss them, so I see them as a nice oppurtunity to enlighten people on severe issues that need to be dealt with. (Which is why when I write an essay, I choose things like Sudan and American Terrorism to talk about)

Whch reminds me, any ideas that need severe attention that doesn't get any? And that would really benifit an important cause?

(I don't mean "Bush is stupid" I mean "inocent poeple are dying")
Kind of thing, and an issue that isnt well known.
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How compulsory schooling isn't necessary!
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No
too long
way too long


And I mean saddening thing (no, not violation of rights, i.e. death)
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