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School says we have no imagination
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flann
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School says we have no imagination
Many examples; they say 'we need more imagination'
They tell stories of sheeple who listened to their teacher and had imagination
It makes me MAD.
I have IMAGINATION.
No, not rainbow unicorns jumping around the sky (ponies maybe)
I do not like to express it though. But however they say 'get a bigger imagination'
Well no. It's perfectly sized to an infinite amount.
Discuss
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Re: School says we have no imagination
Yeah, I never understand how they want us to incorporate creativity into something we absolutely loathe.
School desensitizes you and makes you passive. It train you to get a robot, and beleive anything they tell you. How the hell are you supposed to be creative.
Its bullshit, when they say that. I will carelessly fail art and drama class.
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Re: School says we have no imagination
School's very nature goes against all creativity. It stifles it. Those people don't even know what the fuck creativity is.
Go to work. Send your kids to school. Follow fashion. Act normal. Walk on the pavement. Watch TV. Save for your old age. Obey the law. Repeat after me: "I am free."
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Re: School says we have no imagination
.Manicrose. Wrote:School's very nature goes against all creativity. It stifles it. Those people don't even know what the fuck creativity is.
Beat me too it.
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Re: School says we have no imagination
I am in the process of coding a small game with three friends, and i do art and concepts. I will personally slap anybody in the face who says i don't have imagination.
"Ask them no more questions, never hear them lying"
People say the problem with me is I have psychotic tendencies and care not about other human beings I don't like and or know. So?
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Re: School says we have no imagination
A friend of mine and I are making up a religion and a language just for the hell of it, so don't tell me I have no imagination.
Freedom is never given; it is always taken. So for the fact that you're not a slave, don't thank those in authority. Thank someone with a "bad attitude."
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sexual abuse of sheep is baaaaaaaaad
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School brings us together, but it doesn't bring us together
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We lost Vietnam cuz we didn't train our soldiers to quickscope.
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@school no you're a towel
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Re: School says we have no imagination
We have no imagination? Screw that, school is the antonym of imagination. Damn, whoever said that kids have no imagination was probably high on weed.
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All I did during high school was make up stories and draw shit... then for a creative writing class I decided to write one of my stories and the teacher told me I could be published because it was so good.
School stifles and rapes imagination. Many teachers will only allow you to do work the way they teach it (especially true for math).
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That is bullshit, school takes away our imagination!
(01-10-2012 02:15 PM)Maelstrom Wrote: Efs, your nihilism is beautiful.
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Re: School says we have no imagination
Phrozen_Soul Wrote:I am in the process of coding a small game with three friends, and i do art and concepts. I will personally slap anybody in the face who says i don't have imagination.
You don't have imagination. lol!
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batboy138 Wrote:Phrozen_Soul Wrote:I am in the process of coding a small game with three friends, and i do art and concepts. I will personally slap anybody in the face who says i don't have imagination.
You don't have imagination. lol!
Nope, i'm just concepting half the game, coming up with the story and characters, And drawing out the ancient European civilization. No imagination to be found.
"Ask them no more questions, never hear them lying"
People say the problem with me is I have psychotic tendencies and care not about other human beings I don't like and or know. So?
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Phrozen_Soul Wrote:batboy138 Wrote:Phrozen_Soul Wrote:I am in the process of coding a small game with three friends, and i do art and concepts. I will personally slap anybody in the face who says i don't have imagination.
You don't have imagination. lol!
Nope, i'm just concepting half the game, coming up with the story and characters, And drawing out the ancient European civilization. No imagination to be found.
I was joking! relax.
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For the first 10 years of school, they yell at you for having imagination, they train you to follow directions and always do things the same way. Then in 10th grade, they tell you to "think outside the box" and they say you go to school so you can learn to be creative, and they say your past teachers didn't push you hard enough.
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Prince Rilian Wrote:For the first 10 years of school, they yell at you for having imagination, they train you to follow directions and always do things the same way. Then in 10th grade, they tell you to "think outside the box" and they say you go to school so you can learn to be creative, and they say your past teachers didn't push you hard enough.
:troll:
Seriously, I bet I have much more imagination than any fucktard teacher saying "get a bigger imagination".
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BSBSBSBSBSBSBS i currently make a series on a comic making site called stripgenerator.com called the adventures of Das Hund. if you wanna see it, go to the site and put in adventures and das hund. if you see comics made by gwen10rocks, you got the series
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Re: School says we have no imagination
My teacher says I have no imagination, but I am creative. Teachers have an imagination to keep an evil service going, so schools are hard to destroy.
Quote:One day the teachers were having a meeting. "What should we do next?" asked Dr. Rita. "I've got those arcitecture plans for that physics project we're going to hold." said Mr. Almosis. "What is this physics class supposed to teach?" asked Mr. Rita. "It's something about gravity." said Mr. Almosis.
"Show me those plans." commanded Dr. Rita. Dr. Rita examined the plans. "What is this, Mr. Almosis?" Asked Dr. Rita. "This is a contraption that lifts up to 20 students 60 feet into the air in safety straps (of course). And then quickly drops them 55 feet to the ground and then slows back to the ground. It was the latest in school technology." said Mr. Almosis. "Impressive plan, Mr. Almosis" commented Dr. Rita. "Make sure you send an inspector to inspect the ride to prevent a lawsuit, ending up with the school getting sued." said Dr. Rita. "Ok, meeting ajurn." said Mr. Almosis.
The meeting ended.
My teacher also said that I couldn't write just because it's off-topic, just like i try to make all my journals so they don't steal my secrets.
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The school says they know about Imagination?
In my School, Art, Music, and Drama Classes are only HALF OF A CREDIT
Enough said....
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