How come guys ask each other who they'd boink, Mary Anne or Ginger? What about Mrs Howell?
Was that the start of not seeing the big picture?
Maclean's: America dumbs down
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How come guys ask each other who they'd boink, Mary Anne or Ginger? What about Mrs Howell?
Was that the start of not seeing the big picture?
Mrs Howell was lovely but not everything has to do with boinkin. I enjoyed the tremendous acting ability of them all.
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You are obviously using a metric past it's best beefoo date (1968). The level of establishment corruption in vogue at this time has effectively rendered the USA war machine useless except for bashing third world rable. Have a read about the F35 and when you're finished you'll be finished. The country is soooo far in debt it's worthless to save anyway. Fork it someone will grow a new one on the other side.
Texas Rejects Letting Academics Vet Public School Textbooks
Top Texas education officials rejected Wednesday letting university experts fact-check textbooks approved for use in public-school classrooms statewide, instead reaffirming a vetting system that has helped spark years of ideological battles over how potentially thorny lessons in history and science are taught.
The Board of Education approves textbooks in the nation's second-largest state and stood by its vetting process — despite a Houston-area mother recently complaining that a world geography book used by her son's ninth grade class referred to African slaves as "workers." The publisher, McGraw-Hill Education, apologized and moved to make immediate edits.
Rather than allowing academics to intervene, the board voted unanimously to tweak its current system, mandating that review panels be made up of "at least a majority" of people with "sufficient content expertise and experience" as determined by the Texas education commissioner.
Ratliff had noted that some conservative board members have long stocked review panels with people more concerned with ideology than subject matter expertise. That gave rise to controversies over how textbooks handle climate change and evolution, or how they describe the influence biblical figures such as Moses had on America's Founding Fathers.
"The public perception of our process is not positive and I think we all know that," said Erika Beltran, a Dallas Democrat.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/18/us/ap-us-texas-textbooks.html?smid=re-share
Top Texas education officials rejected Wednesday letting university experts fact-check textbooks approved for use in public-school classrooms statewide, instead reaffirming a vetting system that has helped spark years of ideological battles over how potentially thorny lessons in history and science are taught.
The Board of Education approves textbooks in the nation's second-largest state and stood by its vetting process — despite a Houston-area mother recently complaining that a world geography book used by her son's ninth grade class referred to African slaves as "workers." The publisher, McGraw-Hill Education, apologized and moved to make immediate edits.
Rather than allowing academics to intervene, the board voted unanimously to tweak its current system, mandating that review panels be made up of "at least a majority" of people with "sufficient content expertise and experience" as determined by the Texas education commissioner.
Ratliff had noted that some conservative board members have long stocked review panels with people more concerned with ideology than subject matter expertise. That gave rise to controversies over how textbooks handle climate change and evolution, or how they describe the influence biblical figures such as Moses had on America's Founding Fathers.
"The public perception of our process is not positive and I think we all know that," said Erika Beltran, a Dallas Democrat.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/11/18/us/ap-us-texas-textbooks.html?smid=re-share
No I do not. The US lost the Vietnam War.
Show me where I said the US won the Vietnam War you liar.
You are just mad that I thrashed you this morning. You are furious that an American had to teach you about Canadian history. This is your response... to lie.
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.
"Prejudice is extremely complex and multifaceted, making it critical that any factors contributing to bias are uncovered and understood," he said.
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology
There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy.
The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults. These findings point to a vicious cycle, according to lead researcher Gordon Hodson, a psychologist at Brock University in Ontario. Low-intelligence adults tend to gravitate toward socially conservative ideologies, the study found. Those ideologies, in turn, stress hierarchy and resistance to change, attitudes that can contribute to prejudice, Hodson wrote in an email to LiveScience.
"Prejudice is extremely complex and multifaceted, making it critical that any factors contributing to bias are uncovered and understood," he said.
Low IQ & Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice | Racism, Bias & Politics | Right-Wing and Left-Wing Ideology
Omigawd! An American read a book! Saints be praised.
hahahaha
Seriously, as a friend from Spain said to me a few weeks ago, North Americans sure do not have large vocabularies and most have poor diction in comparison with Europeans.
Funny. Ever watch Jeopardy? I bet the Brits that showed up on that game show could be counted on one hand.I can tell America's dumbed downed whenever I watch The Chase USA on Challenge and compare it with the original The Chase from Britain.
And isn't your little bit of real estate where that moron, Simon Cowbell, comes from?
Actually I'd have to say that if your culture that you were raised in was one of bigotry and prejudice, chances are pretty good you might follow suit, not always though. Some people rise above their circumstances.
I got a red from Wally, so I figure the study must have cut pretty close to the bone.
There's a reason for that.
Didn't see all that much racism growing up in a large city like Phoenix. Seen nothing but racism living in a small town in northern Arkansas. When you compare the two, one thing stands out. The high level of ignorance and even outright stupidity of the latter. My parents were from rural areas back east and there was a sense of racism in both. My step father however, was born and raised in Macon Georgia. Didn't have a racist or hateful bone in him. He was one,,,who rose above his circumstance.