Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, I totally fell for it....either shows that I am really stupid or that I don't trust the american states as far as I can spit a rat......I prefer to hope for the second.
It's written in the wrong tone; there's too much sarcasm.
Read the librarian's quote, and if the alarm bells aren't resonating wildly then I'd worry.
As for the 'irregular verbs' overkill, let's not go there.
Originally posted by Victor Von Doom
It's written in the wrong tone; there's too much sarcasm.Read the librarian's quote, and if the alarm bells aren't resonating wildly then I'd worry.
As for the 'irregular verbs' overkill, let's not go there.
Well but to be all honest the inclusion of Creationism in Science Textbooks just sounds as crazy as what was said ther.... I guess it was just to stupid to be taken seriously...but the fact of the matter is that not only I but others to thought this might be a possible actiuon by United States Officals.
At the beginning of the story, they complain about Alabama changing the value of pi; if you follow the link, you'll come to the Snopes page in which they say that never happened. So that would be a major alarm bell right there. They also mention "Senator Cassius de Spain"--Cassius de Spain is a character from Faulkner's Snopes novels, and Judith Sutpen, Cora Tull, John Sartoris, and Jason Compson are also characters from Faulkner novels (and you probably thought that those lit classes would never come in helpful!)
Honestly, once they start talking about "the lowest common denominator" and how cardinality is good enough for the Catholic church ... you people must really have low expectations of us Americans if you thought this sounded real.
Originally posted by Gregory
Honestly, once they start talking about "the lowest common denominator" and how cardinality is good enough for the Catholic church ... you people must really have low expectations of us Americans if you thought this sounded real.
Well I guess it was my fault since I didn't actually research it nor read it very closely....but well...I actually thought (judging by the american high school system..meaning Algebra II might be the hardest form of math some will ever experience) it might be a possibility...I feel embarassed now.....twice in one week....KMC makes me sad.
I've heard a lot of communities wanted to dumb down math, science, and philosophy specifically so their children wouldn't learn that there are no absolutes. there have also been attempted bans on the greek alphabet, since it "promotes homosexuality". and a push to get africa and germany off the map because they don't represent "christian values".
the thing everyone's forgetting is that american idiots are still really no match for the eastern european and russian equivilants of the "redneck". I mean, at least american rednecks don't chase Jews, Albanians, Romani and Turks out of their villages for practicing witchcraft or rub their doorframes with garlic to ward off vampires. Not to mention Terpetation.
Originally posted by Darth Jello
the thing everyone's forgetting is that american idiots are still really no match for the eastern european and russian equivilants of the "redneck". I mean, at least american rednecks don't chase Jews, Albanians, Romani and Turks out of their villages for practicing witchcraft or rub their doorframes with garlic to ward off vampires. Not to mention Terpetation.
As true as that may be, rednecks from eastern european countries and russia do not have the educational facilities and opportunities as those in North america. Ignorance in may countries is a result of poverty or lack of opportunity, ignorance in north america is often a choice.
On the use of the phrase 'dumb rednecks':
Catering to the LCD is a common practice today. Simply because one is from the South and does so does not make one a redneck. However, were this true, it would be a sad day indeed. I would not classify them as rednecks, though--I would just classify them as dumbasses (wait for the "same difference lolz" post...) and shake my head sadly. Then I would suggest recruiting the Japanese as calculators for our society.
(Happy, PVS? 😉)
The bill, which cleared the Mississippi Senate by a vote of "a lot" to "a little" (with "this many" senators abstaining)[...]
Originally posted by botankus
For the sake of our country's weight problems, I'm glad we have fractions. Otherwise, quarter-pounders would be replaced by full-pound burgers.
hehe 😆
Eek i'm glad you posted this.. i read it ages ago (I'm quite addicted to snopes...) and I believed it because of my laziness to read the fine print! woopsy daisy. 😗