Originally posted by Dr McBeefington
If you're this intelligent without an education, I can only shake my head at what they're teaching in school these days.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
Unfortunately not. I quite school to work full time for six years, so now that I'm going back, I'm still one semester away from an Associate's. It's very discouraging to be so far behind, but I'm still determined to finish.
IMO, the foundation for becoming self-educating and self-aware can start as early as high school IF you have the right instructors or mentors. At that point, you enter college with the desire to learn and expand your understanding. Otherwise, you can take all the classes you want and remain ignorant. I mean, look at Rob Kardashian - education at USC, but all the brains of Beavis and Butt-head. And that's insulting to them.
Originally posted by Nephthys
Google '8 Things About the Star Wars Holiday Special That Don't Completely Suck'.
Ironically, most of the things on the list still sucked (a few seconds of grainy footage? The dance/song thing? Even the Boba Fett cartoon was merely ok).
Though they did leave out Bea Arthur.
Originally posted by Nephthys
MY GOD, THOSE FOOLS! DON'T THEY KNOW THEY'RE MEDDLING WITH THINGS THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND!Best item ever.
Moose
IMO, the foundation for becoming self-educating and self-aware can start as early as high school IF you have the right instructors or mentors. At that point, you enter college with the desire to learn and expand your understanding. Otherwise, you can take all the classes you want and remain ignorant.
The vast majority of things I've learned at college have been completely worthless save for the ability to sound smart at cocktail parties.
Most of my college experience has been quite irritating, especially the various liberal arts requirements just to get any kind of worthwhile degree. I look back at classes like Art History and Literature and I realize I threw away thousands of dollars to get some numbers on a piece of paper and listen to some professors blab about dead people and their shitty books.
The only fun classes I've had are the hard science courses I've taken. Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry . . . those were fun and interesting, even if they were only intro classes.
Originally posted by Lucius
It gets even worse. For awhile I thought I was going into philosophy and took 40 quarter credits of philosophy courses, until I realized what waste that was. I'm going to graduate with 240 quarter credits because I have so much excess crap.
AHAHAHA. You could always get your teaching degree.
Yeah, good luck with that. Becoming a teacher is a PITA, and remaining one is equally brutal these days. And thanks to No Child Left Behind, goodbye revolutionary teaching methods, hello teaching to the test.
This careeer in education course was a god-send. It made me realize that at this point in my life, I'm not interested in sorting through all that bull just to make 30-35k a year.
Originally posted by LuciusWurd.
The vast majority of things I've learned at college have been completely worthless save for the ability to sound smart at cocktail parties.Most of my college experience has been quite irritating, especially the various liberal arts requirements just to get any kind of worthwhile degree. I look back at classes like Art History and Literature and I realize I threw away thousands of dollars to get some numbers on a piece of paper and listen to some professors blab about dead people and their shitty books.
The only fun classes I've had are the hard science courses I've taken. Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry . . . those were fun and interesting, even if they were only intro classes.
Originally posted by Stealth MooseWas talking about a PhD to become a college professor. Best paid job for the amount of hours worked.
Yeah, good luck with that. Becoming a teacher is a PITA, and remaining one is equally brutal these days. And thanks to No Child Left Behind, goodbye revolutionary teaching methods, hello teaching to the test.This careeer in education course was a god-send. It made me realize that at this point in my life, I'm not interested in sorting through all that bull just to make 30-35k a year.
*Struggling desperately to wrestle thread back on-topic*
I like to imagine that the Prequel Trilogy isn't canon. Seriously the entire thing is garbage. Examples;
* Midi-chlorians? Stupidest idea ever.
* Anakin and Amidala's "relationship" (laughs)
* Jedi being a brainwashing cult that can legally take children from their parents.
I could go on but I think that'll do for now.
Originally posted by Stealth Moose
I thought it was utter garbage. As was said before, if Jedi could leap small mountains, smash in vehicles with their bare hands, and Force TK hundreds as though they were toothpicks, the Battle of Geonosis should have ended with zero Jedi casualties.The cartoon's grossly exaggerated style becomes enmeshed with "canon" because "GL waved his flabby hand and okay'd it" and therefore we have to conclude within canon that Mace Windu can solo Mordor with his bare hands, but he cannot defeat Sidious before the latter kills his posse.
FML.
Was just a bit of fun, targeting kids as an audience. Most viewers watching it can see that. It only becomes an issue when nerds like us get into a feat war.
Originally posted by Lord Lucien
Unrelated. Darth Vader goes from kicking ass with powerful telekinesis and withstanding Dragonall Z style energy barrages to... his performance in the OT. That's not a "no hint", that's a flat-out paradox.
To be fair he was never given much of a challenge in the OT. An old hermit, and a farmboy. No real need to go all out.