Oh, Matt Damon

[thenammagazine]

This is more a case of an individual who has failed the education system.

 

[Trustey]

Mmatt Day-min!

 

[Star Puffs]

Lejuan, in reading through this thread I wanted to remind people of another one of Blackthorneone's greatest hits:

...The lipstick to simulate the flushing of the lips, and the blush to simulate the flushing of the cheeks, and yet women walk around with this F me face all day long, as if it was normal. Especially troubling is that teenage girls wear it too. Think of how much teen pregnancies would be reduced if teenage girls didn't wear make up. I bet the percentage of difference would be significant.

That's what our formal education system was up against.

 

[thenammagazine]

Lejuan, in reading through this thread I wanted to remind people of another one of Blackthorneone's greatest hits:



That's what our formal education system was up against.

The irony. When I was looking for KKK vids to post against Hydeous' homophobic rants earlier today, I came across some of their rhetoric that was quite similar to that POV.

 

[YoNoSe]

I think it's pretty obvious this dude created his fantasy world around age 14 and has had the doors and windows shut tight ever since.

It's sad, really. Someone who still thinks their grade-school decision to "do as little work as possible" was wise has obviously experienced very little intellectual growth since.

Or I guess it would be sad if not for the self righteousness.

Oh, Matt Damon thread.

 

[jonny88]

^^^^^^^^ That is one of the stupidest things l have ever heard blackthorn say. "Makeup on girls causes teen pregnancies", um no, it's the thing between their legs that causes that.

After reading all of his posts, he must belong to a religious cult. Only explenation for these kind of views.

 

[Star Puffs]

The irony. When I was looking for KKK vids to post against Hydeous' homophobic rants earlier today,...

I guess those were deleted, but your observation doesn't surprise me either. Homophobia and misogyny go hand-in-hand far more often than not.

 

[jonny88]

The irony. When I was looking for KKK vids.

The irony is you get on me about race and here you are looking up KKK vids.

 

[thenammagazine]

The irony is you get on me about race and here you are looking up KKK vids.

Maybe you should re-read my post.

And just in case you still don't get it, I was looking for vids that make fun of the KKK.

 

[Star Puffs]

The irony is you get on me about race and here you are looking up KKK vids.

I hope you were just trying to get a rise out of nam, because his intent to use the KKK as an example of prejudice was clearly stated.

 

[The Mike]

That is one of the stupidest things l have ever heard blackthorn say. "Makeup on girls causes teen pregnancies", um no, it's the thing between their legs that causes that.

Dude...a girl should NOT have a thing between their legs! Did you skip health class too?!

 

[thenammagazine]

Dude...a girl should NOT have a thing between their legs! Did you skip health class too?!

Maybe he's into that type of "girl."

 

[Devil_666]

Now it's all starting to make sense.

 

[Lejuan]

Lejuan, in reading through this thread I wanted to remind people of another one of Blackthorneone's greatest hits:

That's what our formal education system was up against.

I imagine a student who just sort of blended in with the furniture, piping up with an inanity when poked every now and again, but otherwise as dynamic as a jellyfish on a beach.

Drifting through the grades for the entirety of their school life without leaving a single noteworthy impression on pretty much anyone, they emerge at the far end of their formal schooling blinking as though stumbling from a deep cave into the daylight.

Finally, harbouring a deep resentment to those who tried in vain for 12 years to stimulate in them a sense of curiosity, wonder and inquiry of the world around them, they focus all of their individual failings through the lens of victim hood - thus obviating themselves of all blame for their failure to meaningfully connect with one of society's most valuable and generous institutions.

 

[fosing]

Lejuan, in reading through this thread I wanted to remind people of another one of Blackthorneone's greatest hits:



That's what our formal education system was up against.

i'd expect that from the likes of someone educated from an intelligent design class.

 

[Blackthornone]

I imagine a student who just sort of blended in with the furniture, piping up with an inanity when poked every now and again, but otherwise as dynamic as a jellyfish on a beach.

Drifting through the grades for the entirety of their school life without leaving a single noteworthy impression on pretty much anyone, they emerge at the far end of their formal schooling blinking as though stumbling from a deep cave into the daylight.

Finally, harbouring a deep resentment to those who tried in vain for 12 years to stimulate in them a sense of curiosity, wonder and inquiry of the world around them, they focus all of their individual failings through the lens of victim hood - thus obviating themselves of all blame for their failure to meaningfully connect with one of society's most valuable and generous institutions.

I harbor resentment because the school system wouldn't LET ME learn.
You are wrong.
I had started out in school working hard and getting straight A's, through most of the first grade, and then one day I had all my work done, and I was exploring the classroom a bit. I was in the first grade. I saw a 7th grade reading book, and started reading it, and it was like my brain had woken up after being asleep the entire time. I was 3 times more excited about learning in school than I ever had before. I was really jazzed. An then, the "teacher" came along...and said "Put that back, we aren't reading that book". I said, I have all my work done. She says "Put it back", I say, I just want to read it. She says "Put it back", I say I don't want to get credit for it. I just want to read it." She said, "Put it back" or Put it back now" I can't recall which. So there I was with all my work done with nothing to do, and the teacher won't let me read a book to learn. (There were PLENTY of them on the shelf )Hmm... What does this mean? I pondered for a while and realized that school wasn't about learning, it was about teaching obedience to the system. At that point, I lost all respect for teachers and the school system.
My personal experience PROVES that the School System isn't about learning, and that is why I have the opinion that I do about teachers and the school system. Only after I was told flat out that I couldn't learn more by a teacher did I quit. The system and the teacher failed ME. I just decided to quit after that. I still paid attention, but I didn't care about grades anymore. You have it so wrong.
There seems to be a limit on how much learning is allowed in school.
I have no respect for that.

Teachers trying to inspire in me a sense of wonder about learning? Lies!

 

[Blackthornone]

Lejuan, in reading through this thread I wanted to remind people of another one of Blackthorneone's greatest hits:



That's what our formal education system was up against.

That wasn't my idea. I cannot take credit for it. I saw it on the Learning Channel. I was quoting someone else, and I SAID SO before. Apparently you forgot about that part.

To put it simply, what I said was that wearing make up makes teenage girls look more sexually attractive, and that by being more sexually attractive it made it more likely that they would be having sex, and that by being more likely to have sex, they would be more likely to get pregnant. I also said that if teenage girls didn't wear make up that it would make them LESS LIKELY to get pregnant. I did not say it would end teen pregnancy. I said it would REDUCE it. By how much isn't the point. Logically, better looking females cause more demand for sex with them than less attractive ones do.

 

[Blackthornone]

This from the bloke who advocates humiliation as a disciplinary strategy



...if this bloke isn't an individual I don't know who is. I mean, most people figure out that the formal education system, for all its faults, provides the most effective route to the socialisation and education of the vast majority of individuals in society. The system evidently doesn't work as well for some as it does for others. The fact that some of these individuals actively opt to disengage from chunks of their formal education is antithetical to the notion that they are oppressed and have crushed spirits. It is, however, utterly and absolutely compatible with the notion that some people are plain freakin' stupid.



Well I never, lack of civility is synonymous with evil and oppression. Here I was thinking that it was a simple case of not tolerating the mindless idiocy, calculated naivety and inane psycho-babble that offends the sensibilities of most people in this thread.



...where the majority view is the informed, considered and rational one, and the minority view is the toss-pot, numbnut, whacko one, there is always hope.

But really, all it takes to crush this bloke's hope is a bunch of people on the internet who disagree with his lunatic opinions and aren't afraid to say so? Wow, this isn't a case of the education system having failed an individual. This is more a case of an individual who has failed the education system.

1: Only in extreme cases. That was assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder when the kid blew cigarette smoke in your face. So what if it only killed a few of your cells, and made just a few turn cancerous, it was still poison gas. If a kid picks on another student or something like that. That is what the humiliation punishment should be for.

2: I said that responding with ridicule was evil, and that one can only express evil if one has it in them. A lot of people do it and believe it is normal, because they have evil in them.

3: As I explained in my earlier post, the system failed me.

 

[YoNoSe]

I had started out in school working hard and getting straight A's, through most of the first grade, and then one day...

Well at least you gave it a fair chance.

 

[thenammagazine]

Straight A's in first grade basically means knowing to raise your hand to go to the bathroom instead of crapping your desk.