dazza 38 Posted July 16, 2013 Author Posted July 16, 2013 i think we can wrap this thread up This is a take off of Quentin Tarantino's movie Ingourious Basterds (sic).
Gnarly Gnu Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 And me too,,,,,,starting with an 'and' is just the pits. And yet people do it with abandon. And then have the damn hide to blame school teachers. Maybe they were taught by Ernest Hemingway.
Tomwantstobeapilot Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Talking about school subjects is interesting because I feel that way about all the "wellness" subjects at my school. I can understand that having one of these subjects could be worthwhile for someone planning to play or teach sport as a career, but having about 6 or 7 as my school does, seems a bit ridiculous to me. There's Wellness Recreation, Full-on Fitness, Racquet Sports, Team Sports for Boys/Girls and Self-defence for Boys/Girls.
Old Koreelah Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 Perhaps his next song can explain that UNIQUE means there is only one. There are no degrees of uniqueness. Either something is unique or it isn't. A bit like pregnancy. So we don't need very unique, most unique or uniquest.
bexrbetter Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 I don't want to sound picky. But some basic words and aircraft names seem to spelt incorrectly. Or words that sound the same are spelt differently in Aviation. I don't want to sound picky either but "But" and "Or" are conjunctions and don't belong in your sentence structuring. examples- Should read; Examples; HANGAR HYDRAULIC TECNAM GAUGE SENSENICH The proper way to emphisise would be to note these in Italics, not high case although TECNAM might be an acronym in which case it could stand. hanger hydraulic gauge Sensenich (note the high case S being a name). a classic ... A classic ... This is Australia and we use the English spelling. We also use English grammar. Just having fun by the way ...
paulh Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 I don't want to sound picky either but "But" and "Or" are conjunctions and don't belong in your sentence structuring. Should read; Examples; The proper way to emphisise would be to note these in Italics, Emphasise with an a (also just being picky and just for fun)
damkia Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 Anyone tried to google spelling forum yet Ahem, that would be "Google" rather than "google"....
coljones Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 Ahem, that would be "Google" rather than "google".... No. In this case "google" is a verb. Verbs are never start with a capital letter unless they start a sentence or when they are used as proper nouns. "to google" has become part of the English language in much the same way that "to hoover" has in the UK. I am not sure if a quoted word at the beginning of a sentence should/must/ought to start with a capital letter. Grammar is still king and hunting down spelling variants is just castrating mosquitoes.
bexrbetter Posted July 24, 2013 Posted July 24, 2013 Dis iz geting exsiting I just hope Daz doesn't get excited!!
biggles Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 I don't want to sound picky either but "But" and "Or" are conjunctions and don't belong in your sentence structuring. Should read; Examples; The proper way to emphisise would be to note these in Italics, not high case although TECNAM might be an acronym in which case it could stand. Emphisise ??? Bob
facthunter Posted July 25, 2013 Posted July 25, 2013 As the ram said. Hey yous ewes I could use yous. Nev
coljones Posted July 29, 2013 Posted July 29, 2013 On further reflection I think I am more appalled by the low level of mathematical and scientific literacy in Australia. Once upon a time, in the olden days, these were part of a well rounded education. Not everyone would achieve proficiency but the compulsory exposure to maths and science was an attempt to get the best into and out of the kids. In NSW at least the HSC is a maths and science free zone and we now have politicians and lawyers and others in positions of power without adequate training in maths and sciences to enable them to sit and make laws or sit in judgement over the high (and even low) stake technologies that Australia faces. It is all very well for Premiers and Prime ministers (and the meja) to espouse better spelling but what are they doing about bringing science and technology up to a higher level among ALL of the Australian people. It might start if politicians started to seek quality teachers and an examination and awards system to properly raise science and maths standards in schools. They could start by offering realistic salaries and not frozen at low levels to suit political expediency ("our budget is not big enough to reward teachers, nurses etc but we can afford to pay ourselves handsomely" ). We need less spellathons and more real science - less political double speak and more real science - and a lot less meja bullshitting their way through the debate and more journalists who can add up.
Old Koreelah Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 I agree 1000%, Col. (Now that's a great demonstration of my crumby mathematical education!) As part of the system I watched the dumbing-down of the curriculum over the decades. Schools were expected to compete for the kids' attention with the mass entertainment machine. We were never given the resources to make it a fair fight. As you say, our society is now so scientifically illiterate that too many people will accept any extreme and trendy notion, as long as it is well packaged. Have a look at the spread of crazy anti-science churches across America and here. And we were worried about the Islamic Bomb... What is the solution? When the ALP is talking seriously about compulsory national service (bootcamp) for school leavers, things must be bad. Or is it only election talk?
dazza 38 Posted July 30, 2013 Author Posted July 30, 2013 I remember back in the day at school when we had to actually go to the library and research/read a Encyclopedia to find out answers to some questions. These days, peeps couldn't be bothered learning too much about science and history. They just Google.
cooperplace Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Examples? Not because I disagree but because I'd be interested to hear what you think. I'm a university lecturer, and I require my students to write an essay. Most tell me that this is the first time in their life that they've done this.
Gnarly Gnu Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 Have a look at the spread of crazy anti-science churches across America and here. Good bigoted point you made there against your own argument. Many of the fathers of modern science & mathematics were Christians (eg Newton, Bacon, Kepler, Boyle) and the university system itself was started by Christians as were most of the most prominent universities today (Yale, Oxford, Harvard, Princeton - all started by Christian or church groups). If people like you that are ignorant of western culture and history are teaching young people then why the surprise they also often turn out the same? I suspect you like modern (pseudo) science - belief in concepts established by consensus & majority vote right?
Tomwantstobeapilot Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 That shows how far young people will go to try and avoid extra work! I find that hard to believe when I, a 14 year old public high-school student, has written many...
M61A1 Posted July 30, 2013 Posted July 30, 2013 On further reflection I think I am more appalled by the low level of mathematical and scientific literacy in Australia. Once upon a time, in the olden days, these were part of a well rounded education. Not everyone would achieve proficiency but the compulsory exposure to maths and science was an attempt to get the best into and out of the kids. In NSW at least the HSC is a maths and science free zone and we now have politicians and lawyers and others in positions of power without adequate training in maths and sciences to enable them to sit and make laws or sit in judgement over the high (and even low) stake technologies that Australia faces. It is all very well for Premiers and Prime ministers (and the meja) to espouse better spelling but what are they doing about bringing science and technology up to a higher level among ALL of the Australian people. It might start if politicians started to seek quality teachers and an examination and awards system to properly raise science and maths standards in schools. They could start by offering realistic salaries and not frozen at low levels to suit political expediency ("our budget is not big enough to reward teachers, nurses etc but we can afford to pay ourselves handsomely" ). We need less spellathons and more real science - less political double speak and more real science - and a lot less meja bullshitting their way through the debate and more journalists who can add up. I think that the first step would be to encourage learning (proper learning, not just repeat what I say), and make parents responsible for their kid's crappy behaviour. That includes backing up the teacher instead of taking little Johnny's side when he acts a bellend. The best teachers in the world will not be able to teach someone who doesn't value learning. I see a lot of students who just don't care, and parent's who don't care about that.
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