I always told my children to not show me A’s in subjects that they enjoy. I want to see them get a good grade in the subjects that require discipline and effort because they do not enjoy the subject matter.
Literacy tests for voting eligibility worked SO well, in the Jim Crow South. Wanna revive the practice?
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Let's start with this test: anyone who properly spells out "fucks" is a non-dummy, and gets a ballot card. Any other spelling reveals a dummy, who may not vote.
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/sarcasm /contempt
They are indeed a joy to eat. If you assumed that I'm straight and narrow, thus that I'd feel hurt by "eat one", then swing and a miss.
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Your homophobia goes hand in hand with your eugenics plan for "more rons", much as the NSDAP black triangle went hand in hand with the NSDAP pink triangle.
voting should not be just a census, it should be a considered intellectual contribution to a complex society on the part of a truly informed citizen--not a blood pressure check on every rube in the mob.
Are you familiar with the idea that franchise is a right to be earned by service, whether in military service or some other form, such as two years in Peace Corps, two years in Conservation Corps, two years in Coast Guard?
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I'd prefer that to literacy tests, though it's far from bias-proof.
except I'm a major Leftist, promoting Politburo-style management and Communism in public--which kinda blows (no pun intended) your intimation I'd chill well with Nazis.
too, AfD is rising now in Germany for the same reason: dummies are allowed suffrage.
"-which kinda blows (no pun intended) your intimation I'd chill well with Nazis."
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Partition of Poland. Chill indeed!
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Many NSDAP leaders subsequently ran the Politburo in East Germany. Examples:
Kurt Nier
Arno Von Lenski
Vincenz Müller
Theodor Oberlander
Herbert Kroeger
contempt back atcha, bro, I got rank more rons controlling my so-called democracy over here and I'm tired of it.
this ain't about racial exclusion no more, it's about seizing back control of government from people for whom 4th grade was a challenge!
Things are easier now but years of troubles, trauma and stalking has taken a toll. So I’m grateful for a break that was well earned and well deserved. But work wise and school wise so true. I was a great trainer.
It also doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t do it if they need to (ie drive a car) or it brings them joy without hurting others (ie write poetry or play music or sports). We all get to work and enjoy life in our own ways.
This is so true. When I was in grad school, struggling with stats, a friend told me I should hire her son as my tutor, because he's so good at math. I was like -- if it comes naturally to him, there's no way he can teach me. He won't understand why i don't understand.
I did actually find a tutor who was good at both. But I felt that offering someone simply because he was naturally good at it wasn't necessarily going to help. I am pretty Michael Jordan would not be able to teach me how to play basketball.
Exactly. The best players don’t necessarily make the best coaches. I was an adequate programmer, but I could relate to the end user and deliver a solution that they appreciated.
Agreed. Everyone has their strengths weaknesses and blind spots. I am great at memorizing, mathematics and visualization but man I am terrible at language and human interaction is a huge struggle
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Let's start with this test: anyone who properly spells out "fucks" is a non-dummy, and gets a ballot card. Any other spelling reveals a dummy, who may not vote.
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/sarcasm /contempt
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Your homophobia goes hand in hand with your eugenics plan for "more rons", much as the NSDAP black triangle went hand in hand with the NSDAP pink triangle.
#DemocracyFail
#PolitburoNow
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I'd prefer that to literacy tests, though it's far from bias-proof.
too, AfD is rising now in Germany for the same reason: dummies are allowed suffrage.
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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Partition of Poland. Chill indeed!
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Many NSDAP leaders subsequently ran the Politburo in East Germany. Examples:
Kurt Nier
Arno Von Lenski
Vincenz Müller
Theodor Oberlander
Herbert Kroeger
this ain't about racial exclusion no more, it's about seizing back control of government from people for whom 4th grade was a challenge!
#DemocracyFail
#geniocracy
#PolitburoNow