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What annoys you most?; Rant here if you need to!
Topic Started: Mar 3 2013, 08:45 AM (309,795 Views)
extremos
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Murdock129
Sep 9 2013, 08:52 PM
See that is point blank insane.

While I'm not calling for homework to be banned, the majority of it should be scrapped. Fortunately the British system is getting reformed.

We need homework for the most part reduced, abolish standardized testing, increase the funding to schools, have a lower student/teacher ratio, increase relaxation time such as recess and school, make sure teachers are the best possible (For example in Finland teachers need a master's degree to teach, and those are subsidized by the state), and finally we need to be rid of competitive teaching, where the students are made to compete with one another, which has been shown time and again to be very bad.

That's my personal platform for education reform, so you tell me, if I were a politician, would I get your vote on this?
Sorry if I'm going Off-Topic but I'd like to say something:

Even though in Brazil most of the Public Schools are very bad, with ridiculously paid teachers who don't want to teach and (In the slum areas) students who would rather be out stealing someone then studying, and most Particular Schools being VERY competitive and being more of a Concrete Prison in design then a school I am lucky to study in agreat particular school, it's expensive, but excluding that it's perfect.
Good teachers and staff, healthy food, a small, but growing recycling system, and the best of all, lots of contact with Nature, 45 minute break and 15 square kilometers of fun! AND THERE'S ALSO CAT CONTROL! >:D
Here are some photos of it, I felt like including them because it's pretty hard to believe when I say my school is that big and has a big amount of forest in it, most people can't even picture it in their minds, so here you go.
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So, I'm sorry if I was being off topic, I just wanted to express myself, but anyways, most of Brazil's schools annoy me, Short Breaks, Lots of Homework, Competitive Teaching, Concrete Break Areas, Unhealthy Lunch, Bad Teachers, everything.
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I like the ideas on change to school reform. And you know you always have my vote and I'll be your First Lady, James. <3
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Murdock129
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If only I were born in America I think I would look into politics as a career choice and possibly one day make a run for president. My only major issue is the fact that given my hatred of corruption everyone in terms of money would be against me.

I'd be very happy having you as First Lady by my side Kayla <3 :3

Maybe if we end up living in the UK I'll go into politics and hope to be appointed Prime Minister
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Sorry to bombard you guys with more of my paleo-complaints, but I'm annoyed at how underrated pterosaurs are in popular culture. T.rex is an awesome, thundering Badass while Pteranodon is a primitive leathery-winged glider that can barely stand up straight on the ground. Pterosaurs were every bit as magnificent, intelligent, sophisticated, and successful as dinosaurs, so why does the media constantly treat them as if they're lame?
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I saw a movie where it was basically a jurassic park scenario, kind of. Except it was an island that was founded and on it were Pteradons that basically ate everything that came there.
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

I'm a huge fan of pterosaurs, personally. They're my favorite archosaurs.
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CyborgIguana
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I kind of meant I'd like to see a documentary focusing on pterosaurs instead of dinosaurs. There was that one with Attenborough a few years back, but that's about it.

BTW there was this one pterosaur movie that I found truly abhorrent. It was a cheap 2004 B-Movie called "Pterodactyl" or something similar, the less said about it the better, but it was basically a middle finger to pterosaurs in every possible way. It obviously wasn't meant to be taken seriously, but I found it very offensive nevertheless.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Sep 9 2013, 10:33 PM.
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Pull my finger!

B-Movies in general. I remember watching "John does at the End", I totally regret it now.
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i'm as fascinated by pterosaurs as dinosaurs, especially their mechanic amazes me.
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

Their diversity is truly incredible, too.
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OwlParrot
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I really love the large crests from the later species of Pterosaurs.
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

My favorites are for sure the azdarchids.

Oh hey this is all off topic? Isn't it? Meh.. who cares. Pterosaurs rock.
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Stephen
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Okay, I am really pissed off now. A LOT.
I am about to leave for school, I could sleep longer since we have a free hour the first hour, which is nice. But now, 5 minutes before I'll leave...guess what happens? IT STARTS TO RAIN. I HATE MY FREAKING LIFE. ****.
It was blue sky 10 minutes ago -.-
Weather Y U SO CRUEL?
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

Because you're not fond enough of pterosaurs.
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Stephen
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I am not fond of Pterosaurs, no. Not at all. I don't care about dinosaurs either. I am not and have never been interested in anything that happened before humans were around tbh.
BUT...does that mean I deserve rain? :(
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