College students and Communism: The great retardation

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Originally Posted by Stone

I was an English major and I've got bagfuls of scrilla.

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Where have you been, man? I haven't heard a peep out of you since before Christmas.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

What good would any scientific study be if the ideas presented in it weren't conveyed well through language or writing?

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We have this thing called math. Look into it.

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Originally Posted by Stone

I was an English major and I've got bagfuls of scrilla.

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Weren't you the one who got his job because of the school he went to?

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Originally Posted by g0zen

What good would any scientific study be if the ideas presented in it weren't conveyed well through language or writing?

You clearly have no idea of the power of language. This is most likely because you're an idiot who is soon going to be replaced by the even bigger idiot that buys your account.

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Anyway, you are side stepping. I don't think me or yoshi claimed that knowledge of correct English usage was not useful.

Pissing on English majors does not = pissing on concept of written and spoken language.

Maybe they should add some reading comprehension classes or maybe a few logic classes to the English major class list.

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Maybe they should add some reading comprehension classes or maybe a few logic classes to the English major class list.

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They just need to teach it more in High School. In High all we've done is read books and write down what we think it means etc. 4 years no one has taught reading comprehension, grammar, etc.

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Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

They just need to teach it more in High School. In High all we've done is read books and write down what we think it means etc. 4 years no one has taught reading comprehension, grammar, etc.

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Eh, I guess you are supposed to have learned all of that like 8 years ago.

That is something that constantly pisses me off about college. Every class expects you to remember everything you ever did.

I'd dare say my calc grade is a letter lower than it should be if only because of all the trig crap I have forgotten.

“Awesome, I’m almost done…..wha? Arctangents, wtf !?!”

They probably put in the same area as common sense, they make the assumption that everyone has it, when they know they don't.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

We have this thing called math. Look into it.

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God, you really don't have any idea what you're talking about do you? Here I thought it was all a trollish act, but now I realize you really do believe all of the moronic garbage you spout.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

Anyway, you are side stepping. I don't think me or yoshi claimed that knowledge of correct English usage was not useful.

Pissing on English majors does not = pissing on concept of written and spoken language.

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I'm not sidestepping anything. You were both crapping on the study of English because you see it at useless, I'm here to tell you isn't useless. That said, philosophy isn't useless either, but your opportunities for employment are limited in both case.

Newsflash: Just because a field of study isn't profitable doesn't mean it is without merit.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

Maybe they should add some reading comprehension classes or maybe a few logic classes to the English major class list.

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What the hell does this have to do with anything? Oh I get it, you're assuming that because I think English is important I must naturally be an English Major. Wrong.


EDIT: I'm not above saying that I might just have pwned myself with this post, maybe. Of course, IP is taking about nine years to reply so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

They probably put in the same area as common sense, they make the assumption that everyone has it, when they know they don't.

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Eh, that is just a cop out. Everyone forgets niche shit they don't use everyday.

Take me and Mzo for example. Everyone would agree that Mzo is smarter than me if only because of the way he presents himself online. He conveys a more mature and well thought out attitude.

BUT both of us forget stupid little math things. Am I dumb for that? Is Mzo dumb for that? I'd like to think not. But a lot of math teachers will look at guys like me and him as if we were the stupidest people on the planet for those types of math mistakes.

In situations like that I don't think it is a matter of common sense or intelligence, but a matter of experience.

Having said that, I'm going to see if I can't get into the Intro to Comp class next semester and gain some more writing experience.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

God, you really don't have any idea what you're talking about do you? Here I thought it was all a trollish act, but now I realize you really do believe all of the moronic garbage you spout.




I'm not sidestepping anything. You were both crapping on the study of English because you see it at useless, I'm here to tell you isn't useless. That said, philosophy isn't useless either, but your opportunities for employment are limited in both case.

Newsflash: Just because a field of study isn't profitable doesn't mean it is without merit.




What the hell does this have to do with anything? Oh I get it, you're assuming that because I think English is important I must naturally be an English Major. Wrong.


EDIT: I'm not above saying that I might just have pwned myself with this post, maybe. Of course, IP is taking about nine years to reply so I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

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dude, I'm fucking with you. Chill

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

dude, I'm fucking with you. Chill

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Goddamnit, IP.

I've been PWNED.

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Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

Would you say the same thing about History?

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No. History is worse.

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Originally Posted by IronPlant

We have this thing called math. Look into it.

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So, how do you learn math if you don't learn how to read? Is there a math fairy or something?

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Pissing on English majors does not = pissing on concept of written and spoken language.

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What exactly are you pissing on, then? Who do you think studies and works with the concepts of written language? Where do you think those concepts even come from?

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Maybe they should add some reading comprehension classes or maybe a few logic classes to the English major class list.

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Go check any English curriculum; they're there. In fact, English teachers are some of the most thoroughly prepared educators out there. That teacher you took a writing course with one semester might also be teaching linguistics, literature, methods and techniques, and oral communication; all in the same session.

It's a real treat to see here, when those who have no inkling of what goes into forming a teacher or all the crap teachers have to take, sput off stuff like this. I can understand this from high schoolers, who are generally clueless to the world around them, but from a grown adult? C'mon.