Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
Windmills are putting too much steel into the atmosphere. Better burn more coal to fix it.
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
cant have any of that politically correct clean energy getting in the way of my golf courses
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
Oh is this the de facto USA administration reaction thread?
That's great because Betsy DeVos is a fucking disaster of a pick for Secretary of Education. I don't know what I expected but still. I have no idea why conservatives are so obsessed with school choice, other than I guess actually improving the public education system would necessitate massive federal reform and that's not usually a thing that Republicans go for. That and no one wants to negotiate with the teacher unions. Anyway, charter schools are great (I work at one!) but they've generally been created by small, individual entities that want to utilize different methods of education. In practice their greatest advantage to children whose public school education options suck is to provide them with a smaller, more supportive environment where they can succeed. They're solutions to the public school system, so focusing on expanding them is just an excuse to not even bother with public schools. Also does DeVos realize how lucky you have to be to get a kid into a charter school in NYC? It's insanely competitive to get into one there and admissions are almost always done through a lottery system. Yeah public school enrollment is at an all time low (less than 50% I think), but public education should never be a punishment because that's literally punishing children for no reason. Parents are fleeing public schools for a reason, and you'd think that fixing the public school system would be a priority for one of the highest-ranking officials of the federal government. Plus, I would imagine privatizing education most negatively impacts rural America, which is just a giant fuck you to the people who basically gave DeVos (and conservative politicians) the position.
That's great because Betsy DeVos is a fucking disaster of a pick for Secretary of Education. I don't know what I expected but still. I have no idea why conservatives are so obsessed with school choice, other than I guess actually improving the public education system would necessitate massive federal reform and that's not usually a thing that Republicans go for. That and no one wants to negotiate with the teacher unions. Anyway, charter schools are great (I work at one!) but they've generally been created by small, individual entities that want to utilize different methods of education. In practice their greatest advantage to children whose public school education options suck is to provide them with a smaller, more supportive environment where they can succeed. They're solutions to the public school system, so focusing on expanding them is just an excuse to not even bother with public schools. Also does DeVos realize how lucky you have to be to get a kid into a charter school in NYC? It's insanely competitive to get into one there and admissions are almost always done through a lottery system. Yeah public school enrollment is at an all time low (less than 50% I think), but public education should never be a punishment because that's literally punishing children for no reason. Parents are fleeing public schools for a reason, and you'd think that fixing the public school system would be a priority for one of the highest-ranking officials of the federal government. Plus, I would imagine privatizing education most negatively impacts rural America, which is just a giant fuck you to the people who basically gave DeVos (and conservative politicians) the position.
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
I'm pretty sure most of the shit regarding republicans and their idea of school reform is either
A. low-sophistication urge for wealthier people to have more options to get their kids away from economic/minority groups they dont like
or (probably not)
B. high-sophistication legislation and rhetoric that ensures americans in conservative echo chambers don't get good educations and keep believing in the ideas that gets republicans elected
A. low-sophistication urge for wealthier people to have more options to get their kids away from economic/minority groups they dont like
or (probably not)
B. high-sophistication legislation and rhetoric that ensures americans in conservative echo chambers don't get good educations and keep believing in the ideas that gets republicans elected
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
Yeah A is probably their primary motivation, in addition to opposition to federal regulations in general, but B is a useful side effect for them.
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
So, y'all just deciding that the president holding on to his private businesses is cool? OK.
"Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons!"
"I'm so happy with my evil plan; goodbye to music, gym and art
Soon I'll have the perfect school, where fun and excitement never start"
Wagahaiwa neko de aru.
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Soon I'll have the perfect school, where fun and excitement never start"
Wagahaiwa neko de aru.
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
Just caught a cold, I can't stop sneezing and using an unhealthy amount of tissues.
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/sta ... 3326625792
Someone shut this man up. Why doesn't he have a handler who can take his phone away? Some kind of responsible adult in the room?
Someone shut this man up. Why doesn't he have a handler who can take his phone away? Some kind of responsible adult in the room?
"Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons!"
"I'm so happy with my evil plan; goodbye to music, gym and art
Soon I'll have the perfect school, where fun and excitement never start"
Wagahaiwa neko de aru.
"I'm so happy with my evil plan; goodbye to music, gym and art
Soon I'll have the perfect school, where fun and excitement never start"
Wagahaiwa neko de aru.
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
once he is president he won't be able to tweet unsupervised. won't be able to delete his tweets either
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
I don't mind about you guys talking about politics, but would it be better to do it in a dedicated topic in the Debate & Serious Topics section?
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AH, yeah, that's what I originally said I was gonna do anyway...when I stop being lazy. I'll see if I can move everything
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Re: Rant/Complain Thread: u mad?
He wants a second chance to "keep the oil", whatever that means, in Iraq.
"Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons!"
"I'm so happy with my evil plan; goodbye to music, gym and art
Soon I'll have the perfect school, where fun and excitement never start"
Wagahaiwa neko de aru.
"I'm so happy with my evil plan; goodbye to music, gym and art
Soon I'll have the perfect school, where fun and excitement never start"
Wagahaiwa neko de aru.
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