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Incompetence rules...
virtuoso:
Great point I always used to ask my teachers but why is there a maximum word limit and the response I got was because as much as anything it's a test of your ability to concisely codify information. I always thought it was bullshit but never really appreciated what that really is doing, name;y it's suppressing your ability to express and convey information. For some reason i had completely overlooked that when I was thinking of what 123 had written.
7even:
In the big tests with hundreds of people participating, it is always annoying to me that eloquent writing is useless or even hurtful because they will just look for certain things to be mentioned and move on... as long as you ain't the one who's running things you will have to adapt to whichever system you're in, whether you admit it or not.
Elevz:
--- Quote from: KillaTay10 Supporter of the 'Kill Jimmy Iovine Movement' on March 08, 2008, 07:21:18 PM ---In the U.S., we have laws that kind of put that kind of thinking into effect. The standardized testings and the No Child Left Behind act prefer to have everybody slow down instead of expressing their knowledge.
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Which is basically what already happened to me in primary school. I was always bored to death and started tinkering with random objects, a scissor and some glue. You can't imagine how devastating boredom is to ambition...
--- Quote from: 7even on March 09, 2008, 04:02:28 PM ---as long as you ain't the one who's running things you will have to adapt to whichever system you're in, whether you admit it or not.
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Which is why I'm now thinking, maybe I shouldn't even want to be a part of that system. Fuck them. I'll come in, and grab whatever knowledge I'm looking for, not giving a shit about a GPA or an academic future. I don't want that system, so I might as well get out of the way and rebel against it.
7even:
Well, everybody will think "rebelling" is an euphemism for you not being capable. If you get a bad GPA people will just think you suck. Apart from making an idealistic point (that only few people, at best, will notice) I don't see a reason to do so. I say you wait until your emotions cooled off before you make a decisive decision.
Elevz:
--- Quote from: 7even on March 09, 2008, 04:29:34 PM ---Well, everybody will think "rebelling" is an euphemism for you not being capable. If you get a bad GPA people will just think you suck. Apart from making an idealistic point (that only few people, at best, will notice) I don't see a reason to do so. I say you wait until your emotions cooled off before you make a decisive decision.
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;D Props lol
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