MPnet's Fire Support Base Vengeance: Dry Mess & Canteen

[farmgirl]

If I could have that gift over my stronger grasp of grammar and all things that require words I'd take it in a heartbeat. I struggled with math as a kid and still do, for instance I could be with a friend and they'd go "hey (insert numbers) multiplied by (insert larger numbers) equals this right?" And I'd be sweating shotgun pellets!

I'd rather have a firm grasp on reading and writing skills. I don't need to multiply large numbers in my head. I do need to communicate well. I do need to have strong comprehension skills.
It's not that I don't think that math is important, it is. It's just that I am fully capable of doing the math that I need to do... I'm thankful for my language arts skills; they are necessary in all areas of my life.

[Navel Lint]

I had a rather eclectic mix of teachers in high school. My first Spanish teacher would tell us weirds stories. I remember him discussing whether or not it would be feasible to have an extra set of test.icles implanted into your buttocks to experience stronger orgasms. He was also our lookout when we smoked in the bathrooms. My second Spanish teacher was a chick from Costa Rica. She showed us Spanish language soft core p.orn in class. She didnt keep her job long.

[kimujnr]

I'd rather have a firm grasp on reading and writing skills. I don't need to multiply large numbers in my head. I do need to communicate well. I do need to have strong comprehension skills.
It's not that I don't think that math is important, it is. It's just that I am fully capable of doing the math that I need to do... I'm thankful for my language arts skills; they are necessary in all areas of my life.

This is extremely comforting to read.

CJ been on good behavior so far, remember I got people!

[kinney_bmx]

Policia your avatar confuses the hell out of me lol

So I guess were having a super bowl party tomorrow..err today. Which means my house will be full of drunk rednecks for like 6 hours. Hopefully my VW gets fixed soon, I can't stand not having that freedom of leaving whenever I please

[wotsnext]

More reliable than any alarm clock.

[Piirka]

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Yes, why do you have Digrar's avatar, but it is eating its own poop?

[RSone]

Believe me... I am well acquainted with horrible writers. I teach high school English.
#1 rule in my classroom.... no text abbreviations... (seems like something I shouldn't have to say)

I'm actually reviewing basic grammar with my junior composition class.... sigh

Finally someone I can talk to(Uni student English, so i'm probably the one doing the horribe writing, if you ask my lecturers)
Grammar and translation classes at the start of the year were funny. You'd think that people enrolled in an English bachelor would have a satisfactory base knowledge of the language, but some of the translations(from Dutch to English) were downright funny.

[junglejim]

My Korean friends paid me with Soju just to help them finish their papers in English over here. fun times.

[RSone]

My Korean friends paid me with Soju just to help them finish their papers in English over here. fun times.

My sister is in Seoul at the moment, studying abroad. One of her electives is a taekwondo course(don't know if it awards credits or not)so I suspect I will not be able to mess with her and get away unscathed once she's back home

@Farmgirl: If you're having essay/paper woes, consider getting Norton's Little Seagull Handbook and making excerpts available to your students. We (have to) use it as a reference work. It has chapters on style, sourcing and correctly crediting, formatting, etc.

[Token White Guy]

Good morning. 8:30 already and I have the urge to punch people through the Internet.

Maybe I should go back to the "If it's something that you can't fix, don't worry over it" motto.

[farmgirl]

Finally someone I can talk to(Uni student English, so i'm probably the one doing the horribe writing, if you ask my lecturers)
Grammar and translation classes at the start of the year were funny. You'd think that people enrolled in an English bachelor would have a satisfactory base knowledge of the language, but some of the translations(from Dutch to English) were downright funny.

Yikes! Majoring in a second language would be difficult!

[RSone]

Yikes! Majoring in a second language would be difficult!

We start English in elementary, and most of us get German and French as well during at least part of HS as well(depending on the level, I think) Most Dutchmen speak reasonable English, and the two languages are more similar than you might think at first glance.

[tercio67]

We start English in elementary, and most of us get German and French as well during at least part of HS as well(depending on the level, I think) Most Dutchmen speak reasonable English, and the two languages are more similar than you might think at first glance.

And don't forget Greek and Latin.

[Ichabod]

We start English in elementary, and most of us get German and French as well during at least part of HS as well(depending on the level, I think) Most Dutchmen speak reasonable English, and the two languages are more similar than you might think at first glance.

I have been taught, without much success, German since Elementary school and French since i was in HS.
However due to my constant exposure to English i have mastered it farther then the two previously mentioned languages without learning it in school.

[brokenclog]

We start English in elementary, and most of us get German and French as well during at least part of HS as well(depending on the level, I think) Most Dutchmen speak reasonable English, and the two languages are more similar than you might think at first glance.

At VWO you also get Latin..I believe the Gymnasia also add ancient Greek..Talking about embracing the suck..