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That is a good point. I should’ve said there is no wrong way to get the right answer all of the time. A flawed process will not allow you to consistently solve problems. Even if it does sometimes.

CRT, where is is actually being taught, seems to be whatever the person talking about it at the time wants it to be. A boogeyman, a nothing burger, or somewhere in between. Even objectively speaking two different teachers in the same school are not going to apply it in the same way. Objectively speaking some of the things it's supposed to teach (with the caveat that I've never set foot in a classroom where it WAS being taught and only know what's in the newspaper about it. See previous comment) seem pretty wrongheaded but, whatever. I've decided I don't know (or care) enough about it to talk about it. If you ask me stupid s--t like this is far more damaging to education than whatever everyone thinks CRT is. The notion that insisting math problems be solved with the right answer, or that insisting on students understanding the logical process for math problem solving is somehow racist is both stupid AND damaging. Now that said there is certainly room for improvement in math instruction. In my own experience I was taught one method of solving most problems. And it was the same method that had been taught for decades. I read an article recently about a Geometry teacher in Cincinnati working in a largely minority school that taught her class transformations by having them design apartment layouts. The kids were having trouble grasping the concept so she used a real world example and they understood it. I think that is brilliant. There is no "wrong" way to get a correct answer. But it is VERY wrong not to insist on getting to the right answer. If you can't solve algebra and geometry problems you are not going to understand trig. If you can't wrap your head around trig you will never grasp calculus. Without that STEM is closed off to you.

Laziness is not a mental illness!

You beat me to it! That guy is tough. He's had to overcome a lot of bad injuries.

Well, now we have nothing to look forward to but arbitration, free agency, the hot stove league, and of course all the managers that are getting fired today. But, don’t lose hope. Pitchers and catchers report in 109 days! Hey the Panthers are 7-0-1 so far so I’ve got something to occupy my time until then! there’s also that NFL thing but I’ve kind of lost interest in that. College ball is always awesome though

LOL I assume no pun intended there!

Dammit there’s never an Andrew Jackson around when you need one!

Been a little while since the Braves brought one home. Good for them. I don't care much about either team but I do feel bad Dusty Baker didn't get another ring.

They are what they are. Neither side is worthy of our votes and neither side deserves to be in charge of picnic let alone a government of a country. It's much better to split things between them and quietly neutralize them both. No bills passed is infinitely preferable to bad bill passed. The more impotent the Federal government becomes the greater the opportunity for State governments to affect the governance of their individual states. Which is exactly how it was supposed to be all along to be honest.

Veteran takes his service dog back to prison and immediately sprints toward female inmate who trained him Definitely worth reading!

YESSSSSSS

I was just reading about Winsome Sears, the Virginia Lt. Governor Elect. She is very impressive AND a former Marine. OOORAH!

That would make me happy. Even if just one house flipped it would make me happy. As long as Congress remains split I don't worry so much about who is in the White House.

I guess I’m a dummy.

That brand is definitely out of favor in the United States. For a lot of very good reasons.

Sorry this was, as expected from you an intelligent reply, put that gif and last line and I am so stealing! But out of respect I promise I won’t use it here!

Disprove a conspiracy and I’ll stop believing it. Not many GET disproven. At least the ones that are probable don’t. Some you just dismiss out of hand because they are too complex or otherwise don’t make sense. Trump lost because of voter fraud. That falls flat on its face for many reasons. You can’t get away with THAT much fraud. He lost three Red states. And even if there were some things in PA that we’re not above board flipping PA changes nothing. Burmista for example IS believable.

Actually when the facts are unknown and unknowable my standard of belief is “is it probable”. Generally speaking the facts are not completely known and not completely knowable when it comes to conspiracy theories involving political figures. Take Burmista as an example. Whether it is true or not true it does not change my opinion of the people involved so what does it matter?

I know Bruce I said all of those things in my original post on it. I still think it’s a stupid idea. Because it is. I also said it’s not something that’s actually happening and looking more and more unlikely that it will happen. It was just a hypothetical discussion.

Is it still a conspiracy theory if it actually turns out to be true? Asking for a friend.

Radio signal thought to originate from Proxima Centauri b Was actually from Australia good one Australia. You got us. Now we’re going to figure out a way to prank you.

Not the least of which is the complete non-cooperation of the governments of countries that actually have hunger.