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Amentep

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  1. Testing is a tool, but it shouldn't be the only tool used. I really think multiple measures give the best view of the student. And standardized tests shouldn't be used for anything other than what they're designed to do.
  2. Step 1: CRT is only taught in a university legal course. Step 2: The instructional material under review is for K-12. ∎ quod erat demonstrandum ... ... Oh were you wanting more? Actually we have no proof that any materials were rejected, much less rejected due to CRT that I can see. As far as I can see on the links from the press release, none of the materials that were rejected were identified, so there can't be any verification of why they were rejected. You could make an argument that the lack of data could indicate that a government that has been touting CRT as the devil is now showing Floridian's how they are keeping their children safe from the devil. Without any data, I'm erring on the side of them finding something objectionable, and that thing they found objectionable they're calling, incorrectly, CRT because CRT has for some groups become a lump category for "that thing liberals are trying to shove down my kids to make them feel sad".
  3. What I'm saying is that the "CRT" they reference is not CRT, but other items the people object to they're lumping as "CRT", like the 1619 Project.
  4. Still not the point of the test, just a bonus side-effect.
  5. A lot of places are using CRT as a catch-all term rather than how it is intended as a legal topic for university classes. you can very much ban and prohibit things that don't exist in books or subjects. The point would be to ban 'it' (whatever 'it' is) BEFORE it gets into books or subjects and is encountered by students.
  6. I think the writer means the "education in the field of education" phenomenon (first PH.D in Education - 1893, IIRC). That said, a couple of random thoughts that I don't think I posted when this cropped up before... I'm not sure that the first can actually be stated with any confidence. The second is wrong because (regardless of whether they're talking about society or educational attempts) they've left off theocracy, since religion was oft one of the earliest educators for many societies*. The oldest university is a mosque turned university in Morocco that's been educating people since the 9th century or so (and most mosques have acted as places of education as part of their role within their communities) Students aren't supposed to learn from testing. If educators misuse tests or disregard what their data says, that's a different problem. But if you think students learn from testing, you don't understand testing. *People will argue - "but they were teaching the wrong things!" which is patentedly irrelevant to the argument.
  7. I confess, I don't get the appeal of TVtropes.
  8. Won't retirement just give him more time to post here all day?
  9. Mmmm, Dream Warriors...
  10. Pretty sure its a reference to the glam metal band Dokken whose biggest hits in the US IIRC correspond to the 1983-1988 period, so it fits in with the Masters of the Universe / Thundercats era. There was a phrase at the time if you were going to rock out (not necessarily even musically) that you were "rockin' like Dokken*". So "rokken-like-Dökken" just changes the spelling of Rockin' to match Dokken and would be a more elaborate way to say "it's rockin'" or, you know, exciting and good. *I'm not sure Dokken is actually supposed to be pronounced correctly to rhyme with rockin'. Anyhow I do know people at the time did pronounce Dokken to rhyme with Rockin, because I've heard people say they were Rockin' like Dokken before.
  11. "MythForce’s early access launch will include four playable heroes (apparently the ones in the trailer) in a rokken-like-Dökken first episode titled Bastion of the Beastlord. “Players can brave the dungeon alone or join forces with friends in online co-op mode for up to four people,” Beamdog said."
  12. Shocked; that he was ill had passed me by entirely. https://variety.com/2022/film/news/gilbert-gottfried-dead-dies-comedian-aladdin-1235231387/
  13. I've seen people say its a coin pocket as well, but functionally I too have never gotten that to work. Mind you in the US at least, 100 years ago coal miners would have been paid in company scrip rather than coins, and maybe that made a difference...?
  14. David Lynch doing a Star Wars film would be something.
  15. My understanding is that BBCode is considered to be depreciated/old technology by the makers of the board software. Most boards moved to WYSIWYG editors and HTML styling for posts, as I understand it.
  16. Technically, in the forum guidelines there's a prohibition of "Posting frequent, annoying, and/or nonsensical posts", but I think that primarily aimed at stopping spamming in general rather than trying to enforce it against general discussions. I'd think the ideal would be, as much as possible, to use the multiquote function, though.
  17. You know, it kind of bugs me that people don't know what that pocket is (when proctoring I've had to tell people to run their finger through their watch pocket and have them stare at me as if I'd just begun gibbering). And I'm not all that up on the names of clothes and parts of clothes. Now I feel like I need to yell at some clouds or something. EDIT: I also hate when you don't quote a post that will be right above yours, but a page break puts your reply on another page so you have to go back and edit your post so that you preserve the context
  18. You'll be better off contacting support. This site is peer to peer and given that the game is older, is less populated. PILLARS OF ETERNITY Official publisher customer support is available from Paradox Interactive. For Kickstarter backer assistance
  19. Haven't heard of Fire Punch, but have heard only good things about Chainsaw Man.
  20. I'm enjoying it. Its definitely pretty 'out there' at times, but I like the characters and I'm very curious about how the central mysteries are going to play out.
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