What are your new topics? I'm going to go with.... hairbows. Rainbows. Bows and arrows. Clara Bow.
Bow ties, bow saws, Bo Diddley....
What are your new topics? I'm going to go with.... hairbows. Rainbows. Bows and arrows. Clara Bow.
Bow ties, bow saws, Bo Diddley....
I'm sort of sad that the first batch of East-Start ukes that were received appear to have significant defects. As much as I understood the risks this group was taking by ordering direct from a factory, I sort of hoped against hope that they would get good instruments. The bridges I saw on the photos posted were egregious.
With that being said, many of the recipients are approaching it with a good attitude; they knew they were getting them cheap, they expected to have to make some upgrades and tweaks, and are still happy with the deal they got. I think those who thought they would get a Kamoa Evolve at less than half the price will be the most disappointed.
If anything, I think it makes it that much clearer what the middle men (the importers, the dealers, etc.) do to earn their keep, and why the extra dollars we pay for their services are more than worth it.
Good morning (afternoon) Hos.
In the middle of the new common core testing.
I'm convinced it's just another lever to break up public education. If they want to "fix" education throw money at the teachers. Attract the best and brightest and raise the bar for those wishing to go into education. Make being a teacher an attractive job, with the respect it deserves and it will naturally weed out the incompetent and underqualified because they won't be able to cut it.
Teaching to a test to measure a teacher's worth doesn't even make sense. There are too many variables with each and every student for a standardized test to be a measure of a teacher's competence. Some children WILL be left behind . . . and that's okay as long as we can also show them a path to being productive and contributing to society.
I'm getting upset so I'll step down now.
. . . but this is a stupid test and someone is making a ton of money from it.
Bodacious.
I'm sort of sad that the first batch of East-Start ukes that were received appear to have significant defects. As much as I understood the risks this group was taking by ordering direct from a factory, I sort of hoped against hope that they would get good instruments. The bridges I saw on the photos posted were egregious.
With that being said, many of the recipients are approaching it with a good attitude; they knew they were getting them cheap, they expected to have to make some upgrades and tweaks, and are still happy with the deal they got. I think those who thought they would get a Kamoa Evolve at less than half the price will be the most disappointed.
If anything, I think it makes it that much clearer what the middle men (the importers, the dealers, etc.) do to earn their keep, and why the extra dollars we pay for their services are more than worth it.
Bodacious.
Yep. They are sold in pairs. Getting them both done.
My sister is having a hard time with her stepson's homework. Sixth grade, I think. And she has a grad degree.
This is why I hired Shaye a tutor in high school. I never got past Algebra 2, even in college. Never took Physics or Chemistry, etc. Our education was very basic at my high school.
I think I posted this before, but here's a problem my son had in the second week of school (1st grade).
6+4=10
"What can you observe about the summative numbers when compared to the whole?"
He's six. He was about to cry from frustration and he almost never cries about anything. What kind of dumbass would word a problem like that for a kid that is supposed to be learning to read?
Why the "expert" the government paid gross amounts of money to develop tests, that's who!
We still have not been grocery shopping since we got home from vacation. I am ordering a pizza. Booyah.
Is there anything I need or need to know for Saturday?
Is there anything I need or need to know for Saturday?
I remember taking a standardized test in 7th grade that placed me in the 99th percentile in mathematics. The truth is, I was at best competent at math, but I was extremely good at the deductive reasoning that dominated standardized test back then (and maybe still today). As a result of that test, I was dubbed a math genius, and was put into an accelerated math program. I couldn't begin to keep up and stumbled around for two years, barely passing, until I asked to be put back into the normal math program. It was an awful experience, and I think affects my ability to comprehend more complex mathematics to this day.
Same here. I test well. On IQ tests I'm a genius. In real life . . . I test well.
I love to go swimming with bow-legged women.
I'm sort of sad that the first batch of East-Start ukes that were received appear to have significant defects. As much as I understood the risks this group was taking by ordering direct from a factory, I sort of hoped against hope that they would get good instruments. The bridges I saw on the photos posted were egregious.
With that being said, many of the recipients are approaching it with a good attitude; they knew they were getting them cheap, they expected to have to make some upgrades and tweaks, and are still happy with the deal they got. I think those who thought they would get a Kamoa Evolve at less than half the price will be the most disappointed.
If anything, I think it makes it that much clearer what the middle men (the importers, the dealers, etc.) do to earn their keep, and why the extra dollars we pay for their services are more than worth it.
I don't think any of our discussion was pointed at you, at least it wasn't from me. You don't preach here.