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#623 Up↑ /48 Down↓ [Report] 2009-06-10 19:44 EDT
// English class. The class is discussing genocide.
Student: They did a study that shows that a person can really only ever relate to up to about 200 people, "friends" you might call them. And so someone suffering in Darfur is outside those 200, and it's hard to relate to them.
Teacher: What worries me about that study are the implications for Facebook. -
#529 Up↑ /25 Down↓ [Report] 2009-05-06 09:03 EDT
// After reading Chapter 1 of Candide the previous day
Ms. Choi: What happens to Candide?
Kid: He gets kicked out of the castle...
Ms. Choi: What ELSE happens to Candide?
Other kid: He is born...
Ms. Choi: Yes! He has a lot in common with the characters in Crime and Punishment, as they TOO were born! -
#433 Up↑ /73 Down↓ [Report] 2009-03-10 17:09 EDT
Mr. Dibbs: Ugh, English is the worst. It's all about opinion. That stuff would never work with chemistry.
Mr. Dibbs: "What does this equation really mean?" "What is Dalton actually trying to say?"
Mr. Dibbs: I mean, if you don't know what they're trying to say after 2000 pages of reading, what's the point of reading it?
