From a high school student's perspective, the No Child Left Behind Act is infuriating because it often stops our teachers from teaching legitimate curricula or engaging activities. Instead, we learn about inane things we usually already know because the principal browbeats the teachers until they teach specifically to these tests. Luckily, once you get out of the lower-level (freshman) classes, this type of thing stops.
Overall, I actually really like our public school (Centennial High School in Howard County) and think there are a lot of smart kids and awesome teachers. I even know some kids who went to private school for a while and then went to Centennial who say our school compares favorably. The standardized tests do really get annoying though.
I'm not going to start getting political, but the No Child Left Behind Act is ridiculous (perhaps not in principle, but its actual practice).
Last edited by square634; 03-12-2007 at 02:55 PM.
Bump for people who walk REALLY SLOWLY and somehow manage to position themselves exactly in the middle of the sidewalk/hallway/what-have-you so nobody can get around them. It's like they have centering radar or something. It's okay to walk slow. Heck, I'm a fairly slow walker. But don't walk so nobody can get around you! It's like people who drive slow in the passing lane, but worse, because then you can often get around on the right (which is thankfully legal in Maryland). I don't want to stiff-arm anybody into a wall, but MOVE!
This also goes for people who ride in the middle of escalators or stand still in the center of those moving walkways in airports, strewing luggage everywhere so nobody can get by. I HAVE TO GET TO MY %#*(%ING GATE!
And speaking of luggage, people who think it's okay to bring a purse, a backpack, a rollerboard suitcase, a musical instrument, a laptop bag, and their special little orthopedic pillow on the plane with them. No, it is not okay. That is why there is a cargo hold and LIMITED space in the overhead bin!
Suggested profession for you: Police Officer.Originally Posted by twoBshorty
Possible PT job/second career: Dictator of small island nation.
"We had opportunities to do something stupid and we didn’t do it." -- Andy MacPhail, 7/31/08
Shut it all you elitists
Having to sit through the last minute of a basketball before they'll start showing the one I want to watch on TV. The "rant" effect of this is directly related to amount of time-outs called and fouls committed.
Dealing with kids in school all day who think we're getting 10+ inches of snow and won't be back for the rest of the week.
I don't know if this is "mini"... Everytime the O's seem to make a little progress, a pitcher goes down for the year two days before pitchers and catchers report! Or a pitcher gets a DUI. Or dies in ST. Or a trade is for a guy who is already injured. I'm just damn tired of being snakebit!
...like this.
I hate it. I want to know what the thread is about before I open it. Your ellipsises do not make me happy. I'm sure I've done it before, but I really hate "What has to happen..." and "What about..." and "What do we need to do..." threads. I know you can just roll the mouse over the thread title and you can read the beginning of the first post, but it still gets under my skin.
When the hell did cashiers not swipe credit cards?
I was at the store today and I'm STILL in the habit of handing them the card to swipe it.
She looked at me like I was trying to hand her a cold turd.
What exactly is a cashiers job these days? With the advent of those self checkout lines, who needs them?
Having an MRI done on February 19th, calling your Orthopaedist for a follow-up visit, and being told that his next available appointment is March 23rd!
Just going to have to rehab the thing myself, and not worry about it until the shoulder either stops hurting, or blows up!
Having an MRI done on February 19th, calling your Orthopaedist for a follow-up visit, and being told that his next available appointment is March 23rd!
Just going to have to rehab the thing myself, and not worry about it until the shoulder either stops hurting, or blows up!
The problem with getting appointments with Orthopedic Doctors is they are having 1 week followups, 2 week, 1 month, etc from all of their surgeries. I have my 1 year ACL appt in 2 weeks and booked in 6 months ago but did not get my first requested time. This was in September booking a March appt and he had alot on the books already. But he is a heck of a Dr. and just operated on my co-worker's shoulder.
Your saving grace is physical therapy and strengthing all of the other muscles. Good Luck.
BTW I just sent you a PM
Last edited by Jules; 02-28-2007 at 07:08 PM. Reason: forgot something
Swearing in the commercials of G-rated/family oriented shows.
It's confusing to me because some places have self-swipe machines but they only want you to use them for debit cards. I almost always use a credit card, and I usually hand it to the cashier if it's a place I haven't been to before. You're right, though, sometimes they give me a weird look if I'm supposed to swipe it myself.
I know what you mean, and quite frankly, it scares the living bejeesus out of me.
This culture is moving towards complete slothism at an exponential rate. It's really quite alarming. We're creating all kinds of automation technology, yet we're populating the world more day after day. These work counter intuitively, at least in any sort of remotely capitalistic society.
Really? Swiping your own credit card gets on your nerves? I only mind it when the directions on how exactly to swipe it are unclear. Those little pictures really don't help.
I'm sure I'm going to have a whole new list of short rants tomorrow, as my day involves air travel. And my ride isn't taking me until 1:45 for a 3:25 flight. Call me paranoid, but getting there 25 minutes (45 minute ride to the airport assuming no traffic) before boarding when I have to check a huge suitcase seems like cutting it a little close. Maybe I will learn what do to if I miss my flight, a valuable life lesson. I'm assuming you just go to the check-in counter at the gate and ask for help, right? There are 2 flights to National after mine, and one of them seems to be half-empty, but still, I don't want the stress.
It's not so much the swiping our own cards thats annoying, it's the reactions of the cashiers when force of habit kicks in and we're handing the card over for swiping.
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