Steve Jobs runs his big mouth again...

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


Don't flatter yourself. You're not particularly bright.

What about me? Am I bright? I need you to validate me! Validate me!

[Drake Tungsten]

Most students do seem to be bored by History, but I maintain that has a lot to do with the history curriculum - it sucks.

No, students just find history boring, a fact that transcends even national and cultural boundaries.

[Kidlicious]

Man I was teaching on 9/11 and my students couldn't even see how that affected thier lives. Either that or they simply did not care. I reorgainized my lessons around that event because I thought that would get them more interested in history. It didn't help though.

[b etor]

i was in 5th grade at that time. we didn't understand how it affected us either.

[Pekka]

I don't know why people would listen to Steve Jobs. He is like the Greeks, still thinking they own the world

Anyway, Steve Jobs is just a visionary. That's all. Pretty good one at that, at least was at some point, but without the real genious talent (Woz) he would have been useless.

Then he totally lost it. Now he think he has it again? No, I don't think so. He should stay in the business he does, and that is being a visionary, and less of a public speaker. The reason he tells you these things is because he wants to sell you some Macs.

Keep Macs out of public schools.

[Kidlicious]

You should become a teacher Pekka.

[Pekka]

I should, I could open up the young minds, you know, the fresh ones not yet spoiled by the current discourse of crap. I know they'd understand me. And I would understand them.

However, I don't like kids in groups.

Besides, my teaching methods wouldn't be accepted, because I wouldn't teach them the normal stuff, the boring crap that is of no use. I would use all the school money to make trips, spend a lot of time out when the sun is up. Yeah.. I'd teach them about teachers, those, who are appointed by the government essentially to teach them stuff, but that stuff is never questioned. Stuff, that will make up their reality soon, because they grow up believing it all. I teach them to question man. They don't need to go to higher education to learn what is important, and that is to ask the right questions and be critical.

We'd watch MMA, eat popcorn, drink sodas, and go wild on sugar. Just running and screaming, hire some kind of local band for kids to play music wild we scream and run and roll on the field. Just for fun. No one is going to remember the life of a cell in human body anyway. Or understand it at that age. Or care. So we'd spend most of the times playing. No hurry to grow up, there's plenty of time for that. We'd paint a lot, sing, teach math at the same time. What is a fraction, well it comes in a story, a weird ****ed up story. If daddy splits mom's head with an axe with one chop, how many sides do you get? WHat if there's a second chop, and what difference does it make if the chop happens diagonally? Do you kids know what diagonal means? Well let me take out my guitar... "Weeeellllll.. there was a crazy rapist in town, whose name was Joe, and gave it a go, mapping the blocks diagonally. Diagonally, nally nally nally, he wore a wig and called himself Sally, he was a ladyboy in his fantasssyyyyy... and that's why he was called crazzyyyyy'. DO you kids know what a ladyboy is?

I mean just fun.

[Kidlicious]

I think they would like you, but they can be real pains sometimes.

[Pekka]

Of course. Kids like me. I can make them smile, because I make faces to them. But not exaggarated weird faces but subtle faces. So they know only him/her sees it and no one else gets it. Small kids like that kind of stuff. Secret jokes. My kids are going to love me man, of course unless I'm shooting blanks. I hope I'm not shooting blanks. I guess I'd adopt a kid then. A 19 year old Thai girl or something.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by MRT144


I was at one time. But that doesnt matter now, does it? The point I was making was about how a gifted mind needs focus and discipline lest it waste away. Which mine did. I dropped out of high school after sophmore year. I completed triginometry, and was in the AP English classes. I tested around 1400 on a practice SAT without any studying. It wasn't an issue

I had no discipline and had behavioral problems that kept me out of classes. If you take 6+ years off from school, you arent going to be the sharpest tool in the shed, and I know that KH.

You seem to miss that point, time and time again KH. I am not the smartest, or even particularly bright now. I admit this over and over again. I find it humbling to have great prospects shown at an early age only to wind up in a place completely opposite of those prospects.

I just don't understand why you like to harp on me.

You write a 200 word response to a 10 word insult and you ask me why I like to toy with you?

You really aren't very bright...

[Pekka]

edited.

[MRT144]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse


You write a 200 word response to a 10 word insult and you ask me why I like to toy with you?

You really aren't very bright...

And yet you cant help yourself...

I think you me

[KrazyHorse]

I think you just managed to miss the point, son.

[MRT144]

arguing with an idiot, being taken down to his level and being beat on experience? i guess i have been bested!

[Drake Tungsten]

I'm glad that "I am bested!" is catching on.