The 10,000 Post Thread v2

[Duke87 1,070]

(6541)

I didn't find grade 8 to grade 9 to be all that huge a transition schoolwise... but a lot of that may just be that it got overshadowed. I mean, yeah, I was nervous about starting high school. But then a week later, 9/11 happened, and all of a sudden there were other things to worry about.

[Larks2242 251]

6542.

If with Duke on this one, Senior year is more laid back.

[RipRap 4,400]

6543

Yeah

[The Avatar 1,089]

6544

The official release of Minecraft comes out tomorrow at Minecon. Wish I could go.

EDIT: Sniped!

  Edited November 18, 2011 by MamaLuigi945  

[astronelson 339]

6545.

Finished all exams. Now to just wait and see how well I did in my courses.

[Larks2242 251]

6546.

What is this "Minecon"?

[Ocram's Razr 963]

6547

Minecon is a convention about Minecraft in Las Vegas. The first day coincides with the first full (non beta) release.

[Frdm920 50]

6548

Note to self: Tradies show up early

[astronelson 339]

6549.

Unless they're late, which is a fair proportion of the time.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6550

Aw, I missed the school conversation and how you're talking about Minecraft? Darn. Well, I'm just gonna tell you about my experience anyways. High school doesn't seem as tough to me now as it did at the time, what with hindsight being 20/20 and all. I did fit in a lot better in college though, and I do remember junior high school as being a complete waste of time while being surrounded by stupid, hormonal, rage monkeys.

I don't know much of anything about Minecraft other than it has a crazy following.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6551)

Believe it or not, SC4 is the newest PC game I own. Everything else is either older or console-based.

Why? Well, PC gaming has gone in a direction I do not appreciate. Every PC game comes chained with DRM now, and anything with DRM is banned from my computer. And there hasn't been anything PC exclusive in the past eight years that's really piqued my interest.

Besides, I freak out when I see "10 GB hard drive space" in the system requirements. Even though I know I handily have that available, it still seems like a lot. I haven't really gotten used to the fact that hard drive sizes are measured in terabytes now. I remember when they were measured in megabytes. Hell, I remember working with a computer that didn't have a hard drive!

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

6552

Some people can remember the punch card system.

  Edited November 18, 2011 by Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ  

[Skimbo 304]

6553

Minecon... lol

I just don't get it how you can freak out about a game like that.....

[Duke87 1,070]

(6554)

I don't get the big deal with Minecraft, either.

[The Avatar 1,089]

6555

Meh. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

6556

Same reason why we freak out about SimCity 4.

  Edited November 19, 2011 by Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ  

[Larks2242 251]

6557.

There is a game out there for everyone.

[Ocram's Razr 963]

6558

I find Minecraft vaguely entertaining but I prefer SimCity 4, Sims 2, Cities XL, and Anno 2070.

[The Avatar 1,089]

6559

This is off topic, but: This morning I was listening to a radio station and a girl about my age called in. The host of the show asked her why we celebrate Thanksgiving and who originally started it. To this she responded with a long pause, and her answer, "The pioneers." Granted, she was homeschooled, but this still shows America's lack of education.

[Keder 116]

6560

That's pretty said that the homeschooling parents can't teach their kids a proper education.

[Larks2242 251]

6561.

Well Homeschooling is all about teaching kids what the parents want them to lean, as opposed to schools teaching what the goverment and teachers want them to.

[Frdm920 50]

6562

Well in Aus at least, homeschooling still has a government curiculum/guidlines for kids doing it. So really it's not that much different from government schools in terms of what you're (meant to be) learning

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

6563

No homeschooling in Japan...

[Duke87 1,070]

(6564)

There is a valid argument for parents having the right to educate their kids as they see fit.

But I don't like homeschooling because it removes the social aspects of school from the equation and makes it difficult for kids to make friends.

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

Homeschooling is illegal in the Netherlands. Considering all the education alternatives in the Netherlands, I think it's a valid argument.

[Jack³ 291]

(6566)

Ugh, homeschooling. I used to know someone who home-schooled their kids. She and her family moved right next-door to me. And about 2 years after they moved in, she sent them to public schools. But the oldest one dropped out, and they abandoned their house and moved to Texas. However, they left the pipes on and turned the heat off. So in the winter, the water froze and the pipes "exploded". The ceiling collapsed and mold started to grow. I believe the house is now condemned.

[Duke87 1,070]

(6567)

Heh. Nice job on their part.

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

6568

Some home schooled student committed suicide at my sister's university. Couldn't handle the social stress apparently... :|

(6566)

Ugh, homeschooling. I used to know someone who home-schooled their kids. She and her family moved right next-door to me. And about 2 years after they moved in, she sent them to public schools. But the oldest one dropped out, and they abandoned their house and moved to Texas. However, they left the pipes on and turned the heat off. So in the winter, the water froze and the pipes "exploded". The ceiling collapsed and mold started to grow. I believe the house is now condemned.

Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn...

[Larks2242 251]

6569.

I have a problem with that, the goverment should not tell people where they can and can not school their kids.

[The Avatar 1,089]

6570

Still, the origin of Thanksgiving should be common knowledge. It's a simple thing to know; even 4-year-olds do.