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[shallanelprin]

Well, I'm committed now. I booked a room for my graduation party yesterday. I debated whether or not to have a party, but in the end the thought that I would possibly get to see people I haven't seen in awhile decided it for me.

Heh. You know all the fuss (for good reason) that is raised by plagiarism? Now, someone has a challenge the requires it. It's a bit of an interesting exercise, but I'm not sure I see the point. *shrug*

This is just pathetic: US Youth Are Geographically Illiterate. Well, maybe if the geography teachers talked about, gee, I don't know—geography instead of how much they dislike George W. the kids would know something.

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And, for those of you who haven't see it yet: The full length Pirates 2 trailer (thanks to abrynne)

Comments

[ladyaeryn.livejournal.com]

Well, in all fairness, the geography problem goes back to way before there was a W to bitch about (it was always a problem when I was going through school), but yeah, there's definitely no excuse regardless.

[shallanelprin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know the problem goes back further, but it's the only example that came to mind *shrug* He's a geography teacher, he should be teaching geography. If he was a history or political science teacher maybe that discussion would be okay. Makes me wonder how many other teachers out there don't actually spend most of their time teaching their subjects.