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Old Feb 29, 2008, 02:57 AM // 02:57   #3321
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That's not saying much
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 03:14 AM // 03:14   #3322
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shhhh!

I graded 74 essays today.

3 D's, 1 F. I bet you're smarter than my students.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 03:22 AM // 03:22   #3323
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What subject, what grade, and what were the essays on?
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 03:24 AM // 03:24   #3324
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What subject, what grade, and what were the essays on?
I'm a TA (teaching assistant) at Yale University.

The subject is South Asia (India)
gradeL: freshman-senior (college)

The essays were on the theory of 'drain' how the English drained Indian wealth in the 1890's-1950

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Old Feb 29, 2008, 03:28 AM // 03:28   #3325
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Damn Bunny you teach at Yale? I tried to go there but my scholarship fell through Mu ch respect man, teaching is damn hard word
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 03:38 AM // 03:38   #3326
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That would be amazing if I were smarter than your students considering I'm a sophomore in high school and I have no knowledge of India outside of there are a lot of Hindus there.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 03:47 AM // 03:47   #3327
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I'm good at history.

We don't learn that though.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 04:03 AM // 04:03   #3328
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The theory of drain is as follows:

English colonize India:
English extract raw materials from India for free
English take raw materials and manufacture them into finished goods
English sell them back to the Indians and their Sikh soldiers
English makes roughly 19000% profit

England is wealthy

HOW HARD IS THAT?! I'm sorry, but that's easy!
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 04:24 AM // 04:24   #3329
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It took our class 40 minutes to come up with a definition to our last History essay question, which an English teacher confirmed was grammatically broken.

I can understand having the question open to interpretation, but we're supposed to divine the single correct meaning the teacher wants from it or fail.

This is probably Snow Bunny's fault somehow.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 04:34 AM // 04:34   #3330
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Oh, yeah. That's easier than I thought it would be.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 04:37 AM // 04:37   #3331
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This is probably Snow Bunny's fault somehow.
It's always my fault, according to Silly
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 06:17 AM // 06:17   #3332
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Fact: Snow is bad at social studies.
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Now we Canadians and Americans can be friends, right?
Canada is our hat.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 07:53 AM // 07:53   #3333
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Fact: Snow is bad at social studies
LOLWUT

Faer is bad at school
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 08:38 AM // 08:38   #3334
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Seems the US has been toying with the thought of invading Canada before!
Same neighbourly love/hate relationship as Denmark and Sweden enjoys! Except that we actually did wage war on each other several times!

Much better to be friends imo!

With all the american war hawks in here I would like to take the time to point out that Denmark has very little oil! (there - we should be safe now )
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 04:27 PM // 16:27   #3335
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I am great. Discuss.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 04:35 PM // 16:35   #3336
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All hail Malice!

I am great. Discuss.
Malice is a liar. Discuss.


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Old Feb 29, 2008, 04:40 PM // 16:40   #3337
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All hail Malice!

I am great. Discuss.
Hmmm.....

I guess you're not that bad.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 09:55 PM // 21:55   #3338
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Great at failing.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 10:06 PM // 22:06   #3339
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Seems the US has been toying with the thought of invading Canada before!
Gotta be prepared for anything in today's world. I wouldn't be surprised if the Government has plans for how to deal with another civil war.
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Old Feb 29, 2008, 10:39 PM // 22:39   #3340
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Great at failing.
You was my teacher
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