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  • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

    I'd also say that as time goes on, there becomes SO much history to try and teach, that you have to...gloss over some things. I don't mean ignore them, or not teach the importance of them, but a teacher doesn't have the time to really delve into the stats and details of the situation. I didn't know of the Armenian thing until I was an adult. I wish I was aware of it at a younger age.

    There's only so much one can teach in the time allotted.
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    • Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
      I'd also say that as time goes on, there becomes SO much history to try and teach, that you have to...gloss over some things. I don't mean ignore them, or not teach the importance of them, but a teacher doesn't have the time to really delve into the stats and details of the situation. I didn't know of the Armenian thing until I was an adult. I wish I was aware of it at a younger age.

      There's only so much one can teach in the time allotted.
      And what the overlords on the school boards permit.
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      • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

        Originally posted by joecct View Post
        And what the overlords on the school boards permit.
        I sadly agree with that. I can point out to one example: the Lincoln assassination. It was a paint by numbers lesson, and then I read "Manhunt" by James L Swanson for the full story. LOTS of stuff that was never taught. I'm not even talking minute details. Basic stuff that should have been known.
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        • Originally posted by Brenthoven View Post
          I sadly agree with that. I can point out to one example: the Lincoln assassination. It was a paint by numbers lesson, and then I read "Manhunt" by James L Swanson for the full story. LOTS of stuff that was never taught. I'm not even talking minute details. Basic stuff that should have been known.
          Living for a while in Clinton, MD the trail of Booth went right down Rt 5. Surratt's house was a short drive down Old Branch Ave. and if you kept going down Rt. 5 towards Waldorf you can take a short detour to Dt. Mudd's house. Kinda spooky when you realize that MD stayed loyal to the Union at gunpoint and Southern MD was more attuned to Richmond than DC.

          It's a part of history that is there if you look. I guess many towns have that, too.
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          • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

            Originally posted by joecct View Post
            Living for a while in Clinton, MD the trail of Booth went right down Rt 5. Surratt's house was a short drive down Old Branch Ave. and if you kept going down Rt. 5 towards Waldorf you can take a short detour to Dt. Mudd's house. Kinda spooky when you realize that MD stayed loyal to the Union at gunpoint and Southern MD was more attuned to Richmond than DC.

            It's a part of history that is there if you look. I guess many towns have that, too.
            Samuel Mudd's grandson lived in Saginaw when I was growing up. He made regular attempts to clear his name.
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            • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

              The world we now live in

              @SkinnyMilam: Mother is at work. Father is deployed in Syria. Kid misses his school bus so he goes to a neighbor's house for help. Neighbor inexplicably thinks young black boy who's KNOCKED ON HER FRONT DOOR is somehow trying to "break-in". Husband shoots at young boy. America 2018. https://***********/deray/status/984784565762973698

              @deray: Black teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions in Rochester Hills http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/loca...ochester-hills
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              1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

              ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
              - Benjamin Franklin

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              • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

                Originally posted by joecct View Post
                The world we now live in

                @SkinnyMilam: Mother is at work. Father is deployed in Syria. Kid misses his school bus so he goes to a neighbor's house for help. Neighbor inexplicably thinks young black boy who's KNOCKED ON HER FRONT DOOR is somehow trying to "break-in". Husband shoots at young boy. America 2018. https://***********/deray/status/984784565762973698

                @deray: Black teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions in Rochester Hills http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/loca...ochester-hills
                It didn't just accidentally get that way, joe.

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                • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                  It didn't just accidentally get that way, joe.

                  No pitchforks - they're not angry enough.
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                  • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

                    SUNY-Binghamton 2nd murder this semester.

                    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/04/16...n-5-weeks.html
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                    1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

                    ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
                    - Benjamin Franklin

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                    • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

                      Originally posted by joecct View Post
                      The world we now live in

                      @SkinnyMilam: Mother is at work. Father is deployed in Syria. Kid misses his school bus so he goes to a neighbor's house for help. Neighbor inexplicably thinks young black boy who's KNOCKED ON HER FRONT DOOR is somehow trying to "break-in". Husband shoots at young boy. America 2018. https://***********/deray/status/984784565762973698

                      @deray: Black teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions in Rochester Hills http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/loca...ochester-hills
                      Just down the road from me. Yes, most of our precincts broke for Trump.

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                      • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

                        One weird highlight from today's Boston Marathon was Shalane Flanagan, in and out of the porta-john in ~14 seconds.

                        Those of us in the mid-back of the pack do not have that luxury of no lines at the porta-toilet. Twin Cities 2015, I held it for 15 miles because I wanted a jon with no lines.
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                        • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

                          Holy sh-t! This thing is real!
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                          • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

                            Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            Holy sh-t! This thing is real!
                            It's a good thing they put that muzzle on him because those claws are completely safe.
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                            • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                              Holy sh-t! This thing is real!
                              Slave Tim? Wizard Tim or Serf Tim would be better.
                              CCT '77 & '78
                              4 kids
                              5 grandsons (BCA 7/09, CJA 5/14, JDL 8/14, JFL 6/16, PJL 7/18)
                              1 granddaughter (EML 4/18)

                              ”Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.”
                              - Benjamin Franklin

                              Banned from the St. Lawrence University Facebook page - March 2016 (But I got better).

                              I want to live forever. So far, so good.

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                              • Re: What the Fark 4: It's not unusual to be strange anymore

                                Get people sensitive to race, then take advantage. https://www.infowars.com/black-guy-w...s-free-coffee/

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