Today's kids are soft

[Marx]

are you talking about kids of the 80s and 90s? Obesity rates increased a lot back then. From 1985-mid 2000s. Actually, just recently obesity rates have stablized.

Yeah...and I see alot more obese children today, than I did back then.

 

[SuperFerret]

are you talking about kids of the 80s and 90s? Obesity rates increased a lot back then. From 1985-mid 2000s. Actually, just recently obesity rates have stablized.

Then their parents hid their fat kids better back then.

 

[Marx]

*****!

I'm a lefty too...I'm so offended by this teachers actions.

Yeah, she would do it and then take the pencil and put it into my right hand and stand next to me while I was practicing whatever we were supposed to practice to make sure I stayed with my right hand.

Needless to say, all it did was make me able to write with both hands. (But I am still primarily left-handed.)

 

[Prison Mike]

Yeah...and I see alot more obese children today, than I did back then.

to me, it seems the same.

 

[SuperFerret]

I never knew lefties were discriminated against still. Is "lefty" still an appropriate word?

 

[Marx]

I never knew lefties were discriminated against still. Is "lefty" still an appropriate word?

I don't know if it's still the case, but that was my experience in the 80's. (And yeah, I believe 'lefty' is still appropriate. )

 

[Prison Mike]

Didn't Flanders make a store just for lefties? The Leftorium I think it was called?

 

[SuperFerret]

It was like the retail version of the BET.

 

[DarkReflections]

Yeah, she would do it and then take the pencil and put it into my right hand and stand next to me while I was practicing whatever we were supposed to practice to make sure I stayed with my right hand.

Needless to say, all it did was make me able to write with both hands. (But I am still primarily left-handed.)

isnt it said, that if you are able to write with both hands you are less likely able to get alzheimers?

 

[Marx]

isnt it said, that if you are able to write with both hands you are less likely able to get alzheimers?

I'm not sure. I have heard that people who are left handed are the only ones in their 'right mind'.

I'll have to look into the alzheimers thing, you've got me curious now.

 

[-Arya-]

A friend of mine is a teacher, and she told me that she was told by the superintendent of the school system to not use red ink because it has a 'damaging effect on children'.

I wonder what method of testing they used to form this conclusion

 

[katie_girl09]

Lefties aren't really discriminated against anymore. At least, I haven't seen it. That, I believe, comes from an old-school belief that writing with your left hand meant devil possession. The right hand was considered... well, the right hand. Marx, if your parents had complained to the school about that, I'm sure that she would have gotten in trouble. I'm pretty sure that by the 80s people had pretty much accepted left-handedness.

 

[Marx]

Lefties aren't really discriminated against anymore. At least, I haven't seen it. That, I believe, comes from an old-school belief that writing with your left hand meant devil possession. The right hand was considered... well, the right hand. Marx, if your parents had complained to the school about that, I'm sure that she would have gotten in trouble. I'm pretty sure that by the 80s people had pretty much accepted left-handedness.

I can remember telling my parents, because they always wondered what happened to my pencils. I'm pretty sure they went to the school about it, but I don't think anything ever came of it. There were a couple of kids in my class that that happened to.

 

[katie_girl09]

Wow. Sounds like you had a really mean teacher. My brother is left-handed and grew up in the 80s and his teachers never made him feel like he was wrong.

All the same, I'm right-handed but I've been told that I hold my pens and write as though I am left-handed. There was this one teacher I had in grade 5 who would give me these grips for my pencils in an attempt to make me write "properly". I would just take them off so she gave up eventually.

 

[Marx]

Wow. Sounds like you had a really mean teacher. My brother is left-handed and grew up in the 80s and his teachers never made him feel like he was wrong.

All the same, I'm right-handed but I've been told that I hold my pens and write as though I am left-handed. There was this one teacher I had in grade 5 who would give me these grips for my pencils in an attempt to make me write "properly". I would just take them off so she gave up eventually.

That's weird. I'm left-handed but I've been told that I hold my pens and write like I'm right-handed.

 

[katie_girl09]

That's weird. I'm left-handed but I've been told that I hold my pens and write like I'm right-handed.

That can only mean one thing: We're totally meant to be together.

 

[Etienne]

I also think it's ridiculous that today's teachers are urged not to use red pens because it 'has the potential to emotionally scar children'.

Give me a freakin' break!

A friend of mine is a teacher, and she told me that she was told by the superintendent of the school system to not use red ink because it has a 'damaging effect on children'.

I think it's also the reason today's teachers don't "x" wrong answers while grading papers. Now teachers just put a "check" for the right answers and leave the wrong answers alone. At most, I've seen graded papers with the wrong answers circled.

 

[Steel Thunder]

A friend of mine is a teacher, and she told me that she was told by the superintendent of the school system to not use red ink because it has a 'damaging effect on children'.

My girlfriends a teacher too - she's told me the same, along with alot of other ******** about teaching now

 

[Spider-Kid]

I don't belong in this Thread.

 

[Spider-Vader]

We're not soft.... We're just lazy.

 

[SuperFerret]

Which means soft.

 

[CelticPredator]

Maybe if games werent so freaking hard...

I mean, how was I supposed to know that a little knob on the lower level of the destroyed building held the key to unlock the big door, that lets me obtain the superweapon to kill the final boss....

 

[The Original Bamfer]

Wow, a whole thread devoted to Drakon's signature...

 

[Drakon]

I got tired of it derailing threads.

 

[knowsbleed]

Found Drak's sig in part of an email I received about random thoughts that make ENTIRELY too much sense:

* You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.


* I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.


* More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.


* Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.


* I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?


* Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.


* I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.


* The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.


* Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.


* There is a great need for sarcasm font.


* Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the heck was going on when I first saw it.


* I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.


* How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?


* I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.


* I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.


* The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.


* A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.


* Was learning cursive really necessary?


* LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".


* I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.


* Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.


* My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads. Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us." Classy, bro.


* Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".


* How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?


* I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!


* While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.


* MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.


* Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.


* I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.


* Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.


* I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.


* Bad decisions make good stories


* Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!


* If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.


* Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....


* Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.


* There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.


* I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.


* "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.



* I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'


* While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don't win, they are executed.


* I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?


* I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.


* When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.


* I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.


* Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...


* As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.


* Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.


* It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.


* I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.


* I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.


* Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.


* Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my a$$ everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...


* It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.


* I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.


* I think the freezer deserves a light as well.


* I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.


* The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat b@st@rd before dinner.