Not enough rep to neg, but the "and please stop hunting me" does seem to fall under the box ya get when the up or down pops on up listing:

inflamatory (looking for a fight),

derogatogatory (talking down to as if you were a child),

disruptive (the threads only tangentially to do with the tard, but he's trying to make it specifically about his actions, and not rules clarifications),

and fairly obviously trolling for a response. 

jus sayin.

Ri-fucking-diculous.


Hey Jerry - I know you read this forum. So, let me just ask in the parlance of this board... What the fuck, man? What the fuck are you Mods thinking?

P.S.
Please pass that along to the rest of the team, Jerry.

Once upon a time, I taught an Algebra class that was completely full of fail.

Half way through the second quarter, I told everyone in the class that I was going to engage in an act of mercy and completely throw away their grades for that marking period so that we could all start over.

One girl in the class had an A at that point and at the beginning of class, I told her to not get upset by anything that I said in class that day and to see me after class.

After class, she came up to me and asked me how I could do something like that.  The class as a whole was terrible and she was essentially the only person in the class who put *any* effort into learning, so how could I just give them a free pass on their complete lack of effort in that marking period while taking away the rewards of all of her effort?

I explained that she was going to get an A, pretty much no matter what happened, so she didn't need to worry about that part at least.  And as for the rest of the class, it's my job to teach them.  If they all give up because they don't think that there is any way to pass the class no matter what they do, then they won't learn anything at all.  If they think that they have a second chance, then maybe, just maybe, some of them will take that opportunity and make something of it.

3 other students in that class actually took the opportunity that I presented and turned their attitude and work around.  All four of the students who decided to actually work in class got A's and the girl who had been doing good work since day 1 actually got to have a study group and she didn't have to do as much work on her own any more.

I like second chances.  People usually don't take advantage of them, but sometimes they work.

popejubal wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 9:41am:


Off topic, but I'm curious.  Did the 3 students get D's or A's at the end of the year?   Basically, I'm wondering if you rewarded them for their failings.

Nevthial wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 10:03am:


The other three students got B's for their final grade in the course.  I didn't reward them for their initial failings, but I did reward them for their turnaround and their end result.  All 4 got A's on their final exam, so I'm personally happy to give them at least a B as their course grade.  The girl who started with an A also ended the class with an A.  In addition, she had an A- in her Art class across the hall and I mentioned to that teacher how I actually wanted to give her a grade higher than an A, but we didn't have "A+" available as an option in course grading, so the Art teacher actually bumped her up from an A- to an A.  I didn't ask the Art teacher to do that, but I'm glad she did.

I would prefer to simply grade students on what they had learned since that is the whole point of school, but that isn't allowed and also doesn't work for most students, unfortunately.

flynnjsw wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 10:08am:


I live near Amish country.  Soemtimes people break into Amish homes.  I don't know why they do that, since the Amish don't really have much that you could steal, but sometimes it happens.

Whenever people break into an Amish house, the Amish don't shoot the intruder.  They don't even call the police (obviously, since they don't have a phone).  Burglaries and home invasions are still exceptionally rare even though the Amish don't shoot intruders.

Do the rare burglars learn anything from the example that the Amish provide them?  Probably not.  Is it still right for the Amish to forgive them?  Absolutely.

popejubal wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 10:23am:

Fuck no.  Forgiveness is earned.  Otherwise the lesson is wasted, and the fucksticks learn that there are no consequences for their fuckmuppetry.

Nevynn wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 11:41am:


Some dude named Jesus disagrees with you.  If you don't follow him, that's cool with me.  The Amish do want to follow him, so it's necessary for them to forgive others of their tresspasses.

Also, forgiveness doesn't have to be connected with consequences in any way.  The Amish will cooperate with police investigations even while they forgive people who commit crimes against them.  The forgiveness is given because it is right and because it is good, not because the criminal deserves it.

popejubal wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 10:16am:


Honestly, I don't see how decent teachers put up with the stress of dealing with the way things are nowadays.   I'd rather face off a hungry Kodiak with toenail clippers than do what you do!!    Glad to see that their are still teachers worth their salt though. Much props to ya!

The cube locked your thread Mem

And apparently didn't read a single post in there. The link s/he gave is the same old outdated one in your OP. Reading is FUNdamental! 

rest wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 2:18pm:


He didn't.

Sad.

But on the funny side, HaX is posting again.  He must have gotten talked to by the MODs, he second post is not the same HaX.  Mommy maybe?

Soul wrote on Jan 12^th, 2011 at 3:13pm:


Him being nice over a mic and a bitch in game and forums just means he is a coward as well.