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Shiyat I was watching along the critique video and that system mandates individual PCs for kids in the schools, or enough PCs at least to have kids take the tests.AKA more OSs and PCs will be sold for this. And we all know which OS company has student and educational institution bulk purchase deals.......................because Apple doesn't (in bulk anyhow) and M$ is the only other paid OS. For computer science in Kerala, we're taught (OLD)Ubuntu. Kinda mainstream and cheap on the govt's part but dayum that was some psychic evasion right there.
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noncompliantgame: I've added a link to a full interview with Gates talking about it. If you can manage to watch it without up-chucking. He talks around things a bit but you barely even need to "read between the lines" with what he's saying, he's really quite blatant.
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Emob78: He's done some TED-style talks on Common Core. Yes, very serious if you consider the implications for the future. When he talks about 'building' the kind of skilled workers they'll need in the future, the Orwellian level of human resource direction and control becomes very apparent. They want to control people in school to be educated for specific purposes so they'll be good in the sectors or industries where they'll be directed to. Rather than basic courses and electives allowing people to choose their own education, the State will basically tell you what your courses are going to be, what you need to do to finish with good grades, AND what job or career you will have after you've finished school.

So, the State is going to tell people what they're going to study, how long it will take, and what they will do for a living when they graduate. I can't see anything bad happening from that at all. Considering Gates used individualism, hard work, and independence of action (not to mention a little greed) to get his start, I find his support for Common Core to be a bit odd. Bill Gates never would have had the level of success he did have if he had been a public school student taught with Common Core. He'd be a lever jockey in some factory somewhere working 10 hours a day cranking out someone else's ideas on the assembly line.

But hey, competition is a sin, right Bill?
If you even question anything this is what will happen. This was supposed to be a public meeting in Maryland, about Common Core. The man was very civil, stood up to ask a question prefaced with a brief statement. He just wanted to ask a question!
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Emob78: He's done some TED-style talks on Common Core. Yes, very serious if you consider the implications for the future. When he talks about 'building' the kind of skilled workers they'll need in the future, the Orwellian level of human resource direction and control becomes very apparent. They want to control people in school to be educated for specific purposes so they'll be good in the sectors or industries where they'll be directed to. Rather than basic courses and electives allowing people to choose their own education, the State will basically tell you what your courses are going to be, what you need to do to finish with good grades, AND what job or career you will have after you've finished school.

So, the State is going to tell people what they're going to study, how long it will take, and what they will do for a living when they graduate. I can't see anything bad happening from that at all. Considering Gates used individualism, hard work, and independence of action (not to mention a little greed) to get his start, I find his support for Common Core to be a bit odd. Bill Gates never would have had the level of success he did have if he had been a public school student taught with Common Core. He'd be a lever jockey in some factory somewhere working 10 hours a day cranking out someone else's ideas on the assembly line.

But hey, competition is a sin, right Bill?
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noncompliantgame: If you even question anything this is what will happen. This was supposed to be a public meeting in Maryland, about Common Core. The man was very civil, stood up to ask a question prefaced with a brief statement. He just wanted to ask a question!
"In times of great deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." Can't remember who it was said that... seems to fit. Well, not so much a revolutionary act as a criminal one. Speaking the truth (or just asking a question) will get you worked over with lead pipes... maybe a face full of pepper spray. That man was clearly a thought criminal and it's a good thing he was removed from the meeting. He was beginning to spook the herd.
Egalitarianism as Interpreted by a Feminist (this is gold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seq7EYDyIGE
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All this common core thing makes me feel disgusted.
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Emob78: Egalitarianism as Interpreted by a Feminist (this is gold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seq7EYDyIGE
At 12:50 mark I just blurted out "You gotta be fucking kidding" really loud.

Its also been a very long time since I heard the word "Sophistry". I think it perfectly describes the hipster who fancies themselves as intellectuals. Not Sophist in the classical sense (time of Plato and Aristotle) but the modern pejorative use.
Post edited July 15, 2015 by ScotchMonkey
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noncompliantgame: If you even question anything this is what will happen. This was supposed to be a public meeting in Maryland, about Common Core. The man was very civil, stood up to ask a question prefaced with a brief statement. He just wanted to ask a question!
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Emob78: "In times of great deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." Can't remember who it was said that...
Couldn't find it. I think it might be George Orwell? Or Aldous Huxely? Not sure ...

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Emob78: Egalitarianism as Interpreted by a Feminist (this is gold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seq7EYDyIGE
But during my search I somehow ended up here/. A valuable source of information.
Post edited July 15, 2015 by noncompliantgame
Game Journos/ Hipsters/ San Francisco/ PC's in a nutshell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR2nh_XmfkA#t=23
Ha, that's amazing.

Or to put that another way: I was triggered into laughing, that being a euphoric experience inflicted upon me without my consent. Therefore, I was literally assaulted by that clip and demand an apology and/or donations.
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227: Ha, that's amazing.

Or to put that another way: I was triggered into laughing, that being a euphoric experience inflicted upon me without my consent. Therefore, I was literally assaulted by that clip and demand an apology and/or donations.
So if you don't laugh its not rape?
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227: Ha, that's amazing.

Or to put that another way: I was triggered into laughing, that being a euphoric experience inflicted upon me without my consent. Therefore, I was literally assaulted by that clip and demand an apology and/or donations.
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ScotchMonkey: So if you don't laugh its not rape?
Nah, its thought rape either way...
Every time I see people bring up "white male privilege", I just face palm. Why? Check out the attached images below because a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Emob78: "In times of great deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." Can't remember who it was said that...
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noncompliantgame: Couldn't find it. I think it might be George Orwell? Or Aldous Huxely? Not sure ...

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Emob78: Egalitarianism as Interpreted by a Feminist (this is gold)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seq7EYDyIGE
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noncompliantgame: But during my search I somehow ended up here/. A valuable source of information.
Yeah, it was Orwell. My question was sarcastic.

Orwell. Some see his stories as cautionary tales. Others see them as user manuals.
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noncompliantgame: Couldn't find it. I think it might be George Orwell? Or Aldous Huxely? Not sure ...

But during my search I somehow ended up here/. A valuable source of information.
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Emob78: Yeah, it was Orwell. My question was sarcastic.

Orwell. Some see his stories as cautionary tales. Others see them as user manuals.
others as a crystal orb
Dem Gamergatorz are the only ones doing dem harassmentz; again : https://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/3de7fj/canadian_man_facing_six_months_in_jail_for_tweets/
Seriously? Posing as a 13 y/o on twitter and accusing an innocent guy of pedophilia?