Steel2Velvet Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Shoot, my youngest was in a cap and gown "graduation ceremony" for making it through kindergarten. I kid you not. Thankfully though, no Baccalaureate. We gave her a Happy Meal as a gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Well, considering I had to take kindergarten twice... not kidding. But it was because we moved, not because of any mental deficiency. At least that's what my parents told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Tim, you mean you flunked sandbox? That's not gonna look good on your resume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Napping, actually. I always slept with one eye open, because I didn't trust the teacher. Once I thought she was attacking me with some plastic scissors, so I ordered my imaginary friend to attack her. She never knew what hit her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetrychick Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I believe that the government forcing all to attend school is a plot to kill us all or brainwash us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I think the original thought was to cut down on child labour though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetrychick Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I was just kidding. Part of it is to keep people educated and from becoming a race of idiots, but how well has that worked out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Fish Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 the problem is they dont whup kids enough anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetrychick Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I agree with you. They need to reinstate corporal punsihment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 I believe that the government forcing all to attend school is a plot to kill us all or brainwash us. A plot deviced by Napoleon Bonaparte, if I recall correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 A plot deviced by Napoleon Bonaparte, if I recall correctly. nope, that's even older not to put down Napoleon though - the current German civil code (and that of many other countries as well) is still heavily influenced by the Code Napoléon ...AND he introduced house numbers here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetrychick Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 (edited) what are those, like adresses? Edited July 4, 2008 by Guest I screwed it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 house numbers? yes, part of the adress... you know... those things that come after the street name? (or before the street name if you're in the USA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ombre Vivante Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 Then, the next question would be: Who developed the compulsory public school system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted July 4, 2008 Report Share Posted July 4, 2008 according to the German Wikipedia, the first call for compulsory education was done by Martin Luther in 1524, the first territory that followed was the (protestant) Free Imperial City of Strassburg (Strasbourg, today in France) in 1598, others followed, and eg the Prussian King Frederick William I made it a formal law in 1717 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poetrychick Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Those protestants, and people say catholics are mean. jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Charlemagne (747-814) is the so called "inventor" of school in France. [edit] Education reforms A part of Charlemagne's success as warrior and administrator can be traced to his admiration for learning. His reign and the era it ushered in are often referred to as the Carolingian Renaissance because of the flowering of scholarship, literature, art, and architecture which characterise it. Charlemagne, brought into contact with the culture and learning of other countries (especially Visigothic Spain, Anglo-Saxon England and Lombard Italy) due to his vast conquests, greatly increased the provision of monastic schools and scriptoria (centres for book-copying) in Francia. Most of the surviving works of classical Latin were copied and preserved by Carolingian scholars. Indeed, the earliest manuscripts available for many ancient texts are Carolingian. It is almost certain that a text which survived to the Carolingian age survives still. The pan-European nature of Charlemagne's influence is indicated by the origins of many of the men who worked for him: Alcuin, an Anglo-Saxon from York; Theodulf, a Visigoth, probably from Septimania; Paul the Deacon, Lombard; Peter of Pisa and Paulinus of Aquileia, Italians; and Angilbert, Angilramm, Einhard and Waldo of Reichenau, Franks. Charlemagne took a serious interest in scholarship, promoting the liberal arts at the court, ordering that his children and grandchildren be well-educated... Even France Gall sang about it: Sacré Charlemagne Qui a eu cette idée folle Un jour d'inventer l'école C'est ce sacré Charlemagne Sacré Charlemagne De nous laisser dans la vie Que les dimanches, les jeudis C'est ce sacré Charlemagne Sacré Charlemagne Ce fils de Pépin le Bref Nous donne beaucoup d'ennuis Et nous avons cent griefs Contre, contre, contre lui Qui a eu cette idée folle Un jour d'inventer l'école C'est ce sacré Charlemagne Sacré Charlemagne Participe passé 4 et 4 font 8 Leçon de français De mathématiques Que de que de travail Sacré sacré sacré Charlemagne Il aurait dû caresser Longtemps sa barbe fleurie Oh Oh sacré Charlemagne Sacré Charlemagne Au lieu de nous ennuyer Avec la géographie Oh Oh sacré Charlemagne Sacré Charlemagne Il n'avait qu'à s'occuper De batailles et de chasse Nous n'serions pas obligés D'aller chaque jour en classe Il faut apprendre à compter Et faire des tas de dictées Oh Oh sacré Charlemagne Sacré Charlemagne Participe passé 4 et 4 font 8 Leçon de français De mathématiques Que de que de travail Sacré sacré sacré Charlemagne Car sans lui dans notre vie Y n'y aurait que des jeudis Oh Oh sacré Charlemagne Oh Oh sacré Charlemagne Oh Oh sacré Charlemagne... "Sacré Charlemagne" - France Gall Oh, what a long post... "Sacré" means both "damned" (actually, it´s "sacred" but it is used in the opposite sense...) and it also refers to the "coronation" (le sacre)of Charlemagne. Yes, French is an amazing language... I love it. I need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 While the music played you worked by candlelight Those San Francisco nights You were the best in town Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the pearl You turned it on the world That's when you turned the world around Did you feel like Jesus Did you realize That you were a champion in their eyes On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene But yours was kitchen clean Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home Every A-Frame had your number on the wall You must have had it all You'd go to L.A. on a dare And you'd go it alone Could you live forever Could you see the day Could you feel your whole world fall apart and fade away CHORUS: Get along, get along Kid Charlemagne Get along Kid Charlemagne Now your patrons have all left you in the red Your low rent friends are dead This life can be very strange All those dayglow freaks who used to paint the face They've joined the human race Some things will never change Son you were mistaken You are obsolete Look at all the white men on the street CHORUS Clean this mess up else we'll all end up in jail Those test tubes and the scale Just get them all out of here Is there gas in the car Yes, there's gas in the car I think the people down the hall Know who you are Careful what you carry 'Cause the man is wise You are still an outlaw in their eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted July 5, 2008 Report Share Posted July 5, 2008 Steely Dan....awesome, Marc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Soooo, karma what music did you grow up listening to and what records did you buy as a teenager and your formative years, if I may ask ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I'm curious about that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Hey karma, c'mon down here and check out some of the random thoughts threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Joe Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Well, no one ever called her "Instant Karma". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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