the thread that can't be derailed....

[Padma]

I was amazed to discover my phone is Yiddish-enabled - it knows how to spell kvetch .

[MadelineB]

If I didn't have a "smart" phone, I wouldn't be able to moderate in bed .

Moderation in all things, eh?

[Taka]

it would be great to have the opportunity to teach in a classroom with blackboard and chalk. or even just a whiteboard

though unfortunately, the students are miles away, and we're 100% dependent on this telecom system to work in order to give them this education. lately it's been getting worse instead of better, and nobody seems wiling to take responsibility for the children's education and fix things so they work at least 90% of the time

[suzifrommd]

it would be great to have the opportunity to teach in a classroom with blackboard and chalk. or even just a whiteboard

though unfortunately, the students are miles away, and we're 100% dependent on this telecom system to work in order to give them this education. lately it's been getting worse instead of better, and nobody seems wiling to take responsibility for the children's education and fix things so they work at least 90% of the time

I hear ya'. Didn't mean to make light of the difficulties of our job (I'm a teacher in a computer lab, so I was kind commiserating.)

[Kevin Peña]

It's just sad that Isaac Newton could invent calculus in a barn with his brain, cheap paper, and a quill, yet people today can barely perform arithmetic without calculators...

"What's 2+2?"

"Uh, let me check my smart phone. Siri, what's 2+2?"

Dummies. 

[Taka]

I hear ya'. Didn't mean to make light of the difficulties of our job (I'm a teacher in a computer lab, so I was kind commiserating.)

well, i was commenting more on those who said chalk and blackboards are better. i agree with them, but it doesn't help me much in my current job. and unfortunately technology already found out, so... i'm sure it'll keep failing us over and over again until we do something to help it work the way it wants to

[ativan]

The first two cars in the state of Ohio.
They crashed at an intersection.
New technology is a bitch to get used to.

What did they use before chalkboards? 

Siri is only as smart as the questions asked of it. 
Just wait until Siri becomes aware of itself.
All telecommunications will be tied up as it talks to itself.
Another crash at the intersection of new technology.

I'll be in the barn...

[Kevin Peña]

What did they use before chalkboards? 

Dictation perhaps?

[Taka]

jesus wrote in the sand. others wrote in clay or on stone, but i doubt they used those for teaching lessons
vikings wrote letters and messages on wooden sticks. the invention of ink and paper must have felt like a drawback every time the letters got soaked by whichever mishap

[MadelineB]

jesus wrote in the sand. others wrote in clay or on stone, but i doubt they used those for teaching lessons
vikings wrote letters and messages on wooden sticks. the invention of ink and paper must have felt like a drawback every time the letters got soaked by whichever mishap

I think wax tablets rock, as long as you keep them out of the sun. Plus if it gets dark you can make candles from your reading material. Am I wicked for thinking of that?

[Shantel]

I think wax tablets rock, as long as you keep them out of the sun. Plus if it gets dark you can make candles from your reading material. Am I wicked for thinking of that?

The wicked Maddie B! 

[cynthialee]

29 pages of mindless drivel that goes back for months.

I AM AN EVIL GENIUS!!!!


muhahahahahaha

[Shantel]

29 pages of mindless drivel that goes back for months.

You can say that again!

[ativan]

29 pages of mindless drivel that goes back for months.

I AM AN EVIL GENIUS!!!!


muhahahahahaha

indeed, it is now 30 pages of derailed evil drivel.

My pain pills work really good

[ativan]

This thread is off topic and as such it can not be derailed.

[Kitteh Engimeer]

Spongebob!

[suzifrommd]

Spongebob!

In the name of all that is holey!

[Kevin Peña]

Spongebob, violating the laws of physics and dumbing kids down since 1999.

[Brooke777]

I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time today. I never new how numb my left one is from the skull fracture I had under it. I did not feel a thing on that side.

[MadelineB]

I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time today. I never new how numb my left one is from the skull fracture I had under it. I did not feel a thing on that side.

Congratulations girl! I prefer waxing to plucking, but I never waxed brows at home - glad you went to a professional. Did the right brow hurt much?

My electrologist does cleanup on my brows. For some reason it makes my same side leg twitch like a frog. Only the brow area.