Ambiguously Gendered Revenge of "What is the Hivemind?"

[Kemrain]

Not literally, I hope.

Probably not, though, it might explain why I remember my childood so poorly..

- Kemrain the Traumatized.

 

[Jdvn1]

You live in Cambridge. What do you expect.

I'm not stupid, I just don't have a fantastic education. That doesn't mean I'm not interested and capable of understanding.

- Kemrain the Ignorant.

Also, you come from a smallish town, don't you?

 

[Kemrain]

Also, you come from a smallish town, don't you?

Smallish. Keep in mind, though, I do have some learning disabilities that made a traditional education less than efficient at learning me anything. Heheh. I did fantastic in school upto 5th grade, and then puberty and my brain ruined my life.

Stuoid brain.. Stupid body..

If I find the recipt, is it too late to return it? I'll take store credit!

- Kemrain the Dissatisfied.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Yes, they are corrupt and crooked, but they also care about children's education. The problem normally isn't corruption, though. Superintendends are payed too much, on average, but if you brought their salaries to normal level, it wouldn't make a substantial difference in child performance.

The ones I know don't care at all, as long as the numbers make them look good. That is the limit. One would *hope* it wasn't so, but it is.

 

[Jdvn1]

Smallish. Keep in mind, though, I do have some learning disabilities that made a traditional education less than efficient at learning me anything. Heheh. I did fantastic in school upto 5th grade, and then puberty and my brain ruined my life.

Stuoid brain.. Stupid body..

If I find the recipt, is it too late to return it? I'll take store credit!

- Kemrain the Dissatisfied.

You could try reporting the business to the BBB.

 

[Rystil Arden]

You live in Cambridge. What do you expect.

I'm not stupid, I just don't have a fantastic education. That doesn't mean I'm not interested and capable of understanding.

- Kemrain the Ignorant.

Not saying you are. Just saying that I'm not the right person to reteach things that have become so intrinsically basic to me that I can't imagine someone not knowing them (like mass)

 

[Kemrain]

The ones I know don't care at all, as long as the numbers make them look good. That is the limit. One would *hope* it wasn't so, but it is.

Where are you talking about, Rysti? Massachusetts is particularly corrupt, but I don't know if you're a native..

- Kemrain the Native of Taxachusetts.

 

[Jdvn1]

The ones I know don't care at all, as long as the numbers make them look good. That is the limit. One would *hope* it wasn't so, but it is.

Seeing as how they typically use the numbers to gauge their districts, of course they'd go by the numbers. The ones I know do care, but maybe it's different when you're in the second largest school district in the US.

 

[Kemrain]

You could try reporting the business to the BBB.

Is "Ye Olde Body Shoppe" in their juristiction?

- Kemrain the Anatomic.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Your friends, family, and schoolmates are more likely to be educated than the rest of the population. Although, I'm assuming you went to a decent to good highschool and most of your friends and schoolmates (at least the ones you talk to on a semi-regular basis) would be in a similar socioeconomic class to yours, or at least were also pretty smart.

Oh absolutely. I know there are people who don't know this, but when I meet someone who seems intelligent enough, I assume the knowledge of Elementary School topics. I know it isn't a fair assumption to make, but its a basic heuristic that hasn't failed me until today.