Speak f**kin English !
Jun 5th 2006, 3:59 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Partystar
O levels are GCSE's, right? If so, then that's how I see it too.
Children under 18 in the US should not be allowed to drop out any more than a 6-year-old can drop out.
Jun 5th 2006, 4:06 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
Yes, except the average O-level/GCSE leaver is 16 compared to 18 in the US.
Children under 18 in the US should not be allowed to drop out any more than a 6-year-old can drop out.
Children under 18 in the US should not be allowed to drop out any more than a 6-year-old can drop out.
Jun 5th 2006, 4:08 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Partystar
That's what I thought, personally I prefer the condensed learning, less time to get bored & want to leave early. I think it should be mandatory to get your basic school education, after all, it's basic stuff, what everyone should know.
Jun 5th 2006, 4:18 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by snowbunny
You *can* opt out here by taking the GED -- General Equivalency Degree?? -- which is supposed to prove that you know what the average high school graduate knows. If there's a six-year-old that can place out of that and plans to go into other studies, fine. Same for 16-year-olds. Until you can place out, you should stay in school. If you reach 18 -- then you are an adult and can decide your own future.
The brighter kids can finish their high school earlier by at least a year but the schools do everything they can to discourage this.
Jun 5th 2006, 4:31 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Ben
The brighter kids can finish their high school earlier by at least a year but the schools do everything they can to discourage this.
It's a tough balance. If you reward the schools based on "graduating" students, no matter how early, then they'll push them out the door too early. If you reward them based on keeping the kids in the classroom til 18 then some brighter students are held back. Some school districts are enlightened enough to allow students to be registered at the high school level but go to a community college for higher-level coursework. And I believe the GED trumps all exit tests -- if you pass it, you are considered to have the equivalent of a high school diploma.
Jun 5th 2006, 4:45 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
How many times have you heard that ?
I have heard it countless times since being here and I usually give some remark like 'I am f**kin English, it's you who can't speak it'
One afternoon last week as I was driving out of a company in Glens Falls NY I saw a truck slowly pulling in and the driver was so confused, I saw him grabbing his CB mike to talk to me ... "Hey driver is this Pactive corporation ?"
I answered "Yes driver, just pull straight ahead into the trailer parking area and dispatch is on the left"
"Where's dispatch ?"
"On your left when you enter the trailer parking area"
"Where ?"
"On your left"
"Speak f**king English"
"How about I come back there and punch you on your nose you cheeky bastard ? ..... I am English"
"F**kin imigrants" He said.
"Find it yourself asshole"
As I left I heard the yard guy telling him he was lucky not to have a black eye and that to say that to me was a real insult
How often do you get reactions like that ?
I have heard it countless times since being here and I usually give some remark like 'I am f**kin English, it's you who can't speak it'
One afternoon last week as I was driving out of a company in Glens Falls NY I saw a truck slowly pulling in and the driver was so confused, I saw him grabbing his CB mike to talk to me ... "Hey driver is this Pactive corporation ?"
I answered "Yes driver, just pull straight ahead into the trailer parking area and dispatch is on the left"
"Where's dispatch ?"
"On your left when you enter the trailer parking area"
"Where ?"
"On your left"
"Speak f**king English"
"How about I come back there and punch you on your nose you cheeky bastard ? ..... I am English"
"F**kin imigrants" He said.
"Find it yourself asshole"
As I left I heard the yard guy telling him he was lucky not to have a black eye and that to say that to me was a real insult
How often do you get reactions like that ?
Here you are Patrick!, a good site to show your American friends!
Proper English!
Very good site bud!, they might learn summat!!!
Jun 5th 2006, 7:49 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
[QUOTE=snowbunny And I believe the GED trumps all exit tests -- if you pass it, you are considered to have the equivalent of a high school diploma.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but if you want to go on to a good 4 year college you need good SATs and Regents scores along with a High School Diploma. It is my understanding that a GED is frowned upon compared to a High School Diploma. It shouldn't be because there are many reasons why a person doesn't complete their education in school.
Yes, our school district, and I know many in the area, encourage kids to attend local colleges. I was in a Spanish course over the summer last year with a young man who was 16 and completed all the Spanish, including AP, that he could in school.
Yes, but if you want to go on to a good 4 year college you need good SATs and Regents scores along with a High School Diploma. It is my understanding that a GED is frowned upon compared to a High School Diploma. It shouldn't be because there are many reasons why a person doesn't complete their education in school.
Yes, our school district, and I know many in the area, encourage kids to attend local colleges. I was in a Spanish course over the summer last year with a young man who was 16 and completed all the Spanish, including AP, that he could in school.
Jun 5th 2006, 10:59 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
What's English anyway 
Jun 5th 2006, 11:10 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by California Dreamin'
What's English anyway
Jun 6th 2006, 3:17 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by TruBrit
welcome california dreamin'...are you a descriptivist by any chance
I don't know what one of them is though
Jun 6th 2006, 10:31 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Derbys12
Here you are Patrick!, a good site to show your American friends!
Proper English!
Very good site bud!, they might learn summat!!!
Proper English!
Very good site bud!, they might learn summat!!!
Jun 6th 2006, 10:35 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
I can remember last summer driving down the NJ pike and chatting to another driver on the CB when some southern asshole told me to go back home. I replied that I would be later on as home was in NY. He then said "We don't need nothin' English over here"
"Really ! ...... Then can we have our language back ?" I asked him.. He spoke no more.
"Really ! ...... Then can we have our language back ?" I asked him.. He spoke no more.
Jun 7th 2006, 12:32 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by Patrick Hasler
I can remember last summer driving down the NJ pike and chatting to another driver on the CB when some southern asshole told me to go back home. I replied that I would be later on as home was in NY. He then said "We don't need nothin' English over here"
"Really ! ...... Then can we have our language back ?" I asked him.. He spoke no more.
"Really ! ...... Then can we have our language back ?" I asked him.. He spoke no more.
Gotta love the rednecks!
Jun 8th 2006, 4:45 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
i'm meeting a friend today for lunch at a nice little restaurant she recommended and i called ahead to ask if they had a car park and the reception lady said 'what' i repeated myself as to whether they had parking facilities (i know y'all think it's crazy the size of houston but some small restaurants do not) and anyway the woman said she didn't know what i meant so i said 'y'know car/ve-hicle parking space er parking lot' and she said 'oh you mean valet' lol whatever..it's all sooooo terribly hot today to be bothered with this 
Jun 8th 2006, 4:51 am
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Re: Speak f**kin English !
Originally Posted by TruBrit
i'm meeting a friend today for lunch at a nice little restaurant she recommended and i called ahead to ask if they had a car park and the reception lady said 'what' i repeated myself as to whether they had parking facilities (i know y'all think it's crazy the size of houston but some small restaurants do not) and anyway the woman said she didn't know what i meant so i said 'y'know car/ve-hicle parking space er parking lot' and she said 'oh you mean valet' lol whatever..it's all sooooo terribly hot today to be bothered with this
