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[cleolinda]

The ff.net thing has been taken down. The culprit would like you to know that 1) he is a boy and 2) his self-confidence has been damaged by your flames. I maintain that the U.S. education system started taking a dive when self-esteem became more important than accomplishment ("Everyone gets a gold star just for showing up! Yay!"). You can draw your own conclusions from that.

(Let the record show that I asked people not to flame, by the way.)

Quick movie news: new Batman Begins pics, including one in which Gary Oldman has apparently borrowed David Thewlis' porno stache and fed it Miracle Gro; a higher-quality version of the new Elektra pic that came out yesterday; and new Decipher ROTK cards with some nice images (more added every day).

Don't forget to get your two-week paid account extension here. (Yay! I don't have to fool with mine until the end of July now!)

Am going back to bed now. Mostly because I can; also because I was up somewhat later than usual drinking with college friends (The Lovely Emily, Valerie, Brett the Vet). Whee!


Breaking news: Marlon Brando dead at 80 in LA hospital; cause of death as yet undisclosed.

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[maeritrae.livejournal.com]

Mmm, I think educational systems the world over are declining. In Ireland the government is cutting funding to colleges and secondary schools (Americans read: high schools) to focus on primary schools (Americans read: grade schools) which would be fine by me, IF THEY WERE TEACHING THE KIDS THINGS THAT WERE WORTH KNOWING.

They're focussing on arts and music and stuff like that, which is fine, except that the standards in core subjects like maths have disappeared. There was also meant to be a new science curriculum, which somehow doesn't seem to have materialised.

My cousin (she's about eight) thinks she is the smartest person in her class, because she can name all the countries who just joined the EU and most of their capitals. That's a pretty impressive accomplishment for a kid, but still, it shouldn't be the standard by which she is judged. (The whole best-in-the-class thing is because her parents are fucked up people.)