Socreges said:A ha. I didn't realize there was history to this.
Yeah, there is. Sorry for almost getting you caught up in this worthless bickering.
Socreges said:A ha. I didn't realize there was history to this.
Razoric said:Hey Che, how you like the internet? Pretty cool huh?
ItalianStallion said:The best weed, you say? Wanna send me some?
gofreak said:lol I live in Ireland. The authority isn't anonymous, however it is a black box as far as the universities/students are concerned. Students submit their course choices, in order of preference, to the authority. The colleges submit the number of places they have available. Then using that, the authority allocates places to people based on their choices and their grades. If, say, there are 20 places in one course, and 25 apply, the best 20 are taken. The minimum grades of the "worst" person accepted represents the cut-off point - the number of "points" required to do the course. If more than one person are tied for the final place, then it's a lottery. The authority is called the CAO..it's not anonymous, but it's entirely independent. If you are fresh out of school, money won't buy you a place ahead of someone with better grades than you. Simple as that. As a "mature" student, you can apply for courses, and pay the full fees, but you will have to sit exams, and will be held to the standards of incoming students (so in that sense, you can buy your way in..to a degree..but only after having done another qualification etc.). Oh, and there are a couple of private colleges for people who don't make it in the "points race", but with them, you are paying thousands a year for qualifications that aren't so well recognised - employers know that the people who go to these places, generally speaking, are the people who couldn't succeed on their own merits.
$1m per professor? That's simply ridiculous. You could pay far less, and still pay more than anywhere else in the world.
Firest0rm said:I dont understand why Americans say "we don't care about the rest of the world". You can't do that anymore, the whole world has gone through globalization. 80% of what you live on in America is made over-seas. You say you don't care, but really that just shows that you have no clue of whats happening. If you did then you would care because it effects you directly. How? Well mostly through the prices of your precious products. Whether its your favorite clothing line, or just gasoline. On top of that, the world around you is taking away your jobs. Thats a known fact.
Firest0rm said:I dont understand why Americans say "we don't care about the rest of the world". You can't do that anymore, the whole world has gone through globalization. 80% of what you live on in America is made over-seas. You say you don't care, but really that just shows that you have no clue of whats happening. If you did then you would care because it effects you directly. How? Well mostly through the prices of your precious products. Whether its your favorite clothing line, or just gasoline. On top of that, the world around you is taking away your jobs. Thats a known fact.
The Promised One said:I could care less what the Euro-snobs and the rest of world thinks of us (that's what Liberals are for). Everyone hates you when you're on top. Plus, I'd love to see all these Countries bitching about us, stop taking our money. If you want to turn America into France, then please just do us all a favor and move there instead.
myzhi said:What you are stating would be a "perfect" scenerio. School has x openings. The most qualify gets in. Unfortunately, humans aren't "perfect." There a few places where outside influence can get you in. The school my say they have 20 openings, but in fact it could be 22. The other 2 places could be reserve for other purposes. The people working in CAO could be pressure by family members, politician, $$$ and etc. to secretly change placements. If all else fails, they could go overseas to better institutions, ie Harvard, Oxford, and etc. I am sure a Harvard education would be seen more highly then Ireland unversity one.
dark10x said:Actually, I was going to...but I decided it would be better NOT to follow in his steps. I could have asked him how is corrupt government is doing (I mean, I know they must be making progress...afterall, Greece has been considered the most corrupt country within Europe) or something...but figued I would just take a little jab at his answer instead.
ballhog said:I don't think Americans are any more stupid than anyone else. We sure seem to be assholes though.
ballhog said:I don't think Americans are any more stupid than anyone else. We sure seem to be assholes though.
Socreges said:Arrogance breeds ignorance, Ripclawe. Get a clue.
Che said:Ripclawe to get a clue? Lol! You see man, people like Ripclawe are the reason why US has a bad name.
In a stunning upset, "stupid" Americans have created the largest economy in history, the most powerful military in history, and the most pervasive global culture in history.
dark10x said:Yep. Those are also the kind of people that the media adore...which is why you hear about them so often.
Lil' Dice said:Unfortunately, yes, my fellow Americans are a disturbingly stupid bunch...How else do you explain:
The Backstreet Boys' success
N-Sync's success
Reality Televsion
Lil' Dice said:Unfortunately, yes, my fellow Americans are a disturbingly stupid bunch...How else do you explain:
More than 5000 votes for Bush
Gregory said:I wonder how many times I`ve read this brainwashed drivel from americans, lol. It`s like a broken record.
Che said:When people like Ripclawe are the majority of the population of a country or at least a big chank of it, yes then the other countries will generalize and consider you all stupid. For god's sake this guy doesn't even admit (or understands) the super-obvious matters.
The Promised One said:I wonder how many times I've read moronic brainwashed America hating drivel from Euro-Trash, and Liberals, lol. It's like a broken record.
Oh, click here please.
dark10x said:...but they are not the majority. Those people are simply the loudest. I hope you are not drawing this from anything media based, no matter where its origins might be...
Also, I don't support Bush, but your "LOL!!!11" comment was hardly justified. Who the hell knew that Bush would go this far? Really, though, what are people supposed to do? There were no good candidates back then and there sure as shit aren't any now. Somebody HAS to win, obviously.
spangler said:I think its sad that the best news reporting on American television comes from the "fake" Comedy Central Daily Show.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it obvious that after what he did only people like Ripclawe could vote for him?
Oh, now THAT I will agree with.
dark10x said:I don't even know if I should vote this year because I don't want either side to win. That's the problem, many people don't want either side to win...but end up voting for one of them simply because they they might prefer one of them. The difference between voting for Bush or Kerry is like deciding whether to eat dog shit or cat shit. Don't ever believe that voting for Bush means that those people blindly support him.
quadriplegicjon said:ugh.. i feel the same way.. i dont like bush.. for obvious reasons.. but kerry seems like a two faced liar.. im a little frightened at what he might do if he became president.
i think i decided on not voting this time. :/
Che said:And please don't twist my words I never said Americans are stupid, but unfortunatelly you have a huge amount of stupid uneducated mostly rednecks there and it's not your fault.
Hitokage said:Considering how many Americans let the media do their thinking for them, and the widespread anti-intellectual sentiment... yes, a great deal of us ARE stupid, but not all.