Are you homeschooled?

[Choking Victim]

I think im going to start getting home schooled since my public school is going down hill, they're trying to conform every classroom into a similar experiece with things like heading your paper the same way and as soon as you walk in you answer an 'EQ' (essential question) that you have to write down and highlight in your binder. They also have "study days" where they hand you a folder filled with useless shit in first hour, then as the day progresses you pull out a new sheet of paper from the folder and do one of the activities. The activity varies throughout each class, for instance we had one where we had to organize someones schedule, we had to discuss 'math anxiety' and one where we learned about different ways to take notes. So i decided to get homeschooled, is anyone here currently homeschooled? do you like it? do you know anyone who is? and do they like it? im still kinda vague on how it all works and just wanted to know what everyone else knew about it.

[Boba]

Your school is going down hill? Join the club. :d

I would get home schooled, but I have a lot of credits and I'm in a lot of AP classes.

[Atty]

I'm home schooled, I have the internet, and teach myself things using it. I know at least 16 different ways to make a woman go, "oh yes." I feel its been a day well spent. :)

[Choking Victim]

Your school is going down hill? Join the club. :d

I would get home schooled, but I have a lot of credits and I'm in a lot of AP classes.
yea, but here its the fact that taxes are high and the good teachers can't afford to live here, not to mention the no child left behind act.

[Mass]

I actually do know someone home schooled, my childhood bestfriend. to me it seemed like he did nothing all day and slept 12 hours a night or something. But he actually knows about as much as me, because he read a lot and did like math books, and went to these hour long classes couple times a week or something, he learned his jew-shit, everything, and was still a lazy fuck. He has no stress though, and he doesn't understand why the rest of us smoke so much dope.

Real disadvantage is getting into selective schools though.

[Choking Victim]

I actually do know someone home schooled, my childhood bestfriend. to me it seemed like he did nothing all day and slept 12 hours a night or something. But he actually knows about as much as me, because he read a lot and did like math books, and went to these hour long classes couple times a week or something, he learned his jew-shit, everything, and was still a lazy fuck. He has no stress though, and he doesn't understand why the rest of us smoke so much dope.

Real disadvantage is getting into selective schools though.
thats what im doing, you go to an hour long class once a week, then they go over about 4 chapters, give you a weeks worth of work, you go home and do it whenever you feel like it, then hand it in at the next class. sounds like a sweet deal to me.

[Mass]

thats what im doing, you go to an hour long class once a week, then they go over about 4 chapters, give you a weeks worth of work, you go home and do it whenever you feel like it, then hand it in at the next class. sounds like a sweet deal to me.


And you don't have to pay for dope anymore. ;)
Unless you just love having fun.

[Limited]

I'd never ever get homeschooled. Yes I hated school alot and ended up missing a few years, but its just a totally different environment at home, its important to associate school and home as different things. Then home is always home and relaxation time and school is always some where you knuckle down and get work done :)

[Mass]

Home schooling techniques vary vastly, my friends was very relaxed, his parents never buckeled him down and said this is learning time, they just brought the rest of us over and put out plenty of reading material everywhere so that we would read and make him jealous, and he would want to learn.

Clever bastards.:)

[LlamaMaster]

I've been home schooled all my life.....hate it. Screwed me up socially real bad. Of course I can't speak for all homeschoolers, because I never really did any sports or anything growing up. Would of made all the difference is the world, really. Everything is socially backwards, it's weird. My homeschooled friends hate it when when I talk about girls, and I often get called a perv. WTF is up with that? Most of them have extremely strict parents (example, not being able to watch PG 13 movies) and are nerds. Several of my friends (their like 15-17) still watch spongebob regularly. None have had a girlfriend/boyfriend, nor have I. Don't get me wrong, most of them are very nice and wonderful people, their just not like other teens. These of course, have been homeschooled all there life.

Then I have homeschooled friends that also go to classes once a week. (thats where I fit in) They are like public school kids without the drugs. They curse, can be meen, and are much more open to the whole dating thing. (by that I meen they want to, I don't meen they have) They are much cooler than the other group.

It's fine going into homeschool now though, you have already had the experience of public.

Edit: I just realized I didn't really answer your question....

It's fine. You can get up when you want, and end whenever your done. You can take off days without consulting the school too.

[Bastinka]

Nope. :)

[hobojoe]

I'm also Homeschooled. If your worried about your social life. Get into some activites man. Go out and get involved in something. And trust me you like being homeschooled and having all that free time when you get busy.

[Stealth]

:/ I all most went to a privit school, and I was home schooled alittle bit back in grade school, yea I agree public schools are going down hill, I heard about a test they did in a school in my home town a few years back they a public grade school was teaching kids like a privit school did and they were all smarter then every one else and the stupid school board or who ever made the call did away with it. I like public schools cause I don't have to ware a uniform (that much), but I hated the way I the teachers were teaching me.

Edit | oh just be lucky you don't live in utah, schools here are poor, and I use to go to a school in a school disric(SP?) that was the poorest school disric in the state of utah, and if you're LDS (mormon) you have to go to a church school like thing which you get no creadit for doing so, I just about didn't pass my last year in high school because I didn't have the creadit I needed and it was because of that stupid useless class I had to take.

[El Lobo]

I liked public school too much to have enjoyed home schooling. I'd much rather go to school and be surrounded by friends the whole time than sleep in all the time. Who likes sleeping in anyways, feels like you're wasting the day. :/

[~TheTruth~]

I'm home schooled, I have the internet, and teach myself things using it. I know at least 16 different ways to make a woman go, "oh yes." I feel its been a day well spent. :)
It's far too bad you'll never get to use what you learned.

[n00b1n8R]

My school is awesome :awesome:

starts at 8:30 (D=) goes to 2:30.
3 70 minute sessions, 1 60 min session, 1 30 min lunch and a 1 40 minute lunch.

pluss the teachers are kewl and theirs a bunch of extra crit stuff if your into that kind of thing :3

[Ki11a_FTW]

Most of them have extremely strict parents (example, not being able to watch PG 13 movies) and are nerds. Several of my friends (their like 15-17) still watch spongebob regularly.

I still watch spongebob D:

[legionaire45]

I had a friend who started being home schooled after 5th grade. I saw him a few years later wearing an apron while his mom and brother's hair were all a matching shade of horrific super-saiyan orange. Last time I ever saw him.

[n00b1n8R]

spongebob is lol but hey arnold allways rapes it.

WHY THE FUCK DID THEY STOP MAKING IT :smith:

[rossmum]

I liked public school too much to have enjoyed home schooling. I'd much rather go to school and be surrounded by friends the whole time than sleep in all the time. Who likes sleeping in anyways, feels like you're wasting the day. :/
Yeah. Our schools are pretty good anyway, and despite the fairly large proportion of complete oxygen-wasters we have (odd, for a selective school), I've made a lot of great friends I would never have met otherwise.

In my opinion, home schooling really screws up social skills. Mine are none to great to begin with (mild Asperger's), so that'd pretty much ensure I'd be a loner for a lot of my childhood.

[n00b1n8R]

and people wonder why it became a post whore :rolleyes:

[rossmum]

Hey fuck you ok, it's easier to make friends over the net. :smith:

[n00b1n8R]

I know right :smith:

[Mass]

[/pathetic]

but I might be more pathetic for befriending people just to mooch on their stuff. Anyway, My friend solved the lack of social interaction problem by going to hebrew school to meet (and meat) a nice jewish girl. And he did. But he didn't shut up about it.

Also, having me as his good friend always helped him to be more aquainted with what was going on, although I was always secretly in envy (>.>)of his ability to not give a fuck about trends and stuff, without being a nerd about it.

[Bodzilla]

home schooling to me has always been a terrible idea. u might get the marks but there useless tbh. there is allways another way of getting into uni. school basically means nothing tbh.

Kids need to be kids, not students.

[Mass]

home schooling to me has always been a terrible idea. u might get the marks but there useless tbh. there is allways another way of getting into uni. school basically means nothing tbh.

Kids need to be kids, not students.

wait I'm sorry I couldn't make heads or tails out of what you meant? did you mean to be talkin about home schooling, cause it sounds like you're talkin about public.

[n00b1n8R]

kids have 6 years to be kids.

after that they need to start getting an education if their going to amount to anything when their older.

you can't get by in the world without reading.
you can't get by in the world without basic maths.

these are all essential skills you learn at school.

[Kalub]

Public Skool all my life.


And my school is pulling the same shit yours is, except they call it Green, and White. it teaches you school spirit or something, w2spend tax money on kindergarten shit. Jr year

[jngrow]

Home schooling for a month or two isn't that bad... But it really does put a mental drain on a kid over time. That's 6-7 less hours a day of friends.

[Kybo_Ren]

:/ I all most went to a privit school, and I was home schooled alittle bit back in grade school, yea I agree public schools are going down hill, I heard about a test they did in a school in my home town a few years back they a public grade school was teaching kids like a privit school did and they were all smarter then every one else and the stupid school board or who ever made the call did away with it. I like public schools cause I don't have to ware a uniform (that much), but I hated the way I the teachers were teaching me.

Edit | oh just be lucky you don't live in utah, schools here are poor, and I use to go to a school in a school disric(SP?) that was the poorest school disric in the state of utah, and if you're LDS (mormon) you have to go to a church school like thing which you get no creadit for doing so, I just about didn't pass my last year in high school because I didn't have the creadit I needed and it was because of that stupid useless class I had to take.
No offense man, but your spelling and writing skills are absolutely awful. You really should have attended that public school; it would have taught you to write properly...

Obviously I was never home-schooled, but I honestly think that home-schooling a kid is one of the worst things you can do for his or her education.

[Timo]

Have been at a public school for my life. Have to say, it's pretty awesome. Although I only have a year and a bit to go :(. I'd hate to be home schooled, especially not at senior high school level.

[Bodzilla]

kids have 6 years to be kids.

after that they need to start getting an education if their going to amount to anything when their older.

you can't get by in the world without reading.
you can't get by in the world without basic maths.

these are all essential skills you learn at school.
god dam stop looking at things as an academic and get this (in bold) out of your head.

it is all basically a pack of lies about how school is the be all/end all to careers and getting into uni ect.
there is always a way to get to what u want to do. whether it be through additional training in different but similar courses or doing tests for acceptance or even just impressing your employers.

my mum started as a nurse, and after a few years found her self doing adolescent councelling. with no addictional training.

don't believe what your teachers/ parents say when it comes to studying because they have ulterior motives.

[n00b1n8R]

yer like having you do well D:

/conspiracy tbh

[Bodzilla]

how about having a quiet child thats maintenace free and doesnt experience partys, Multiple friends, music, alcohol or sex?

cause i'm sure that kid will have loads of fond memorys to look back on when he finish's school.

[FlyingStone]

I was in public school until 8th grade. During that time i had been sick with what not, don't feel like typing it all out tbh. Well they basically screwed me over. I could hardly make it to school sometimes because the pains i was having due to my chrones desise. So sometimes i was able to go, and ill admit it was nice to see friends and talk about this and that. But during that time they cut down on some of my classes, as in they didn't give me all the work, they only gave what is important. This may not sound like a bad thing but what the fuck do you do when they hand you a test on cells, and they haven't even given you something to REVIEW for cells. Finally i myself gave up and i went into home school. This home school i do is all online, they have there own protected website and the layout of it is nice. The work however is hard, and slow. I started late this year, well last year for those of you who are already back in school, and it messed me up. I was looking forward to having a summer vacation this year. Funny how that bitch slapped me in the face. Its my second year of not having a summer vacation, and i mean nothing. I took brakes sure, i said yeah I'm working, LOL not. But its not the same. I wanted to go see my friends who i left behind when i went into homeschooling, and shorty after that we moved to a new town. So i basically lost touch with a lot of people, and just recently i got caught up with a few old friends. Most of them girls, not by my choice tbh. It was still fun to see all of them talk and shit around. Most of them thought i was dead, or moved out of state. You know most of you might just say haha no, and that is what i said to them but i was thinking wow. To have someone tell you they thought you were dead, sometimes just does not settle well after a while.

Homeschooling has its perks, flexible time frame, no snow days, no emergency drills, no teachers yelling at you, you can ask a lot of questions, and you can work at your own pace. How ever the cons, sometimes out way the pros. You lose all social life unless you play sports or are involved with the community. If you don't make the lesson end date you have to work all summer. Its costly. You look at a computer for about 7-10 hours, for me anyway. The biggest thing there is the social aspect of it. Sure you can talk to them in a chat room, but you can't actually talk. Your typing and reading. Its sometimes harder to socialize in the everyday life.

My view if your healthy and have the enthusiasm to do Public school. Do it. Homeschooling should be, and at least on my list always was a last resort.
-F.S

[Dr Nick]

Schools all over the world are going to hell?
No wonder why I wanted to quit so much recently!
I think I might ask about home-schooling.

[FlyingStone]

>_<

-F.S

[Mr Buckshot]

I was homeschooled in 6th grade.

I'm in regular school now, more specifically IB.

[n00b1n8R]

how about having a quiet child thats maintenace free and doesnt experience partys, Multiple friends, music, alcohol or sex?

cause i'm sure that kid will have loads of fond memorys to look back on when he finish's school.

What part of I don't like people is hard to understand. people go to these things, dance worse than my father (...), get drunk, act like slutty idiots (or more idiotic than normal..) and feel like shit the next day.



honestly, I'd just as rather spend the evening at home fucking around on the computer. I'll have happy memorys of that when I'm older.

like I said earlier, it's all perspective on what you see as "fun".

[Bodzilla]

but those moments of fun your having are getting quashed by school homework.

dont lie to me man, i've talked to u man times on xfire and your like sorry i have to go do homework.
and is the homework something u choose to do? are u passionate about it? do u enjoy it? because if u dont answer "yes" to those 3 questions then your work is going wasted where u could spend it better doing other things.

i'm a perfect example of that n00b. i did enough work to get through school and defied everyones advice and didnt pick the academic subjects i didnt give a fuck about.
the subjects i choose to do i excelled and smashed 90&#37; of everyone in our year up against the wall.
i choose to do woodwork, i wanted to do woodwork and i enjoy doing it. i ended up walking away with 92% for it and laughed in all the ppls faces that said it couldnt be done and that the only way to get a good uai is to bust your ass off doing crap boring subjects.
their marks where all in the 60-70's.

if your doing something u dont enjoy doing, dont do it and spend your time more productivly doing something u enjoy.
otherwise your just wasting your time.

i still love u tho.

[Stealth]

No offense man, but your spelling and writing skills are absolutely awful. You really should have attended that public school; it would have taught you to write properly...
Oh, noone has ever told me that I suck at spelling and writing. :eek: Please, half of the -rep pages in my user cp say I suck at spelling. My handwriting sucks (but noone cheats off of me). You really should read my post again, because I did go to that public school. They were teaching me how to spell better and write better, but the only things that improved were my grammar and my block lettering. >.> I get my stupid spelling skills from my dad (some of them). I can spell some things that he can, and some things I can't, and if I use a word a few times and type it out, I'll remember it.

[Bad Waffle]

i was homeschooled until i convinced my parents to let me go to public school for my highschool diploma. The only thing i regret is meeting a bipolar crazy bitch who set her sights on procreating with me. To this day, she STILL wont leave me alone.

[Teh Ganon]

Public school all my life. The system is normal (bit better than the towns around us...) and it seems like im doing fine. Our director off edumacation is just :awesome: , and my schools principal is a badass that likes to really try and see what goes down so he doest let any bullshit happen. The teachers are also :awesome: , and one even got best teacher award for the county. But my schools downfall? Our sports suck... We have them and we have very fair systems but we have losing records. I blame that on the older kids. I was on the modified baseball team last year and we went undefeated. Currently I'm playing golf, and I just got a message from my friend that we won todays match. But anyway, I do know a few homeschool kids, they have limited social skills, which is what will haunt them in later years when thy have jobs and whatnot...

[Mass]

Yeah, lots about no socializing going around.
I geuss my friend was lucky to live in an urban area and be around people that would teach him to cuss and shit.

Also I don't think sports should measure quality, ganon.

[Rosco]

You guys posts don't make sense.

No.

[Atty]

No, I'm not homosexual.

[Con]

liar

[Kornman00]

wtf, omg stop ur hacking attishit >=D

[Mass]

what happened?


:lol:

[Atty]

wtf, omg stop ur hacking attishit >=DSHUSH YOU KNOW I AINT GOT DEM MOD/ADMIN POWAZ :awesome:

[Kornman00]

Yes, but your alt does...

oshi, I mean Atty does have a Alty :awesome:

[teh lag]

I've been in public school all my life, never really had major problems with it. That's not to say there aren't any things at all that bother me, but I've never been put off enough to want to be homeschooled.



Oh, noone has ever told me that I suck at spelling and writing. :eek: Please, half of the -rep pages in my user cp say I suck at spelling. My handwriting sucks (but noone cheats off of me). You really should read my post again, because I did go to that public school. They were teaching me how to spell better and write better, but the only things that improved were my grammar and my block lettering. >.> I get my stupid spelling skills from my dad (some of them). I can't spell some things better than him, and some things I can't, if I use a word a few times and type it out, I remember it.

Spelling errors in bold, gramatical errors in underline, missing words in green. I have no idea what you were trying to say in the blue part. It's not that hard to make your posts coherent and alot less unpleasant to read tbh.

[Agamemnon]

Spelling errors are in bold, gramattical errors are underlined, and missing words are in green. I have no idea what you were trying to say in the blue part. It's not that hard to make your posts coherent and alot less unpleasant to read tbh.
Spelling errors are in bold and missing words are in green.

:eng101:

[Kornman00]

fuck u agaymon

gramattical
grammatical :downs:

[Atty]

:eng101:

[teh lag]

D: I stand corrected.

[Bad Waffle]

replace "stand" with "bent over" plz

[Stealth]

Oh, noone has ever told me that I suck at spelling and writing. Please, half of the -rep pages in my user cp say I suck at spelling. My handwriting sucks (but noone cheats off of me). You really should read my post again, because I did go to that public school. They were teaching me how to spell better and write better, but the only things that improved were my grammar and my block lettering. >.> I get my stupid spelling skills from my dad (some of them). I can spell some things that he can, and some things I can't, and if I use a word a few times and type it out, I'll remember it.
fixed.

I've been in public school all my life, never really had major problems with it. That's not to say there aren't any things at all that bother me, but I've never been put off enough to want to be homeschooled.

Spelling errors in bold, gramatical errors in underline, missing words in green. I have no idea what you were trying to say in the blue part. It's not that hard to make your posts coherent and alot less unpleasant to read tbh.
thanks, that helps alittle, but the last little part was me just saying that my spelling skills are just about the same level as my dad's spelling skills, only he uses the big fat building code and crap words, me I use smaller and easier to remember words. and for a long time I didn't know how to spell "plasma", "damage", and a few others. I'll try to work harder on improve my spelling skills as well as my grammar, that's way I do alot of posting here, most of you guys are better at spelling then me and you guys get pissed off when I post shit that you guys think is less coherent and unpleasant.:embarrassed:

[Mass]

replace "stand" with "bent over" plz

:lol:

WUT R U GYEZ TOCKING AB0U7 HIZ GR4MER IZ FYNE.
Couldn't resist.

[rossmum]

'A lot' is not one word, never has been, and never will be. Also, 'grammatical' has one 't'.

fail get

[Limited]

Never put a comma next to an "and". I cry when I see English being ripped apart.

[Mass]

Never put a comma next to an "and". I cry when I see English being ripped apart.

Actually that is debatable. I believe it is correct in American English, I guess not "proper" English, though.;)

[rossmum]

Never put a comma next to an "and". I cry when I see English being ripped apart.
Yours is no better, from what I've seen.

I type the way I speak. Commas indicate a pause, and I pause between list items - even those with an 'and'. I see no reason I should post in an entirely formal manner, given the nature of this forum.

[n00b1n8R]

lol ross wtf are you talking about xD

[rossmum]

Something you don't comprehend, apparently :downs:

[n00b1n8R]

I see no reason I should post in an entirely formal manner, given the nature of this forum.


lol ross wtf are you talking about xD

or I comprehend better than you may think :rolleyes:

[rossmum]

That's not entirely formal. That's legible. :downs:

[n00b1n8R]

given the nature of this forum.

I can draw you a picture if you'd like :downs:
the joke is that your saying you don't need to type formal english due to the nature of this forum then I come in talking like an idiot demonstrating an exagerated version of the forum's nature.. or something I forget now :3

[Kybo_Ren]

Never put a comma next to an "and". I cry when I see English being ripped apart.
I cry when I see an ignorant person pretend to know what he or she is talking about.


A lot' is not one word, never has been, and never will be. Also, 'grammatical' has one 't'.
The bolded section is known as an 'appositive'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appositive

[Agamemnon]

Punctuation also goes before quotations.

Example:

The bolded section is known as an 'appositive.'

[Emmzee]

Jesus Christ, you guys are worse to people with bad grammar than the eighties were to the Baby Boomers.

[Kybo_Ren]

Punctuation also goes before quotations.

Example:

The bolded section is known as an 'appositive.'
Punctuation should not appear before single quotes when they are used to introduce a term.

[legionaire45]

http://www.siteofsteve.net/battle/grammar/grammar_nazi.jpg
Heil!

[STLRamsFan]

Nope, always was in public schools. Would be boring if I wasn't surrounded by friends the entire day.

[MereCatfish]

Never put a comma next to an "and". I cry when I see English being ripped apart.

9mm is usually wrong and, as can be seen above, he is wrong today.

[Agamemnon]

Punctuation should not appear before single quotes when they are used to introduce a term.
Sorry, my source comes from the MLA. And your source comes from...#gbh singled-out negative rep posts?

By the way, that was -1 from each of you, which can be simply canceled out by even Ross's alt. :lol:

[Emmzee]

Never put a comma next to an "and". I cry when I see English being ripped apart.
It's called dialect, you dumb bitch. Ever heard of Mark Twain?

[Mass]

It's called dialect, you dumb bitch. Ever heard of Mark Twain?

Its part of his national pride shtick. There are no dialects, if its not English english it's wrong.
He posted that while eating his completely fried breakfast and watching
Dr.Who I'll bet. :)

And while we are on the subject of grammar, what does everyone have against "you're?"

[Emmzee]

Its part of his national pride shtick. There are no dialects, if its not English english it's wrong.
He posted that while eating his completely fried breakfast and watching
Dr.Who I'll bet. :)

And while we are on the subject of grammar, what does everyone have against "you're?"
some people use "your" where they should be using "you're," and contractions should never be used (unless in quotes).

Of course, that's according to every English teacher I've had since eighth grade.

[Mass]

some people use "your" where they should be using "you're," and contractions should never be used (unless in quotes).

Of course, that's according to every English teacher I've had since eighth grade.

That's what I'm saying, people say "your" where they mean you are. Even people you might not expect, but many, many people do it.

[rossmum]

Its part of his national pride shtick. There are no dialects, if its not English english it's wrong.
He posted that while eating his completely fried breakfast and watching
Dr.Who I'll bet. :)

And while we are on the subject of grammar, what does everyone have against "you're?"
There are different forms of British English, too. For example, a northerner speaks a lot differently than a Cockney Londoner or Welshman.

[Mass]

There are different forms of British English, too. For example, a northerner speaks a lot differently than a Cockney Londoner or Welshman.

Yeah, I should probably shut the fuck up, being as it is that I don't really know too much shit about Britain. I just fealt like making a wisecrack.

[Bastinka]

Isn't a welshman a breed of dog? :\

EDIT: Or am I thinking of a doberman...

[n00b1n8R]

don't dogs talk where you come from? :downs:

[Emmzee]

Isn't a welshman a breed of dog? :\

EDIT: Or am I thinking of a doberman...
Well, the Welsh are comparable to dogs...

At least their faces are.

[Mass]

Owned. Don't forget the accent/language.

[Warsaw]

He posted that while eating his completely fried breakfast and watching
Dr.Who I'll bet. :)

:D

Ross, I have a question for you: do you have an accent? Just curious, since you live in Australia.

[Emmzee]

:D

Ross, I have a question for you: do you have an accent? Just curious, since you live in Australia.
Yeah, he does. It's a combination of British and Australian.

[Dole]

Ross, I have a question for you: do you have an accent? Just curious, since you live in Australia.
Oh boy, you haven't heard his GTFO-Strider (http://media.putfile.com/GTFO-Strider) thing on Putfile? It's like listening to someone dragging a rusty hangnail across a piece of slate.
Mind you, this was back when had the "Netcode GTFO" sig, or earlier. :-3

Edit: What the fuck, did I hear you cock a rifle in the beginning of that video? o_O

[Kybo_Ren]

Sorry, my source comes from the MLA. And your source comes from...#gbh singled-out negative rep posts?

By the way, that was -1 from each of you, which can be simply canceled out by even Ross's alt. :lol:
Actually, you are correct if you're talking about direct quotations. When using just a single word, one must not use punctuation before the closing quotation mark. Don't believe me? Purdue's Online Writing Lab says that I'm correct. (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html) I must admit a fault, however; I should have italicized the word instead of wrapping it in quotation marks.

Also, MLA English is an adopted standard for American English -- it does not cover British English, in which one should not use punctuation inside quotations (as one would in American English).

[Mass]

Oh boy, you haven't heard his GTFO-Strider (http://media.putfile.com/GTFO-Strider) thing on Putfile? It's like listening to someone dragging a rusty hangnail across a piece of slate.
Mind you, this was back when had the "Netcode GTFO" sig, or earlier. :-3

Edit: What the fuck, did I hear you cock a rifle in the beginning of that video? o_O

I did too, but that might be the pop up D:
Also, it was only slightly unpleasant, my own ramblings during tuts are far more monotone and annoying.

[rossmum]

Oh boy, you haven't heard his GTFO-Strider (http://media.putfile.com/GTFO-Strider) thing on Putfile? It's like listening to someone dragging a rusty hangnail across a piece of slate.
Mind you, this was back when had the "Netcode GTFO" sig, or earlier. :-3

Edit: What the fuck, did I hear you cock a rifle in the beginning of that video? o_O
No, you didn't. I was mucking around with some tags when I recorded that... which attests to its age. I haven't done anything with HEK for a long time.

[Agamemnon]

Actually, you are correct if you're talking about direct quotations. When using just a single word, one must not use punctuation before the closing quotation mark. Don't believe me? Purdue's Online Writing Lab says that I'm correct. (http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quote.html) I must admit a fault, however; I should have italicized the word instead of wrapping it in quotation marks.
I reviewed through the whole thing, including the section dealing with singular worlds, and it mentions nothing of how the rule applies to punctuation being outside the equation marks. You did use it right though. Italicizing is only necessary when defining a word. You just put the punctuation in the wrong place.


Also, MLA English is an adopted standard for American English -- it does not cover British English, in which one should not use punctuation inside quotations (as one would in American English).
American English is the next step of evolution in the English language, whether some Brits do or don't want to accept that. The MLA is also easily recognized as one of the most reputable language associations around the world when dealing with the English language itself. It's not my fault if some Brits are still set in their old ways that their language doesn't evolve. Some also need a reminder of how it evolved when the French invaded and integrated many parts of the French language with the English language. That's what languages do; they evolve.

[rossmum]

I see no reason US English should become the standard form. It has no advantages whatsoever over British English, unless you're so lazy that you consider the omission of letters from certain words to be one. Languages evolve through necessity; something that this scenario lacks. Therefore there is no need for British English to be seconded, let alone replaced.

Either way, this thread is about homeschooling, not the English language and whose version is 'better'.

[Agamemnon]

I see no reason US English should become the standard form. It has no advantages whatsoever over British English, unless you're so lazy that you consider the omission of letters from certain words to be one. Languages evolve through necessity; something that this scenario lacks. Therefore there is no need for British English to be seconded, let alone replaced.
Languages evolve when people make the changes for it to involve. If it makes you feel any better Ross, even H.G. Wells was involved with trying to make more sense out of the language and tried to reform it as well. The difference between "color" and "colour" was set between Webster and Johnson simply on pronunciation, nothing more. We're no longer in the 1770's though Ross, so people actually make more modern changes to the language as it furthers evolves.


Either way, this thread is about homeschooling, not the English language and whose version is 'better'.
It was derailed a while ago. :/

[rossmum]

True, but they're unnecessary changes which seem to have resulted from little more than bored linguists - 'because we can'.

And yeah, also true :p

[Kybo_Ren]

I reviewed through the whole thing, including the section dealing with singular worlds, and it mentions nothing of how the rule applies to punctuation being outside the equation marks. You did use it right though. Italicizing is only necessary when defining a word. You just put the punctuation in the wrong place.

I strongly suggest you work on your reading comprehension skills, then.



American English is the next step of evolution in the English language, whether some Brits do or don't want to accept that. The MLA is also easily recognized as one of the most reputable language associations around the world when dealing with the English language itself. It's not my fault if some Brits are still set in their old ways that their language doesn't evolve. Some also need a reminder of how it evolved when the French invaded and integrated many parts of the French language with the English language. That's what languages do; they evolve.
Don't be racist; American English and British English are both valid. Neither is more correct than the other.

[Emmzee]

Don't be racist; American English and British English are both valid. Neither is more correct than the other.
I see your logic. Culture=race.
http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-pseudo.gif

[legionaire45]

BUTT MY AMERACAN ELGESH IS BETER THEN YOURE SILY BRIT LANGWAGE!

Also, heil!

[Dole]

Don't be racist; American English and British English are both valid. Neither is more correct than the other.
Pssh... Latin is superior to both. There are no fucked up grammar issues concerning word order in tenses and modes, there is no ambiguity in noun/verb/adjective interactions, and a word's actual spelling doesn't deviate from its phonetic pronunciation.

[Bodzilla]

American English is the next step of evolution in the English language, whether some Brits do or don't want to accept that. The MLA is also easily recognized as one of the most reputable language associations around the world when dealing with the English language itself. It's not my fault if some Brits are still set in their old ways that their language doesn't evolve. Some also need a reminder of how it evolved when the French invaded and integrated many parts of the French language with the English language. That's what languages do; they evolve.
Some could say the same thing for the metric system in america :downs:

[Archon23]

Until we reach the point where we can't understand each other at all (You know like the Chinese Language Group) I don't think we really need to argue about this.

[n00b1n8R]

how many countries spell it colour and how many spell it color?

how many people call it "zed" not "zee" (>_>)?

also metric > imperial o/

[rossmum]

Fuck that, I like Imperial better.

[Dr Nick]

Zed is the most common pronunciation by English speaking people outside of America.

[Dole]

I'm more comfortable with a measurement system that says I'm over six units, not two. It's a nice boost for my masculinity.

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On a seperate note, Smack is awesome.

[Neuro Guro]

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[Dole]

Because people who are homeschooled fap all day long, which is proven to decrease the size of your cawk.

[Neuro Guro]

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[Dole]

Actually if you do the research, masturbation has no perma-effect on the penis.
Over time it weakens the erectile tissue, k? <:maddowns:>

[Neuro Guro]

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[n00b1n8R]

if that was true dole, zilla wouldn't have a penis :3

[Emmzee]

Fuck that, I like Imperial better.
:awesome:

I loathe the metric system. They measure you in centimeters, and it always makes me think I'm taller than I actually am.

[Neuro Guro]

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[n00b1n8R]

:raise:

point.

[legionaire45]

I like the metric system because I can't count to 12 :downs:

[n00b1n8R]

I like the metric system because it makes smaller units easier to use.

[Mass]

Frequent masturbation (or regular use of the penis) increases sensitivity and pleasure resulting in a quicker orgasm build up. At first I didn't believe that until I tested it....I masturbated every night for two weeks and then managed to get there in about two minutes. But it's not perma as neuro said. Your penis will eventually lose its new found sensitivity.

Also if you wack it too much, depending on your hand of choice, It can gain a temperary sideways slant...>.>

[n00b1n8R]

*cough*

right well.. good to know I guess <.<

also why is this thread now about penis's (and people wonder why girls don't come to this site :3 )

[Jay2645]

how about having a quiet child thats maintenace free and doesnt experience partys, Multiple friends, music, alcohol or sex?

cause i'm sure that kid will have loads of fond memorys to look back on when he finish's school.
Umm...
That quiet child you mentioned isn't me. GO AWAY![/lie]

Damnit, I post on topic, and everyone's off topic.
Anyway, to be on (Off?) topic, I've been doing what Mass said since I learned to wank, very easy to do now. Though my penis slants to the left a bit...

[rossmum]

Way too much info. :gonk:

[Archon23]

http://www.h2vista.net/forums/h2images/smilies/extra/gonk.gif

[Neuro Guro]

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[n00b1n8R]

Jay's left handed hey?

[Bodzilla]

dude if masturbation decresed the size....

then mine wouldnt exist.

i'm like addicted to it :gah noes:
:gonk:

[Dr Nick]

What the fuck does masturbation and being homeschooled have in common!?

[Bodzilla]

everything :-3

[Dr Nick]

o rite i furgot

[n00b1n8R]

here's a challange.

for every day ross goes without posting zilla can't fap.
lol it'll never happen.

[Bodzilla]

looks like fapping for me :downs:

[Jay2645]

Jay's left handed hey?
Yes I am.

[n00b1n8R]

ahahahaha I knew it :lmao:

[Jay2645]

Only real thing I use my right hand for is the mouse. Everything else, I'm a lefty.

[n00b1n8R]

I can tell :3

[Abdurahman]

My sister is homeschooled, and the woman that works for that school and comes every month to check on my sister's progress was also my English 1 teacher in college 2 semesters ago. Hehe. She gave me a good grade.

[AAA]

I just went back to school this year since 3rd Grade. I used to be homeschool.