Creationists Argue Nessie Exists

Darat said:
Just a point you don't have one - Scottish Gaelic is not the native language of all of Scotland it is a native language... And anyway by no stretch of the imagination can Gaelic be considered native to Scotland - it was brought over by a bunch of immigrants just a mere ( ;) ) 14 centuries or so ago... It's all Irish!
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Poor knowledge of history of Gaelic noted.
 
Sense of humour failure alert!

He's winding you up, Architect!

And yes, sea loch is Scots for fjord, I think we said that a few times already.

Rolfe.
 
Tony said:
Just see what the republican party plans for our state:
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Yes, do see what the Texas Republican platform is -- by reading it, rather than reading their opposition's caricature of it.


They actually oppose the teaching of critical thinking in their platform.
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Not really. They oppose OBE and HOTS, two common terms for educational standards reform that traditionalists in education usually oppose. Under the traditionalist critique, a student learning multiplication under HOTS might be able to write an essay explaining what multiplication is, but be unable to answer the question "what is seven times nine?"

The Texas Republicans oppose these reforms, which are currently referred to as "higher order thinking skills and critical thinking skills," but which the traditionalists assert is really disliked OBE/mastery education by a different name.
 
Found this link http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6019140 (via http://blog.newhumanist.org.uk/2012/06/creationist-exams-approved-by.html )

I loved this line:
Mrs Lewis had not noticed the Loch Ness monster claims, which she suggested may have been a “slip at the typewriter”, adding that the science curriculum had helped a student to gain a place to study natural sciences at Oxford University.
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Fictional monster helps student get place to do fictional degree. Oxford doesn't offer natural sciences...
 
Dave Rogers said:
Would it be equally insulting to describe Loch Fyne as an inlet? If so, how would one draw the distinction between Loch Ness and Loch Fyne while using the English language? And if not, consider why not.
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Just be careful not to refer to the Rio Grande as a "river".



H3LL said:
Maybe someone would like to make a "Goblin Warring" thread. ;)
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Which I predict would be quickly followed by a "Goblin Whoring" parody thread.
 
AvalonXQ said:
Yes, do see what the Texas Republican platform is -- by reading it, rather than reading their opposition's caricature of it.
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I did. The article I posted treated the platform fairly. Too fairly actually. The Texas GOP also needs to be called out for its historical revisionism and theocracy in the platform.

Not really. They oppose OBE and HOTS, two common terms for educational standards reform that traditionalists in education usually oppose. Under the traditionalist critique, a student learning multiplication under HOTS might be able to write an essay explaining what multiplication is, but be unable to answer the question "what is seven times nine?"
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I don't really know enough about these to comment. But are you saying that the "critical thinking" mentioned in the platform is different than critical thinking as is typically understood in the rest of academia?
 
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Tony said:
I don't really know enough about these to comment. But are you saying that the "critical thinking" mentioned in the platform is different than critical thinking as is typically understood in the rest of academia?
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I'm saying that "higher order thinking skills and critical thinking skills" is in reference to specific educational reforms proposed for Texas schools, which the Republican platform opposes.

As I understand it, these are programs that ignore basic competency in traditional metrics (like the abiity to do math questions or supply memorized information) for a "conceptual" approach that focuses on how to think in each of the subject areas and the basic principles that underlie the subjects.

Again, as I understand it, these programs are known to be superior for the very best learners, but are even harder for your bottom quartile of learners (including most of your unprivileged learners and at-risk minority learners), who perform even further below the baseline in these programs.
 
Darat said:
Or a mere. (And there are a few more words as well - very rich language this English be.)
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So Lake Windermere is like saying lake winder lake?

When I was not swimming about in it I went on a stag do crusing about ontop of it. We went to another of the landmarks there, Boleskine previously owned by Aliester Crowley and Jimmy Page.
 
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AvalonXQ said:
I'm saying that "higher order thinking skills and critical thinking skills" is in reference to specific educational reforms proposed for Texas schools, which the Republican platform opposes.
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If that's what they meant, why didn't they say so? Why leave such an important matter up for individual interpretation?
 
AvalonXQ said:
On the other hand, the creationists claim that each cluster of pieces is mainly correct, but in fact we're dealing with a bunch of separate, independent puzzles .
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the way you said "creationists" there it was almost like you were pretending you weren't one of them
:p
 
Kames Bay. (To be fair, the older locals like my Dad with their Gaelic antecedents would just refer to "the Kames".)

Rolfe.
 
Ehh. There's no need for all this confusion and the attempts to claim Nessie. After all, Nessie's just a manifestation from a Great Old One as it dreams, when it comes close to waking.
 
Nessie said:
So Lake Windermere is like saying lake winder lake?
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No, saying Windermere is like saying Vinandr's Lake. There's no such thing as Lake Windermere. In fact, there's only a single lake in the Lake District. Everything else is a mere, water or tarn. That said, it has been known as Windermere Water in the past which isn't an awful lot better.

edd said:
Torpenhow Hill.
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there does not appear to be any hill by that name in England
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There are also various proposals for the meanings of the elements of the name, none of which are exactly "hill"
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It's a popular one to bring up when people start talking about silly names. But it doesn't actually exist, and if it did it wouldn't mean "Hillhillhill Hill" anyway.
 
Cuddles said:
No, saying Windermere is like saying Vinandr's Lake. There's no such thing as Lake Windermere. In fact, there's only a single lake in the Lake District.
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I would take issue with that statement. Rather, there's only a single Lake in the Lake District.

Cuddles said:
Everything else is a mere, water or tarn.
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And with that one. Everything else is a Mere, Water or Tarn, but they're all lakes.

Dave
 
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