Can the Adults Please Smoke? Part 27 - It's a Brand New Day!- Page 148

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 5:20pm

Shira, I was being extreme. Most of my colleagues are friends and we work out very difficult problems daily. There are a few that I LOATHE!!!!!

I have actually found that generally my passive approach works better than bravado!

[shira467]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 5:22pm

Passivity is sometimes the best thing, brd.

I am beyond looking forward to bed this evening.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 5:32pm

Dear Lord! Someone just posted a picture of me in the seventh grade ...

So I can go see "Memphis" tonight for $20 or go home and start the packing process. I wonder which will prevail ...

[shira467]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 6:43pm

I bet you were adorable, just like you are now!

Oh, and I need chocolate.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 10:35pm

Hi kids. Couple thoughts - I am surprised again how much it costs to replace toothbrushes for five.

C15 does not do well before tests. I am wondering if we need to find a study skills class. She is just a mess and I do not think that she will do well!

[Bluemoon]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 10:38pm

Talk with her Gyidance Counselor, Brd. She may have performance anxiety or there may be a hidden processing problem.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 10:57pm

It might be a combo. She does well on the quizzes, and bombs the tests. I know that she spend more time. (It is history, just memorize it). We will work through it, this is the first test of the semester and there are months left!

[shira467]

Posted: 2/11/09 at 11:43pm

It's probably a bit of anxiety, as she seems to know the material!

*waves to all*

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:00am

I do terribly in tests, especially if I have to memorize. In school I did poorly in history and such. I did well in practical things such as math.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:05am

Science was always easy. In college I took a science class with Mrs. Brd and my famous writer friend, they got C's and I got an A! I had no interest in math.

[shira467]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:25am

I'm opposite from you, Brd. I truly cannot understand science at all, but I'm fascinated by it anyway and try to understand whatever I can. But in school, I would do all my homework and FAIL the tests.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:26am

Tests are bullsh!t.

Don't get me started. Don't even get me started.

[shira467]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:28am

Whoa, Miss P.

New topic. Um, who likes rice pudding?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:30am

I prefer bread pudding. I can make reasonable Yorkshire puddings, I do it so rarely that it is hard to master twice a year.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:42am

I have done a fair amount of research on testing (first in grad school and then over the past 5 years or so). They are not a fair measure of anyone's intelligence.

But I'm not "upset" about it, Gracie! In fact, I LIKE taking tests myself. I think they're fun.

I like Tapioca myself.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 12:59am

I do terrible on standardized tests - but I somehow found a way to pass the bar exam on the first time.

Test taking is a skill.

I always did much better on essays than multiple choice.

[miss pennywise]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:02am

YOU is so right! Standardized tests basically show how well a person takes tests!

(Hi, YOU. See YOU soon!)

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:11am

I am so looking forward to it!

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:20am

I have never seen "Life on Mars" and tonight I happen to be watching and Cheyenne is guest starring.

[Q]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:24am

A gift for you, DD.

[shira467]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:25am

I know people seem to really like that show!

Cheyenne, *sigh*. I just want to hug his thigh.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:25am

Now all I need is an Orsino and all will be perfect.

[DAME]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:33am

Just hug it?

[shira467]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:33am

Yup.

[DAME]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:34am

Ok. You can have one thigh. I want the other one.. and the chest.