0010 -- how many times do you have to explain infer versus imply to people for them to really understand?
0011 -- man, now I really want a backyard BBQ steak extravaganza (because I like steak, not because I hate Hindus). Food smell related, who are these utter twats who constantly use the microwaves at work to heat up fish. IT SMELLS SO AWFUL. Our break room is huge -- seats up to 75 people -- and when people do this the entire room smells like a hot fart shot through a tuna sandwich. Ugh.
My angry is mostly geared towards my sister's science teacher right now. Are we so desperate for teachers that we'll hire total incompetent morons to teach "our" children? I don't usually rag on teachers because I know the job is totally thankless and kids suck, but this woman is absolutely terrible. I can't get involved because I'm not the "parent" and my sister doesn't want my mom to know. Frustrating!
it's not even about infer vs imply -- even if you use "imply" correctly, claiming that another person has (in actual fact) implied something requires you to be able to read the speaker's mind. The implications of words are never directly observable; they can be inferred (ha!) or suspected, but they cannot be known by anyone except the speaker, unless the speaker chooses to say "I am, indeed, implying that [insert thing]".
I don't find the smell of fish awful, unless it's rotting fish, in which case ew. If your break room is so huge and yet microwave smells linger long enough to be bothersome, maybe the ventilation is inadequate.
Well, this is South Carolina, so I wouldn't be surprised if she were. (This is a school district where the only history class offered in 8th grade is South Carolina history.) No, I believe it's called "physical science," which is basically pre-physics, so it hasn't come up yet. Her incompetence is mostly in re: her lessons and her grading policies (e.g. Sam worked on a moving plate tectonics project for over a week, the woman lost it, then gave her an 80. The grading scale is adjusted here, so an 80 is a C. I am, at this point, totally used to her asinine and incorrectly titled "rubric" she uses for grading; it wasn't C work, and she didn't let Sam do the project over.) Sam's current project is two parts, filling out a multiple choice worksheet that "details" your project and doing a 2-4 minute experiment/presentation relating to motion/force. The multiple choice worksheet is worth just as many points as the actual presentation (50/100)!
OMG I COULD GO ON FOREVER. Thank goodness the school year is almost over.
who are these utter twats who constantly use the microwaves at work to heat up fish.
A firing squad is too good for these fuckers, seriously. Everything everyone cooks for the rest of the week in the microwave WILL NOW STINK OF FISH, YOU BASTARDS.
Darting in to add that it's even worse when the taste of fish then permeates the food you cook in said microwave for the next week. I've had this happen on occasion when using the microwave in my dorm kitchenette, and it's awful.
I don't mind the taste of fish, honestly. I just don't want to taste fish when what I've heated is a cup of tea. :|
I am wildly, violently, explosively allergic to fish, so the smell/taste of it is pretty much the exact opposite of all things good and right and true and beautiful in the universe, and I end up wanting to slaughter people unmercifully. (more than usual, i mean)
0011 -- man, now I really want a backyard BBQ steak extravaganza (because I like steak, not because I hate Hindus). Food smell related, who are these utter twats who constantly use the microwaves at work to heat up fish. IT SMELLS SO AWFUL. Our break room is huge -- seats up to 75 people -- and when people do this the entire room smells like a hot fart shot through a tuna sandwich. Ugh.
My angry is mostly geared towards my sister's science teacher right now. Are we so desperate for teachers that we'll hire total incompetent morons to teach "our" children? I don't usually rag on teachers because I know the job is totally thankless and kids suck, but this woman is absolutely terrible. I can't get involved because I'm not the "parent" and my sister doesn't want my mom to know. Frustrating!
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I don't find the smell of fish awful, unless it's rotting fish, in which case ew. If your break room is so huge and yet microwave smells linger long enough to be bothersome, maybe the ventilation is inadequate.
Don't tell me it's a creationist.
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OMG I COULD GO ON FOREVER. Thank goodness the school year is almost over.
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A firing squad is too good for these fuckers, seriously. Everything everyone cooks for the rest of the week in the microwave WILL NOW STINK OF FISH, YOU BASTARDS.
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I don't mind the taste of fish, honestly. I just don't want to taste fish when what I've heated is a cup of tea. :|
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