meme time
when i can't think of anything else i want to say in public, i do memes!
Go to Pop Culture Madnessand select the year you became 18. Snip the top 50 songs (or howevermany may be there) from the list and paste the list in your journal.Bold the ones you like, strike the ones you dislike, italicize the onesyou know but don't care one way or another, and leave the ones you don't know as plain text.
1. A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson
2. Hot In Herre - Nelly
3. Complicated - Avril Lavigne
4. Girlfriend - N Sync & Nelly
5. Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne
6. Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes
7. Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
8. A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
9. Heaven - DJ Sammy
10. Gimme The Light - Sean Paul
11. The World's Greatest - R Kelly
12. Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez Featuring Jadakiss & Styles
13. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith
14. Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch
15. Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
16. The Game Of Love - Santana Featuring Michelle Branch
17. Young'n (Holla Back) - Fabolous
18. She Hates Me - Puddle Of Mudd
19. Starry Eyed Surprise - Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock
20. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
21. Say I Yi Yi - Ying Yang Twins
22. Just A Friend 2002 - Mario
23. Hey Baby - No Doubt and Bounty Killer
24. Work It - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
25. U Don't Have To Call - Usher
26. Without Me - Eminem (edited)
27. Rapture (Tastes So Sweet) -iio
28. Hero - Chad Kroeger Featuring Josey Scott
29. Oops (Oh My) - Tweet
30. Cleanin' Out My Closet - Eminem (edited)
31. Who's Your Daddy - Toby Keith
32. Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield
33. A Woman's Worth - Alicia Keys
34. In The End - Linkin Park
35. Ain't It Funny - Jennifer Lopez & Ja Rule
36. Luv U Better - LL Cool J
37. Gangsta Lovin - Eve and Alicia Keys
38. Lose Yourself - Eminem
39. Hella Good - No Doubt
40. I Need A Girl (part 1) - P. Diddy, Usher and Loon
41. Always On Time - Ja Rule and Ashanti
42. What's Luv? - Fat Joe and Ashanti
43. Escape - Enrique Iglesias
44. My Sacrifice - Creed
45. Underneath It All - No Doubt and Lady Saw
46. My Neck My Back - Khia
47. Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira
48. Disease - Matchbox Twenty
49. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs JXL
50. Foolish - Ashanti
well, that turned out all right.
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also, x-posted from facebook.
(I think I'm beginning to develop a history of sending user feedback to government organisations...such as, uh, the SDU.)
Earlier this week I received a survey in the mail from the Gifted Education Branch, trying to find out what former Gifted Education Programme students were doing, what awards they had won, which competitions they had taken part in, patents, organisations, etc.
I felt this was a grossly inadequate assessment of the desired outcomes of a real education. So I dashed off this email to send the GEB some feedback.
If you've received the same survey, send them your feedback!
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Dear _______,
I'm a former GEP student (RGS, class of 2000) and received the GEB's survey on student records for your longitudinal study. I note that the survey asks for details of awards, participation in competitions, patents, publications, organisation membership and volunteer service. But I'm a little concerned that this may not be enough information for a proper longitudinal study, if you are genuinely hoping to measure the GEP's outcomes.
Two of the GEP's goals are: "to develop a strong social conscience and commitment to serve society and nation" and "to develop moral values and qualities for responsible leadership". These are sound goals. Higher intellectual abilities do not necessarily make you a better person, but they come with the responsibility to be one - to reason out decisions and behaviour to the best of those abilities.
Yet these outcomes cannot be measured by patents, publications or prizes; but by what former GEP students are like as adults, how we treat others, and the ideals and values we hold. For example, two teaching-scholarship holders may look the same on paper, where qualifications or awards are concerned, but one may be counting down the days to the end of her bond while the other may be well and truly passionate about her students and her work.
My question is: How is the Gifted Education Branch measuring the extent to which these particular goals are met, what proxy measures does it use to do so and what is the validity of these measures?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Me
Go to Pop Culture Madnessand select the year you became 18. Snip the top 50 songs (or howevermany may be there) from the list and paste the list in your journal.Bold the ones you like, strike the ones you dislike, italicize the onesyou know but don't care one way or another, and leave the ones you don't know as plain text.
1. A Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson
2. Hot In Herre - Nelly
3. Complicated - Avril Lavigne
4. Girlfriend - N Sync & Nelly
5. Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne
6. Can't Fight The Moonlight - LeAnn Rimes
7. Dirrty - Christina Aguilera
8. A Thousand Miles - Vanessa Carlton
9. Heaven - DJ Sammy
10. Gimme The Light - Sean Paul
11. The World's Greatest - R Kelly
12. Jenny From The Block - Jennifer Lopez Featuring Jadakiss & Styles
13. Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (The Angry American) - Toby Keith
14. Goodbye To You - Michelle Branch
15. Can't Get You Out Of My Head - Kylie Minogue
16. The Game Of Love - Santana Featuring Michelle Branch
17. Young'n (Holla Back) - Fabolous
18. She Hates Me - Puddle Of Mudd
19. Starry Eyed Surprise - Oakenfold Featuring Shifty Shellshock
20. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
21. Say I Yi Yi - Ying Yang Twins
22. Just A Friend 2002 - Mario
23. Hey Baby - No Doubt and Bounty Killer
24. Work It - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott
25. U Don't Have To Call - Usher
26. Without Me - Eminem (edited)
27. Rapture (Tastes So Sweet) -iio
28. Hero - Chad Kroeger Featuring Josey Scott
29. Oops (Oh My) - Tweet
30. Cleanin' Out My Closet - Eminem (edited)
31. Who's Your Daddy - Toby Keith
32. Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield
33. A Woman's Worth - Alicia Keys
34. In The End - Linkin Park
35. Ain't It Funny - Jennifer Lopez & Ja Rule
36. Luv U Better - LL Cool J
37. Gangsta Lovin - Eve and Alicia Keys
38. Lose Yourself - Eminem
39. Hella Good - No Doubt
40. I Need A Girl (part 1) - P. Diddy, Usher and Loon
41. Always On Time - Ja Rule and Ashanti
42. What's Luv? - Fat Joe and Ashanti
43. Escape - Enrique Iglesias
44. My Sacrifice - Creed
45. Underneath It All - No Doubt and Lady Saw
46. My Neck My Back - Khia
47. Underneath Your Clothes - Shakira
48. Disease - Matchbox Twenty
49. A Little Less Conversation - Elvis vs JXL
50. Foolish - Ashanti
well, that turned out all right.
---
also, x-posted from facebook.
(I think I'm beginning to develop a history of sending user feedback to government organisations...such as, uh, the SDU.)
Earlier this week I received a survey in the mail from the Gifted Education Branch, trying to find out what former Gifted Education Programme students were doing, what awards they had won, which competitions they had taken part in, patents, organisations, etc.
I felt this was a grossly inadequate assessment of the desired outcomes of a real education. So I dashed off this email to send the GEB some feedback.
If you've received the same survey, send them your feedback!
----
Dear _______,
I'm a former GEP student (RGS, class of 2000) and received the GEB's survey on student records for your longitudinal study. I note that the survey asks for details of awards, participation in competitions, patents, publications, organisation membership and volunteer service. But I'm a little concerned that this may not be enough information for a proper longitudinal study, if you are genuinely hoping to measure the GEP's outcomes.
Two of the GEP's goals are: "to develop a strong social conscience and commitment to serve society and nation" and "to develop moral values and qualities for responsible leadership". These are sound goals. Higher intellectual abilities do not necessarily make you a better person, but they come with the responsibility to be one - to reason out decisions and behaviour to the best of those abilities.
Yet these outcomes cannot be measured by patents, publications or prizes; but by what former GEP students are like as adults, how we treat others, and the ideals and values we hold. For example, two teaching-scholarship holders may look the same on paper, where qualifications or awards are concerned, but one may be counting down the days to the end of her bond while the other may be well and truly passionate about her students and her work.
My question is: How is the Gifted Education Branch measuring the extent to which these particular goals are met, what proxy measures does it use to do so and what is the validity of these measures?
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Me