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by **kalm** on Tue May 13, 2008 8:16 pm

Albert Einstein was supposedly delayed in his speech development as a child, was an average student, and struggled to land a teaching a job at first.

by **Vlad** on Tue May 13, 2008 8:30 pm

I knew somebody would bring that up. It is a good point, but it doesn't mean scores don't measure knowledge. That leads you down a slippery slope.
"They aren't the better team, they just scored more points today."
"He isn't faster than me, I just get nervous at track meets."
"He didn't win the debate, I just panic in public."
etc..
But obviously there are exceptions and you do make a good point. I was joking around in the original post and did not mean to take the Burma thing off topic. Sorry.

by **kalm** on Tue May 13, 2008 9:07 pm

Vlad wrote:I knew somebody would bring that up. It is a good point, but it doesn't mean scores don't measure knowledge. That leads you down a slippery slope.
"They aren't the better team, they just scored more points today."
"He isn't faster than me, I just get nervous at track meets."
"He didn't win the debate, I just panic in public."
etc..
But obviously there are exceptions and you do make a good point. I was joking around in the original post and did not mean to take the Burma thing off topic. Sorry.

Agreed.

And as we both know, test taking ability is also a good barometer of work ethic and for success. The kicker is that we all probably know someone who is intelligent enough to do well on a test, but at the same time not smart enough to realize the importance of properly preparing for it.

For me, when considering intelligence, I place a high degree of importance into sense of humor, and ability to communicate.

by **kalm** on Tue May 13, 2008 9:10 pm

Two things which Einsten was probably not very good at. So what the hell do I know?

by **Grizbacker1** on Tue May 13, 2008 9:14 pm

kalm wrote:Two things which Einsten was probably not very good at. So what the hell do I know?

Einstein most certainly had a sense of humor. For example:

"Only two things are infinite - The universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the first." - Einstein.

by **kalm** on Tue May 13, 2008 9:20 pm

Grizbacker1 wrote:
kalm wrote:Two things which Einsten was probably not very good at. So what the hell do I know?

Einstein most certainly had a sense of humor. For example:

"Only two things are infinite - The universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the first." - Einstein.

Great quote, and like I said...what the hell do I know?

by **Grizbacker1** on Tue May 13, 2008 9:34 pm

kalm wrote:
Grizbacker1 wrote:
kalm wrote:Two things which Einsten was probably not very good at. So what the hell do I know?

Einstein most certainly had a sense of humor. For example:

"Only two things are infinite - The universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the first." - Einstein.

Great quote, and like I said...what the hell do I know?

Don't ever forget you said it, but in case you do, I will remind you....daily.

by **kalm** on Tue May 13, 2008 9:37 pm

Grizbacker1 wrote:
kalm wrote:
Grizbacker1 wrote:
kalm wrote:Two things which Einsten was probably not very good at. So what the hell do I know?

Einstein most certainly had a sense of humor. For example:

"Only two things are infinite - The universe and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the first." - Einstein.

Great quote, and like I said...what the hell do I know?

Don't ever forget you said it, but in case you do, I will remind you....daily.

I'm sure you will.

by **Tailbone** on Wed May 14, 2008 11:39 am

argh! wrote: bush is donating a whopping 3 million in aid (what's that, a couple of hours worth of funding for iraq?) and waiting. what would you do?

On June 5, 1973, Gordon Sinclair sat up in bed in Toronto and turned on his TV set. The United States had just pulled out of the Vietnamese War which had ended in a stalemate - a war fought daily on TV, over the radio and in the press. The aftermath of that war resulted in a world-wide sell-off of American investments, prices tumbled, the United States economy was in trouble. The war had also divided the American people, and at home and abroad it seemed everyone was lambasting the United States.

He turned on his radio, twisted the dial and turned it off. He picked up the morning paper. In print, he saw in headlines what he had found on TV and radio - the Americans were taking a verbal beating from nations around the world. Disgusted with what he saw and heard, he was outraged!

At 10:30, on his arrival at CFRB to prepare his two pre-noon broadcasts, he strode into his office and "dashed-off" two pages in 20 minutes for LET'S BE PERSONAL (http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Our_Culture/americans_story.htm)

Gordon Sinclair wrote:
The United States dollar took another pounding on German, French and British exchanges this morning, hitting the lowest point ever known in West Germany. It has declined there by 41% since 1971 and this Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least-appreciated people in all the earth.

As long as sixty years ago, when I first started to read newspapers, I read of floods on the Yellow River and the Yangtse. Who rushed in with men and money to help? The Americans did.

They have helped control floods on the Nile, the Amazon, the Ganges and the Niger. Today, the rich bottom land of the Misssissippi is under water and no foreign land has sent a dollar to help. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy, were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of those countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States.

When the franc was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it.

When distant cities are hit by earthquakes, it is the United States that hurries into help... Managua Nicaragua is one of the most recent examples. So far this spring, 59 American communities have been flattened by tornadoes. Nobody has helped.

The Marshall Plan .. the Truman Policy .. all pumped billions upon billions of dollars into discouraged countries. Now, newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent war-mongering Americans.

The rest of the story..... http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Our_Culture/americans.htm

I’m with Tampa………

“'the hell with the rest of the world'. Let someone else buy the Israel bonds, Let someone else build or repair foreign dams or design foreign buildings that won't shake apart in earthquakes.”

I’m tired of hearing the quality or quantity of our charity questioned.
I'd rather our tax dollars be spent to address domestic issues.

For those who feel that our “government” has offered too little (of your neighbor’s tax dollars), how much of your own disposable income have you pledged?

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