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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:35 PM Original message |
Wisconsin school district to allow theories other than evolution |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow |
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KC21304 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Don't you mean sleeze balls ? That I would agree with. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wonder if they'll include extraterrestrial fertilization? |
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Bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. ala Stitchin |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
69. That does have more evidence for it than 'Creationism' |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #69 |
75. exactly... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 08:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
87. Oooh. I don't think the Church supports that. eom |
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Cocoa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. reality-based education is on its way out |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
4. Will they teach that the sun revolves around the earth |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. You mean the Earth.. |
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cubsfan forever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
77. That is probably their goal, |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe they'll start teaching David Icke's theories too? |
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The Zanti Regent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. Don't forget Erich Von Dääniken, too! |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Looking at the pros and cons of evolutionary theory is fine |
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LiberteToujours (737 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:55 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Exactly |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Well, looking at the pros is fine. |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. No, there are cons |
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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Bingo. |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is what happens whaen people vote republican. n/t |
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lawladyprof (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. But what to say about fossil fuels? |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. with all due respect isn't this what churches are for??? |
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Jack Schitt (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:56 AM Response to Reply #13 |
65. That's exactly what churches are for. |
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rockydem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
14. Science class is for science |
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ticapnews (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. "Evolution is a theory, just as much as creationism is a theory" |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. My poor deceased son used to say the exact same thing! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 05:08 AM Response to Reply #16 |
68. AAAGGGHHHHH!!! Here is why creationism can never be a scientific theory |
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Briar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:28 AM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Exactly! |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. Another breach in the wall |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, the golden age of humankind |
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quaoar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
20. What is creationism's explanation |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Jesus horses. |
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ticapnews (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Like unicorns |
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WildClarySage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Oh, my. |
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atommom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
39. Their bones were just placed in the earth by Satan to mislead us. |
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gumby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
55. I saw this one explained on my teevee. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 04:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. I asked my fundie co-worker about that |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
83. You don't need one |
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splat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Star seeds from outer space okay, too? n/t |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
26. So, what accurate predictions is the Theory of Creation providing for us? |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
50. If creationism is to be taught as a theory. . . |
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The Wielding Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
27. And the world was a cosmic egg. Yes teach all non |
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JudyM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
28. Evolution is apparently too 'reality based' |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
29. why not just skip to the part |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
30. Fuck this shit |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
32. Grantsburg is a rural shithole |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
33. As long as all the theories are given equal time, then fine. |
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Tampa Rob (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:33 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No, NOT fine. Equal time presupposes equal measure... |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:39 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Science isn't always exact. |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. No one is saying your beliefs are messed up, or |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
88. Oh, you'd probably be grumpy even if they wanted to teach the Edda theory: |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 12:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
91. Hi TampaRob!! |
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ScrewyRabbit (522 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:56 PM Response to Reply #33 |
43. I'm sorry, NO, the other "theories" aren't theories at all |
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JPace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Well if they are going to offer up Christian theories.... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. And will they give equal time to us Solipsists? We know better. |
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jhain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:37 PM Response to Original message |
36. well, evolution *is* just a theory |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 08:21 AM Response to Reply #36 |
70. Gravity is a law, not a theory (see Newton, Isaac) nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:31 AM Response to Reply #70 |
74. See Einstein, Albert, on how Newton didn't get it quite right |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 04:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
80. No, technically it it still a theory |
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St. Jarvitude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 12:37 AM Response to Reply #70 |
90. Quote from my freshman Bio teacher: |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. Creationism isn't a theory it's a religious philosophy! Like the |
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teach1st (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
41. I have a theory that fundies are reversing evolution... |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 10:13 PM Response to Reply #41 |
47. SNARF |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
42. So is our only answer to give these cretins everything they demand? |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
45. Ach... |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Sir or Madam, you blaspheme. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:08 AM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Just quoting from the astronomer Chris Sagan... |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. Fair and Balanced Academia |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 10:18 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Excuse me....the Supreme Court has ruled....and the existing.. |
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not fooled (553 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:40 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Yeah, but only until * packs the Supreme Court |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Ah, Fox based teaching. Must watch Fox! Must watch Fox! |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
48. My father was a Lutheran pastor, and when fundy-influenced parishioners |
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reprobate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
54. Personally, I find it fascinating. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-06-04 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. evolution isn't a "theory of origin" |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
57. I have some theories for them |
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Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:40 AM Response to Original message |
60. And So It Begins...n/t |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
61. beginning of the end for a good education system Might as |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:55 AM Response to Original message |
62. Reality check, we stand bravely at the abyss of the 21st century |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
63. My sixth grader is learning about |
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Jack Schitt (535 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 03:55 AM Response to Original message |
64. Um...Creationism has no business in schools. |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 04:01 AM Response to Original message |
66. Republicans=Flat Earth Society. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
71. I thought all the creationists |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
72. You've got to be blank-ing me |
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Godhumor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
76. So... |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-09-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #76 |
92. Hi Godhumor!! |
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Autobot77 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
78. The irony of this is |
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Behind the Aegis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
79. And so it starts |
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Strawman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
81. Will that include Spinal Tap's "Rock N' Roll Creation?"n/t |
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HappinessPie (123 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #81 |
85. LOL - "And he looked...and he saw...that it was GOOD!" n/m |
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FM Arouet666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
82. The American Dark Age |
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mainer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
84. National Geographic has Evolution as its cover story this month! |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-07-04 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
86. So exactly how is this supposed to work, when the teacher |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-08-04 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
89. Message to students: You didn't want to go to an Ivy League School right? |
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