Attempting a high school equivalency test or watching online porn: which is worse for a child?

[Boojatta]

[yourout]

1. Well porn would help with biology studys.

[Boojatta]

28. I think it would help in the study of sociology more than in biology.

In any case, this thread is likely to be archived soon because it's in General Discussion.
Here a link to a related thread in DU's forum for (formal) education.

[Ohio Joe]

2. Why do I never, ever get the point of your polls?

They all are like inside jokes, could you not just put up what you are really trying to get at?

[Boojatta]

3. Please participate in ...

this DU poll. You are an ideal participant for that poll.

[Ohio Joe]

5. yeah....

I did not get that one either and I really do not like to vote in polls when it feels like the real meaning is being hidden. I prefer things right up front.

[derby378]

4. If it's one of those tickle fetish videos...

...little Janie is going to give you funny looks. "So Mommy's feet got tickled by a guy with a chicken feather, and that's how I started growing in her tummy? Remind me to avoid boys in elementary school."

[Obamanaut]

6. I voted the second 'other' choice. This poll, IMO, is an example of why we need to keep 'unrec' nt

[Boojatta]

7. Without unrec, would this thread be on the Greatest Page?

[Obamanaut]

18. Not a chance, because of your lack of a sycophant following. If you

had such, all you would need would be a photo of a kitty captioned with "meh" and you would be there - along with multiple posts of "off to the greatest page with thee."

But you don't, so it won't.

[Boojatta]

19. Why is unrec needed? How is this thread an illustration of that alleged need?

[Obamanaut]

21. You just thought of this? Why didn't you ask in post 7? Why do you

think unrec is needed? Maybe you should do a poll, there haven't been any of those on unrec today.

[Boojatta]

27. I didn't say that unrec is needed.

Didn't you claim that this thread shows that unrec is needed? I'd like you to support your claim, if you can.

[Nikia]

8. Is it harmful because a child might think high school is a waste of time

should they get a passing score. It might be bad for society if all the best students skipped high school. I remember some middle school gifted programs encouraging students to take the SAT. Certainly students getting above average scores might reach the same conclusion. Most don't skip high school though.

[Boojatta]

9. You commented on potential harm arising if a child tried to pass a high school equivalency test.

Now you should comment on potential harm arising if a child viewed online porn.

Then you can compare the two.

[Boojatta]

13. Is it possible that some adults might think that taking high school class in night school ...

would be a waste of time if those adults can instead simply pass a high school equivalency test?

Is it possible that it would it be bad for society if those adults refrained from taking high school courses at night school?

[thelordofhell]

20. I took the SAT while in 7th grade

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. I'm sure the benevolent Bill Gates will be happy to provide both.

[JoePhilly]

11. Which type of porn versus which HS equivalency exam?

[Modern_Matthew]

12. Porn is more fun. I'll go with the boring test thing. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

14. This is gibberish with an agenda

Blech. Feh. Yuck.

[Boojatta]

25. Can you spot the agenda here ...

Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe

http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=CarGlas.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=1&division=div1

[seabeyond]

15. creepy suggesting there is any reason to feed a child porn. sad poll. nt

[Boojatta]

17. You contributed the "feeding" idea.

I had in mind the barriers to access, but I didn't mention them in this thread. I mentioned merely the events (attempting such a test versus viewing online porn) for comparison purposes.

Before we discuss prevention of events and what is an appropriate strength for a wall blocking access, it seems reasonable to discuss whether or to what extent the events themselves are considered bad.

[seabeyond]

22. hm. thanks for the clarification. i can better make a choice with your clarification. nt

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[Blue-Jay]

23. Here's the 's' you forgot.

[MineralMan]

24. There is zero equivalency.

Unrecced for incomprehensibility.

[Boojatta]

26. "Equivalency" is first mentioned in this thread as part of the name

of a kind of test. If someone is making a claim that two events have equivalency, it isn't me. It's not clear what it is that motivated you to provide what appears to be a counter-claim "zero equivalency" in response to a non-existent claim. Were you attempting to confuse readers of this thread by ascribing to me a position that I never took?

[Boojatta]

29. Isn't it possible that there are some things understood by others, but not by you?

In other words, is one unsuccessful attempt by you to understand enough to arrive at the conclusion that what you didn't understand is "incomprehensible"?

[Boojatta]

31. Could you describe the train of thought that led you to suspect

that there is, as you say, "zero equivalency"?

[Boojatta]

30. Please click on the link below to see a thread about similar ideas ...

Link to a thread in DU's (formal) education forum

[hifiguy]

32. That is one odd dichotomy of choices

Is there any particular reason for those being the two options? :shrug: