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    Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
    Then why is our education system all about teaching people how to memorize stuff and take tests?
    Schools are about obedience and outsourcing parenting.

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    Yes. Schools are about socializing our kids to serve as soldiers or factory workers - whichever we need more when they come of age.

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    Schools manufacture obedient workers, mindless consumers, and aggressive soldiers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    (she's spending a good chunk of next semester on work in Constantinople).
    Well, if they can send her back in time, it's probably worth the money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
    Well, if they can send her back in time, it's probably worth the money.
    You'd be surprised to see what's in those basement physics labs...

    (Oddly, the purpose of their expedition is to investigate some Viking presence in the area. Who knew?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
    Well, if they can send her back in time, it's probably worth the money.
    We're currently planning a motorhome trip this summer. I'm voting on a trip across Pangea.
    "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    You'd be surprised to see what's in those basement physics labs...

    (Oddly, the purpose of their expedition is to investigate some Viking presence in the area. Who knew?)
    The last season of Vikings ended with them discussing a trip to the Med (after having failed to sack Paris). It may not be that historically accurate, but it's a fun show.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    We're currently planning a motorhome trip this summer. I'm voting on a trip across Pangea.
    Enroll at Princeton. Anything's possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan View Post
    We're currently planning a motorhome trip this summer. I'm voting on a trip across Pangea.
    I think you should convince the wife to take a motorcycle trip around the world. http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Bik...vestment+biker Not quite Pangea but still quite an adventure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jp1 View Post
    I think you should convince the wife to take a motorcycle trip around the world. http://www.amazon.com/Investment-Bik...vestment+biker Not quite Pangea but still quite an adventure.
    Now that would be one helluva adventure! So far, I've convinced her that a several month motorcycle trip after retirement across the northern US and S/W Canada, then a southerly route along the west coast and a leisurely trip back through the Southwestern states is a good idea. We'll have to see how that goes before I'd brave suggesting more.
    "Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein

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