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Wow. That is really, really, *really* funny. Also sad. But mostly funny.
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I have an 8-year-old son. I'm wondering why this kid's dream is to become a judge?!? I think my son is fairly normal, being into Star Wars and Spongebob, and wanting to grow up to be a Rock Star/Scientist. Aside from that other kid being ahead of other kids his age and despite what his parents say, I think that the kid *has* to be a bit cloistered to have dreams of being a judge and doing this test on his own. Good grief, take the kid to the zoo or something!
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quote:The Brazilian Bar Association said the boy's achievement should be a warning about the low standards of some of the country's law schools.
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Daniel Butler
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My little brother wanted to be a taxi driver when he was that age. Kids just get odd ideas about what the jobs entail, I think.
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Well, I always wanted to be a teacher, and still do. It just changed with age. First it was 3rd, grade, 4th grade, and then 5th grade, then a middle school teacher, before finally settling on a history teacher last year. Either that or a voice actor, or a bounty hunter...
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I wonder how easiy their chemistry tests are...
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Daniel Butler
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The Brazilian foreign exchange student when I was in highschool told us they still used slide rules and looked up trig functions in tables because they couldn't afford graphing calculators. It's funny, both we and he thought the other method was inferior...
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As we are talking about tests and stuff, I want to point out the following:
Sean: "I wonder how easiy their chemistry tests are..."
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No one ever said you had to know how to spell to do chemistry. I am trying to master touch typing for my keyboarding class ( a pain in the ass, but a requirement of graduation.) I find it useless, and have found that I can type much faster and more accurately by looking at the keyboard and using one or two fingers.
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Saltah'na
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I never took keyboarding class, but now can do touch typing without problems. And I type at around 40 words-per-minute.
All that email, chatting, typing stuff on Flare, it helps, you know?
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In a related story, the government also said that the use of an Erector Set will no longer qualify as 'work experience' towards Engineering Degrees. Erector Set----Non gutterminded type
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I have an erector set. It was fun to play with when I was little. The one I have is dated '59, so it is kind of an antique, and liked my legos better anyway. Funnily enough, my dad used to have a set just like it. He also told me that "Erector set" was a commonly used term around high school in the late seventies...
Anyone have Lincoln Logs when they were young?
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"I find [touch typing] useless, and have found that I can type much faster and more accurately by looking at the keyboard and using one or two fingers."
I suspect it's a matter of practice. If you had been touch typing for your entire life, you'd probably be faster at that, instead.
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