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Random Babbling Thread 119

Discussion in 'Whatnots' started by dmc, Jul 1, 2014.

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  1. Keneth Gems: 29/31
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    Keneth, Oct 18, 2014
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    Woohoo I'm artist-in-residence tomorrow at an elementary school about an hour out of town. I'll be teaching the whole school a lesson in art and have an awesome project in store. I'm not even freaking over the fact I've only had a week to plan for it.
     
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    Nice. Keep us posted.
     
    Darion, Oct 19, 2014
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    It's an elementary school. They'll be impressed either way. :p
     
    Keneth, Oct 19, 2014
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    Fixed! :D
     
    Taluntain, Oct 19, 2014
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    Excuse me! Bored? Hell no - I'm a very entertaining person, they get to miss math class, and my project is cool.
     
    Dice, Oct 20, 2014
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    Bored, maybe. But those two things aren't mutually exclusive.
     
    Keneth, Oct 20, 2014
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    Actually it was kindergarten to grade 10 and it went great. I had a lot of the kids come and talk to me at the end of the day. The older ones said I have cool art.
     
    Dice, Oct 21, 2014
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    All it took for my art teacher to impress me in elementary school was a quick drawing of a boot on the blackboard. It's easy to appreciate a skilled hand when you have yet to develop any real skills yourself. It gets progressively harder as they grow older though. And gods help you once they finish college.
     
    Keneth, Oct 21, 2014
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    I don't know Kenneth. I guess it depends on what you are teaching and who you are teaching it to.

    I've been having adults express interest in taking classes from me. Today I am going to seriously look into running a class. It's work I could take my son along so I wouldn't have to worry about the hours.
     
    Dice, Oct 21, 2014
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    That be true.
    And speaking of drawing: I still have not progressed past Elementary School level.
    My only 'Art' is drawing smilies which I sometimes put on the companies internal circulating documents to brighten the receivers day. (or not :D )
     
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    True enough. Not everyone grows up to be quite as disillusioned and stoic as myself.

    My job for quite some time was teaching graduates fresh out of college how to do some actual work. Everyone thinks they've grabbed God by the balls just because they've made it through a few years of non-trivial education. I was tasked with shattering their dreams and bringing them back to reality where education doesn't amount to anything but a pretty piece of paper.
     
    Keneth, Oct 22, 2014
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    Mmmmmm. Dried mangoes covered with chile are yummy.
     
    dmc, Oct 23, 2014
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    What kind of chile dmc?
     
    Dice, Oct 23, 2014
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    Seems like that job would be a bit redundant. Isn't it almost everyone's experience after they finished college/university/whatever that what they've just learned would, in the best case, be a moderately relevant basis for their future work or, in most cases, largely irrelevant.

    I find it mildly sad that all that math, physics, aerodynamics, mechanics and thermodynamics I studied are mostly useless in my current job.
     
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    It's not redundant, it's efficient. The faster they come to the realization, the better it is for everyone involved. Obviously, once they did, it was also my job give them skills that actually are useful, but I've always enjoyed the first part more. :p
     
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    I dunno, Dice, my wife picked it up at Trader Joe's.
     
    dmc, Oct 23, 2014
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    I don't think we have that kind of store here but it sounds good. I once made chocolate chip cookies with hot chili pepper flakes in them and they were really tasty.
     
    Dice, Oct 24, 2014
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    Oh definitely, we add a little zing to many dishes. Linguini and clams with red chili flakes is awesome.
     
    dmc, Oct 24, 2014
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    Chilli powder on baked potatoes, or sambal in peanut sauce.
     
    Merlanni, Oct 24, 2014
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