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Music was no longer mandatory after 4th, even though I was still in elementary until 6th (the district I switched into ended elementary at 4th, and for middle you picked an elective - choir, band, or activity wheel covering things like art/language/etc). I can see why it replaced art, I mean that was what was happening in the nearest district anyhow. I didn't miss science all the time, just some of the time. Though I don't recall ever having to make up what I missed. Still got an A.

I was pretty sure it was too hot because I live on the coast. Well, where I live is 30 minutes away (and I've seen blackberries grow near my old house, which is near where I still am), but I go to pick olallaberries outside of Half Moon Bay, which is by SF right on the coastline. You can see the ocean from the ranch we pick 'em at. But I'm not botanist so berries COULD be more versatile in their climate allowances, I didn't want to assume.

Mkay, and the total is 1 thread (well 3, but 1 more since I decided to see how many I could get through). I gotta zonk, I'll hopefully get to the rest of this tomorrow. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

It does, the only constant seems to be math, which is rather sequential particularly in the foundation. The one thing I do like about math. Even science there are just so many different areas to focus on, and different districts/states/countries focus on different things. I watch Are You Smarter than A 5th Grader and rarely do I feel I've forgotten things. I'm pretty sure that my school just did not focus on what they find "standard" things. There are few standard things to focus on. So they laugh at what they "forget," but really, they laugh at what they were never taught. Ha!

Yea, I'm used to being able to grow so much, California, particularly the bay, is pretty fertile. So I'm not too used to noticing distinctions, I also don't garden. Although yea, I think a low humidity desert probably isn't very good for growing most crops, haha.

How cold does it get there when it gets cold?

I don't remember most of what we learned science wise in elementary school, I did miss a lot I said. Math was progressive I remember. And my 6th grade teacher was mad, because my 4th (who got fired fyi, ah ~_~ - her name was Abby Jaffy Bird, funny name right?) grade teacher assigned all the 6th grade reading. So we got to 6th and other than Tom Sawyer had read the entire reading list (Anne Frank - which I had to read again 7th and 9th, 4 different years of Anne, why?!? - Where the Lilies Bloom...those are the two I remember. Anne for obvious reason and Lilies because I ADORE that book, it is SO sad though). There were only about 5 of us actually who'd had that teacher (there were 3 reading groups, this was the upper (X) group. So at least most of the people from that class actually had an easier reading list for 6th, and thus different reading list) for 4th so it wasn't the majority, but still. Teachers don't like students who've already learned everything, they feel like they aren't doing their job. Haha. I didn't mind reading Lilies again. And Tom was great. I'll always wonder what I was supposed to read in 4th though.

The show isn't 5th grade, it's 1st - 5th FYI. It's called that because that's the highest grade you go to. We had all subjects every year though, not just English, so your school I guess is kinda weird too. Although I think replacing science with music is an epic win, haha.

Ah I see. Yea, we usually don't go below 40 either, in the bay area. Again, it's very moderate temperate weather, hence why I love it. A lot of the year is "just right." I still like those winters that get into the 30s more than the summers that go well over 100 though. I do not like to be hot. But again, I prefer dry hear to humid if I do have to pick a heat. Whenever it gets to cold my mom is hauling all our plants that aren't in the ground into the garage, it's hilarious. Our grape vines (they are potted) especially. It's funny.

I didn't have to reread too many, I wouldn't mind rereading the stuff I like, it's the stuff I hate that makes me pull my hair. Although one time it was a wonderful thing, because I totally ended up loving a book I'd hated 7 years prior (Pride and Prejudice).

Well it's not "things we didn't learn," it's just not every school teaches everything. So maybe YOU didn't learn it, but maybe kids in Oklahoma did. It's comprehensive to the entire country, which is why it's hard. The easiest things are usually math, and usually the math fails are kind of "dude you could have so studied for this." Whereas all the other subjects you either remember or you don't, because you really wouldn't know where to begin studying.

Ah, we never had subject focus per grade, you covered a bit of everything in every grade. Just the focus changed grade per grade. Like cursive/handwriting/print etc was the focus of English in 4th, creative writing in 3rd, essays/style in 5th and 6th, grammar in 2nd (yea sorry my years aren't quite in order there). And then with math you have addition/subtraction in first and second, beginning multiplication. In 3rd more multiplication. In 4th fractions/division/percentages. Science I don't really remember (again science was weird at my school), but some years were on natural sciences - environmental, another natural sciences - animal, others on periodic table/chemistry type things.

Well, then I guess your world is pretty much limited to deserts and Antarctica then, haha. Because if you find the bay area to be too humid, the majority of the rest of the world is going to kill you. I definitely prefer cold myself, hence wanting to move to Europe.

Well it's not deceiving, it's general. Just like foundation education is, it's general. It's not judging if you are more intelligent than all 5th graders (since they have 5th grade helpers on the show helping out who don't even know all the stuff), it's judging your comprehensive covering. And you don't have to get 100% to win, actually you just have to get the bonus question (which most people don't go for, but still) after not getting 0%. You don't get the bonus question if you drop down to 0. So yea it's not judging smarter than "someone," it's judging versus "something." Also, that is what intelligence is. Basic capacity for knowledge and understanding. Intelligence is not fair, people are not equal. The challenge is not to show that you can learn, but to prove innate deductive reasoning/memory retention/analysis. So it's actually quite apt. People should fail.

And most people aren't smarter than a 5th grader in the way that 5th graders have intelligence. That's the point, highlighting that intelligence at one life phase isn't equal to intelligence at another. Thus, it really is a rare intellect that could master a life phase other than their own, which is the point.

Australia is a country razz . I still don't think that's as sad as the woman on Who Wants to be A Millionaire who thought the moon was smaller than an elephant.

Yea, we did classes in periods, so for the most part everything stayed equal, because time slots didn't change.

I have my preferences, but I'm luckily adaptable. Because I plan to travel as much as I can afford for the entirety of my life.

Oh, well you aren't playing against other kids (you are actually playing with them in a way), so I guess if the show is giving you that impression then maybe the title is deceiving. I just kinda always realized it was a trivia show so never had any confusion there. I mean that's the whole point of the show, pointing out the various kind of intelligences at varying life stages, not comparing the stages to one another.

Apparently. Yes it is quite sad. I guess she's one of those people who thinks the moon landing is a hoax.

Millionaire Woman: Oh that's just lies, who can land on the moon? It's much to tiny, everyone knows that. Why you might as well try and land a ship on an elephant!

xd

Yea, I encountered the game before the show - actually it might have been a game before a show, haha. And it is the best title, Do You Measure Comparatively on A Specific Intelligence Scale to a Non Equal Specimen is not only annoying but much much too long.

Even if he was he could still be president as long as he had at least one American born parent, which he does. So it's a moot argument anyhow and those people are dumb because they are obsessed with proving something that wouldn't make a difference anyhow. I think some people definitely failed political systems.

Well, there is debate on the issue, but by definition natural born has to do with either (a) born on American soil (which in fact, a child born to immigrants would be considered natural born) or (b) to American parents, so long as they are still American citizens, such as travelers, or military personnel. John McCain you might be unaware was NOT born on American soil (he was born in the Republic of Panama before it was ever US territory, on a military base). However he was born to American parents. You'll note how nobody takes any issue over his parentage though, which would be more controversial with the exact definition of natural born than Obama's status. Which clearly is not in any controversy, as he was born in Hawaii in 1961 (and Hawaii has been part of the US since 1959).

The problem is the constitution does not exactly define what they meant by natural born, and thus has been taken to interpretation. I mean there are the obvious no question scenarios to yes (born in America to American parents) and no (born outside of the USA to non-American parents). However when you get into the grey zone of Americans who were abroad when they had children, or children born here while immigrant parents were traveling or whatnot (although again because that side of the issue has a physicality issue of being natural born, it's not often subject to debate), then arguments begin.

But yes, you do have to be a natural born citizen, the problem is, can you define natural born?



You'll notice that the words soil/land/etc do not feature anywhere within.