Our Youth

[VAiN]

And I'm sure in the real world, that's what everybody does. But like scales in music, you have to learn the fundamentals.

You're absolutely correct, you have to know what the fuck you're doing in general.. I'm not a web guy - I figure by the time I get a grasp on it, the people who are already great at it will have moved on to the next new technology and I'll still be far behind.. I have tremendous respect for hardcore coders, it's awesome to watch it in action. I stick to 'front-end' design and let the brains do their thing... can't have one without the other. Designers are typically terrible programners and programmers are typically terrible designers...

[Sensible Shoes]

That was exactly where I got in trouble. I wanted a course in design, but this ended up to be website creation where much of the "design" ended up being from programs like "design for dummies". I really needed to go take a photoshop based course that would have led to more design oriented studies. But this is what comes of community colleges.

[VAiN]

If you ever need a hand with some designy stuff, I'm always down to help...

[Sensible Shoes]

I need a hand with a job in general.

[Dr. Love]

I need a hand job in general too.

[Sensible Shoes]

How rude.

[knuckleboner]

I've seen similar things done here with results just as bad.

It's kind of annoying when you suddenly realise that your vote is worth the exact same as theirs.

sesh...unless it's for American/UK Idol, they don't vote...

[VAiN]

sesh...unless it's for American/UK Idol, they don't vote...

Touché..

[ZahZoo]

The statistic I found worst was that one in five American adults think that the sun goes around the earth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/sc...pagewanted=all

Must be Catholics who didn't support the pope's final admittance in 1972... yes 1972... that Galileo was indeed correct in 1615 and conceded that it is a fact not a possibility that the earth goes around the sun. Talk about staying power... the Roman Inquisition held up a long assed time.

[Pennypacker]

Before I began attending Teachers College I volunteered in a local high school and taught a lesson on the French Revolution. While discussing everyones favourite, Napoleon, one kid raised his hand and asked:

Idiot: "But sir, this is the French Revolution"
Me: "It is, and the French empire that would inevitably..."
Idiot: "French? Didn't this guy find the US or its constitution or something?

Who's to blame for this!! It's pretty fucking sad that this basic history isn't understood by the time you're 17 and taking a "Western World" History course. I've seen it all through prior volunteering, and now student teaching. It wasn't this bad when I was still in high school only 5 years ago.