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Word aversion: Hate moist? Slacks? Crevice? Why do people hate words? - Slate Magazine - 39 views

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shared by Ashley W. on 02 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • sexual connotations that are among the words that elicit this kind of reaction—moist being an obvious one,” he says. “But there are other words like luggage, and pugilist, and hardscrabble, and goose pimple, and squab, and so on, which I guess you could imagine phonic associations between those words and something sexual, but it certainly doesn’t seem obvious.”
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 08 Apr 13
       
      I feel like some gross words not only have sexual connotations, but also are gross sounding to the ear. For example, two words that I hate are crotch and groin (funny how similar they are!). They both are just awful to say, and seem to get stuck in your throat as you try to choke it out. But, they also have gross connotations! I wonder if they were named with a gross sound because they represent a gross meaning!
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Stop Stealing Dreams (the entire manifesto on the web), cleaned up HTML version - Stop ... - 89 views

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  • And yet our schools are churning out kids who are stuck looking for jobs where the boss tells them exactly what to do.
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 31 Oct 12
       
      It's crazy that they tell us that we're going to school so that we can get jobs. We think that we are being trained to have unique skills to do jobs and become irreplaceable workers, but it's really the opposite!
  • As soon as we associate reading a book with taking a test, we’ve missed the point.
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 31 Oct 12
       
      I feel like school is turning everything that supposed tobe fun into work -- even art for me now is starting to turn into work!
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  • We don’t need more of what schools produce when they’re working as designed.
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 01 Nov 12
       
      Its so weird to think that school IS working... it needs to be completely reworked because its goal is not what is needed anymore.
  • mass production
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 01 Nov 12
       
      I feel like an inanimate product. This article makes me so frustrated because I'm already almost done with school and I know that it's too late to save me!
  • proof that his heart was ultimately in the right place, the man who industrialized the public schools he created left us with this admonition, …be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. Unfortunately, that part of his curriculum is almost never taught in school.
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 01 Nov 12
       
      I like that he doesn't criticize the creator, and he shows that his heart was in the right place. It shows that at the time, school was appropriate, but it just doesn't make sense in modern times.
  • pointing out that it was an appropriate method to test only a tiny portion of what is actually taught and should be abandoned
  • would find their calling, then find a mentor, and then learn their craft
  • Jobs were invented before workers were invented
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Progress on TIB Film - 88 views

started by Amy Burvall on 20 Sep 12 no follow-up yet
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    #3 Casey Doyle on 20 Sep 12
     
    Today, I brainstormed over 40 different "I believe"s and weeded out some of the bad ones so that I have a nice list of about 25. I also brainstormed different ideas that I want to do for my video, and narrowed it down to about three that I have to decide between (I'm horrible at decision making!). I plan to finish by next Friday by making firm decisions so that I can make my outline and plan/script early this weekend, and begin filming. I hope to finish filming Sunday or early next week, and then edit it after school on my home mac. I'm confident that I can finish in time, as long as I don't make my video too complicated!
    Also, maybe period six could have it due on October 1st, too, even if we don't have class that day? Then we could get a second weekend like everyone else? Unless we're planning to watch them all during that class period, then we can make it work by friday :)
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5 Mind Blowing Ways Your Memory Plays Tricks On You | Cracked.com - 10 views

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  • when we hear a statement enough, we'll start to believe it
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 29 Aug 12
       
      I wonder how much of what we know is really just what other people want us to know?
  • the brain confuses an imagined event with an actual memory.
    • Casey Doyle
      Casey Doyle on 30 Aug 12
       
      haha this happens to me all the time! My dreams are so vivid they feel real even when remembering them.
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