Comments on: BDS: Cheating on dental test is Bush’s fault?

By: Severian

Severian — Sun, 13 May 2007 20:00:30 +0000

‘I got this here rock candy. But it’s not for eatin, it’s just for lookin thru.’

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 13 May 2007 17:30:08 +0000

LOL – Didn’t think I’d ever see a Josey Wales reference, much less a Chief Lone Wadi reference here!

“We’ve got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride.”

By: Severian

Severian — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:37:35 +0000

I admire your perseverance Vatar, you’ll appreciate the degree and knowledge all the more for the difficulty in obtaining them. I still always think about Chief Lone Wadi in “The Outlaw Josey Wales” – Endeavor to persevere!”

By: Pirate's Cove

Pirate's Cove — Sun, 13 May 2007 13:31:39 +0000

Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

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By: Vatar

Vatar — Sun, 13 May 2007 09:29:57 +0000

Nice words David.

– A 36 year old grad student

By: CZ

CZ — Sun, 13 May 2007 06:31:21 +0000

WAY OFF TOPIC WARNING!!!

Enjoy a little time out….with a message. I’m still a bit worried abour my guy Willie. Sure hope he gets well soon…..

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By: Mwalimu Daudi

Mwalimu Daudi — Sun, 13 May 2007 05:20:38 +0000

Ronald Reagan, while he was governor of California, was once accused of causing a rise in pregnancies among teens. “Thanks for the compliment,” he quipped, “I never felt so young and virile”.

By: sanity

sanity — Sun, 13 May 2007 01:27:27 +0000

You know for such a moron, a monkey boy everyone keeps calling the president, he really seems to be everywhere and doing everything.

I mean I have never heard of someone being responsible for the worlds troubles like he has.

- tornado strikes? Bush’s fault.
- hurricane strikes? Bush’s fault.
- lose an election in your district? Bush’s fault.
- get caught cheating? Bush’s fault.
- terrorists bomb in UK, Italy, Spain, ect? Bush’s fault.

There is no end to what people will blame on the President.

I mean, hell, I didn’t overly like Clinton, he did have some good qualities, but I didn’t see republicans blaming everything under the sky on Clinton – and Carter is a complete screw up, but I never saw everything in the world being blamed on Carter either.

Can hatred be that wide spread amongst the nutjobs that personal responsibility is no longer a factor that it is Bush’s fault?

I think the biggest things in America that is killing us as a nation is this PC mentality and the lack of personal responsibility.

By: Severian

Severian — Sun, 13 May 2007 01:20:36 +0000

Then while I was driving home, I kept hitting the red light at every single traffic light I came too!!! Now, that HAS to be his fault!!!!

Of course it that’s Bush’s fault NC! Don’t you know that Bush is in the pocket of the evil Big Oil. They want you stopping at all the lights, as that way you have to use more oil, which means that they get record profits, and start wars for oil around the globe! It’s just more proof of the conspiracy that Bush is leading. He’s an idiot you know, a chimp! That’s why he can mastermind a convoluted international conspiracy of epic proportions, because he’s an idiot! How can people not see this??!!?

By: NC Cop

NC Cop — Sun, 13 May 2007 01:10:57 +0000

You know, I applied for a federal law enforcement job about 8 years ago, but I didn’t get it. I’ll bet it’s all Bush’s fault!!! Then the cashier at the grocery store gave me the wrong change, that’s his fault too!!

Then while I was driving home, I kept hitting the red light at every single traffic light I came too!!! Now, that HAS to be his fault!!!!

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Sun, 13 May 2007 00:47:17 +0000

Clearly, Dr. Koerber believes that the people we place in leadership positions in our society greatly influence the younger generation.

And apparently she doesn’t think too highly of the old, outmoded concept of personal responsibility.

Sounds very much like your garden-variety liberal moral relativist. Not the first person you’d go to for advice on ethical behavior.

This was also in the linked article:

Tim Dodd, executive director for Duke University’s Center for Academic Integrity, said it’s not necessarily that students today cheat more, just that there’s less tolerance for such dishonesty.
New technologies also offer new cheating opportunities, he added.
But “educators will lose the arms race if they battle technology with technology,” Dodd said. “We’ve got to reform the conscience.”

In other words, don’t just play defense and try to make the electronic systems bullet-proof. Go after the problem on its home turf: the students’ norms and standards.

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Sun, 13 May 2007 00:32:28 +0000

Congrats, Vegas! You’ve got something the cheaters don’t – perseverance. Believe me, it’ll come in handy often.

By: Vegas Art Guy

Vegas Art Guy — Sat, 12 May 2007 17:27:50 +0000

I’m one of those who have failed several times and still have not given up. This time I’m actually going to graduate…

By: david foster

david foster — Sat, 12 May 2007 17:02:11 +0000

I do think many students suffer from an almost hysterical belief (largely induced by their parents) that you only get one chance to succeed, and if you fall off the kindergarten-to-grad-school-to-career conveyor belt at any time, you won’t be able to get back on. This is obviously false, as any serious study of the career paths of successful people will demonstate, but the belief seems to be growing.

By: Doc Washboard

Doc Washboard — Sat, 12 May 2007 12:49:28 +0000

I’m a Lefty, and I wish that other Lefties wouldn’t say stuff like this. It makes people less willing to listen to our Hollow Earth theories and stories of alien abductions.

Excuse me while I go make a new tinfoil hat.