[QUOTE="chopperdave447"] on the contrary, i believe just checking for completion is the unequivocally best method. it allows many people to get what they deserve out of homework. 1. people who understand the material without the extra practice don't have to put in all that extra work for no reason. 2. people who do not understand the work and do it for real will get the real practice. 3. people who do not understand the material and do not do the homework for real will only hurt themselves, and rightly so. you could argue that this system does not encourage the people under case #3 to do the homework and justly benefit from it. however, they should be given that choice. we have not banned smoking as a nation yet. it is a throuroughly self-destructive practice with little to no benefit, yet people are still given the choice to do it. an honor system encourages personal commitment and excellence. as the old saying goes, work smart not hard.pianist

... and by doing so you miss one of the most important functions of homework - to inform the teacher as to which students understand the material and which ones don't. I teach. And so I know that it is quite common for students to finish their homework and not understand it, making just about every one of their answers wrong. They don't THINK they have trouble with it, and so they don't come for help. If the assignments were not collected and checked, these people would fall through the cracks, and it would not be because they were lazy, but because I didn't do my job. Completely unacceptable. So you mark the assignments and you set students straight when they get off course.

Not giving a damn whether your students understand the material or not because they "can only hurt themselves" is incredibly irresponsible behaviour for one whose profession is education. I hope you seriously reconsider that philosophy if you are a teacher or hope to become one in the future.

What grade(s) do you/have you taught?

I believe in the religion of science, becaue it's actually been proven.enterawesome

Not to put you down but that makes you sound as pretentious as the blind religious followers :P

I remember seeing someone with a free hugs sign like that at Seattle folk life. I thought it was pretty cool, until like 20 fifteen year olds started doing it too

A lot of people like the community aspect of church. Also a major draw of religion is an attempt to find meaning in life and find answers to the 'deep questions', and a church could still provide these without mentioning afterlife.Meinhard1

If more people took this approach to religion I would respect it 100x more. I still remember when my parents took me to church when I was little. The guy in the sunday school went on to tell us that the majority of people on Earth will go to hell, and that if we didn't live good clean lives practicing christianity we would most likely go to hell too. And this was a progressive church, can't even think about what the more traditional churches instill :P.

That scared me into going to church until I was like 14.

Alright haha, just checking because I have a guy on my list I use to play CS:S with named Omni-Slash :P. Coincidence

Omni, is your xfire account mok70 by any chance?

When people ask my religion I can never bring myself to say that I'm atheist, but thats where I fall I guess. My problem is with organized religion. People except it as concrete truth, and blindly follow. Take my neighbor for example. Shes going through some hard times with her health and financially. She wants to get a job as a in home, hospice type nurse. But instead of her actively seeking it out she says "I believe if its in gods plan, the job will find me." No you are just lazy and too incompetent to take control of your own life, and you use your beliefs in god to justify it.

I think "religion" should be used as a tool to better your own life. "God" is not a concrete entity, but more of an idea that should be used as a meditation tool to further your own thoughts, and better yourself.

Just my two cents.

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Billy Mays > Oscar Meyer

BILLY MAYS HERE

JonnyEagle

BUT, you forgot the fact that mighty putty > weinermobile. so therefore I revise my answer to Billy Mays = Oscar Meyer

Yea, I don't even play soccer, but to say that one player can dominate the game, and that it doesn't require a ton of teamwork is ridiculous.

Billy Mays > Oscar Meyer

BILLY MAYS HERE