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[Darvi]

I'm so bad at explaining that I actually lose skillpoints when doing so.

[Levi]

Giant Eyeball washes ashore in florida.   

[10ebbor10]

Giant Eyeball washes ashore in florida.   

I want it back, btw

[Skyrunner]

It looks like Wheatly, Portal 2, vaguely.

[Akura]

How stupid are the people at this college? There was a fire drill* yesterday, and not only did few people take it seriously, few other students failed to notice the crowd of people evacuated from the building(it was just the one building that had the alarm go off), and had to be yelled at(repeatedly) to not go in the building while the situation was checked by the fire marshall.

*Wasn't actually a drill. Wasn't a fire, either. One of the smoke detectors burned out, located behind the ATM next to the bookstore where I work, accessed by a poorly secured door in the bookstore. The manager got in trouble(not serious trouble, just a talking-to by school security) about locking the store door before leaving(which seems reasonable otherwise). We nor security also do not have a key to access the room behind the ATM, but one of the campus cops was later able to demonstrate just pulling the door open.


And, medical WTF: In addition to being alarmed by the rapid worsening of dandruff(most likely severe psoriasis), and appearance of little brown spots on my arms and face, I now have something on one of my tonsils. Not sure what, it looks like a blister or something. Doesn't hurt, but it's rubbing against the back of my tongue, and feels like something lodged in the back of my mouth.

I LOLed at that.


Also, throw her into the world, and let her try to figure things out for a few hours.  Than answer her Qs.

Worked for me, I learned to read playing video games like that. Had a college-grade reading level by 3rd grade.

[miauw62]

Hehe, my english is great imho. And i did not even have a single English lesson before this year. My main mistake is that i dont ever spell i with a capital I.

[10ebbor10]

Hehe, my english is great imho. And i did not even have a single English lesson before this year. My main mistake is that i dont ever spell i with a capital I.

Same case. Learn English mainly by playing Pokemon. And the internet of course.

[Fenrir]

Will that approach still work for learning a second language? “Play video games” is rarely a good answer for education, so I’m hoping it is. I might actually get around to finally learning another language that way.

[Flying Dice]

I learned more about English by reading and playing games than from classes; I've learned probably as much Spanish from reading and talking with latino grooms during their ESL sessions as I have in classes.

[10ebbor10]

Will that approach still work for learning a second language? “Play video games” is rarely a good answer for education, so I’m hoping it is. I might actually get around to finally learning another language that way.

You have to learn a language by using it. Wherether that is by mass repitition of sentence or by trial and error of deciphering video games, your choice. The effects depend on how you learn. To be fair, you're not going to learn much grammar from playing games.

For me, it worked quite well (Also got educational computer games when I was younger, which resulted in me being ahead of the rest of the class.)

[miauw62]

Yup. I'll probably forget nigh all my french in 2 years

But i actually USE english. So thats something i probs wont ever forget.

[Fenrir]

Yup. I'll probably forget nigh all my French in 2 years.

But I actually USE English. So that’s something I probably won’t ever forget.

With this much deterioration, I give it a year, maybe two. <insert mirth-indicating iconography>

[miauw62]

Probs is simply a abbreviation. And yes, i usually dont type " ' ". I write it, obviously. And yes, i realize that i never capitalize I. I actually just mentioned it on the last post of last page .

Furthermore, you can hardly say that it hurts your brain to read my English.

[Fenrir]

I am Fenrir. I find everyone’s English inadequate, including my own.

[GlyphGryph]

Luckily, you cannot find my English inadequate since I refuse to speak it.