<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000">I'd like to hear some of the gags. We had an old geometry teacher - very old - and half blind (but very alert - she had her geometry book memorized and when she saw a student make a mistake she'd say "turn to page blah blah and look at theorem 25.6"). Guys would take her protractor (compass?) that she used to draw circles on the board, remove the chalk, and put a cigarette butt in it. And draw lines on the floor with chalk which she would try to pick up. And tie a wire to the shade and jiggle it at random during the class. The men's restroom was above us and guys would flush cherry bombs down the commode which exploded like they were in our room. bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 3:01 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_4950753448106945755WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal">> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mike Dougherty via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] privacy in class<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…If the school issued a disclaimer that they're not able to "enforce" but instead strongly "suggest" a code of conduct, couldn't social mores/taboo take care of the 2-3 "standard deviations" from population average? ;)<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">…<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">>…Isn't this technology just exacerbating the problems we've had maintaining civilization [sic] in it's present form? So let's get on with making some new rules. What IS worth worrying about? Mike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike I am one who sees the glass not just half full, but really full in all the ways that matter, because the glass can be refilled arbitrarily many times. That one glass can fill a swimming pool if one is patient enough.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Distance learning not as a crisis at all, but rather a marvelous opportunity. While recognizing it is a crisis for some, it is a marvelous opportunity for all, to pull off epic gags. It is a severe crisis for those who refuse to seize the opportunity presented. But if done with the skill and careful planning, we could see epic gags people will still be talking about at their 50 year class reunion.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">But spike, one may object. When you were in high school, did you have nothing better to do than plan and execute epic gags? <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">To this I might reply, Well, I suppose that depends on what your definition of “better” is is. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My own 40th high school reunion has passed. There was biggest topic of discussion, the requisite preliminary pleasantries about who has had the most children, who has had the fewest divorces etc. The discussion soon turned to our devilish capers and epic gags.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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