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WTF?!
Did I really just watch 12 seconds of that?!
I personally see no need for exams, why not just judge it on course work? English & French were my top two subjects from day one at school, I was in the ‘Credit’ classes in both from third year and was getting high marks to show why I was there.
On the day of my exams, I didn’t do so well and those are now my credentials. Not the previous excellent test scores or course work, just the mark from a one off exam which just happened to be a rare off day. Same with Modern Studies, I aced the course work, didn’t do so well in the exams so it effectively counted for sweet FA.
Doesn’t matter much, I remember one of my careers teachers telling me (my first taste of work experience was in the local careers office a year after leaving school) that leaving school was the best decision I ever made and being in a working environment brought out the best in me. And I can’t disagree with that.
You can have mine then.
@misterboston wrote:
Well in America we tend to have this perception that art causes bad behavior, especially in impressionable young people; as if teenagers didn’t care about sex before Elvis came along, or that the teen gang phenomenon can be traced DIRECTLY back to Tom and Jerry beating on each other in cartoons. The plain and simple truth is we Americans cling to ANYTHING that can function as an excuse for the un-checked instinctual behavior of our young people which results from the poor parenting that runs rampant in our culture. The fact is as much as kids like violent video games and sexually suggestive music they get MOST of their attitudes about right and wrong in the HOME from the adults and authority figures they have the most contact with. But of course when things go wrong, and kids turn to drugs, sex, and violence as an outlet or to get attention, it’s MUCH easier to point the finger at Quentin Tarentino, or Grand Theft Auto than to declare a “war on parents” or something like that. It would seem to me that sex, violence, and altering one’s consciousness through chemicals are all forces of human nature which go back well beyond the invention of video games and TV.
Well said, and it is much the same over here. The blame culture just seems to be the easy option.
Not a care in the world?! Aye, in an ideal world :roll: Age 20 all I wanted was to be off the dole and back working.
How could I forget about Mortal Kombat? I used to throw sickies to get the day off school so I could spend all day trying to figure out which button combination performed which fatality with which character :lol:
I think now it’s highlighted more because of the content of the games, the beating people up/killing people angle has reached an entirely new level than it once was.
As you pointed out though, these sort of games have been around for years – certainly my childhood and teenage years were the years when consoles started to get big and fighting/shooting games were everywhere.
I do agree with your point that if someone has those tendancies then they don’t need the games, but I do think they can influence – much in the same way music, films etc can influence people – and when that happens it can be a dangerous thing. But then, anything can influence anyone. I think State Of Emergency was banned in Australia but when you go down that road where does it end?
Btw, GTA IV is feckin fantastic!! :D
I reckon we’ll see the same tactics next season, but he should have a bit of money to spend in the summer. If he can keep McGregor and Cuellar then he doesn’t need to worry much about the defense, but I reckon he’ll bring in some flair players.
I’m sure he’d love to have a bit of balance, but he doesn’t have the resources at his disposal.
@Bad Manners wrote:
First 5 words are probably accurate.
Maybe Im wearing my Green Tinted Glasses but I remember Celtic’s Final as a pulsating, ding dong feast on a warm night, a great advert for attacking Football, even though we lost.
How about this Final? Is Smiff going to abandon this dire Footy and put on a show for the watching millions? More chance of Kirk Broadfoot winning Player of the Year I suspect.
I honestly hope he does though John.
That is a point I do go along with. Is he going to opt for the tried and trusted method and hope that it pays off (and with their luck, there’s every chance it can) or does he just enjoy the occasion?
It’s been a long time since the Cup Winners Cup, it could be another long wait for another game like this.
As much as there may be demand, I’m not buying into name calling.
