tubashaman2 wrote:The AP Exams are so close, either the students know the material or not. The AP Exams really aren't that hard if you know most of the material, or they are really hard if you don't have a good teacher.
I remember the numerous AP exams I took, a week before I knew if I would get a 3 or higher.....and didn't stress....and I ended up making what I expected.
However, though I got a 3 on the US History---ACU only accepts 4 or 5s in history and English. I got a 4 on the AP Euro and a 5 on the Biology, but the 3 didn't count for anything. I ended up taking the wrong AP exams for my degree, but I still got money out of them, plus if we took the AP exam we were exempted from the final regardless of school absence policies....and a 3 and 4 got us $100 back, and a 5 got us a $200 check....our district was pretty generous on the academic side of things.
For thos of you worried, they are next week, so if your schools have shut down classes, the materials are in your books, AP study guides, and you can find alot of information by using google and finding lecture notes on professor websites
I wasn't speaking so much about the preparedness of the students. I wondering if the district being closed is going to impact the actual taking of the test.
They might still go on, with classes just being cancelled, but they might see it fit to cancel them all together. I don't know.
The other day I IM'ed with a Mexican, now I have the sniffles. I'm sure it's only a matter of time before I start oinking, developing an irrational fear of bacon and suddenly being able to locate truffles with uncanny accuracy. Just to make sure, check here: http://www.doihaveswineflu.org/" target="_blank" target="_blank
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After hearing about some 250k students getting the boot from schools today, back-up plans for AP tests are being made and were told to us today. Oh boy.
Should you believe you have swine flu, though, just follow this simple cure from the one-off cartoon short, Kenny and the Chimp.
But my environmental science professor made a joke this morning: The whole swine flu thing is to divert America's attention away from the current economic crisis.
Apparently it isn't deadly at all......just for those who are unhealthy, the flu kills hundreds of thousands a year, people die from complications of the virus.
In other words, go out, buy orange juice, vitamin C pills, drink lots of water and fluids, and sleep alot.
It has killed, so it is deadly. Maybe not in the respect of killing millions or thousands, but it certainly has the opportunity to kill.
tubashaman2 wrote:
But my environmental science professor made a joke this morning: The whole swine flu thing is to divert America's attention away from the current economic crisis.
It has killed, so it is deadly. Maybe not in the respect of killing millions or thousands, but it certainly has the opportunity to kill.
Both of these seem to be very obvious. So, what's new?
tubashaman2 wrote:Apparently it isn't deadly at all......just for those who are unhealthy, the flu kills hundreds of thousands a year, people die from complications of the virus.
From a medical professional friend I hear they are relieved it is swine flu and not bird flu as the former is not so deadly, but there is still a REAL RISK that it could mutate into something a lot more deadly.
But hopefully the world will escaped the worst scenario this time!
tubashaman2 wrote:Viruses don't kill really----like AIDS, AIDS (HIV Virus) does not kill. Viruses are non-living organisms.
It is the complications that kill.....i.e. AIDS depletes the immune system, so a simple cold can kill the person from no immune system.
Except that, the common cold is a virus. Viruses can't kill??? While what you are saying might be true for the HIV virus (and it is, *most* people with AIDS die from other diseases they contract), that's not the case for all viruses.
bloke wrote:
- The purpose of government needlessly alarming its constituents (whether it be squandering trillions of dollars on things such as testing grandmothers' shoes prior to boarding airline flights, or using a red herring flu "pandemic" to push completion of socialized medicine in the U.S.) is to trick the masses into enthusiastically surrendering more of their God-given rights via the government continually failing to express the sovereignty of the nation (through the control of its borders).
I would very much like to argue with you about this, however, I cannot. I'm afraid you are exactly right. This concerns me greatly.
BigDale wrote:"Believe what you want but it is Rumsfeld, follow the money he was Secretary of Defense and stands to make a fortune on Tamiflu. Rumsfeld is now the Chairman and owner of Gilead Sciences owner of Tamiflu.
Absolutely untrue. Rumsfeld owns stock in Gilead, but is not (nor was he ever) the "owner." He was chairman of the board of directors of Gilead from 1997 until he joined the Bush administration in 2001. During his tenure as Secretary of Defense, Rumsfeld recused himself from participating in any matter that would have affected his financial standing in Gilead. He is no longer on the board of directors, and has absolutely no say in what Gilead does.
Rochester2013 wrote:I am just wondering, what if all this attention went to a disease like AIDS or something.
Wondering is a symptom of thinking. This is not a very desirable thing to do, these days. It will make you question a lot of things that are going on. This will likely lead to your frustration. You'll probably be happier if you just nod your head and say, "The government will take care of it."
