Thread: OT, kitchen laughs...for 'Mericans' while Burning the Steaks :-)

On May 16, 7:36*pm, "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote:
> LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> Bigbazza (Barry

No better or worse than the "Jaywalkers." I'd be more inclined to
think it's funny if the person doing the captions could spell.

N.

On May 16, 7:36*pm, "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote:
> LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> Bigbazza (Barry

No better or worse than the "Jaywalkers." I'd be more inclined to
think it's funny if the person doing the captions could spell.

N.

"Bigbazza" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> Bigbazza (Barry


Amazing!

Of course, they did not show any correct answers.

Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should be
shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.

Shame on those people and their educators.

Dimitri

"Bigbazza" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
> LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> Bigbazza (Barry


Amazing!

Of course, they did not show any correct answers.

Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should be
shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.

Shame on those people and their educators.

Dimitri

On May 19, 2:10*pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
> > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> > Bigbazza (Barry
>
> Amazing!
>
> Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
>
> Maybe we should chuck our educational system. *I think this video shouldbe
> shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
>
> Shame on those people and their educators.
>
> Dimitri

These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
getting all their "education," current events and news information
from video and audio sources, and texting.

(Didn't the UK stick to pounds instead of Euros? I'm trying to
remember that one ....)

N.

On May 19, 2:10*pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
> > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> > Bigbazza (Barry
>
> Amazing!
>
> Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
>
> Maybe we should chuck our educational system. *I think this video shouldbe
> shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
>
> Shame on those people and their educators.
>
> Dimitri

These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
getting all their "education," current events and news information
from video and audio sources, and texting.

(Didn't the UK stick to pounds instead of Euros? I'm trying to
remember that one ....)

N.

"Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On May 19, 2:10 pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
> > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> > Bigbazza (Barry
>
> Amazing!
>
> Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
>
> Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should be
> shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
>
> Shame on those people and their educators.
>
> Dimitri

These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
getting all their "education," current events and news information
from video and audio sources, and texting.

(Didn't the UK stick to pounds instead of Euros? I'm trying to
remember that one ....)

N.

yep on the British pound.

And the USD is in the toilet

http://www.x-rates.com/


Dimitri

"Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On May 19, 2:10 pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
>
> news:[email protected]..
>
> > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>
> >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>
> > Bigbazza (Barry
>
> Amazing!
>
> Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
>
> Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should be
> shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
>
> Shame on those people and their educators.
>
> Dimitri

These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
getting all their "education," current events and news information
from video and audio sources, and texting.

(Didn't the UK stick to pounds instead of Euros? I'm trying to
remember that one ....)

N.

yep on the British pound.

And the USD is in the toilet

http://www.x-rates.com/


Dimitri

> "Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> On May 19, 2:10 pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> > "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:[email protected]..
> >
> > > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
> >
> > >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
> >
> > > Bigbazza (Barry
> >
> > Amazing!
> >
> > Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
> >
> > Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should be
> > shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
> >
> > Shame on those people and their educators.
> >
> > Dimitri
>
> These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
> getting all their "education," current events and news information
> from video and audio sources, and texting.

Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:

"A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"

I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
you.

I thought the video was pretty funny.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

> "Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> On May 19, 2:10 pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> > "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:[email protected]..
> >
> > > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
> >
> > >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
> >
> > > Bigbazza (Barry
> >
> > Amazing!
> >
> > Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
> >
> > Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should be
> > shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
> >
> > Shame on those people and their educators.
> >
> > Dimitri
>
> These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
> getting all their "education," current events and news information
> from video and audio sources, and texting.

Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:

"A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"

I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
you.

I thought the video was pretty funny.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

"Dan Abel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
>
>> "Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> On May 19, 2:10 pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>> > "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
>> >
>> > news:[email protected]..
>> >
>> > > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>> >
>> > >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>> >
>> > > Bigbazza (Barry
>> >
>> > Amazing!
>> >
>> > Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
>> >
>> > Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should
>> > be
>> > shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
>> >
>> > Shame on those people and their educators.
>> >
>> > Dimitri
>>
>> These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
>> getting all their "education," current events and news information
>> from video and audio sources, and texting.
>
> Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:
>
> "A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"
>
> I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
> you.
>
> I thought the video was pretty funny.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
> [email protected]

Not necessary to explain. I do know what a parody TV show is as well as
good editing.

I also have a pretty good ideal why the Denney's and other Menus are
becoming PICTOGRAPHS.

Just in case you have trouble googling the proper terms

Rates of literacy in the United States depend on which of the various
definitions of literacy is used. Governments may label individuals who can
read a couple of thousand simple words they learned by sight in the first
four grades in school as literate; but the most comprehensive study of U.S.
adult literacy ever commissioned by the U.S. government argues that such
adults are functionally illiterate--they cannot read well enough to hold a
good job.[1] A study by the Jenkins Group has shown that millions of
Americans never read another book after leaving school.[2][3] A five-year,
$14 million study of U.S. adult literacy involving lengthy interviews of
U.S. adults, the most comprehensive study of literacy ever commissioned by
the U.S. government,[1] was released in September 1993. It involved lengthy
interviews of over 26,700 adults statistically balanced for age, gender,
ethnicity, education level, and location (urban, suburban, or rural) in
twelve states across the U.S. and was designed to represent the U.S.
population as a whole. This government study showed that 21% to 23% of adult
Americans were not "able to locate information in text", could not "make
low-level inferences using printed materials", and were unable to "integrate
easily identifiable pieces of information."[1]


The study detailed the percentages of U.S. adults who worked full-time,
part-time, were unemployed, or who had given up looking for a job and were
no longer in the work force. The study also reported the average hourly
wages for those who were employed. These data were grouped by literacy
level--how well the interviewees responded to material written in
English--and indicated that 40 to 44 million of the 191 million U.S. adults
(21 to 23 percent of them) in the least literate group earned a yearly
average of $2105 and about 50 million adults (25 to 28 percent of them) in
the next-least literate of the five literacy groups earned a yearly average
of $5225 at a time when the U.S. Census Bureau considered the poverty level
threshold for an individual to be $7363 per year.[4]


A follow-up study by the same group of researchers using a smaller database
(19,714 interviewees) was released in 2006 that showed no statistically
significant improvement in U.S. adult literacy.[5] These studies assert that
46 to 51 percent of U.S. adults read so poorly that they earn significantly
below the threshold poverty level for an individual.

Dimitri

"Dan Abel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
>
>
>> "Nancy2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> On May 19, 2:10 pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>> > "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message
>> >
>> > news:[email protected]..
>> >
>> > > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
>> >
>> > >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168
>> >
>> > > Bigbazza (Barry
>> >
>> > Amazing!
>> >
>> > Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
>> >
>> > Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should
>> > be
>> > shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
>> >
>> > Shame on those people and their educators.
>> >
>> > Dimitri
>>
>> These answers collectively are the result of a generation currently
>> getting all their "education," current events and news information
>> from video and audio sources, and texting.
>
> Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:
>
> "A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"
>
> I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
> you.
>
> I thought the video was pretty funny.
>
> --
> Dan Abel
> Petaluma, California USA
> [email protected]

Not necessary to explain. I do know what a parody TV show is as well as
good editing.

I also have a pretty good ideal why the Denney's and other Menus are
becoming PICTOGRAPHS.

Just in case you have trouble googling the proper terms

Rates of literacy in the United States depend on which of the various
definitions of literacy is used. Governments may label individuals who can
read a couple of thousand simple words they learned by sight in the first
four grades in school as literate; but the most comprehensive study of U.S.
adult literacy ever commissioned by the U.S. government argues that such
adults are functionally illiterate--they cannot read well enough to hold a
good job.[1] A study by the Jenkins Group has shown that millions of
Americans never read another book after leaving school.[2][3] A five-year,
$14 million study of U.S. adult literacy involving lengthy interviews of
U.S. adults, the most comprehensive study of literacy ever commissioned by
the U.S. government,[1] was released in September 1993. It involved lengthy
interviews of over 26,700 adults statistically balanced for age, gender,
ethnicity, education level, and location (urban, suburban, or rural) in
twelve states across the U.S. and was designed to represent the U.S.
population as a whole. This government study showed that 21% to 23% of adult
Americans were not "able to locate information in text", could not "make
low-level inferences using printed materials", and were unable to "integrate
easily identifiable pieces of information."[1]


The study detailed the percentages of U.S. adults who worked full-time,
part-time, were unemployed, or who had given up looking for a job and were
no longer in the work force. The study also reported the average hourly
wages for those who were employed. These data were grouped by literacy
level--how well the interviewees responded to material written in
English--and indicated that 40 to 44 million of the 191 million U.S. adults
(21 to 23 percent of them) in the least literate group earned a yearly
average of $2105 and about 50 million adults (25 to 28 percent of them) in
the next-least literate of the five literacy groups earned a yearly average
of $5225 at a time when the U.S. Census Bureau considered the poverty level
threshold for an individual to be $7363 per year.[4]


A follow-up study by the same group of researchers using a smaller database
(19,714 interviewees) was released in 2006 that showed no statistically
significant improvement in U.S. adult literacy.[5] These studies assert that
46 to 51 percent of U.S. adults read so poorly that they earn significantly
below the threshold poverty level for an individual.

Dimitri

>
> > Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:
>
> > "A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"
>
> > I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
> > you.
>
> > I thought the video was pretty funny.
>
> > --
> > Dan Abel

I'm sure we all know what a parody is ... my point was, it would have
been better served by having some semblance of literacy in the
captions.

N.

>
> > Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:
>
> > "A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"
>
> > I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
> > you.
>
> > I thought the video was pretty funny.
>
> > --
> > Dan Abel

I'm sure we all know what a parody is ... my point was, it would have
been better served by having some semblance of literacy in the
captions.

N.

> I also have a pretty good ideal why the Denney's and other Menus are
> becoming PICTOGRAPHS.
>

For what it's worth: I commute to New York City everyday. In Penn Station is
a McDonalds-with pictographs. You cannot order a meal without pointing to a
picture. If you speak what you want, you are answered with "QUE?", and they
point to the pictograph.
You have to point to a picture of the meal-G## help you if you don't-it's
potluck then.

> I also have a pretty good ideal why the Denney's and other Menus are
> becoming PICTOGRAPHS.
>

For what it's worth: I commute to New York City everyday. In Penn Station is
a McDonalds-with pictographs. You cannot order a meal without pointing to a
picture. If you speak what you want, you are answered with "QUE?", and they
point to the pictograph.
You have to point to a picture of the meal-G## help you if you don't-it's
potluck then.

In article
<[email protected]>,
Nancy2 <[email protected]> wrote:

> >
> > > Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:
> >
> > > "A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"
> >
> > > I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
> > > you.
> >
> > > I thought the video was pretty funny.
> >
> > > --
> > > Dan Abel
>
> I'm sure we all know what a parody is ... my point was, it would have
> been better served by having some semblance of literacy in the
> captions.


I'm assuming (without any certain knowledge) that the spelling errors
were all intentional. This was a well-known national (and not the US,
Australia) tv show.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

In article
<[email protected]>,
Nancy2 <[email protected]> wrote:

> >
> > > Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:
> >
> > > "A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"
> >
> > > I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
> > > you.
> >
> > > I thought the video was pretty funny.
> >
> > > --
> > > Dan Abel
>
> I'm sure we all know what a parody is ... my point was, it would have
> been better served by having some semblance of literacy in the
> captions.


I'm assuming (without any certain knowledge) that the spelling errors
were all intentional. This was a well-known national (and not the US,
Australia) tv show.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]

In article <%vAYj.1951$[email protected]>,
"Dimitri" <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Dan Abel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..

> >> On May 19, 2:10 pm, "Dimitri" <Dimitr...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> >> > "Bigbazza" <Bigba...@invalid.address.com> wrote in message

> >> > > LOL.....Don't they edjukate you's in Merica?...<G>
> >> >
> >> > >http://www.snotr.com/video/1168

> >> > Amazing!
> >> >
> >> > Of course, they did not show any correct answers.
> >> >
> >> > Maybe we should chuck our educational system. I think this video should
> >> > be
> >> > shown at all Teachers Union Meetings.
> >> >
> >> > Shame on those people and their educators.


> > Speaking of reading comprehension problems, a quote from the web page:
> >
> > "A (fake) report by the parody TV show CNNNN"
> >
> > I'd be happy to look up any of those words that are too difficult for
> > you.
> >
> > I thought the video was pretty funny.

> Not necessary to explain. I do know what a parody TV show is as well as
> good editing.

It isn't clear to me whether this is good editing or paid professional
actors reading their lines. I suspect the latter.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA
[email protected]