It's hard to define the entire population of private school kids, because the ones I know personally are not snobbish, stuck-in-the-mud-with-their-nose-up-in-the-air type of people. My roommate came from an all-girl's private school in Vancouver, namely the best school in BC, and probably has all the money in the world, but she's a generous, down-to-earth person. Mind you, she's very sheltered too, but who isn't, in this rich, developed country of ours?

I don't know the rich snobs, probably because they're too stush to talk to me anyway. Regardless, I've seen them walk around thinking they're the so called hot shit, so they definitely do exist. "I rock this joint cuz daddy bought me a BMW for my first car. I own this school cuz mommy gave me a civic to decorate for my 16th birthday."

Oh those people exist. More so in private schools than public schools cuz there's more rich kids in private schools. I'm not categorizing all private school kids to be that way though.

  posted by MsKarenAu @ 9:50 AM

 
Hmm, so do private school kids fit the private school stereotype. Well let's see. In my opinion, I'm not rich, snobby, arrogant, holier-than-thou, a jerk, sheltered, not down to earth, or a pain in the ass. I know several other people who aren't that way either so I guess no, I don't agree with the stereotype. There probably ARE some people who fit that description, but I'll bet there are people in the public school system that fit that descripition too so whatever. Besides, if you think of it really, who really does the choosing of whether someone goes to private or public school. More often than not it's the parents. And by the time the kid is given a choice of whether or not he or she wants to go to public school, he or she's usually settled into the private school situation and is lazy to move... unless the kid's going through hell, which is a different matter.

  posted by JW @ 10:20 PM

 
What's the private school stereotype?

You must've saw that question coming.

  posted by JW @ 10:27 PM

 
*smack*

(sound of Kay slapping her forehead in disbelief)

  posted by MsKarenAu @ 11:38 PM

 
Actually, I frowned a bit and thought "I thought she would know better" but explained it anyways.

  posted by JW @ 11:19 PM

 
Wow. I completely missed that.

By the way, I hope my lame attempt to be annoying didn't cause you to feel obliged to explain to me what a = b actually meant. I took grade 12 calculus and am definitely not afraid of math. Please tell me you at least shook your head or snickered at my jab.

  posted by MsKarenAu @ 1:05 AM

 
Ok ok, but first let me clarify a little bit. Kay, a and b are just variables so for the equation I was just saying "let a = b" as a variable assumption. It's the same as saying "let n = number of apples" in any algebraic equation. The fallacy is this: (a² - ab) is actually equal to 0. From that point on, you can see that the next part states "divide both sides by (a² - ab)" But if you know your math, you know that you can't divide anything by 0. You can even try plugging it into a calculator and it'll give you an error message.

  posted by JW @ 10:32 PM

 
whoa. thatz a fuck up to foundations.

  posted by E.C.tasy @ 6:07 PM

 
But Jonathan! Whoever said that a actually equals b?

I dunno. Just tell us the damn fallacy cuz if that's not it, then I don't know what is.

  posted by MsKarenAu @ 5:02 PM

 
a = b
a² = ab
a² + a² = a² + ab
2a² = a² + ab
2a² - 2ab = a² - ab
2 (a² - ab) = 1 (a² - ab)
divide both sides by (a² - ab)
2 (a² - ab) = 1 (a² - ab)
therefore:
2 = 1

Makes perfect logical sense doesn't it? Ah, the results of sitting in philosophy class for 75 minutes every day. Find the fallacy.

  posted by JW @ 11:32 PM

 
"All is fair in war and peace."

That's false...

War, in a way, is like a game. Let's say it's like a basketball game. There has to be ground rules no matter what. There has to be grounds for decency. You're fighting for the ring, the pride, the victory, but there has to be restrictions to what you can do or else it'd just be chaotic.

In the same way, if you're fighting for peace, I don't know what you people think, but the end doesn't justify the means. You need to do things with the least damage and devestation possible, all the while being efficient and effective. Dirty fighting ie: being unfair in the war is a nono.

That's the socialist in me talking. Your turn.

  posted by MsKarenAu @ 12:55 PM