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Also, fix your damn title. "Our college is learning us outdated technology". Really?

smoyer 13y ago
I almost commented on the title, but I was guessing the poster might not be a native English speaker. Since you've brought it up, one correct way of phrasing the title would be "Our college is teaching us outdated technology".
- Codhisattva 13y ago
  I refrained for commenting on it for as long as I could. I weighed the non-native speaker too but finally old George Bush quotes pushed me over the edge. ;)
  - smoyer 13y ago
    George Bush was the decider!
ponyous 13y ago
As smoyer said, I'm not native english speaker. I fixed it (hopefully)
- judk 13y ago
  Part of college is learning to deal with jerks who attack you for no good reason, and to not be intimidated intimidated by them. Good job learning multiple languages, you are way ahead of most of us.
  - smoyer 13y ago
    "and to not be intimidated intimidated by them" I'm not going to fault Codhisattva for calling out the mistake in the title, or even the fact that it irritated him. I'd just like to exhort everyone to also offer corrections with comments like these. If I'm attempting to communicate in another language, having people who are comfortable correcting me (assuming they know what I mean at all) is important. And I'd also like to point out that even people writing in their native language aren't perfect. We type fast, get interrupted a lot and have local dialects, so it's unrealistic to expect perfection. P.S. I sure hope I don't find mistakes in this post ;)
    - ponyous 13y ago
      I was not intimidated (what made you think that?). I'm actually happy that someone corrected me :)
      - Codhisattva 13y ago
        It wasn't meant to be rude. My apologies for the ambiguity between tongue in cheek and rudeness. Were this wikipedia or Stackoverflow I'd have just fixed it - I knew what you meant, of course. The tongue in cheekiness comes from a (famous) quote from President Bush, "Is our children learning?" that the original title invoked.

I almost commented on the title, but I was guessing the poster might not be a native English speaker. Since you've brought it up, one correct way of phrasing the title would be "Our college is teaching us outdated technology".

Codhisattva 13y ago
I refrained for commenting on it for as long as I could. I weighed the non-native speaker too but finally old George Bush quotes pushed me over the edge. ;)
- smoyer 13y ago
  George Bush was the decider!

ponyous 13y ago

As smoyer said, I'm not native english speaker. I fixed it (hopefully)

judk 13y ago
Part of college is learning to deal with jerks who attack you for no good reason, and to not be intimidated intimidated by them. Good job learning multiple languages, you are way ahead of most of us.
- smoyer 13y ago
  "and to not be intimidated intimidated by them" I'm not going to fault Codhisattva for calling out the mistake in the title, or even the fact that it irritated him. I'd just like to exhort everyone to also offer corrections with comments like these. If I'm attempting to communicate in another language, having people who are comfortable correcting me (assuming they know what I mean at all) is important. And I'd also like to point out that even people writing in their native language aren't perfect. We type fast, get interrupted a lot and have local dialects, so it's unrealistic to expect perfection. P.S. I sure hope I don't find mistakes in this post ;)
  - ponyous 13y ago
    I was not intimidated (what made you think that?). I'm actually happy that someone corrected me :)
    - Codhisattva 13y ago
      It wasn't meant to be rude. My apologies for the ambiguity between tongue in cheek and rudeness. Were this wikipedia or Stackoverflow I'd have just fixed it - I knew what you meant, of course. The tongue in cheekiness comes from a (famous) quote from President Bush, "Is our children learning?" that the original title invoked.