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US News and World Report ranked the top 100 high schools in the United States.
The highest rated school in the nation, was Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia. The school offers courses in DNA science, neurology, and quantum physics.
That's pretty impressive. I'm sure all of these students will attend incredible universities. And for this, I feel so sorry for all of the graduate student instructors, who will teach their freshman sections.
Students who come from great high schools, end up being the cockiest. I know from personal experience. I went to an excellent humanities magnet school (though not good enough for this list.) We studied and embraced socialism, postmodernity, and the philosophy of aesthetics. We were thus, very well prepared to bullshit the hell out of first-year TAs.
I 'd throw around words like hegemony and poststucturalism, even though I didn't actually understand them. I'd talk about Foucault and Sartre, despite only reading several paragraphs of their writing. I was very good at convincing these instructors that I understood what I was talking about.
Since TAs don't expect much from freshmen, they reward them heavily for throwing around buzzwords.
As I learned more my head grew. I became overly confident with my intellect. I attribute my high school experience to my current levels of pretension, elitism, and narcissism.
So before you consider sending your kids to an excellent school like the International Academy of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan or KIPP Houston High School, think the about the effects this might have on your kids later in life.
Because as the bard once wrote:
"Nobody likes it when homeboys be gloating 'bout their high schools."US News and World Report ranked the top 100 high schools in the United States.
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The mobile slang term “sexting” was an irritating term as soon as it entered the American lexicon (I think Tiger made cemented it into pop culture history) It’s almost as annoying as the words momversation, webinar, artisinal and staycation.
Lucky for us, I got word of some more words that will make American slang irritating rather than clever. Take a look:
Ambitexterity : A multi-tasker’s bread and butter, this ability to use one’s left or right hand to text is the height of skill
Anorexting: This disorder causes individuals to believe that their texts are too fat and limit all messages to less than 20 characters.
Cinetexting: The annoying practice of reading and responding to text messages during a movie
Ex-ting: Not recommended. If you don’t want to talk to your former flame or spouse, don’t do the passive aggressive texting two-step with them, either.
For more terms, follow the link...
http://blog.dinoray.com/2010/03/29/more-mobile-buzzwords-that-will-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/The mobile slang term “sexting” was an irritating term as soon as it... more
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When did robots become more popular than cold fusion? Will nano out pace micro as academia's prefix of choice? PHD Comics charts out the changing popularity of various buzzwords in academic papers over the years.
http://io9.com/5407853/academic-paper-buzzwords-through-the-yearsWhen did robots become more popular than cold fusion? Will nano out pace micro as... more
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British bureaucrats have been warned: no more synergies, stakeholders or sustainable communities.
The body that represents the country's local authorities has told its members to stop using management buzzwords, saying they confuse people and prevent residents from understanding what local governments do.
The Local Government Association, whose members include hundreds of district, town and county councils in England and Wales, on Friday sent out a list of 100 "non-words" that it said officials should avoid if they want to be understood.
The list includes the popular but vague term "empowerment;" "coterminosity," a situation in which two organizations oversee the same geographical area; and "synergies," combinations in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Officials were told to ditch the term "revenue stream" for income, as well as the imprecise "sustainable communities." The association also said councils should stop referring to local residents as "customers" or "stakeholders."
The association's chairman, Simon Milton, said officials should not "hide behind impenetrable jargon and phrases."
British bureaucrats have been warned: no more synergies, stakeholders or sustainable... more
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Substance abuse is hardly a new companion for eating disorders. Do these buzzwords help people identify their illness? Substance abuse is hardly a new companion for eating disorders. Do these buzzwords... more
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If you’re feeling under the weather, there’s nothing better than lying on
the couch and indulging a lengthy session of comfort TV. But what is the
television equivalent of Shepherd’s pie?
If you’re feeling under the weather, there’s nothing better than lying on... more
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BBC Three is relaunching itself, incorporating elements of from social networking sites and user-generated content. But are TV producers just using buzzwords in an attempt to appeal to younger audiences?
BBC Three is relaunching itself, incorporating elements of from social networking... more
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