Posted on 01/11/2005 6:18:33 PM PST by malakhi
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One 200 IQ and four 75 IQs average out to 100.
That only works if there are fewer than four 75s (dull normal to borderline retarded) for every 200 IQ (no name I'm aware of, but well beyond "prometheus" and "mega") out there.
However... about 6-7% of the population falls below that 75 IQ line... while a 200 IQ is around one in a Billion (or less).
However again... it depends a bit on which scale you use. 100 is average by definition. but the high end of the scale really varies. The top 1/100 of a percent on one scale (the respected WAIS) is around 156, while the same level on the less-well-known Catell test is around 195. Most IQ test aren't even valid above around 155 anyway.
The intention though is to have a pretty perfect bell curve distribution. I think you'll find that the mean and average in this case are the same.
At least in theory... the study I'm most familiar with actually came in shifted a little to the low end.
Your boss was okay with that? What are you going to be doing now?
Yeah, it's what he wants too. I'll be doing education and infection control at a rehabilitation hospital. At least we will have insurance now. I'm kind of scared about getting back in the rat race again though:')
Will that be full or part time? I wish you all the best in your new job! :o)
lol. 40 hrs a week. Thanks.
Don't underestimate Hillary and her minions. People didn't think that Clinton would be re-elected, but he was. A lot of people didn't think Hillaru would get elected but she was.
She could ride in on a 'anyone but Bush'. I think she could get more votes that Kerry. Most didn't care for him at all, yet they voted for him. With Hillary, there are actually people that like and support her.
I was just showing by hypothetical example how the "average" and "median" can differ widely. I wasn't trying to be rigorous in actually characterizing the American poulace.
SD
I, accidentally, trained my cat to keep out of the bed while I was sleeping by rolling over on top of him. Come to think of it, the same trick worked with my ex. :-)
Such is true as I made a good breakthrough today with the software bug I was chasing down. So now I can have a good weekend. Taking Sarah swimming tonight.
SD
That may happen after I get tired of him being cute. I locked him in the bathroom once and he tried to come thru the wall. I also have to keep him away fron Cody. He doesn't wear the red bell any more. Cody liked it.
He's not cute anymore:'(
Tuffy, it may be Monday before you hear from these guys. Some won't be back until dusk and some M-F's:') Welcome
Thank you for that nice welcome, Cindy. For starters, should I post the passages in the questionable book or do you think they are too offensive?
Yeah, I would post it. I doubt anyone will be offended. At one time I believe we even talked about this stuff. This is just a new thread from a long one. I have been here about two and half years and it was going strong long before that.
Ok, here we go. I found this book in my 15 year old daughter's room with her other school books. It is a book the class is reading in history and it caught my attention because of the name Mapplethorpe on the cover. I couldn't imagine what she would be reading about him so I picked the book up to take a look. These are some of the more interesting passages:
Subject: State of the Arts From Bezalel to Mapplethorpe
Author Gene Edward Veith, jr.
Chapter 1 page19
AIDS-martyr Robert Mapplethorpe's exhibition causes a furor. His photographs of homosexual erotica include sadism, masochism, pedophilia, and scatology. One photograph, for example, depicts a man urinating into the mouth of another man.
A new art form has emerged that is supplanting painting and sculpture for many artists--performance art. In one such work, the artist comes in and verbally abuses the people who have come to his show. As the tension builds, the artist, demonstrating how creative people suffer for the sake of their audiences, lacerates himself with fishhooks and razor blades.
Chapter 5 page 94
Performance artists have discovered ways to use sex to simultaneously titillate and outrage the public, drawing big crowds while infuriating the bourgeoisie. Annie Sprinkle describes herself as a "post-porn Modernist." Her performance art consists of masturbating, and then inviting the patrons to come up and inspect her genitalia with a flashlight. Karen Finley expresses a more feminist theme. She takes off her dress, pours gelatin into her bra, slathers her body with chocolate, and sticks bean sprouts over her body (calling them sperm).
I've been trying to get the school to take action since December but they've ignored the problem. I then emailed the passages to all of the school parents that I had in my address book. The school is furious with me for doing this, the parents that I've talked to are grateful and have requested that the book be removed. So far, the teacher thinks he's justified in having the book as part of the curriculum and he's trying to paint me as the bad guy for emailing the parents.
I found this book in my 15 year old daughter's room with her other school books. It is a book the class is reading in history and it caught my attention because of the name Mapplethorpe on the cover. I couldn't imagine what she would be reading about him so I picked the book up to take a look.
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I've been trying to get the school to take action since December but they've ignored the problem. I then emailed the passages to all of the school parents that I had in my address book. The school is furious with me for doing this, the parents that I've talked to are grateful and have requested that the book be removed. So far, the teacher thinks he's justified in having the book as part of the curriculum and he's trying to paint me as the bad guy for emailing the parents.
I think that your concerns are justified, TD.
I am, especially, surprised (though, not really) that this involves a Christian school. There is no question that this material is unsuitable for high school age children.
It appears to me that the school has a renegade teacher. Unfortunately, it also appears that the school is choosing to support the teacher (for whatever reasons), ... rather than addressing the concerns of the parents.
Continued parental pressure might get them to change their minds. As far as your actions (in this matter) are concerned, ... you were simply informaing parents as to what their children are being exposed to. If the school's position is that the material in question poses no problem ... they should have no qualms about all of the affected parents knowing what's being taught. The more parents that you can rally to agre with your cause ... the better.
I'll be praying that God will work this situation out for you and yoru daughter.
God bless ...
Someone brought up something interesting, I thought on another thread (I think Becky) that most teachers in Christian schools are not trained in Christian colleges and some may have been taught that this is appropriate. What really concerns me is that with enough pressure you can get the book out but you can't change the mindset of people that think nothing is wrong with this.
I just got a letter from the school that was sent out to all the parents that I talked to, describing how they are right to have this book in school, as in addition to the pornographic paragraphs that I quoted, they also describe art in biblical principle. They are trying very hard to get the spotlight off of themselves and make me look like the bad guy and I sure hope the parents see through it.
I cannot for the life of me believe this is happening. My husband warned me that this would all get twisted and turned around until I was the one who looked foolish. He was right.
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