And here's reason #34232 (new window)...they feed the kids pigslop

/Italian dunkers indeed

umm... They aren't teaching them how to type in a phrase into the search bar and click 'I'm feeling lucky', now are they, submitter?

Did you actually read the article before making up that headline?

Tons of professors are what I refer to as educated idiots when it comes to technology. They don't have the background or the experience to make good decisions regarding the implementation of technology based systems for multiple users. That doesn't mean they are bad teachers, though.

To me, most of the problems in the education system are attributable to the following:

1. Too many administrators, not enough teachers.
2. Parents expecting schools to do everything to teach their children.
3. Parents believing their precious snowflake can do no wrong.
4. No ability by schools to discipline children without getting sued by money hungry parents whose main skill as a parent consisted of their inability to correctly use birth control.

/Works in higher education.

Is our teachers learning?^TM

Any teacher that "opens their internets to use the google" should not be let near a computer. No training allowed except how to stay away from the magic box.

Cagey B: Oh, and you're an illiterate douchebag, submitter.

Go gargle with razorblades.

I love it when people complain about headlines, as if this one weren't selected by someone else who is working behind the scenes. Goofy/incorrect/flame-worthy headlines are intentionally chosen to increase click-throughs, comments, and page traffic. How have people not picked up on this yet? It's not like the guy who submitted this article was the one who magically made it appear on the Geek page. It has to go through at least one other person who is completely cognizant of what the submitter's intent was with his headline.

labman: umm... They aren't teaching them how to type in a phrase into the search bar and click 'I'm feeling lucky', now are they, submitter?

Did you actually read the article before making up that headline?

Tons of professors are what I refer to as educated idiots when it comes to technology. They don't have the background or the experience to make good decisions regarding the implementation of technology based systems for multiple users. That doesn't mean they are bad teachers, though.

To me, most of the problems in the education system are attributable to the following:

1. Too many administrators, not enough teachers.
2. Parents expecting schools to do everything to teach their children.
3. Parents believing their precious snowflake can do no wrong.
4. No ability by schools to discipline children without getting sued by money hungry parents whose main skill as a parent consisted of their inability to correctly use birth control.

/Works in higher education.

this.

Cagey B: Anything at all that increases the usage of technology across the populace should be encouraged and funded.

Then, we'll have a pool of employees who will be ready to come work where I'm at when all the old morans die off, and people will actually be able to open and read my e-mails. I work with people who will not read anything unless it's been printed out for them. I hate them so.

Oh, and you're an illiterate douchebag, submitter.

i never understood those people who refuse to read e-mail that isn't printed out.

Cagey B: Right. So the admins exploit the stupidity of the submitter. No problems there. Aforementioned submitter's inability to read what they submit is still fair game.

This is a stupid argument, and I harbor no bad feelings toward you, but for the sake of getting my point across (OMG INTERNETS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS): sometimes people just lie in a headline, or embellish, or state something that they know to be patently false that stands in stark contrast to what is actually contained in the article. You know this. I know this. So then why rail on the submitter of an article without knowing his intention? It's silly. Just like this post.

And I only mention this because I've had a handful of headlines greenlit in which the headline was complete and utter bullsh*t that was completely and totally contrary to the article, subsequently resulting in "submitter" getting flamed into oblivion, simply because people don't have the foresight to realize that, on what is ostensibly a "humor" site (recognizing that sometimes Fark isn't exactly the paragon of funny), sometimes people make jokes. Are they stupid? Yes. Do they warrant insults from strangers to strangers? Only if you take this sh*t seriously.

Not that I'm defending stupid headlines; it's just that, having submitted a couple hundred of my own, they have a special place in my heart. Still, this isn't where I come to sympathize or empathize. Fark is where my brain has explosive diarrhea. So, if it helps you get through the day, feel free to lambast some "idiot" for an incorrect headline on an internet forum. Me? I'll just write unnecessarily long posts in response to the aforementioned callings-out.

/slow day at work

Cagey B: Right. So the admins exploit the stupidity of the submitter. No problems there. Aforementioned submitter's inability to read what they submit is still fair game.

So are nit-pickers who think this is a news site.

Eric Hartmann?

Cagey B: Did the internet hurt your feelings, guy? It's okay. You have this nice warm glass of milk, wrap yourself in a blanket and tell me all about it.


My feelings were not hurt, but you called me out. I don't believe in staying anonymous. You were the one who got all sandy.

Cagey B: JerseyTim: My feelings were not hurt, but you called me out. I don't believe in staying anonymous. You were the one who got all sandy.

Well, at least you've got the balls to out yourself. Respect for that.

Having seen you post before, I suppose I can believe that you wrote the headline as a joke, and not out of the excessive ignorance it would have taken to get that out of the article. So I apologize if I offended.

In general, though, I do know there are a lot of people who submit articles after just reading the headline. While this may not be a "news site", as you pointed out, it is indeed a Place for Snarking, much as Tony Roma's is a Place for Ribs. And I think people who try to make points based on articles that they haven't read leave themselves pretty open for it.

Anyways, I'll back off. You're a solid Farker.

It's cool. I didn't mean to get too snappy myself.

I definitely wasn't trying to make any points about teachers or education or whatnot. My mother, sister and brother-in-law are all teachers. I thought Farkers would get a kick out of the whole "Google Certification" concept.

Google pays for the training, and it's about increasing the use of technology in the classroom. If I was a teacher in New Jersey, I would sure as hell want to spend a couple expense paid weeks in California. And you get to learn something - using Google as a search engine has nothing to do with it - is a bonus.

Fail, Subby.

Hey, Jersey Tim, CageyB, why don't you get a room funboys!


/I keed, I keed

PerpetualMotion: Just guessing, but I would bet most 9th graders can google better than their teachers.

But I'll bet they wouldn't know a credible site from a non-credible site. As long as it was slickly done, a 9th grader wouldn't pick up on whether a site was credible. (Granted, a lot of adults would fail this test, too.)

labman:
To me, most of the problems in the education system are attributable to the following:

1. Too many administrators, not enough teachers.
2. Parents expecting schools to do everything to teach their children.
3. Parents believing their precious snowflake can do no wrong.
4. No ability by schools to discipline children without getting sued by money hungry parents whose main skill as a parent consisted of their inability to correctly use birth control.

/Works in higher education.

Excellent post, save for one omission:
5. The inability or unwillingness of administration to say "no" to frivolous wastes of taxpayer money by members of the faculty and support staff.

/I work in education too, and am constantly floored by the crap that gets approved.
//A "conference" in Las Vegas is nothing more than a vacation at the taxpayer's expense.

PainInTheASP: The inability or unwillingness of administration to say "no" to frivolous wastes of taxpayer money by members of the faculty and support staff.

Now see, the college I work at doesn't really let us spend big bucks on conferences. (Staff, that is. I don't know if the same is said of faculty.) I could do one a year, but not more than driving distance or a short plane ride.)

labman:Now see, the college I work at doesn't really let us spend big bucks on conferences. (Staff, that is. I don't know if the same is said of faculty.) I could do one a year, but not more than driving distance or a short plane ride.)

(I feel) it is a huge problem at our school. I work for a mid-sized community college and we have been having budget problems since I got there, about five years ago. Every year there are layoffs and belts-tightening, and every year we have a huge group of faculty and staff attending conferences in Vegas, Houston,etc... I understand that their departments may have the money to do this, but within the context our yearly budget issues, it just seems wrong.

/But no one questions it.