The Rant, 2nd-Anniversary Edition

[SAT 9,609]

go build the Little Egg roll a bear!

It's Friday the 13th. Be extra careful you dun run over any animals/ farm animals........

[SAT 9,609]

Did you know....that when you hit a Horse, Dog, Cattle, and in some states, cat....you're not supposed to just leave the scene?

You're supposed to locate the owner. Or file a police report.

[Ontarkie 14,302]

No I did not know that.

[SAT 9,609]

No I did not know that.

so all this time, you've been breaking the law. Bad Stretch!

[Ontarkie 14,302]

I don't know how to get to the mall in Little Rock. I get lost easy

so all this time, you've been breaking the law. Bad Stretch!

Nope I don't hit things, 2 reasons why.

1. I don't drive if at all possible.

2. I don't hit things

[SAT 9,609]

I don't know how to get to the mall in Little Rock. I get lost easy

ah....that's easy. I'll give you directions.......

Exit your driveway, make a right.

Drive until you smell manure, that's where hillbilly works......

Make a left, drive until you smell burning garbage, that's the dump.....

Make a right and drive till you smell bacon.....that's the cops hanging out at the donut shop at the entrance of the mall.....

[Ontarkie 14,302]

I( wish it was that easy

[SAT 9,609]

I( wish it was that easy

get witda times ya country bumpkin.....

we have this brand new thing......called a GPS........

You probably haven't heard about it in your parts yet....but it's coming.....soon......

[Ontarkie 14,302]

No GPS work like ####### here they keep messing with the roads so they are never accurate. Plus I hate driving I make my hubby take me every where.

I'd be happier in the country

[SAT 9,609]

Now....dare I go and try to have some dim sum.......?

May be I'll put on my Spiderman suit.......

[kitthekat 1,317]

We don't need bi-lingual students.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-students-losing-interest-china-dream-jobs-prove-210258151--business.html

learning a new language as an adult is a very different thing to learning it as a child (even as a secondary language). i don't think it's useful to take a few years off post-graduation, move to a foreign country, and pick up a new language in the hopes of being proficient enough to compete against native speakers in their home country. sounds like a chinese tourism/education scam that targets kids who don't know what to do with their lives and want to just extend their school years before having to face the real world.

sometimes, at least in seattle (since that's all i'm familiar with), knowing a second language that is spoken by the rapidly growing at-risk immigrant community can put you ahead of another similarly qualified candidate. it did in my case, at least. true, we could call in a translator - but we would not be able to deliver services with the same immediacy than if we had a staff member with the language proficiency to communicate with a client on the spot. also, translators gotta be paid whereas staff members are already on payroll. many job ads list preferences for bi-lingual staff (especially vietnamese and arabic).

but would i advise someone to take a second language solely in the hopes it will make them more competitive in the job market later in life? um...no. too difficult to predict if the language will still be relevant by the time the kid enters the workforce. maybe for other reasons - i think i read somewhere that learning a second language actually can improve your primary language. not sure how that works, but if anyone is interested, i'm sure the research is floating around the internet somewhere.

and after that essay...

i'm going to bed. loooong day.

[SAT 9,609]

Blah blah blah yap yap yap......ah fooey.......

Go to sleep.....

[SAT 9,609]

Little Egg Roll's thing's menu.....

[Merrytooth 5,748]

Little Egg Roll's thing's menu.....

illegible handwriting...

[SAT 9,609]

illegible handwriting...

what?? Are you a Singlapora or what? This is awesome handwriting!

the foremost expression of the absolute pinnacle of Chinese calligraphy......

What is your name Helen Keller?

You ill bred china woman........

Even I, who don't read Chinese, know it's good .......