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Offline kso_FAN

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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #50 on: April 17, 2014, 01:17:25 PM »
I distinctly remember being taught this mnemonic for spelling "geography" in 1st or 2nd grade - George Elliot's Old Grandma Road A Pig Home Yesterday.
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #51 on: April 17, 2014, 01:22:09 PM »
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #52 on: April 17, 2014, 01:54:44 PM »
Quote from: ksu_FAN on April 17, 2014, 01:17:25 PM
I distinctly remember being taught this mnemonic for spelling "geography" in 1st or 2nd grade - George Elliot's Old Grandma Road A Pig Home Yesterday.

That is like the easiest word to spell
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #53 on: April 17, 2014, 01:58:09 PM »
Quote from: Batt BcKee P.O.S. Esq on April 17, 2014, 12:25:46 PM
Algebra

This thread is for useless things, not the single most useful thing you learned in high school.
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #54 on: April 17, 2014, 02:03:52 PM »
Deriving formulas (A.K.A derivatives)
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #55 on: April 17, 2014, 02:07:06 PM »
Quote from: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 17, 2014, 12:21:05 PM
the difference between stalagmite and stalagtite.

Is it useless knowing the name of the 10 ton pointy rock that could crush you in your sleep?
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #56 on: April 17, 2014, 02:07:42 PM »
Anything in an English class pertaining to identifying literary elements in a book
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #57 on: April 17, 2014, 02:12:47 PM »
Pretty much everything in Freshman Orientation.
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #58 on: April 17, 2014, 02:16:37 PM »
Quote from: Tobias on April 17, 2014, 01:22:09 PM
Quote from: dobber on April 17, 2014, 12:40:00 PM
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Quote from: dobber on April 17, 2014, 12:24:37 PM
Matracies. (plural of matrix)

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You say matrices, I say matracies. I figured it was incorrect and I acknowledged as much by letting you know what I was talking about, but still... :lol:
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #59 on: April 17, 2014, 02:17:25 PM »
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #60 on: April 17, 2014, 02:18:19 PM »
Quote from: Trogdor on April 17, 2014, 01:54:44 PM
Quote from: ksu_FAN on April 17, 2014, 01:17:25 PM
I distinctly remember being taught this mnemonic for spelling "geography" in 1st or 2nd grade - George Elliot's Old Grandma Road A Pig Home Yesterday.

That is like the easiest word to spell

Its pretty big when you are 6, but yeah.
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #61 on: April 17, 2014, 02:18:47 PM »
I use matrices all the time.
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #62 on: April 17, 2014, 02:20:43 PM »
Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on April 17, 2014, 02:18:47 PM
I use matrices all the time.

As would anyone who actually understands how they work. They are incredibly useful.
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #63 on: April 17, 2014, 02:22:09 PM »
Matrices are out. Algorithms are where it's at.
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #64 on: April 17, 2014, 02:26:30 PM »
Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on April 17, 2014, 02:18:47 PM
I use matrices all the time.
Is that becasue the foot measuring tool isn't big enough when you buy shoes?
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Re: Useless things you learned in school (or are currently learning)
« Reply #65 on: April 17, 2014, 02:29:23 PM »
Quote from: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on April 17, 2014, 12:21:05 PM
the difference between stalagmite and stalagtite.

Better go back to class on this one
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