RE: Err....Little Help, Please?
May 31, 2011 at 10:50 am
(This post was last modified: May 31, 2011 at 10:51 am by orogenicman.)
(May 31, 2011 at 6:14 am)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: Have become as though this is new? How very fascinating.
My recommendation when dealing with parents based solely on my experiences? Lie, and don't for a moment feel guilty or secure enough to speak the truth: it always bites you in the ass.
I would agree with this way to go. When you are of age, they can whine all they want, but you are then an adult who can make up his/her own mind. Then, if you feel that they need to know, tell them, and if they don't like it, well, they are just going to have to live with it.
'The difference between a Miracle and a Fact is exactly the difference between a mermaid and seal. It could not be expressed better.'
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
-- Samuel "Mark Twain" Clemens
"I think that in the discussion of natural problems we ought to begin not with the scriptures, but with experiments, demonstrations, and observations".
- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)
"In short, Meyer has shown that his first disastrous book was not a fluke: he is capable of going into any field in which he has no training or research experience and botching it just as badly as he did molecular biology. As I've written before, if you are a complete amateur and don't understand a subject, don't demonstrate the Dunning-Kruger effect by writing a book about it and proving your ignorance to everyone else! "
- Dr. Donald Prothero
