Maybe it’s a simple matter of misunderstanding. Being underwater, I doubt they are familiar with (paper) sheets. And the prefix „work“ might not ease said unfamiliarity… 😉
I’m thinking it’s more a lack of jargon awareness than a lack of understanding some basic school things such as “fill out this paper.”
But, I’m only assuming that because I recall some talk of these kids being not the refugee kids, but those kids who have been in some sort of preparation program, in anticipation of this kind of integration. The kind of thing Selkie would’ve been in, if she hadn’t been the test case for “what do humans do with Sarnothi when there’s no info or prep work?”
If that’s the case, then we’ve got three groups: Integrated, Prepping, and Outsiders/Refugees. And since a bunch of Outsider/Refugee kids just showed up, they’ll need to enter the Prepping group, meaning that the group that was just in Prepping gets moved to Integrated — hence, these kids here, and how well they speak English and all.
Maybe it’s even simpler. Living underwater, I doubt they are much familiar with (paper) sheets *in general*, let alone their significance for us humans. And the prefix „work“ might not ease said unfamiliarity… 😉
I suspect the answer would be a sort of clay tablet held together with a stone container on five sides, some sort of metal engraving or firing of the tablets for record keeping, and possibly a knot based record keeping somewhere in the Incas had? that would probably depend on how long the marks in the clay lasted.
I’m thinking wax instead of clay- the old-school tablets (Sumerian and Greek and such) were a hard wax that you used a stylus to inscribe into- much lighter and more re-usable than clay, and it would stand up to being underwater a lot better- plus be able to transition between both states.
Welcomes to Hell! Weather’s greats heres, so pulls up a chairs, haves a colds beers. You cans lives by the seas! So happys you’ll be, with your cobblestones trees.
The neighbors aren’t bright, but delicious! We eat bacon all night, it’s nutritious! Hear all of them squeal, from damage I deal; there’s plenty to steal!
They may also not engage in the US public school system’s reliance on one-size-fits-all attempts at education which is just assuming everyone responds to rote memorization and volume overload to the point it requires additional time outside of the classroom to accomplish. Its utter hell to those of us that don’t learn that way.
This is coming from someone who ranked #9 in his graduating class in a top global ranked masters degree but barely got a 3.0 in high school. Worksheets, memorization cards and piles of homework were a complete disservice as all they did was leave me frustrated and confused whereas the master’s program focused on what it all meant and that made complete sense.
I had a similar experience with high school, but sadly, my experience with college was simply “High School 2.0”. Professors just making students memorize and resuscitate whatever line they preferred, then being more concerned with their own spotless records than whether anyone learned anything.
My point being that college is a crapshoot, even before you factor in the massive expense.
I can’t believe Selkie hasn’t been like “you stole my haircuts, kid” yet.
Someone needs to help this guy with cutting the sides shorter and getting a proper rockstar thing going. alternately, growing the bangs longer and getting some kind of masculine forehead framing
It could jeopardize the continued employment of that classroom’s teacher, … to have two such potent snarks as Selkie and Tehk in such close proximity. It could cross “Lizardo’s Crit.Point” in moments; T=S+S’*(R/1.614). Where T is time and R is the radius distance between desks occupied by snarking students, and, S and S’ are students with high levels of Snark value
So if R LCP) is equal to or exceeds Lizardo’s Critical Point then there is little chance that any teaching will happen, and it is likely that the teacher will soon change schools, or leave the profession entirely.
“worksheet”.
Derived from “busywork”.
Part of the public school system’s ongoing mission, to acclimatize children to repeatedly performing time-consuming, meaningless tasks for no tangible reword, alongside conditioning obedience to authority figures, and approval-seeking behavior to same.
…All to prepare them for life as adults in the workforce.
“Education” is a side effect that “schooling” is actually designed to minimize.
Do… they not have school under the water? Or is it a matter of the upheaval kept these kids from going when they ordinarily would have?
Maybe it’s a simple matter of misunderstanding. Being underwater, I doubt they are familiar with (paper) sheets. And the prefix „work“ might not ease said unfamiliarity… 😉
I’m thinking it’s more a lack of jargon awareness than a lack of understanding some basic school things such as “fill out this paper.”
But, I’m only assuming that because I recall some talk of these kids being not the refugee kids, but those kids who have been in some sort of preparation program, in anticipation of this kind of integration. The kind of thing Selkie would’ve been in, if she hadn’t been the test case for “what do humans do with Sarnothi when there’s no info or prep work?”
If that’s the case, then we’ve got three groups: Integrated, Prepping, and Outsiders/Refugees. And since a bunch of Outsider/Refugee kids just showed up, they’ll need to enter the Prepping group, meaning that the group that was just in Prepping gets moved to Integrated — hence, these kids here, and how well they speak English and all.
Maybe it’s even simpler. Living underwater, I doubt they are much familiar with (paper) sheets *in general*, let alone their significance for us humans. And the prefix „work“ might not ease said unfamiliarity… 😉
Homework to me and you, papier mache to the Sarnothi!
Could just not use worksheets
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For I have survived middle school.
So I take it they don’t have their own version/alternative to paper in sarnothi, or atleast clay slabs like humans used in the stone age.
The answer to that is probably something resonance.
I suspect the answer would be a sort of clay tablet held together with a stone container on five sides, some sort of metal engraving or firing of the tablets for record keeping, and possibly a knot based record keeping somewhere in the Incas had? that would probably depend on how long the marks in the clay lasted.
I’m thinking wax instead of clay- the old-school tablets (Sumerian and Greek and such) were a hard wax that you used a stylus to inscribe into- much lighter and more re-usable than clay, and it would stand up to being underwater a lot better- plus be able to transition between both states.
Equivalent! That’s the word I was looking for! Why do I keep forgetting words when I need them?
dreadful (home)work, nothing works better to give kids a common ground!
Welcomes to Hell! Weather’s greats heres, so pulls up a chairs, haves a colds beers. You cans lives by the seas! So happys you’ll be, with your cobblestones trees.
I’ll see myself out.
The neighbors aren’t bright, but delicious! We eat bacon all night, it’s nutritious! Hear all of them squeal, from damage I deal; there’s plenty to steal!
GOLD NUGGETS!!!… I’m Rich!
They may also not engage in the US public school system’s reliance on one-size-fits-all attempts at education which is just assuming everyone responds to rote memorization and volume overload to the point it requires additional time outside of the classroom to accomplish. Its utter hell to those of us that don’t learn that way.
This is coming from someone who ranked #9 in his graduating class in a top global ranked masters degree but barely got a 3.0 in high school. Worksheets, memorization cards and piles of homework were a complete disservice as all they did was leave me frustrated and confused whereas the master’s program focused on what it all meant and that made complete sense.
I had a similar experience with high school, but sadly, my experience with college was simply “High School 2.0”. Professors just making students memorize and resuscitate whatever line they preferred, then being more concerned with their own spotless records than whether anyone learned anything.
My point being that college is a crapshoot, even before you factor in the massive expense.
Not ALL colleges. But yes, the vast majority of them.
But your teacher is so cool! How can you act so negative? Even dumb homework can be made cool by an understanding teacher.
…by ripping up the worksheets then teaching the stuff properly, worksheets and homework as we know it are outmoded ideas
I blame the inventor of the “Mimiograph” machine/replicator/device-of-torture and instigator of unholy fume-induced headaches.
Well, they live underwater. Worksheets probably aren’t something they’re accustomed to. Yet at least. I do wonder what Sarnothi schools are like.
I can’t believe Selkie hasn’t been like “you stole my haircuts, kid” yet.
Someone needs to help this guy with cutting the sides shorter and getting a proper rockstar thing going. alternately, growing the bangs longer and getting some kind of masculine forehead framing
Is Mina missing a tooth today?
It’s a line that’s supposed to seperate top from bottom teeth, buuuuut it doesn’t seem to have survived image reduction ell. 😡
WAIT A MINUTE!
Didn’t Te Fahn sit right next to Selkie in the last row? How come Tehk is between them now?
Yeah, she did and yes its a bit out-of-whack. I just decided this was better layoutwise than crossing speech balloon bubbles.
It could jeopardize the continued employment of that classroom’s teacher, … to have two such potent snarks as Selkie and Tehk in such close proximity. It could cross “Lizardo’s Crit.Point” in moments; T=S+S’*(R/1.614). Where T is time and R is the radius distance between desks occupied by snarking students, and, S and S’ are students with high levels of Snark value
So if R LCP) is equal to or exceeds Lizardo’s Critical Point then there is little chance that any teaching will happen, and it is likely that the teacher will soon change schools, or leave the profession entirely.
“worksheet”.
Derived from “busywork”.
Part of the public school system’s ongoing mission, to acclimatize children to repeatedly performing time-consuming, meaningless tasks for no tangible reword, alongside conditioning obedience to authority figures, and approval-seeking behavior to same.
…All to prepare them for life as adults in the workforce.
“Education” is a side effect that “schooling” is actually designed to minimize.