Narnia - Page 9

strandinthewind · #**121** 10-24-2005, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

The two most heinous words in the human language.

Oh Honey - I have them too

paleshadow · #**122** 10-24-2005, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jadegypsy

Oh my goodness some of those books for Grade 5 are insane, the kids just aren't ready for them, anything by Dickens shouldn't be attempted till HS its way to convoluted and detailed, as for some of the others they border on violence and being rather graphic or a bit to complex for kids that age, To Kill a Mocking Bird is wasted on anyone younger then about 13, Call of The Wild is a bit savage and would also be over most kids heads, although perhaps that list was 5th grade and up?

A for Chirstianity well I read the whole Narina series and missed the influence, but then again I never read the bible so perhaps thats why...

So where are the Little House on the Prarie books?

Glad to see "Where the Red Fern Grows" is on there...

Why no Ronald Dahl...?

If kids can have sex and do drugs by the time they hit the 5th grade, what's wrong with expecting them to have a good reading comprehension level?

sparky · #**123** 10-24-2005, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

The two most heinous words in the human language.

They beat the hell out of the following words :

uneducated, dead end job....no future

Thank God I paid mine off eons ago.

dissention · #**124** 10-24-2005, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

They beat the hell out of the following words :

uneducated, dead end job....no future

Thank God I paid mine off eons ago.

I still owe Fordham money for the semester I spent there.

I came to my senses after a month there, knowing I'd be in debt until my senior years if I stayed any longer. One semester was enough and then it was back to state college, babe.

DavidMn · #**125** 10-24-2005, 08:44 PM

I cant wait either!!!

strandinthewind · #**126** 10-24-2005, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

They beat the hell out of the following words :

uneducated, dead end job....no future

Thank God I paid mine off eons ago.

It really just depends. If you go to a state school and are a resident of that state and you work while in college, your loans will not be that expensive and will be maybe $200 a month if you get on the quick repayment plan and like $100 a month on the longer ones. In the end, with a little smarts and belt tightening your loans would not be that bad and certainly worth more to a person than not having the education and the opportunities presented by it.

Now, should there be a need for student loans. No, there should not.

sparky · #**127** 10-24-2005, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

certainly worth more to a person than not having the education and the opportunities presented by it.

Ummm...that's kinda what I meant

Would you like another cocktail ?

strandinthewind · #**128** 10-24-2005, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Ummm...that's kinda what I meant

Would you like another cocktail ?

Do you have the straw out?

sparky · #**129** 10-24-2005, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Do you have the straw out?

I am in my longjohns, so practically, yeah.

strandinthewind · #**130** 10-24-2005, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

I am in my longjohns, so practically, yeah.

I am my FAB new silk jammies - but before the budget started today. I actually sat down and did some additional ciphering and things are not as bad as I thought they were, which is a good thing

What brought all of this on is I saw my Amex yearly spending and was HORRIFIED by my pagan excess

- some of which you were a part of - thus, you are sharing the blame!

sparky · #**131** 10-24-2005, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I am my FAB new silk jammies - but before the budget started today. I actually sat down and did some additional ciphering and things are not as bad as I thought they were, which is a good thing

What brought all of this on is I saw my Amex yearly spending and was HORRIFIED by my pagan excess

- some of which you were a part of - thus, you are sharing the blame!

Hey, speaking of your Amex bill, you never did ship me that green Mercedes.

Pardon me, I have to pull on my speedo and go play Dodge the Dugong.

strandinthewind · #**132** 10-24-2005, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Hey, speaking of your Amex bill, you never did ship me that green Mercedes.

Pardon me, I have to pull on my speedo and go play Dodge the Dugong.

I know - I want to, its just I am on a budget ya know

dissention · #**133** 10-24-2005, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Dodge the Dugong.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

**mylittledemon** · #**134** 10-24-2005, 10:13 PM

So anyway...back to the "Narnia" topic. I always enjoyed the first book, The Magicians Nephew. I think they are going to leave all of that out and just start where the 2nd book begins.

strandinthewind · #**135** 10-24-2005, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

So anyway...back to the "Narnia" topic. I always enjoyed the first book, The Magicians Nephew. I think they are going to leave all of that out and just start where the 2nd book begins.

I know. I want to know how they are going to approach it. I hope, like the LOTR movies, they try to include as much as possibe. Sadly, the LOTR had to devote so much time to the fight scenes to attract the audiences that they were forced to cut probably a good thirty to forty minutes of other footage from dropped chapters. I am looking forward to Narnia though as I loved it as well.