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FindorKotor93 t1_j6i2d8t wrote

If that were true, damaging the meat suit wouldn't damage the ghost. The simplest explanation for damage to consciousness and memory caused by brain damage is that consciousness is a product of the brain.
If you feel otherwise, that's fine, but asserting what you need to be true as what is is bad for honesty in general.

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distraught-takoyaki t1_j6i27op wrote

Not sure why youre being downvoted but i agree with you

As an immigrant that didnt speak a word of english when i first moved to australia, homework helped me a lot as regular practice with words and reading helped me remember and integrate it into my long term memory without doing my homework i probably wouldve taken a lot longer to catch up to my peers and graduate from the ESL class

Im also a maths tutor for primary and high school kids and i can tell you with 120% confidence that the kids that did (or at least attempted) their homework do wayyyyy better in school and just learn faster in general

Learning doesnt stop when you get home and tbh i worry for the kids of anyone that think so

p.s. some homework have stupid convoluted answers and are pointless but they are in the minority

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Intuitshunned t1_j6i242e wrote

No but at this point it is all semantics and the limits of language to communicate thoughts, in the literal sense predator is almost always synonymous with carnivorous, and only through metaphor does predator get applied to other behavior unrelated to diet. The terms are further muddied by outlier behavior such as house cats that prey on everything smaller then themselves for what seems to be entertainment, though the actions taken are identical to actual hunting behavior for food for the most part, or even stranger, predatory/carnivorous deer, scientifically accepted herbivores that have been documented preying upon eggs, birds, mice, squirrels, and carrion... but this is reddit I guess where the points don't matter and semantics can send a random stranger into a digital rage.

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sobiyela t1_j6i21zp wrote

Nah. Things deteriorate.

Given enough time it will be desintegrated by "random" events.

Example, I lost something in a volcano but the very volcano erupted and my thing was destroyed. After some billion years earth is eaten by the sun and the remaining molecules of the thing will be torn apart by it. The atoms that remain after that can even survive untill the black hole era but then they will converted to energy and swallowed by several black holes. Your thing stoped being that thing by the volcano event, you can't find it after that nor it's remains. If you think you still think you can, well then no one will survive the other events so your thing (what remains of it) isn't findable anymore because there is no one to find it. QED

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ColdFusion94 t1_j6i1uhs wrote

I'm part of a union that goes through slow slumps, ended up spending months at home. No real money to do anything, no real motivation either.

It was cool the first month. Months 2 and 3 had me itching for that call from work telling me that they had a job for me to go to.

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w33dcup t1_j6i1m7p wrote

You'd think so but books aren't even issued for some classes. Some teachers rely on online sources to teach "just watch this Kahn Academy video". Or it's all online and the site is down or links don't work properly. Not to mention the number of mistakes I've seen in my child's homework. Sometimes, the homework doesn't even make sense or is not aligned with the course. And there's unrealistic deadlines that almost feel punitive sometimes.

Something is wrong, more frequently than it should be, and it's that art/science of teaching is lost on some teachers. As a parent, I've had to address with more than I'd hoped I would need to.

Not to say there aren't good teachers out there...there definitely are. And I know it's challenging and they lack resources. Yes, homework is for students. But students need support at home as well (and teachers will tell you that). Learning doesn't happen solely at school.

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