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 Post subject: Correlation does not equal causation!!! edit: Big Jesus
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HOW HARD OF A CONCEPT IS THAT????

Friggin a. I thought AP kids were supposed to be smart or at least less retarded. Grading these tests is getting depressing.

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Welcome to the new normal, moderator.

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What grade do you teach, april?

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World History Honors 3 classes...all 10th

AP Psychology....10th, 11th, 12th...

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post some of their answers.

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they get all excited when 2 things correlate and dont think it through.

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rafa_garcia18 wrote:
post some of their answers.

Nothing particularly funny. Just stupid.

I did have some awesome papers the other day, but I threw them away. The assignment was to write a dialogue between an Athenian and a Spartan. Almost invariably they ended with the Spartan either stabbing or shooting the Athenian.

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Oh, sweet Jada. Thank you so much for getting a 69/76 on the multiple choice portion! There is yet hope, team!

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Haha. I get that joke now.

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Hello Lenny.
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62strat wrote:
Hello Lenny.


Hi strat.

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62strat wrote:
How have you been?


Meh, you know. Yourself?

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So, do we know yet what does equal causation?

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thodoks wrote:
So, do we know yet what does equal causation?

Population of Delaware and masturbation.

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thodoks wrote:
So, do we know yet what does equal causation?

april's students are working on it

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