Homeschool
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Topic: Homeschool
Posted By: Silent
Subject: Homeschool
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 6:47pm
| So, I'm actually considering getting homeschooled. It would be so much easier, I could just get high marks without even trying. Any opinions on that? |
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 6:51pm
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Yeah, why waste the effort in getting good grades when you can concentrate on more important things?
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Posted By: Pezzer
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 6:56pm
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Yeah, because getting good grades what school is about.
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 6:57pm
Obviously this doesn't apply to some of us in English Class.... ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Pezzer wrote:Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:02pm
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curriculum, worked with tutors, and taken college courses rather than complete my final year at highschool... I don't know what your approach would be, but independant schooling isn't a walk in the park if you're doing it properly. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ken Majors
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:02pm
^^^made me chuckle 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:03pm
I would think that universities and colleges would be much less likely to accept you if you were homeschooled. Just my guess anyways ------------- <just say no to unnecessarily sexualized sigs> |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:08pm
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I do virtual school. I'm currently re-taking most of the classes I failed in 10th grade (reason I left regular school...Total druggy loser). I have straight A's and will be done with my school year by Christmas and then I have an 8 month Vacation till senior year (back at traditional school). ------------- 
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:13pm
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Homeschool kids turn out really weird...
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Posted By: DGAFmuffinZ
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:14pm
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:14pm
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:31pm
In fact, in some cases homeschooling can actually give you a leg up at competitive universities - that is as long as you're not a total weirdo. Just consider how many highschools there are in the country. For each of those highschools there is a valedictorian, a salutatorian and a handful of other students who are extremely bright. How many people, on the other hand, are driven and passionate enough to persue an education independantly? These applicants are put in a completely different pool and can be very appealing to universities. It sounds like the poster is looking for an easy out, so he'll probably just end up screwing himself over, but homeschooling (as long as it's seperate from religion) isn't such a faux pas these days as far as universities are concerned. .....Just for the record.... -------------
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Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:39pm
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Anyways, don't cheat yourself out of high school. You'll have some of the best times of your life there and in those years.
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:43pm
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homeschool is good, if you want to brainwash your kids into having the same beliefs as you.
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:44pm
| Well, I just find some of the stuff we learn at school pointless. Homeschool, I would be able to concentrate on the important stuff and not waste time going to school, eating lunch at school, going back home, and other assemblys... etc. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:46pm
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you also miss out on learning from many different people with different areas of expertise.
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Posted By: Pezzer
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:48pm
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For one thing, high school math prepares you for higher math. Obviously higher math classes are very useful, in fact in my AP calc class, after each unit we have to write an essay on real world applications.
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:48pm
adventures as an independant study student it's that you absolutely can not beat highschool for convenience. If you think homeschooling would somehow be more efficient you're absolutely crazy. Not to mention, the 'pointless' stuff you speak of is actually a really important foundation to have. -------------
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:48pm
I'm not really having a good high school life... I go to school, come home and watch T.V, go to bed and wake up for school again the next morning. I don't really have any friends... |
Posted By: Pezzer
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:51pm
Well there is your problem. ------------- Suck, sqeeze, bang, blow, and GO!
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:51pm
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from them. Try making some friends.... -------------
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:51pm
I would still take math if I was homeschooled. and does AP stand for Applied? is that worse than academic? Anywas math for me is really easy. Right now I have a 97 in math. Oh BTW I'm in 10th grade. |
Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:53pm
I don't really want any friends. I'm sort of a loner. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:53pm
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:54pm
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:55pm
What do you mean? How so? Can you be a more specific please? |
Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:55pm
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I wouldn't trade my senior year in high school for anything. You really will cripple yourself socially if you decide that you don't even want to go and sit through school. Most of the stuff you learn in school(and in college, so far for me) isn't from the classrooms. Find a sport, or a club, or SOMETHING that you're interested in at school. There's probably kids that feel just like you. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: Pezzer
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:56pm
Advanced Placement. Its basically a college level class. ------------- Suck, sqeeze, bang, blow, and GO!
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:57pm
A lot of the people who decide to homeschool do it for extreme religious purposes or because they're so socially awkward that they can't stand a typical highschool... You sound like you might fit into the latter of those two categories. -------------
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 7:59pm
Prod, you explained it better than I could have, well done. 
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:02pm
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I should probably say what I want to be eh? I want to be an air traffic controller. When I finish high school, I will apply there and if they accept me I will go to their training center where you learn for 4-10 months. After that you get sent to a control tower anywhere in Canada where you do on the job training where you start getting paid around 30 000$. After the on the job training is complete, your salary increases depending on location... etc. anywhere from 50 000 to 100 000$ here is their website: http://www.navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?Language=en&Content=ContentDefinitionFiles%5CAboutUs%5CCareers%5CATC%5CWorkEnvironmentSalaryBenefits%5Cdefault.xml - http://www.navcanada.ca/NavCanada.asp?Language=en&Conten t=ContentDefinitionFiles\AboutUs\Careers\ATC\WorkEnvironment SalaryBenefits\default.xml |
Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:06pm
I've never heard of an air traffic controller suiciding. Please link me to where you have read this information. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:07pm
No idea, I looked it up and it looks like more rumour than anything, thus why I deleted the post. I'd read it somewhere, but since I cant find anything on it now, I doubt it's legitamacy. |
Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:10pm
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:12pm
Because it's an acheingly dull job!!!! Sorry. I tried. ------------- Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:15pm
Yeah, while I was looking for the crap I was talking about, I ran into some info on that. Sounds like it might be myth too, but not sure. |
Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:18pm
| A lot of people say that the air traffic control profession is very stressful. It might be in some situations, and it probably depends on the person too. But I talked to a real air traffic controller who I am related too and has over 25 years experience and says it's not stressful. |
Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:19pm
| air traffic controllers do have a lot of stress, but at the same time they get a lot of down time and stuff to reduce the stress. i took an aviation class in hs and some kids did an air traffic controller internship for a few weeks, they said it was pretty cool |
Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:22pm
OMG you're so lucky that your high school offered an aviation class!!! Oh and BTW what is an air traffic controller internship? I currently hold a student pilot's permit until I am 16 in may next year then I get my Recreational Pilots permit. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:29pm
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:54pm
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 8:55pm
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I do homeschool because I did TO much messing around in regular school. Homeschool I have no distractions. -------------
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:00pm
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As a small time pilot, atc just annoys me.
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:09pm
You're a glider pilot.... Have you ever even talked to them? |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:09pm
No, cause gliders always crash land. Always. |
Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:29pm
You can land a glider at an uncontrolled airport... |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:29pm
I've been home-schooled all of my life, and I know quite a few other home-schoolers. Speaking from experience I can accurately say this tends to be true. If you are not actively social, and you home-school. You will be a weird ass. Take me for example, I never properly learned how to pick up women. Now I suffer. As for colleges - You actually have a fairly decent advantage being home-schooled, pending your not a wierdo. And for it being easier? Dream on. So much so, I see college as a walk in the park. ------------- |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:36pm
Yea, homeschooling is no joke, (from what I understand), and it's not just sitting home eating milk and cookies and telling mommy to put you down for a A. You have to constantly take tests and what not to make sure you're being taught properly and what not. And the social thing has got to be a huge disadvantage (like you said). I am shy to begin with, so I can't imagine what I would be like without interacting with people all day, not that I don't have a lot of friends, I just tend to feel a little awkward when I'm meeting new people. -------------
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Posted By: Ben Dover II
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:37pm
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:39pm
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I have two friends that are doing their schooling online, thus being "homeschooled." The first is actually a really cool guy. He always hangs out with us on the weekends, but he does tend to be a little anti-social around girls. He is homeschooled because he is a nationally ranked amateur tennis player and will someday win the US Open. Right now he is in Argentina playing. The second is being homeschooled because he didn't like regular high school. It was too hard for him, or at least that was his excuse. He sits at home all day and only talks to 2-3 people outside of his family on a regular basis. He is definitely a weirdo. Unless you have something to keep you busy, like tennis, homeschooling will get very lonely and you will likely become depressed. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules> 
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Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 9:46pm
Only a home-schooled kid would be honest? Grow a sac. It's just a typical offset of homeschooling, you always tend to lack some sort of social awareness. For me, I never really became confident around women. May as well tell the guy how it is, he seems to want to know. As for it not being worth it. I run my own business, carry strait As in college, I am a supervisor at another business. I've worked for AT&T, Marriott hotels, and Johnson control. I have recommendations and ties in all those businesses. I'd hardly say homeschooling isn't worth it. If you stay critical about stimulating your social awareness by staying active in various clubs or sports... You're typically fine. It's the kids who's parents lock them away for 18 years who are crazy. ------------- |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 10:00pm
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If your doing homeschooling to avoid social situations, you'll be screwed. I agree in some situations it can help you a great deal, such as if your dedicated and focused. It can only hurt you though when your just trying to avoid high school. No matter what though, homeschooling will mess with your social skills, there is no avoiding it. I have two friends my age who have been home-schooled. The first did homeschooling for his entire middle school years because the parents were nervous about his going to a public middle school (not a terribly invalid feeling as the middle school he would have gone to had, only a few years previously, been host to the worst school beating on Maui that I know of where the kid had to be airlifted out.) Today hes fine, but he missed some social aspects and as such he irritates a lot of people. The second friend is the perfect picture of poor homeschooling. He was home -schooled his whole life, he has zero social skills, hes horribly annoying, his education boarders on maybe a 7th grader's and his very slow mentally. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 10:04pm
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What i am against are the crazy parents that think their kid is something else so they won't put them in public schools... ------------- 
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 10:08pm
| I'm not very good around girls either... I have never kissed a girl and never had a girlfriend. I don't talk to them much either. Same thing goes for everybody. I'm one of those kids you see in the corner of the class not talking to anyone while everybody else is talking. |
Posted By: Horsepower
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 10:10pm
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I go to public schools and i'm shy, but once someone starts talking to me i snap out of it in about 3 minutes.I think i am shy because i'm an only child.
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Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 10:17pm
I am very shy. AND I MEAN SHY. I also have a sister. |
Posted By: stratoaxe
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 10:48pm
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Wow...the ideas about homeschoolers out there are pretty ignorant. I fell into the category of people who got ripped out of school by their parents for getting in too many fights. My mom was pretty much a religious extremist at the time (she's changed now, go figure), but really the religious aspect had no impact on me whatsoever. Anyway, point being, I turned out just fine IMO. I had a distinct lack of social contact for a few years, but I started work at 16, and eventually caught up to everyone else. There's a slight barrier to overcome, but honestly, how many people in here were hanging out with the entire school when you were in high school? It's a pretty safe assumption that most people have a limited group of friends that they keep throughout their time in school, and those friends are just as easy to come by in homeschooling as they are in high school, unless you're just a complete anti-social nutjob. As for you homeschooling-what's your reasoning? If you're having an akward time at school, you really need to step up and face the issue. Trust me, you'll regret it if you don't. Once you run from one issue in your life, everything else goes down hill, especially social problems. Homeschooling will only compound any social issues you have. I'm not saying you have any, I'm just throwing that out there. What grade are you in? If you're close to high school, it's going to be tough to coordinate your homeschooling to your current academic situation. It's alot harder than you think to complete switch learning styles several years into schooling. For several months it's like first grade all over again, you're having to pick up on new things, you'll be relearning alot, and likely there are alot of things you may never learn, because homeschooling differs greatly from public school in pacing. You'd have to mix and match several curriculums, and then you run the risk of not actually getting a diploma when you're finished, and having to take a diploma test somewhere else, or else get your GED. Things to take into consideration. ------------- 
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Posted By: carl_the_sniper
Date Posted: 26 September 2007 at 11:47pm
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 12:49pm
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Wow the only reason I could bare going to school is being around other people. If you took that out of the picture I will just be hell. Some people just don't like HS. Personally I like the high school part. I had a blast my senior year, had only 3 classes and was out by 11:30. Silent if you get home schooled just promise me I won't you on the news ontop of a water tower with a rifle. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 1:10pm
Practice kissing on your sister, it'll help. |
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Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 2:19pm
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 2:43pm
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I agree most homeschool kids end up weird due to lack of socialization. However I think my opinions on this are skewed, as I never went to public school, so I cannot really say. If you are simply smarter than what they are teaching in high-school, duel enroll in a local community college. At least then you get to be around people. If you do it for religious reasons...then you are screwed for life. ------------- 
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Posted By: Pezzer
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 3:00pm
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I would have to say I definitely think regular school is better. Not only do you get more social experience, but you get so much more knowledge from your teachers. I've learned as much from my teachers outside of class time than in class, and that knowledge is more applied to my interests and life goals than what I learn in school. Having connections like that are always good things. I would say you really need to go to a normal school. If you want to be an Air Traffic Controller, homeschooling is not going to be good for you. Is it really smart to go through your teenage years without friends, only to be sitting in a pitch black room as an adult talking to people through a microphone? ------------- Suck, sqeeze, bang, blow, and GO!
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Posted By: Yeoman
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 3:16pm
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I dunno ask John Cusack ------------- 
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 3:28pm
A friend of mine was home school until recently. He was basically spoon fed everything he now believes, such as religion. It's ridiculous. ------------- |
Posted By: Silent
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 4:52pm
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As I said, I am in grade 10. I guess I will just take some reach-ahead online courses and maybe reach-ahead summer school. Thanks for all the info guys! Really appreciated. |
Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 5:36pm
Find out about the duel enrollment program in your area. If you really do feel you are advanced academically, it is the best way to go. USUALLY it is completely free, including tuition and books. You will probably only take basic core classes (Comp, college algebra, intro to economics) but they will boost your high-school GPA, plus give you college credit if you decide to go to college full time somewhere else. If you decide not to go to college full time, you can have damn-near an AA degree by the time you leave high-school. Plus if it is the people in your high-school you don't like, you will be around college level people all day. -------------
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 8:33pm
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i miss high school
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 8:43pm
This sounds like a good idea. ------------- |
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Date Posted: 27 September 2007 at 9:10pm
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