The Rant Thread/My Life Sucks Topic [Don't be pricks]

[mikey]

In school we learn that the US has states and everywhere else has provinces

[Sebastian]

In school we learn that the US has states and everywhere else has provinces

I see what you did there.

[mikey]

Enlighten me because I don't

[WaluigiTime64]

So for the second time this year, the entire state has been without electricity. The last time it was due to a single point of failure and it looks as though this time was also a single point of failure, although a different one. Great.

Which state would this be?

SO APPARENTLY AUSTRALIA HAS STATES

In school we learn that the US has states and everywhere else has provinces

This isn't a joke, right?

[Dudeman]

This isn't a joke, right?

Noc's post might be. But seriously, the most division I thought Australia had was cities.

Also it sounds like it's South Australia?

[mikey]

No you've got like Queensland and new south Wales and stuff but in class we we're taught that states are a bit of a misnomer because state refers to a self governing area which is what the states originally were.  When the states United, the name stuck and they're called states now.  Canada, for example, still has provinces

[Pianist Da Sootopolis]

really, you learned those in school? funny i can't tell from ur posts

Ouch that salt is getting in my eyes

It burns

[The Deku Trombonist]

Noc's post might be. But seriously, the most division I thought Australia had was cities.

Yeah we have states and a couple of territories (it's complicated). Below that we have local councils, or shires as they're called in some states.

[E. Gadd Industries]

...huh. Did they fix the first point to where it wouldn't cause another statewide blackout?

[The Deku Trombonist]

I don't know, but I think it's reasonable to assume that they haven't. There are many unanswered questions and our premier who seems untouchable by criticism (he got nicknamed the Teflon premier because nothing sticks) has gone out and compared the moderately bad weather we had to hurricane Sandy and the blackouts it caused in
New York.

[Dudeman]

(he got nicknamed the Teflon premier because nothing sticks)

lol 10/10

[Sir Dino]

screw school, i'm so done with it consuming time i can't do anything i don't even have the energy to go to the gym or workout after class ends like shit man.

[Trainer Ave]

Our education system is a complete mess.

[KefkaticFanatic]

screw school, i'm so done with it consuming time i can't do anything i don't even have the energy to go to the gym or workout after class ends like shit man.

don't worry, it just gets worse when you enter the real world of weekday 8-5

[Ruto]

If you open your bulletin, you should see the purpose of an education. Hint, it's not just about manners, which you should learn outside of school by socializing. As NYU put it, "A university education aims not only to produce high quality scholars, but to also cultivate honorable citizens." If you're lucky, you would go to a school that does one.

don't worry, it just gets worse when you enter the real world of weekday 8-5

Complaints about being fat have gone up 500% since I started talking more to people who work full time.