Texas 2010

[freedom]

there are in fact a bunch of books out there that are exceedingly useful for fossils. pretty much any college level historical geology book should give one all the information that one needs for fossils (excluding ID which is all practice).

In other news, I have to say that i am always amazed at how effective studying turns out to be vs "sleep knowledge osmosis" or even the tried and true "buying book that has the information needed, but never actually reading it" methods of learning. In fact, the very idea that studying is a superior method of learning flies in the face of years of evidence compiled by the well known Italian psychologist Bulsittucci (whose works include: "people learn better while intoxicated" and the famous book "homework: it causes brain cancer"). Bulsittucci's research showed that you can in fact have your cake and eat it too. you can do nothing and still succeed. Here is how: while asleep the brain becomes akin to a "knowledge sponge" in that it becomes capable of amazing feats of effortless memorization (you should know this fact from any good scifi movie). However, knowledge gained in this method is virtually useless as it is impossible to recall said information while awake. this is where Bulsittucci enters the picture. He discovered that there is indeed a way to recall information absorbed while asleep. all one has to do is elevate the lower body relative to the head such that one assumes a posture similar to what is colloquially referred to as a hand-stand with the head to one side thus allowing the knowledge stuck in the lower brain to trickle out of ones ear and directly on to a piece of paper ( also saves one the hassle of writing), thus retrieving the information.
personally, I think that that is all just crazy psychological theory mumbo jumbo (IOW nonsense) and have found simplistic studying methods (eg reading the book, flash cards, etc.) to be much more effective when it comes to learning new material.

[duckiegirl2]

Ya, but its kind of useless. Besides, we still have the same restrictions as any other students, 3 books at a time, 3 weeks at a time. That's no good. Besides, we can't even practice at the school itself, we resort to Griffin (which is okay, but I mean... 'Dinosaur Cafe' will only get you so far...).

We can only check out 2 books!!!

"sleep knowledge osmosis" or even the tried and true "buying book that has the information needed, but never actually reading it" methods of learning. I

Heh, heh, that's so me even if I don't mean to. But I eventually get around to reading it!

[Terpsichore]

omgaaaahh!!!!!! i wanna come to state soooo bad! i hate how every school club has competitions on THE SAME EXACT DAY!!!!!!! ridiculous i tell you!!!!!! but yeah, fyi, state is going to be so much fun for all you guys and i am already like super psyched for next year. i mean, how awesome will we be? all these amazing kiddos from beckendorff and baby wood creek PLUS these crazy brainiacs who made state after one night of cramming here at SLHS!!!!!! we're bringin' it..so y'all others better watch out!!!!!!!!!

[Terpsichore]

Ya, but its kind of useless. Besides, we still have the same restrictions as any other students, 3 books at a time, 3 weeks at a time. That's no good. Besides, we can't even practice at the school itself, we resort to Griffin (which is okay, but I mean... 'Dinosaur Cafe' will only get you so far...).

for realz!! and the stupid library is only open from like 8:00 to 2:00. school STARTS ant 7:30 and ENDS at 2:35. when do they expect us to go? they kick you out if you during linch and only give you study hall passes...if you're in the lucky first 10 people to try and get one. and most people don't even have a study hall!! it's just a waste of money...

[dolphin1538]

Hey, I know it's about 2 weeks after the fact, but if there are any Kealing kids on the forum ---

Congrats on the UT Regionals win (we at LASA had been... worried). I am so so proud of you guys. See you at State

Whales!

[Aurorealise]

you guys do realize that we on the seven lakes team do enjoy a good bout of sarcasm and joking right. not everything we say is completely serious. so uh. claims of learning by osmosis isn't what we really do it's just what we say so um. yeah. its okay. we just like to joke around too.

[Mimsie]

you guys do realize that we on the seven lakes team do enjoy a good bout of sarcasm and joking right. not everything we say is completely serious. so uh. claims of learning by osmosis isn't what we really do it's just what we say so um. yeah. its okay. we just like to joke around too.

What? Sarcasm? What's that? (BDJH Kids: Please do me a favor, go up to your coach and yell 'IS THAT SARCASM?' and tell him that we say hi). But ya, sorry if you guys didn't get it, I guess. I was just trying to be a little humorous (epic fail, huh?). We're all of course studying really hard (well, I mean, as hard as circumstances allow) and I hope you guys are too

[Terpsichore]

ahahahahahah i can just imagine the beckendorff coach's face as the poor kid yells, "IS THAT SARCASM?" ahahahahah i can't breathe....

[srsvball95]

Hey, I know it's about 2 weeks after the fact, but if there are any Kealing kids on the forum ---

Congrats on the UT Regionals win (we at LASA had been... worried). I am so so proud of you guys. See you at State

Whales!

Completely agree. We're not taking State lightly at all and I'm glad that Kealing was able to do so well after having a pretty much brand new team. I talked to some of the kids at our hotel the night before Greenhill and they've come a long way, but they are historically extremely good so it's no surprise. Good job to you guys and same to Kelly Lane! Can't wait to see you at State

[smarticle13]

how many teams are going to attend state in College Station?