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- Sun Apr 18, 2021 3:08 pm
- Forum: Collegiate Discussion
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
- Replies: 51
- Views: 49389
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2021)
In a few weeks, I will start a new job with the covid biorepository at Rush University Medical Center. I'd like to give special shoutouts to Adam Silverman and especially Chuck Pearson, who both gave me good advice when I started trying for grad school a couple years ago. The revisions I made to my ...
- Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:37 pm
- Forum: Community Discussion
- Topic: High School Quizbowl and You
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8119
Re: High School Quizbowl and You
I have to admit I was pretty mortified when I realised a nationals side event I was reading for a couple years ago that had alcohol present and a general adult-ish atmosphere had at least one team of high schoolers with a coach (I guess) in tow. They left early.
- Fri May 31, 2019 12:48 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2019 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 144
- Views: 57598
Re: 2019 HSNCT discussion
Can we see the question text for the Nighthawks bar? I don't think it's actually been posted here.
- Fri Dec 15, 2017 4:05 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9567
Re: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
Sooooo, will this be an actual thing?
(I personally do not have time to organise anything)
(I personally do not have time to organise anything)
- Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:41 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Women in Quizbowl 2017 Edition
- Replies: 28
- Views: 35280
Re: Women in Quizbowl 2017 Edition
If you want a healthy dose of modern day sexism, just read the comments on the Periscope videos of the HSNCT finals. I am once again reminded of the old Protobowl thread, where the developer responded to complaints about racist trolls by basically going "oh, there's nothing I could possibly do...
- Thu Jul 13, 2017 11:32 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NAQT vs PACE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5211
Re: NAQT vs PACE
I don't know about the overall conversion data nor am I involved with the editing for HSNCT PC, but I have definitely seen multiple questions on "important" popular topics go dead/get zeroed, which is incredibly painful to watch. With pop culture it can be really difficult to gauge what co...
- Thu Jun 08, 2017 9:50 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: First One Hunna Days (Election 2016) **UPDATE** read OP
- Replies: 47
- Views: 25203
Re: First One Hunna Days (Election 2016) **UPDATE** read OP
Alright. Who is running it and when?
- Wed Jun 07, 2017 6:25 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: First One Hunna Days (Election 2016) **UPDATE** read OP
- Replies: 47
- Views: 25203
Re: First One Hunna Days (Election 2016) **UPDATE** read OP
A few people messaged me about playing the packet irl the night before the tournament--I would love for y'all to do that! Please message me again and I can send you the packet privately so you can play it :) !! Just to be clear-- is this IRL the night before the NSC, or the night before your online...
- Tue May 30, 2017 4:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 105
- Views: 59912
Re: 2017 HSNCT discussion
Apropos of nothing, but I thought NAQT generally tried to avoid including questions on R-rated films like Get Out in high school tournaments. I don't think we have a formal policy on this, though perhaps we should. I would note, however, that of 1,472 players at the HSNCT, 1,027 were juniors or sen...
- Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
- Replies: 80
- Views: 39669
- Wed Apr 26, 2017 6:26 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
- Replies: 80
- Views: 39669
Re: "YO, Pass the AUX Cord, You'd Better Not Read" TRASH Set
Will probably be useless, but I'd like to play this weekend.
- Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:24 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Documenting plagiarism
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11254
Re: Documenting plagiarism
Yeah, I've written (or thought about writing) stuff, only to find very similar questions in old packets. Seen it with other writers, too.
- Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:08 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next week
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1194
Re: Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next we
I should clarify that I made up my mind not to play months ago; by "suffer through", I mean "cringe in the audience where I run the risk of getting thrown out if I take notes". And it looks like Hiveswap isn't coming out this weekend, so "play video games" will probably...
- Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:29 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next week
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1194
Re: Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next we
I almost want to offer to coach next year's team, considering that a lot of the smart gameplay habits can't really be ingrained within a couple weeks, but then I remember the relative lack of practice material and that my ultimate reaction is "I hate this". (also because I am not sure if I...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 10:50 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next week
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1194
Re: Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next we
No goofy terminology aside from team names, but it does include questions on, like, Bloom's taxonomy (as does the board certifying exam, apparently). If the actual competition is anything like the practice set we were given*, many of the questions are simply lifted from a widely-used exam review boo...
- Tue Apr 11, 2017 9:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next week
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1194
Should I suffer through the med lab student bowl next week
or should I just play video games outside?
(please bear in mind that if I take notes during the competition the sergeant-at-arms will throw me out, so making fun of it properly would be a challenge)
(please bear in mind that if I take notes during the competition the sergeant-at-arms will throw me out, so making fun of it properly would be a challenge)
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 12:52 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2017 Small School Pre-Nationals Discussion
- Replies: 48
- Views: 35218
Re: 2017 Small School Pre-Nationals Discussion
Speaking as a new transplant to this area, I agree with Jonah that Lou's is better (it's the crust).
Also, if you order online, please make sure you actually press submit (not calling anyone out here).
Also, if you order online, please make sure you actually press submit (not calling anyone out here).
- Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
- Replies: 10
- Views: 9567
Re: (2018) HSNCT Side event: Hamilton
I would be interested in going.
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:25 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: The Worst Christmas Song Ain't What You Think
- Replies: 15
- Views: 991
Re: The Worst Christmas Song Ain't What You Think
My life has been culturally enriched by getting exposed to this bad song.
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:19 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
- Replies: 45
- Views: 27804
Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing
The original post touched on some things I've noticed in my own editing assignments, and that's pretty much all I have to say.
- Fri Nov 25, 2016 7:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On Exactitude in Science Writing
- Replies: 45
- Views: 27804
Re: On Exactitude in Science Writing
Good post. Personal class notes. These are especially pernicious because they give the illusion of accuracy and unambiguousness. Unfortunately, even at the graduate and professional level coursework is not thorough enough to justify relying on just class notes or even lecture slides. A good example ...
- Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:11 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ACF Fall general discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26264
Re: 2016 ACF Fall general discussion
I could not help myself and, after the question ended, straight up told my room that I didn't get why they didn't just ask for the gold foil experiment.
Also, count me as another reader who wasn't sure what to do with the answer "Nationalists" on that China tossup.
Also, count me as another reader who wasn't sure what to do with the answer "Nationalists" on that China tossup.
- Mon Nov 07, 2016 1:21 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: 2016 ACF Fall general discussion
- Replies: 49
- Views: 26264
Re: 2016 ACF Fall general discussion
I wasn't taking notes or anything, but the set was harder than what I was expecting. I'd also very much like to echo Bruce's comments regarding the rushed copyediting, though I did like the couple instances where readers were directed to read slowly for the players' benefit.
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 9:41 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9617
Re: Would You Recommend Working for NAQT?
I'd like to echo that NAQT's management is very accommodating to circumstances that might hinder one's question production or ability to staff. This naturally comes with a recommendation that workers communicate any issues that would cause that.
- Fri Jul 01, 2016 5:51 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th Grade
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8503
Re: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th G
Who are these people/groups funding ACE (and/or NHBB) who are saying that shorthanded teams make the event look bad, or are they hypothetical?
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 10:49 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th Grade
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8503
Re: Eligibility Restriction for National History Bowl, 8th G
Not serious The alternative just doesn’t look good. It’s definitely impressive, but it’s a reminder that our game is weak. Potential academic competitors (and those who fund the competitions) will take their cues on the “seriousness” of academic competition from its participants and organizers. Und...
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 1:13 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6/12)
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60605
Re: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6
I am not going to lie, I have spent over a week compulsively checking the new posts page to see if this thread has updated with the explanations we've all been waiting for.
- Tue Jun 14, 2016 11:35 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 nAC
- Replies: 72
- Views: 35503
Re: 2016 nAC
They didn't even put the powerpoint in presentation mode?!Father Comstock wrote:Also some art pieces were displayed ahead of time in the powerpoint scrollbar on the left, so the question on identifying Klimt as the artist of The Kiss was a dead giveaway ahead of time if you had looked at the projector.
- Sat Jun 11, 2016 7:40 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6/12)
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60605
- Fri Jun 10, 2016 11:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6/12)
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60605
Re: NHBB for Middle and Elementary Levels (Chicago, IL 6/9-6
EDIT: Forgot to mention that, besides the minimum of three on a team, there is also a maximum of five on a team for the History Bowl, with no subs permitted at any point in a match. Upon learning that, I went ahead and sent a kid home after our 2nd match (At least I didn't have to explain it to his...
- Sun Jun 05, 2016 2:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 133
- Views: 77207
Re: 2016 HSNCT discussion
I think they mean it was easy to think the answer was "taking cover from a nuclear attack".
- Thu Jun 02, 2016 5:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: 2016 HSNCT discussion
- Replies: 133
- Views: 77207
Re: 2016 HSNCT discussion
I don't pay much attention to literature distros, but Narnia seems about as canonical as you can get for children's/YA.
- Tue May 24, 2016 6:47 pm
- Forum: Middle school area archives
- Topic: 2016 US Academic Bee and Bowl Nationals
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10068
Re: US Academic Bee and Bowl Nationals
For the record, there is decent interest in elementary quiz bowl (primarily 5th/6th graders, I think) in Missouri, with a few tournaments each year. I agree that starting a kid in 2nd grade on "career" quizbowl is not a great idea, but I don't see any reason why a tournament or two a year...
- Fri May 06, 2016 2:22 pm
- Forum: New Collegiate Teams
- Topic: Bringing Mercer Quizbowl Back
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14129
Re: Bringing Mercer Quizbowl Back
You might want to reach out to some of the high schools in the area with quizbowl teams and see if any of their graduating seniors are coming to Mercer (or have matriculated there in the last few years). This could also be a good opportunity to feel out what might be a good date for a small-ish loc...
- Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:31 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 31205
Re: Where Are You Going Next Year? (Collegiate 2016)
In the fall, I will be starting a one-year medical laboratory science program on the North Shore of Chicago, and do not intend to return to Georgia. I look forward to witnessing Illinois high school quizbowl firsthand.
- Thu Feb 25, 2016 6:22 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Podcast Recommendations
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3935
Re: Podcast Recommendations
I also absolutely love I Don't Even Own a Television . It's about bad (or at least divisive) books, it's hilarious, and the hosts are great guys. Also, one of them sang a Replacements song at karaoke with me once. I was directed to their episode on Ready Player One (as were a bunch of their listene...
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 2:42 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Webcomic recommendations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2202
Re: Webcomic recommendations
Yeah, I'm gonna abandon my wannabe professional reviewer act and say oh my god read cucumber quest read it DO IT NOW
*ahem* It is also a good all-ages comic that isn't dumbed down, so if you have younger siblings at a good enough reading level you should show it to them.
*ahem* It is also a good all-ages comic that isn't dumbed down, so if you have younger siblings at a good enough reading level you should show it to them.
- Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:03 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: On Dressing Well for Staffing High School Tournaments
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12882
Re: On Dressing Well for Staffing High School Tournaments
Going off what Charlie said, I think it's more damaging when guys wear poorly-fitting business casual dress than it is when they wear any variety of non-business casual clothes, provided they aren't sloppy. Bibb County schools use "uniform" dress codes that, in my observation, often resul...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MATT JACKSON WAS ON JEOPARDY AND WAS PRETTY GOOD AND COOL
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13457
Re: MATT JACKSON IS BACK ON JEOPARDY TONIGHT, 11/11, Y'ALL
Matt gave the most relatable mid-show interview I have ever seen. In fact, you know what? I'm gonna give my own anecdote. One time after a church concert, some lady came up to me and said "you did good". I had no idea what she was on about until discovering that she was really talking abo...
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:00 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MATT JACKSON WAS ON JEOPARDY AND WAS PRETTY GOOD AND COOL
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13457
Re: MATT JACKSON IS BACK ON JEOPARDY TONIGHT, 11/11, Y'ALL
Matt gave the most relatable mid-show interview I have ever seen.
also yaaaaaay
also yaaaaaay
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:22 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear it?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 54158
Re: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear
Related: After a sweaty trip to Dallas (or, y'know, anywhere), make sure to air out your suitcase!Ike wrote: My advice to them is to shower before the tournament because chances are they aren't even doing that.
- Wed Nov 11, 2015 12:49 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear it?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 54158
Re: Just what is "business casual" dress, and how do I wear
This is the best thread ever. Some gender-neutral advice on shoes, though I'm told by many that most men's dress shoes are comfortable: test-drive your nicer shoes before wearing them to a tournament. You don't want the first time you've worn them all day to be at a tournament if they turn out to be...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 1:33 am
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Webcomic recommendations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2202
Re: Webcomic recommendations
Yeesh, at least Dominic Deegan had the decency to end. Can't comment on Terracciano's new project. CAD seems to have rebooted. Which reminds me: If you're familiar with Half-Life 2 , Concerned is a comic that chronicles the adventures of the "concerned citizen" letter writer from the begin...
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 11:39 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Webcomic recommendations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2202
Re: Webcomic recommendations
Order of the Stick has legitimately made me tear up a few times in as many years. What's really impressive is how that one big spoilery event that happened a couple years ago was planned a decade before when Burlew first started making the comic-- the first plot point he came up with, in fact. Anot...
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:09 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Webcomic recommendations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2202
Re: Webcomic recommendations
I never did get into Achewood (though I should probably try again), but a long time ago I read somewhere that the writing styles of a bunch of other big-name strips were strongly influenced by it.
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:46 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Webcomic recommendations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2202
Re: Webcomic recommendations
part 2 Helvetica by Jones Wiedle Skeleton boy has to get his (after)life together. Seems to have some sort of hard-boiled mystery brewing. Updates infrequently and is only in the second chapter, since Wiedle can't work on it full-time yet. Still a fun concept about the afterlife, though. This comic ...
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 3:44 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Webcomic recommendations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2202
Webcomic recommendations
Seven years ago, this subforum had a thread about webcomics. I recently looked at it and wwoooooowwwwww has the landscape of webcomics changed in the meantime. In the interest of helping to create "a more vibrant off-topic section", here's about a dozen of the ones I read now: some old lon...
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 9:38 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MATT JACKSON WAS ON JEOPARDY AND WAS PRETTY GOOD AND COOL
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13457
Re: matt jackson is off jeopardy
introducing polite robot jeopardy
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 7:30 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MATT JACKSON WAS ON JEOPARDY AND WAS PRETTY GOOD AND COOL
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13457
Re: matt jackson is on jeopardy, doesn't read poetry, hates
Well I was all set to add two conspiracy theories, based on them originally accepting "al" (which shocked me, and looked to surprise Matt); and that the end of Double Jeopardy was perfectly timed when Matt took back the lead. However, that turns out to have been a curse. Had he been in se...
- Wed Oct 14, 2015 8:02 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: MATT JACKSON WAS ON JEOPARDY AND WAS PRETTY GOOD AND COOL
- Replies: 96
- Views: 13457
Re: matt jackson is on jeopardy, doesn't read poetry, hates
got that conspiracy theory post in just in time
oh, and we still have the tournament of champions to look forward to
edit: which will start Nov 9
oh, and we still have the tournament of champions to look forward to
edit: which will start Nov 9