Comments on: Short The Hilltop Children’s Center http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm We dividend our ad money to you. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:51:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Children are smarter than you think, especially those in post-communist Russia « the empirical skeptic http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-43670 Children are smarter than you think, especially those in post-communist Russia « the empirical skeptic Sun, 16 Sep 2007 05:38:50 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-43670 [...] in post-communist Russia September 16th, 2007 — empiricalskeptic In the spirit of running experiments that explore the evolution of capitalist systems on children [Why We Banned Legos, 2006], consider a Russian version: Nikolaevena had run the Krupskaya Camp [...] [...] in post-communist Russia September 16th, 2007 — empiricalskeptic In the spirit of running experiments that explore the evolution of capitalist systems on children [Why We Banned Legos, 2006], consider a Russian version: Nikolaevena had run the Krupskaya Camp [...]

]]> By: the empirical skeptic As far as we’re concerned, the Fourth began yesterday « http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-31917 the empirical skeptic As far as we’re concerned, the Fourth began yesterday « Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:32:48 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-31917 [...] around the blogosphere: First Israel Fund [Wallstrip] Short the Hilltop Children’s Center [Long or Short Capital] Unions are the Best: Part 0.000002 [Long or Short Capital] Welcome to [...] [...] around the blogosphere: First Israel Fund [Wallstrip] Short the Hilltop Children’s Center [Long or Short Capital] Unions are the Best: Part 0.000002 [Long or Short Capital] Welcome to [...]

]]> By: robc http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24805 robc Fri, 04 May 2007 21:11:02 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24805 A good negotiator questions every assumption. I suspect these kids will run intellectual loops around all of us when they are older. It must blow their little minds to see adults arguing over them trading legos. Think of these teachers as being modern Jesuits. A good negotiator questions every assumption. I suspect these kids will run intellectual loops around all of us when they are older.

It must blow their little minds to see adults arguing over them trading legos. Think of these teachers as being modern Jesuits.

]]> By: DealBreaker.com http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24727 DealBreaker.com Thu, 03 May 2007 22:13:29 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24727 <strong>Write-Offs: 05.03.07...</strong> $$$ Hedonism Index Update [The Big Picture] $$$ Short The Hilltop Children’s Center [Long or Short Capital] $$$ Do not drive or operate heavy machinery while watching CNBC. [Jalopnik]...... Write-Offs: 05.03.07…

$$$ Hedonism Index Update [The Big Picture] $$$ Short The Hilltop Children’s Center [Long or Short Capital] $$$ Do not drive or operate heavy machinery while watching CNBC. [Jalopnik]……

]]> By: mini ballerette. http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24725 mini ballerette. Thu, 03 May 2007 22:01:24 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24725 @ aspiring mb... Pls, don't use zoolander's name in vain. @ aspiring mb…

Pls, don’t use zoolander’s name in vain.

]]> By: Strategeri http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24709 Strategeri Thu, 03 May 2007 19:12:23 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24709 I actually almost enrolled my son in this school a few years ago. It is one of the most well regarded schools in Seattle (at least by all the liberals). One visit was enough to find out that the teachers are all commie's that basically spend their time figuring out how to fuck with your kids head. I pulled the plug on that application immediately and never looked back. Those teachers are very representative of a certain group of dipshits in Seattle... I actually almost enrolled my son in this school a few years ago. It is one of the most well regarded schools in Seattle (at least by all the liberals). One visit was enough to find out that the teachers are all commie’s that basically spend their time figuring out how to fuck with your kids head. I pulled the plug on that application immediately and never looked back. Those teachers are very representative of a certain group of dipshits in Seattle…

]]> By: Series7.5 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24707 Series7.5 Thu, 03 May 2007 18:59:25 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24707 *shockingly* the teachers did not recognize the contradictions in their own begging the question that "unfair" power structures should not exist between economic agents, even while suggesting the children should realize that those on the bottom blame the "unfair" rules of them game at which they are failing *shockingly* the teachers did not recognize the contradictions in their own begging the question that “unfair” power structures should not exist between economic agents, even while suggesting the children should realize that those on the bottom blame the “unfair” rules of them game at which they are failing

]]> By: To The Hilt http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24706 To The Hilt Thu, 03 May 2007 16:23:09 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24706 After thinking about it, this article doesn't upset me as much as it did at first. These children are learning a valuable lesson about the evil of a big, socialist government. The children whose power has been taken away will grow to resent it, and the characteristics that allowed them to gain positions of power in the first place will only be strengthened. Those that fail to see this will continue to rely on their techers (government) to provide for them. While these students may grow up to be a drag on society, those that possess the traits necessary to succeed will overcome the oppression of their socialist teachers. It's really all part of capitalist natural selection. The way of the world. Have Drew send me his resume. After thinking about it, this article doesn’t upset me as much as it did at first.

These children are learning a valuable lesson about the evil of a big, socialist government.

The children whose power has been taken away will grow to resent it, and the characteristics that allowed them to gain positions of power in the first place will only be strengthened. Those that fail to see this will continue to rely on their techers (government) to provide for them. While these students may grow up to be a drag on society, those that possess the traits necessary to succeed will overcome the oppression of their socialist teachers.

It’s really all part of capitalist natural selection. The way of the world. Have Drew send me his resume.

]]> By: eugenics http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24705 eugenics Thu, 03 May 2007 16:13:04 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24705 The socialists should keep it up. They're just making a labor class for the private school kids, well the non-hippie private school kids. Why is your kid trimming my kids hedges? becasue I taught mine how to compete and you taught yours helplessness. The socialists should keep it up. They’re just making a labor class for the private school kids, well the non-hippie private school kids. Why is your kid trimming my kids hedges? becasue I taught mine how to compete and you taught yours helplessness.

]]> By: Aspiring Mini-Baller http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24702 Aspiring Mini-Baller Thu, 03 May 2007 15:35:45 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24702 They should just rename the school "Derek Zoolander Center for Communists Who Can't Read Good and Would Like To Do Other Things Good too" They should just rename the school “Derek Zoolander Center for Communists Who Can’t Read Good and Would Like To Do Other Things Good too”

]]> By: MGW http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24701 MGW Thu, 03 May 2007 15:30:19 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24701 Wow, I actually read the whole article and I cannot believe that these teachers did this. These teachers are just bitter because the profession they chose to enter doesn't have a lot of "cool pieces" and they certainly don't have their own airplanes, let alone a runway in their backyard (read the article and you'll understand). On the other hand, I think a good LOS reader should encourage this kind of education. After all, with enough teachers like these, we won't have to defend our jobs against the next generation. Instead, they will all be poor commies and that means the biggest piece of the pie can go to all of us! Wow, I actually read the whole article and I cannot believe that these teachers did this. These teachers are just bitter because the profession they chose to enter doesn’t have a lot of “cool pieces” and they certainly don’t have their own airplanes, let alone a runway in their backyard (read the article and you’ll understand).

On the other hand, I think a good LOS reader should encourage this kind of education. After all, with enough teachers like these, we won’t have to defend our jobs against the next generation. Instead, they will all be poor commies and that means the biggest piece of the pie can go to all of us!

]]> By: Corporate Barbarian http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24656 Corporate Barbarian Thu, 03 May 2007 03:25:31 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24656 Hey...My toddler (21 months old) is a kick-butt negotiator - focused, aggressive, stubborn, and knows when to throw a temper tanturm. She'd make a damm good "bad cop"....then again, she's my kid. Regards, Proud Parent & author of the most hated corporate partnership terms sheet in three industries... Hey…My toddler (21 months old) is a kick-butt negotiator – focused, aggressive, stubborn, and knows when to throw a temper tanturm. She’d make a damm good “bad cop”….then again, she’s my kid.

Regards,

Proud Parent & author of the most hated corporate partnership terms sheet in three industries…

]]> By: Sam http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24646 Sam Thu, 03 May 2007 02:15:39 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24646 If anyone takes the time to read the entire article, one's initial horrific reaction will subside slightly....though crazy sheeeeet! If anyone takes the time to read the entire article, one’s initial horrific reaction will subside slightly….though crazy sheeeeet!

]]> By: Lee D http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24644 Lee D Thu, 03 May 2007 01:47:31 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24644 Two things: 1) Teachers can believe the system is unjust all they want. But just because they hide from it doesn't give them any right whatsoever to try to shelter kids from it. Of course life isn't fair, that's why your life sucks, you commie bastards. 2) From the description of the level of trading and contract writing going on between a bunch of 8-year olds, it sounds like finance firms might want to revisit their recruiting programs. Two things:

1) Teachers can believe the system is unjust all they want. But just because they hide from it doesn’t give them any right whatsoever to try to shelter kids from it. Of course life isn’t fair, that’s why your life sucks, you commie bastards.

2) From the description of the level of trading and contract writing going on between a bunch of 8-year olds, it sounds like finance firms might want to revisit their recruiting programs.

]]> By: mini balerette. http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24643 mini balerette. Thu, 03 May 2007 01:35:25 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24643 you guys are completely missing the real issue at hand... 3 apples for a pack of doritos AND 6 gummi worms? These kids are getting better returns than we ever could have wished for. I've got contracts out on them as we speak. you guys are completely missing the real issue at hand…

3 apples for a pack of doritos AND 6 gummi worms? These kids are getting better returns than we ever could have wished for. I’ve got contracts out on them as we speak.

]]> By: Corporate Barbarian http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24642 Corporate Barbarian Thu, 03 May 2007 01:20:51 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24642 There is something just sick and wrong with this, made all the more hypocritical by the fact the "junior league" pinko who orchestrated this demented exercise ignores the fact that most of the non-capitalist world would long ago shipped her off to a labor camp to turn big rocks into little ones. There is something just sick and wrong with this, made all the more hypocritical by the fact the “junior league” pinko who orchestrated this demented exercise ignores the fact that most of the non-capitalist world would long ago shipped her off to a labor camp to turn big rocks into little ones.

]]> By: Arbitrageur http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24641 Arbitrageur Thu, 03 May 2007 01:03:26 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24641 This article makes my very blood boil - no small feat for a cold blooded shark such as myself. Who the fuck are these pinko cuntwads to decide that the society currently propagated by every major global power is "opressive and unjust." Did you not buy the weed you toked before coming "to teach"? After all any sort of transaction is apparently inherently immoral, especially if it encourages "insightful conversation", debate and functioning social development. This article makes my very blood boil – no small feat for a cold blooded shark such as myself. Who the fuck are these pinko cuntwads to decide that the society currently propagated by every major global power is “opressive and unjust.”
Did you not buy the weed you toked before coming “to teach”? After all any sort of transaction is apparently inherently immoral, especially if it encourages “insightful conversation”, debate and functioning social development.

]]> By: Bitchtern http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm/comment-page-1#comment-24638 Bitchtern Thu, 03 May 2007 00:36:20 +0000 http://longorshortcapital.com/short-the-hilltop-childrens-center.htm#comment-24638 I can't believe these people are teaching children, and not young adults in college. That type of educational talent shouldn't be wasted on those germing breeding bastards! I can’t believe these people are teaching children, and not young adults in college. That type of educational talent shouldn’t be wasted on those germing breeding bastards!

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