I absolutely agree, and having lived through it, it's infuriating the way they intentionally exclude/call out kids whose parents haven't signed them up or who haven't sold any trash. They'll send the kids home to sign up 10 email addresses and on the second day they'll come back with some piece of shit stuffed animal for everybody who did it. A little kid doesn't understand that the whole thing is a fucking scam. They're just sitting in school watching the rest of their class play with cool new toys.
Scratch is a simple drag and drop app kids use to learn to code. I've seen kids create pretty elaborate games with it. Maybe you could play with that and figure out if your concept is in fact simple enough to create on your own.
Wouldn't you be installing a new set of elites with incredible power, though? After all, someone has to count and interpret the votes. Hopefully the minimum number of people required to check and to balance is not larger than the maximum number of people capable of fruitful collaboration.
This may have more to do with the instructor of your second language, because pronunciation is taught. If your German teacher is French (or French Canadian) or learned German from someone who otherwise accented it in such a way, then that's how you're most likely to accent it. Only about one in five Canadians learn French as their first language, so outside of Quebec, they're really not secret French speakers masquerading as English speakers.
With French as Canada's second official language, though, it would not be surprising if the majority of Canada's foreign language teachers spoke French either first or second (but I say this without research or evidence, so it's just an irresponsible hypothesis.)
The way those two words are used internationally can sometimes be confusing to Americans, which is why it's helpful to refer to left- and right-wing clarifications when given.
While Tombstone has a few historical exaggerations, its treatment of Doc Holliday’s death aligns with Costamos’ firm devotion to accuracy. Val Kilmer utters the same words as his real-life counterpart as he dies. As he looks at his bare feet, he utters, “This is funny.” These three words were also overheard in 1887 and overheard by Holliday’s attending nurse.
True to life, Holliday was a quick-witted talker until the end. Even so, his final words left some fans puzzled. While some contend that Doc’s last statement was about his nurse’s refusal to give him some parting (from the mortal realm) booze, his words were actually about his bare feet.
It does, sure. It helps to understand that the debt is separate from the property, same as if you borrowed $20 for lunch—it feels a lot different from your friend buying you lunch, but it doesn't feel like your friend owns your lunch until you repay them, either.
With real estate especially, once the property begins to require your attention and money, you begin to feel that ownership more acutely. The bank has no idea when the gutters need to be cleared or there's a drainage issue. They're concerned only with the loan.
I agree with everything you're saying, except my john is just down the hall...so when we're going, we don't need roads