Comments on: Gumshoes http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/ Dada, bring my beer in the living room Sun, 27 Jun 2010 03:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/comment-page-1/#comment-37078 mamster Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=837#comment-37078 <p>Actually, now that I think about it, it was third grade. In terms of imparting information I would retain for life, it was about the best school lesson I ever had. However, I don't know if any of the information is correct.</p> <p>As we were taught, hard-nosed bullets are designed to pierce and go straight through a target. Soft-nosed bullets are designed to expand or ricochet within a target for maximum tissue disruption. If you have a choice of which bullet to be shot with, choose the hard-nose.</p> <p>In answer to your next question, I went to a hippie elementary school where students could request topics to be added to the curriculum and teachers would comply even if they found the topic antithetical to the general crunchy ethos of the school.</p> Actually, now that I think about it, it was third grade. In terms of imparting information I would retain for life, it was about the best school lesson I ever had. However, I don’t know if any of the information is correct.

As we were taught, hard-nosed bullets are designed to pierce and go straight through a target. Soft-nosed bullets are designed to expand or ricochet within a target for maximum tissue disruption. If you have a choice of which bullet to be shot with, choose the hard-nose.

In answer to your next question, I went to a hippie elementary school where students could request topics to be added to the curriculum and teachers would comply even if they found the topic antithetical to the general crunchy ethos of the school.

]]> By: chris http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/comment-page-1/#comment-37071 chris Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:23:59 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=837#comment-37071 <p>Is there more to the difference between soft-nosed and hard-nosed bullets than one is soft, one is hard?</p> <p>Mamster and I once worked with a Russian woman whose school lessons included learning how to assemble and disassemble a Kalashnikov. </p> <p>How did this topic end up here?</p> Is there more to the difference between soft-nosed and hard-nosed bullets than one is soft, one is hard?

Mamster and I once worked with a Russian woman whose school lessons included learning how to assemble and disassemble a Kalashnikov.

How did this topic end up here?

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/comment-page-1/#comment-37070 mamster Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:45:45 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=837#comment-37070 <p>My fourth-grade classroom had a biography of Elton John, but we had a unit on guns wherein we were taught the difference between soft-nosed and hard-nosed bullets. This is not a joke.</p> My fourth-grade classroom had a biography of Elton John, but we had a unit on guns wherein we were taught the difference between soft-nosed and hard-nosed bullets. This is not a joke.

]]> By: Caroline http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/comment-page-1/#comment-37066 Caroline Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:11:24 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=837#comment-37066 <p>And I thought it was weird that my fourth-grade classroom (thanks, Seattle Public Schools!) had "career profile" books, including the exciting career of a homicide detective. </p> <p>I mean, I know that "CSI" is glam and all, but still -- murder cophood being pitched to 9-year-olds? (And of course, I thought it sounded like a fascinating career ...)</p> And I thought it was weird that my fourth-grade classroom (thanks, Seattle Public Schools!) had “career profile” books, including the exciting career of a homicide detective.

I mean, I know that “CSI” is glam and all, but still — murder cophood being pitched to 9-year-olds? (And of course, I thought it sounded like a fascinating career …)

]]> By: mamster http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/comment-page-1/#comment-36991 mamster Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:31:11 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=837#comment-36991 <p>Also, Iris said, "Yecch, tuna."</p> Also, Iris said, “Yecch, tuna.”

]]> By: Kandice http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/comment-page-1/#comment-36989 Kandice Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:17:57 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=837#comment-36989 <p>The most debated question was probably the detective's favorite sandwich. Initial response was "Tuna", but they decided PB & J would be easier to spell!</p> The most debated question was probably the detective’s favorite sandwich. Initial response was “Tuna”, but they decided PB & J would be easier to spell!

]]> By: Wendy http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/2009/01/01/837/comment-page-1/#comment-36988 Wendy Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:07:58 +0000 http://www.rootsandgrubs.com/?p=837#comment-36988 <p>Schoolgirl shamuses!</p> Schoolgirl shamuses!

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