Comments for Nik Noble

Comment on Spanish Is a Waste of Time by Miso

Miso — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 18:37:42 +0000

I think we can all agree on the premise that it is impossible to understand spoken Spanish between natives, if you are a foreigner.
That said, learning Spanish is a huge waste of time.
A trap of sunk cost fallacy.

Comment on Spanish Is a Waste of Time by E Esposito

E Esposito — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 09:30:25 +0000

In scientific fields I know about the papers are currently published in English. I have been to professional scientific conferences in the USA, Taiwan, China, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, Singapore, and others I’ve forgotten, and every single one of them was in English. That said, with Trump slashing US science and China investing in science like the USA was in the cold war (for younger people, the dramatic demonstration of the A-bomb at Sputnik made the USA invest like gang-busters), I’m afraid the next language of Science might be Chinese. Currently, Chinese researchers publish their good stuff in English, but the Chinese government could change that in an instant if they wanted to.

I also took spanish (3 years in high school and a semester or two in college), and I have never used it at all. One problem is native speaks speak so fast I can’t understand them. I don’t think I ever could– My sister speaks English as fast as Spaniards speak Spanish, and I can’t understand her either.

That said, Spanish does have the advantage that there isn’t even a word for “spell” in Spanish, because everything is phonetic.

Comment on Spanish Is a Waste of Time by mioavim

mioavim — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 20:32:30 +0000

Spanish is the most boring class for me, I’m not saying that I hate it it’s just really really boring. After listening for my Spanish teacher talk about stuff and then understanding it, I have to do projects or assignments due almost the day after. I just don’t want to do it anymore because god it is boring, I lost all motivation I previously had for said subject year 8 is so boring

5 years ago, I am late

Comment on College Is Way Easier Than High School by EJ

EJ — Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:42:00 +0000

For those of us that have to work and pay our own way, college isn’t (or in my case, wasn’t) the walk in the park this guy says it is. The fact that approximately 40% of students that enroll in college don’t graduate would support my statement.
But hey, I’m sure this guy is skating through life and will never know the meaning of hard work.

Comment on Spanish Is a Waste of Time by Not a yank

Not a yank — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:32:08 +0000

Mandarin language set back the Chinese economy? You must be a dumb yank, I bet lol…..

Comment on Teachers Are Underworked and Overpaid by Serena

Serena — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 23:37:59 +0000

I am a teacher and I can honestly say that I do not complain about most of the things that were mentioned in this article. I feel that teachers should be held accountable. There’s nothing wrong with an administrator coming in to observe and it is perfectly okay if some of these observations are unannounced.

I also recognize the fact that we teachers do kind of have a sweet deal because we get summers off and have every bank holiday and even get a Christmas, winter, and spring vacation! Let’s not forget to that we get snow days off. in most professions when it’s snowing you’re still expected to drive in the dangerous conditions and be on time to work.

However I have to be honest and say that I do complain about the fact that students (or at least many of them anyway) can be quite disrespectful and unmotivated. I feel that I give my students a lot of respect but oftentimes I feel I am disrespected in return. it doesn’t seem that students are raised to have a lot of respect for the adults in their lives. This does make my job harder and tends to cause me a lot of stress.

Comment on Spanish Is a Waste of Time by A very good listener

A very good listener — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:57:03 +0000

To those saying the author should learn Spanish to improve cognitive function is why she should take it, that is a moot point. The author studied computer science which demands knowledge of how to code in a ‘computer language’. So she already has similar cognitive benefits from that. The same cognitive benefits could be said of a monolingual musician but who can ‘read and write’ music. For ‘this’ author, the benefit of Spanish is not worth the cost and I think their point is made well. I say this as someone who was also forced to study a 2nd language in university (Japanese). I retained none of it because it was not useful to me.

Comment on Teachers Are Underworked and Overpaid by Your mom

Your mom — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:59:05 +0000

In reply to Mo Gould. I wonder how many suicides and fights they have prevented that you had no idea about. Put a price on that.

Comment on Teachers Are Underworked and Overpaid by Lucretia Borgia

Lucretia Borgia — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:17:47 +0000

A dentist tells his/her patients to brush their teeth every day. One year later, the patients return with mouths full of cavities. The patients, the patients’ parents, and society in general all blame the dentist. That’s why teachers complain. Teachers are the dentists. We blame teachers for everything and most people could never put up with the things they put up with on a daily basis. It’s beyond me how somebody who does not teach has the audacity to make these kinds of assumptions.

Comment on Teachers Are Underworked and Overpaid by Katrina Saralegui

Katrina Saralegui — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 18:26:46 +0000

This is written by a college student who has never taught? Give me a break. Wow, I am amazed by the over-confidence of this young man who thinks he can opine about a profession he has never tried himself. There are many assumptions made in this article with no actual understanding. Have you considered teaching for a while first?