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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #15 on: April 10, 2010, 05:55:00 PM »
Apples are kind of like the symbol for teachers. I guess that's an American thing?
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #16 on: April 10, 2010, 05:58:47 PM »
I didn't know that.

Is apple the symbol of knowledge or ... ?
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #17 on: April 10, 2010, 06:03:25 PM »
According to yahoo:

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Apples have a long history of greasing the wheels of education.

According to aboutapple.com, the juicy fruit is a traditional present for teachers in the United States, Denmark, and Sweden. Some think the practice originated as a simple gift of food for poorly paid teachers. Others believe the good health associated with apples made the present particularly meaningful. And a few even think it's a nice name for a child.

Giving an apple to a teacher is also the origin for the term "apple-polisher," which was first recorded in the late 1920s. Apple-polishers, also referred to as bootlickers or toadies (among other, even worse nicknames), aren't always favorably looked upon by other students.

In other words, apples started to represent teachers and education. They represent the relationship betwenn the teacher and the student, they still give me apples sometimes. I think is cute, and actually I decorated my classroom this year with apples.
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2010, 06:14:22 PM »
Haha, why not.


I thought of something different... with Adam and Eve and the apple she gave to him, just as if she offered him the knowledge.
Would have been cooler than yahoo's story :p
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2010, 07:09:55 PM »
True, but that brought about the fall of man and, yeah....people already think teachers are boring. We wouldn't want them to think we were spreading evil throughout the world too.
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2010, 07:37:03 PM »
Quote from: Tocade on April 10, 2010, 05:53:53 PM
It's a nice banner !


But can you explain why there is an apple?

It's actually a sig and the apple is cuz, well IDK if this applies in France, but an apple is like a teacher's unofficial mascot

EDIT: nevermind, it's been answered already

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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2010, 07:40:51 PM »
Way to not be helpful, Blue. :P
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2010, 07:42:26 PM »

Quote from: Terenia [Teach] on April 10, 2010, 07:09:55 PM
We wouldn't want them to think we were spreading evil throughout the world too.

They don't!?  :o
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #23 on: April 10, 2010, 07:58:31 PM »
Awesome blue!!  I love it :D
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #24 on: April 10, 2010, 08:21:02 PM »
Quote from: Asmodeus on April 10, 2010, 07:25:13 PM
(FYI ... it wasn't an apple ... it was probably a fig tree being the forbidden fruit as the area for that time didn't have apples.)

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Yeah, I read that on wiki today.  ;D


Quote from: Blue the Kid on April 10, 2010, 07:37:03 PM
Quote from: Tocade on April 10, 2010, 05:53:53 PM
It's a nice banner !


It's actually a sig


ARE YOU SURE?

I thought "sig" stood for "signature"  and a signature can be some words, a smiley or a "banner".

A sig doesn't necessary imply a banner.
What you made was a banner that we can put as a sig.
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #25 on: April 10, 2010, 08:39:30 PM »
Well then I guess it would be a banner that was made to be a sig :P :D
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #26 on: April 10, 2010, 09:28:52 PM »
Semantics. It's awesome, Blue. *high--fives*
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #27 on: April 11, 2010, 03:47:17 PM »
Dude, Blue, that's awesome!!

And, it wasn't a fig, either, most Christians believe it's a fruit that isn't on the earth anymore. :P THIS information has been brought to you by, Mr. Has To Correct Every Little Piece Of Information And Has No Friends Because Of It. :P
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Re: RAF Schools
« Reply #28 on: April 21, 2010, 01:32:21 AM »
Is there a particular reason this thread hasn't been locked?
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