Posts by Ross Mason
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Arts and Letters had a link to an The Atlantic article on "Teachers". Here
It seems it has been picked up Here and Here
I thought I had read another article that referenced the Atlantic article as well over the weekend in the Dom or Sunday Times but I can't find it .
The Sunday Times has a column asking suitably "in the news" people about their life and who was the teacher that influenced their education, what would they change etc. It is fascinating that rarely does one see more than one or two teachers mentioned.
Maybe it does appear these teachers are hard to come by.
We have all been through the Ed ringer and some have seen their kids...er..children come through. In both cases we no doubt have seen the best and worst of the teachers let loose on our children. I suspect those whose parents took an interest seemed to come out better though.
But one suspects we might be doing the education thing all wrong. The only place in history where civilisations gathered their young in such multitudes in one place was usually on the battlefield. Entrenched with their masters belief in what is right, hiding behind and dying to protect their flag and indoctrinated with comformality.
That sounds so familiar.......
Make teaching worthwhile.
Make it worthwhile to teach.
Make it a respectable profession again.
Shrink the school/class size. Please! -
Sorry - Totally off topic latest news
For some inexplicable reason I am not upset........But I do have this overwhelming urge to pump my forearm down with a Petrie "YES!"
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Regarding the side effects of vaccines and other "public health" operations, the philosophical decisions that impinge on what is "good for us" as a whole may be the crux of the matter.
Yes, 10,000 die from smallpox without vaccination and 2 (or 100 - or pick any 'small number") die when vaccinated. For the population the "cure" is a no brainer - vaccinate. But for the "small number" who die from the side effects.......
One can't help thinking of Stalin's great line:
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.
Is it in the "public good" to let the few die for the sake of the many? Hmm...for those who survive maybe...but jeez, you'd certainly ask the question if you were one of the few.
But, then again, being a wee bit altruistic may be useful in "accepting" your fate if you are one of the few. Afterall, you have then 'sacrificed' yourself for the many.
[Grenade launched.....count to 3.....]
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Are we about to see a rerun with this on Closeup last night?
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iFlagellate
IPoped you mean.
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She has also trained me to assess handbags based not just on their looks but also on the number and variety of compartments, a critical feature
But why why why are they invariably black inside?? The chance of finding the ringing cellphone in the right compartment is inversely proportional to the 4th power of the number of compartments!
AhhhhHHhhhhHHHH!!!!!
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This Ipad is old hat.
Apple already have a unit with no keyboard
With the talk of kindles and "I Books" in general, do folk want a thing to read a book with or to build another universe?
What I would like is a screen that folds in two so it is about an open paperback size, thin, and can download mags and books for reading on the train or in bed. It doesn't have to have a phone or email. I want to read and books and mags (real world ones) are heavy!
New mobile. The IPant. It's a dog and bone.
What IS it with this site. The second post in a row that managed to include menstrual cycle accessories.
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The SST are, I think, skim readers.
Nah. I want the good old Abrahamic version. Not one from some messianic goody two shoes nutter with voices in his head....
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yes....SST huh?
KJV: Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
I feel the love....
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Phew. Charity.
I had lost faith but I still had hope.....