Posts by Sacha

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  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    I have no earthly idea what you guys are even talking about.

    Standardised testing for every kiwi schoolchild, oddly enough..

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    Ooooh I loved those PATs.

    Me too - aced them, but I remember the focused internal satisfaction of me against the test, not really to do with other people at all. And I still want to call it a PAT test, so there.

    I longed to get to play with the teacher's marking sheet that fitted over the answer form too

    One of the benefits of a teacher in the house was I did get to play with that kewl marking overlay. God that's geeky.

    geek translator

    Which is often how I described my IT work which merged client support, interface design, business analysis, testing and - snap - technical writing. After writing the manual for software used to write manuals, I figured it was time for a change.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: From soundbite to policy,

    Occasionally the quiet ones get sick of being quiet.

    AS, I'm all for a bit of shoe-tossing every now and then. When there's a suitably oafish target. :)

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    I loved convenient timing. If only there were more of it now..

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    conjure excuses to be out of classes I was bored with

    Managed to avoid dissecting frogs by taking photos of a conveniently timed inter-school hockey game.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    "TK" - I like it, and was one too. Don't think it had any impact on my unintentional non-wagging. I really enjoyed learning and created enough latitude (art, school photographer, magazine editor, etc) to make up for the stultifying aspects, even though they seemed stupid and unfair at the time.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: From soundbite to policy,

    It's the quiet ones you have to watch out for..

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Hard News: From soundbite to policy,

    People who shout are always so appealing in public. My admiration for them and agreement with their opinions only grows in proportion to both their volume and persistence.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

  • Up Front: Absence of Malice,

    I have nothing to add either to what Islander said so concisely about mana, or on the difference between respect and deference which seems to have found some acceptance.

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report

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