Posts by Jackie Clark
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Muse: Hey Greg O'Connor, Krup You!, in reply to Russell Brown,
I remember those days, Russell. I remember being a young woman working in the varsity cafe, transporting the takings to the admin office. I remember a very good looking young Maori man snatching them off me. I remember giving a statement to the police. I remember being hauled down to the Central Police Station at 1am to identify a possible perpetrator. I remember standing in a dark classroom while a lineup of all PI men stood under a bare lightbulb in the next room. And most of all, I remember saying to the Detective that it was none of those men that had done it. That the guy had been a young Maori man, not an older PI man. His reply to me? They're all criminals. It doesn't matter if you say one of them has done it.
I remember that very very clearly. I know that the police culture has changed a great deal since 1984 - when that happened - and I know that they have a very, very hard job, and that people nowadays seem more likely to abuse them both verbally and physically. It is not a job I would do because I know how horrid people can be to them, and how much bad stuff they see. But I also know that there are some officers for whom the police culture has not changed much at all. -
Up Front: Fairy-Tale Autopsies, in reply to Danyl Mclauchlan,
Oh, Danyl. Pointlessly poisonous? Really?
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Muse: Rugby World Kitsch, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Oh yes! I love him. So much.
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Muse: Rugby World Kitsch, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
I just always figured I was the filthiest. Obviously, I was sadly mistaken.
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Cracker: Send in the Clowns, in reply to linger,
To be honest, linger, I’m only their Associate Teacher – not their lecturer, so I see their reflections, and feedback, but not essays, assignments and things. I figure I can leave most of it up to their training providers. And I don't mark anything. As I said, I'm the teacher that mentors them in their practicums, so I'm not really supposed to be the one that gives them shit for their writing, anyway. Although, the ability to write well in English is actually one of the things that you need to be able to do to be an early childhood educator. We do alot of reports, writing of policy and procedure, the childrens' assessments etc.
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Cracker: Send in the Clowns, in reply to Damian Christie,
Fair enough. As long as you wouldn’t take the same approach with a student.
That's a hard one. With teaching students, we get alot of women for whom English is a secondary language. If their grammar is completely horrendous, I say something. Otherwise, it's the content I'm more interested in.
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Cracker: Send in the Clowns, in reply to Damian Christie,
I think we probably agree about the relative importance of the message vs the grammar/spelling – as long as we agree that the latter has some importance…
I used to be very judgey about grammar and spelling. But I have a head teacher who has dreadful spelling, and horrendous syntax. She gets me to proofread her stuff from time to time, but nowadays, I usually say it's fine, even if it isn't. After all, she's a great head teacher, and a fantastic team member, so why would I want to hurt her feelings?
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Up Front: Fairy-Tale Autopsies, in reply to Jo S,
On a slightly different tack – are there different levels for “lurkers”?
I wouldn't think so, Jo. I mean, if you're lurking, you're lurking. Unless you're lurking with malintent. Perhaps it's a bit "if a tree fell in the woods and no-one was there to hear it" sort of thing.
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You're all very filthy people. I don't see a dido in that at all - rather uncomfortable if it was.
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Muse: Rugby World Kitsch, in reply to James Butler,
What a jolly good idea, James.