Posts by Sacha
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I have no earthly idea what you guys are even talking about.
Standardised testing for every kiwi schoolchild, oddly enough..
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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.
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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. :)
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I loved convenient timing. If only there were more of it now..
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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.
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"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.
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It's the quiet ones you have to watch out for..
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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.
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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.
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