Posts by Deborah
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But was it centrally reported? As far as I can recall, teachers used it to gauge children's abilities and knowledge at the start of the year, so that they could plan their teaching activities accordingly. At least, that was the ideal. I mostly recall the nun who used it to group the class into smarties and dummies, and because I had started school late that year, and missed all the tests (oh noes!), I got grouped with the dummies. We were not treated very nicely at all. I made my own exit from that group fairly rapidly, but it was a lost year for the kids who continued to be apostrophised as "dummies."
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That would be interesting. Anyone else?
Loved them. Looked forward to them.
Klutz at sportz.
Oh, and at last, a cultural reference that Giovanni doesn't get. That's a relief - he was showing everyone else up.
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__So there goes any anecdotal correlation between wagging / bunking and high grades.__
Never said there was one.
Never said that you did. But given that we're all quite good at reading texts and subtexts, and drawing meaning from the juxtaposition of facts, and lots of people were putting "wagging school" and "high achieving" together, it does seem worthwhile pointing out that these are intersecting sets, not set and subset.
The conclusion of the premises, "high achieving" and "wagging school" is that we need to examine the reasons for truancy closely, and not assume that there is a blanket explanation. Which is exactly the point you make in your post, and exactly the point that Anne Tolley doesn't seem to understand.
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Sacred Heart Girls College, New Plymouth, and yes, I can say the Pater Noster in Latin.
I have no idea about whether it was wagging or bunking, because I never did either, and only ever had one detention, when the whole class was detained, contrary to the Geneva convention, as the smart arses amongst us pointed out to the poor harried nun. I'm the original goody-two-shoes, and an academic over-achiever to boot. So there goes any anecdotal correlation between wagging / bunking and high grades.
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the value of knowing how to kowtow to the insensical rules that are put in front of us
"insensical"
This is a truly beautiful word which should be used much more widely.
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My younger daughters have been slow to get going on reading. After their assessment on their sixth birthday, the school didn't put them into Reading Recovery, but did make sure that they got extra reading time, and extra assistance. It was enough to make sure that they continued to make progress, and didn't need the intensive input later. It was a fantastic response. (NB. State school, one of the largest primary schools in the country. Before we came to live in Australia.)
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@steven crawford - you're a brave man, and when I hear from you or see your comments here, my admiration for you grows and grows.
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My parents used to take us rockhopping up a river on the slopes of Mt Taranaki. It was fabulous fun. We got bruises and scrapes and twisted ankles, but never a broken bone.
But... it is hard to let go and let our little ones do dangerous things. Nevertheless, they do it, which is why we frequently find them about 6m up a tree in our back yard. Their technique for getting up is quite impressive - the lowest branch is nearly 2m up, so they clink to the trunk like little monkeys, and lever themselves up until they can get one hand on the branch, from where they can pull themselves up.
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We *loved* Deadwood and Rome (bring me more Seth Bullock in a great coat, please, and Marc Antony washing) but Carnivale? Is good? We should be watching it?
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I suppose most people here have seen this story about our lost friend Finn.
It makes me screamingly angry.
Che has a very angry post about it.